Recent content by Lesh

Until recently, I've always lined up my shots to the right, with the right eye over the cue. Now I just center my nose over the stick. In doing so, I have noticed that my natural stroke is crooked from right to left as it travels. I didn't panic, I felt calmer and wiser. More confidence in my...

...and here I thougth I would have to post some canticle about this stuff.... nicely said. Lesh Complicit and Clueless

Subjectivity is the spice of life. I dont care for house cues as jump sticks I dont like most house cues as break sticks... I dont like the Tiger tips from a few years ago, the glue that holds the layers together becomes part of the equation more-so than with other layered tips. I have no...

Where did you get the rails for a GC-1? What did you use? Nomenclature would be greatly appreciated. I have a gentleman here in St Petersburg that has a venerable GC-1 and would benefit from knowing where to get the right rubber... Jack Kerouac used to play on it in the 60's. If I can get this...

I won the all forces pocket billiards championship in Okinawa (pacific theater) in 93. Won some cash, a weekend in Tokyo and a Meucci Gambler cue. Since then I haven't won anything. Lesh

Oh man.... if only. What a great player. The only other person I would equally love just spend an afternoon shooting pool and trading knowledge with would be Dr. Dave. He has an open invitation here anytime. Lesh

I am going to the hall today and I am going to read excerpts aloud in the voice of Jimmy Mattaya to my friends as I gesticulate in a Brooklyn manner. Should be instructive. Best wishes, Lesh

I hardly think so. You strike me as someone that plays balls-out and talks all the while :) People need to come see me in Largo, FL for some One Pocket and Straight Pool. Lesh

Agreed with all postings thus far. But I do like it when people new to the game get all inspired and reach out to share like this person. Practical experience will always out a fault in logic. I am gonna post something too. I just want to settle on something like a primer to one pocket basics or...

Sounds as though its just a very stringent form of "call shot". Every nuance of the balls journey to the pocket must be declared prior to the shot taking place. It was not declared that the cue ball would hit the object ball more than once (or a specified number of times) prior to the...

Spoken like a gentleman. Agreed. Lesh

No no dear fellow.... BCA official rules differ from my off-the-cuff, unfair, arbitrary rules. You know... the right call. LOL There are lots of situations in amateur play that just try my patience and need for justice. Sure, rules are rules, but exceptions can be made. Lesh

Playing in my tournament it counts. BCA rules are different (as I alluded to in my post) - I don't have tournaments in my basement... don't have a basement (Florida). I'm so happy to have given you this opportunity. It was a reach, but you muscled through to grab it. Awesome. Now is where you...

Tips are confusing. Softer tips will deform and will require maintenance more often than harder tips as a rule. Tip manufacturers started to make tips using layers to combat the aforementioned deformation.... it worked, somewhat. But layered tips still deform and still require maintenance, but...

Yeah it counts. Ive been asked to watch shots and rule on things like this. If the ball "LOOKS" like it hits the bottom of the pocket and then spits back out under any circumstance, then yeah... it counts. I've even had the ball come back out and disturb other balls on the table... I simply...