Recent content by lfigueroa

You gotta do the road work, you gotta do the reps, you gotta put in the time. I believe the recommended dosage is 10,000 hours of focused time to generally get *real* good at something like sports or doing something like playing a musical instrument. And, whether it was focused or not, I'd...

I think... different cues will change the way you play, mostly because of weight distribution and balance and how that affects how you get into shooting position. I really don't think it's much else as far as tip, ferule, wood, taper, joint. The cue will make you make different motions and...

Bought and sold plenty of stuff on AZ without a single problem. Do your due diligence, deal with known guys, take reasonable precautions and you'll be fine. No different than anywhere else on the interweb. Lou Figueroa

I commend the effort however -- and just my personal opinion -- but if you're going to double the entry for the 619s and below to the 620-739s, you should also be doubling the entry for the the 740s and up. Lou Figueroa

I guess it depends on whether you're speaking of a bad roll for the shooter or their opponent. Anywhos, not too long ago I'm playing in a 1pocket tournament in Chicago. I've left they guy in the jaws of his pocket and he thinks he sees something in the stack. After due diligence and...

Off the top o' my head, I own: a Fellini, Engles, several Whitten, Clements, Melton, and Hawk. I'd say that as far as protection goes the Whittens are a stand out with the Fellini and Engles coming in next. The rest are envelope style cases so I'm not sure how secure the tongue would stay if...

Just wondering if there are any thoughts out there on this. Lately, I've had a regular 1pocket match on Sundays so the day before I run my set of balls through the Diamond polisher with a coating of Aramith Ball Polisher. All is good and the next few mornings I give them a short run through...

Ha! Lou Figueroa

You know, I almost wrote that as “with aplum,” as kinda of a RSB Smorgism but thought: no, these many years on no one will get it. Lou Figueroa I stand corrected

OK, so at the outset I alluded to something funny I came across that led me to ask the question. It's from the reporting I did, at Mark's request, from the 2010 CSI 10 Ball Open. Mark invited me and put me up to write every day about the happenings. So the this a small excerpt from the stuff I...

Tough to get money games nowadays. You suggest cheap play to guys and they look like you've asked them to drop their drawers. 30 years ago I had a standing game with *anyone* who walked through the front door of the pool room. All I had to say was, "Get the balls." $25-$50 short 9ball races...

Parica. Lou Figueroa I can explain, lol

Well, I don't know about "accomplished" lol, but I've been around and done a few things. No harm no foul. Lou Figueroa

My definition of meltdown is a pro player repeatedly not being able to make the shots a high level player would ordinarily make with aplomb. Lou Figueroa

So I was looking for something way back and came across something that made me chuckle and leads me to ask: what’s the worst meltdown (or near meltdown) you’ve ever witnessed watching a pro match? IOWs, have you seen “the wheels come off” a player at the pro level? Lou Figueroa