Recent content by Matt26

Some people play better when they break things down and analyze them..and then practice that. Others, play better just by feel and repetition. I trained with Jimmy Reid, and that guy can break things down like he's pouring over your game with a microscope. I'm more of a "lets get to the point...

Yeah, Pringle made Tech. He's a really good guy and I was happy for him. Cue repair, that's cool. My pal Don Purdy does that. I've been playing for about 15 years off and on....seriously for about 10 (with little breaks). Unfortunately for the last year or so, I've only played at a sub par speed...

Hi Zim! Thanks. Yeah, you 2T guys have it rough to say the least. They took a bunch of brand new drivers/members of the Air Force and put them in Iraq driving tanks and manning guns on top. Well, they went to Kuwait first, trained for two months and then went to Iraq for 4. Not what they signed...

Hey Deadpoked, My situation is much like Zims. I've been in the Air Force since Feb 98'. I too made Staff at the 4 year point (and will hopefully make Tech next year). Have you found out if you made Staff this time around? The odds are probably very good for you, so that will be a nice "pay"...

Fast Larry is definitely right on this one. I was taking some lessons from Jimmy Reid a year or so ago, and I wanted some help on my break. He told me to look at the cueball last, rather than the object ball, the same as on a jump shot. Well.....I don't know why I hadn't thought of it before...

I feel like I have much more control on the draw shot with a closed bridge. Unless I'm just drawing back a few inches I use a closed bridge on that one. If I really need to control the speed of the follow then I will use an open bridge everytime.....but on shots where I have a lot of green to...

Fast Larry, The tournament where Tony lost to Nick was in the FINALS. Nick won the Challenge of Champions that year (which was in 93 or 94). The year Mike Lebron won the Challenge of Champions was a totally different year. Now I don't know if Tony played in that tournament as well, but when he...

The cue speed generates the power behind the break shot. To guide this power you use a bridge for accuracy. If you are accurate with an open bridge to hit solidly strike your target then it will work fine. If you prefer the closed bridge, then that is fine. If you get more accuracy to break off...

It's not the same tournament. Tony and Nick played the "finals" and Nick won the Challenge of Champions that year. It was like I said, there would be no benefit to Tony dumping...and I just think he missed the shot. Sometimes, we all MISS shots. You could tell by the reaction on Nick's face that...

What I'm saying here is, the finals match between Tony Ellin and Nick Varner....Tony was the long shot. Not Nick Varner. If anyone was to take a dump, after placing bets on the side for the longshot (which in that match at that time would be Tony), it would have been Nick. I'm not saying that...

I'll vouch for Don about cooking. I did see that funky looking Octopus and Don had to do some sweet talking to get me to try him...but once I did. It was down the hatch and I enjoyed my fair share of that ugly 8 legged beast! Don can cook his ass off. He made me some bar-b-q one time that just...

Actually Fast Larry I'll agree with you on this one. I've heard of this happening quite a bit from a former US OPEN 9 ball winner I'm acquaintances with and my dad is friends with, and I won't mention his name. What can you say. In the broke world of professional pool, MONEY TALKS. You can buy...

Donnie P! What's the deal? 50 bucks??? That book is worth at least oh........$500.00! j/k. I'd give it to you if it was mine (along with the other pool books I gave you). Once I read them, they do me no good, you know? But ol' Vic wants his book back, as it's all my fault for not hiking my...