Recent content by mikemosconi

In my own experience the Oujige billiard gloves are the best on the market today for the money- very hard to find as they go out of stock quickly for those sellers on E bay who have them on occasion. I just grabbed 5 from an e bay seller - I like the full fingered version and they do have a palm...

I played in many Sunday tournaments at Jack and Jill’s in Brewster back around early 2000’s . The town of Brewster is mostly Hispanic and was back then too. I have not been there in 20 years - maybe I’ll run up there this afternoon just for kicks. The wife of second owner Steve Priest was a...

Perhaps his position play was good enough to rarely face that situation of being 7 feet from the OB and straight and then having to draw back 7- 9 feet? Do you suppose? A top pro rarely faces super power stroke needs- end of story!

Clean your Simonis with just a clean mildly damp cotton washcloth. Use the alcohol / Aramith spray mix as others described here,, use Taom V 10 chalk and the table and balls will be good to go for two weeks to a month of almost daily sessions on a home table. If you play always with clean hands...

I witnessed Hopkins beating Varner, Sigel, and J Fusco in a 4 day round robin including rotation games at West End in NJ- he had enough power in his stroke to beat the best in the world at games requiring the most power! Hopkins stroke looks bad visuallyBUT - watch it closely - he gets the...

This app is not very user friendly - I see that adding a photo seems not to work at all and I see no way to change state of residence to match my DL after a move.

A pause at the end of final backstroke( maybe 2 warm up strokes) is essential for me to lock eyes on the OB contact point. I think that every person’s mental make up dictates when they are most locked on their aim - you find that for yourself and incorporate that moment into the stroke...

I agree the instances where a replay is watched by the ref OR a second ref who is present is consulted - then the game ref can change a call - no question. Absence of those two instances, on play calls, not rule calls, I believe that the ref’s call or lack of call always has to be final-...

Unless the ref can look at a replay - why would he change his decision- refs goof - part of every sport- if tape review is allowed a s part of a player request - yes I would agree with ref changes in decisions - but without tape review - ref changes based only on player admissions or disputes...

Unless there is replay video allowed - why would a ref change his call merely on a player’s request? I think that the foul should have been called - but for the integrity of any game where you deem a ref to be in control, without allowing video replay for the ref to reconsider - the whole idea...

I would agree that if a ref makes a call - that is it- the shooter cannot change that call one way or another so it is not up to the shooter to “ admit” anything - it would not change the outcome. The purpose of a ref is to take foul calling out of the hands of the players- either way IMO.

Fly at night and sleep for sure! at least from U.S.. to overseas. I just got back from Europe and at 73 had no ill effects in either direction. if I can do it- the young guys should have no issues if planned properly. All about your planning. Think of a fighter showing up for a fight after...

Those work well too- I've done a few - you can often find an old Duff that stayed straight enough to cut in half and add your own shaft with the matching joint pin installed straight by a qualified cue person-- I've done this with both the ebony and the Pau Ferro Duff cue butts-- however, after...

I’ll add a few more thoughts on wraps - I did have one elephant ear wrap and I liked it a lot. As far as any regular leather or lizard type wrap- those all seem to get either too sticky or slick for me in wetter playing conditions. I would really like to try cork someday!! Cortland still my...

Schmelke cues today are still a lot of playing cue for the money - just get your desired cue weight, shaft taper, and tip and that cue will play just fine for anyone for less than $200 shipped. I like the bacote wood choice on those Schmelke. As for those 70s Adams cues - I have a mint AH 7...