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The "glossiness" is a vitrification layer grown on the ball using extra curing steps. Think of a "plastic glass". A lot of the cost comes from the extra steps and energy needed for the processing. I have a set of the Aramith Pro Cup Prestige carom balls, the best you can get, for example here...

Este jogo é sinuca, de a palavra “snooker”. It is how Brazilians pronounce the word snooker. The pockets are brutal and it is always played in bars with a very macho attitude. Eu não sei por que eles batem na bola com força demais.

This is true

My concern is that the game of 9 ball itself obfuscates for poorer players what good pool playing is. It is a confusing environment compared to progressive paths in other sports. I can’t think of a single other sport where a player is punished for their opponent’s mistake. Anyway I am getting...

Two way shots is a lesser players’ excuse. Call either the leave or the pocket. If you really have skill you should be able to control both the cue ball position and the object ball position precisely. Not just punch-and-pray.

10 ball is clearing the jungle. 9 ball is surviving the jungle. I’ve played and liked 9 ball “first shot always from either spot” rules. A bit better than BIH. Also 5 or 7 ball 1p I find is faster enjoyable for everyone. Colloquial 9 ball is a game with fundamental problems that has been...

Call shot call safe 10 ball is the best rotation game. I am not playing pool to entertain spectators. I am playing to entertain myself. Chess doesn’t have much luck, it only has blunders. Do you watch chess matches? If you don’t, why not? In billiards, luck is something to be ashamed about...

This is what I did. $500 for a 9’ table, picked it up myself with a trailer 2 hours away, slate is not as heavy as people make it sound, just think of a coffee table top. Paid $2000 for a good mechanic to set it up, change the rails to Klematch, and put on Simonis 300. Plays very good, enough to...

There are probably only 10-20 thousand active players of billiards of any form in the United States, compared to 30-50 million regular pool players. My best guess is that only 5 to 10% of those players have a table at home. So I would bet there are no more than around 1000 10' residential carom...

People are going to read the title of this thread too quickly.

Love it! Great video! It reminds me of using piqué shots to fix alignment problems, for example:

Carbon forms benzene rings due to one and a half covalent bond sharing between electrons. The shared pairs are delocalized, meaning that they are spread out among many groups and not just one ring (called pi-electrons). The resonant energy exists along the entire carbon fiber filament, enabling...

Or... they end up designing and improving products for the sports you enjoy. Don't be so quick to judge sir. 🤓 https://www.sportsengineering.org/

That is not the message. The message is about awareness of what you focus on while in the kitchen. Not the heat or your tolerance of it.

But how do you develop that skill? How do you practice accessing your entire skillset during a practice session while not under pressure? What things should you discipline yourself in doing to simulate pressure? These are the follow-up questions to ask.