Recent content by NineballTom

This strategy may be effective for some people, and that's great. But I have to take at least 2 days off. If I try to play through the slump, I find that I make more egregious errors, more often. In recent years I've gotten to where I pretty much only play on the weekends though, so taking a...

Anytime I start to go into a slump, I'll start overthinking everything and once I do that, the doubt sets in. Once the doubt sets in I can make anything, even the easiest of shots, look impossible. What I usually do during a slump is take a few days off to clear my mind. Whenever i return, I...

I think most pool players are fans of Efren on some level, myself included. But I find some of his hardcore fans to be credulous or even devotional, and to me that's just annoying. It's possible to like someone while also having a realistic view of them.

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There are few things in a pool players life that are better than watching Efren Reyes play pool. The magician is really a sight to behold. However, I recently stumbled across an old video of Efren playing in a 9 ball tournament. He was in a situation where only the 8 and 9 were left on the...

Any decent pool player can find the point of aim, you do that before you ever take a practice stroke. Aim is not the issue. Everything that goes into getting the ball from point A to point B is the issue. Anyone who owns a gun can aim a scope, holding the rifle correctly and having good trigger...

I don't think he meant everyone does it the same. But the pros do things in a repeatable way, that's what he was getting at

But at one time he was definitely in the professional ranks and many pros have gone to him for advice about stance.

The overcut undercut issue is probably a slight side to side wobble in the stroke. Happens to everyone

I doubt that there are many pros that would deny Mark's logic that almost all missed shots are from stroke or stance issues. I think a good amount of pros are into aiming systems because they sell, not because they actually are super into them. Something doesn't really add up with aiming...

This is just a personal interpretation of what Mark said, but if it's true that an experienced players aim is rarely wrong, do we really need a system for aiming? I have seen several aiming systems in practice, can't say one was more effective than another, guess it just depends on what the...

A friend of mine recently suggested that I watch the Mark Wilson tutorials on YouTube. He said something in one of those videos that really stood out to me. Basically he said that there are only 2 differences between an average player and a pro player: 1. A pro player has a straighter, more...

Here lately I have been in a shooting slump, but was looking for something to do last night. The local pool hall was having a scotch doubles 8 ball tournament. I went down to the pool hall not knowing if I was going to play, thought I just might hang out a while. One of the rules of the scotch...

I wanted to clarify something here....... I only used the word "yips" because I was using the Jon Lester "can't throw to first" situation as a comparison. That's the word they used to describe his situation. It may not be the most appropriate use of the word, but that's all I heard at the...

I'm not having competitive nerves. I have genuinely lost my way at the pool table here recently.