Recent content by paolo2144

Depends are we talking 9 ball or 8 ball pool on US tables or blackball on UK pool table or Chinese 8 ball or even snooker. My answer would vary every time depending on what cue sport. If we are talking 9 ball pool then probably Effren, if talking UK pol then could pick number of candidates but...

Think that is the method Tor Lowry and some others would recommend for combos

However equally i have seen many players miss shots by hitting with left and right side(spin) when it wasn't required. Both Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry two of greatest snooker players and cueists ever, warned about the dangers of using side spin when it was not required. I see many shots...

Not asking for any sympathy lol Just pointing out issue that i had and possible solution. I do think it is vital that players find their correct vision centre or alignment if they want to be more consistent.

I feel your pain. I am right handed and left eye dominant and for years struggled with certain angles usually between a half ball to quarter ball hit, as always had tendency to hit too thick and undercut. I am in Scotland and play on the 7ft British tables with really tight pockets, so you have...

Just heard the shocking and terrible news. i will be praying for her and her family. Having lost a lot of loved ones to this disease over the years i know what pain and suffering it can cause. Jeanette was the first lady pool player i really heard of and initially like a lot of guys i was...

I Live in Scotland had while most pool halls have a 7ft table quite a few pubs have a 6ft table as well. I remember some of my cousins from Canada were over and when i took them into pub to play on 6ft table they were laughing at how easy this was going to be. They weren't laughing 30 mins...

I came across the video describing SVB's aiming method last month, so thought i would play around with it and see if there was anything to it or not. What i did find was that on severe to very severe cut shots, that by using the ferrule as a kind of point of aiming, it helped improve my...

Lol i heard something similar myself Didn't big Donald say that when he had practiced with Shane & Earl that they were astonished at his natural ability and prowess, stating that if he had devoted his time to pool he would have been the greatest player not just of this generation but of any...

I have to agree with Gene on the absolute pivotal importance of finding your correct line of aim/vision centre, it really is vital. As i have said before due to Covid-19 i have only been able to practice on a home fold away table i purchased around mid April. I literally only get chance to...

Have to disagree most snooker fans, and especially players and commentators already acknowledge that Mark Selby is already one of the greats. He is not yet in same bracket as likes of O'Sullivan, Hendry, Davis, Reardon or John Higgins but he is in next bracket just below them.

Ronnie always has really tough matches with Mark and in fact this is the first time in three attempts he has actually beaten him at the Crucible. It was a great match and could have gone either way, even in that final frame.

I live in the UK where we play on the 7ft X 4ft tables but with the much tighter pockets than USA. In most UK pool tables the pocket size is approximately 1.6X the diameter of object balls. The balls we use are 2 inches so the pocket size is usually around 3.2 inches, any longer pots or shots up...

I am a bit like you evergruven. When i do all the tests on eye dominance i am by a long way left eyed dominant, although in terms of eye strength when being tested at opticians if anything my right eye is slightly stronger. My optician says for a guy now on wrong side of 50 my eyesight is...

Earl and Shane's stroke and style of play was specifically developed over years of play on USA pool tables. In 9 ball on a 9 ft diamond table with 4.5 inch pockets you need a much more powerful stroke to move the ball around the table than say English Pool on a 7ft table. However the bigger...