Recent content by rcarson

I believe you're looking at this incorrectly, you actually have two scenarios. One, the attempt to "over-spin" a cue ball by hitting it with a cue stick. The second is the implied "top/forward" spin on a cue ball after contacting an object ball at any given velocity. I think the problem is that...

I disagree with this statement, not everyone knows the "right" shot. I have played with some league players that really don't know the right shot and after 20 years, still don't know the right shot. Sometimes you have to be shown what the right shot is. The only way to do that is to take a time...

Most people will agree that a level cue is best in terms of drawing the ball, or in most shots that you take. If you want to elevate slightly with your cue that's fine, since that is they way you want to shoot. There might come a time where you start having a hard time controlling your draw, for...

Dropping the elbow isn't common? (honest question) I was taught to drop my elbow during my follow-through.

TAP unveiled a iPhone app that allows you to do that at nationals this year. Never used it so not sure if it is any good or not. I also think your league needs to be setup with it.

If we could build regional Tour's across America that would go a long way to promote the Sport. Currently we only have Tour's in the South and East Coast, and a few places in between. We are definitely missing Tour's on the West Coast and the Pacific Northwest. We could essentially build a...

Bank'em like Brumback

To be completely honest, it makes no difference whether you use the pinoy style or the rounded everyone one else style. What you should take from the pinoy style bridge is that the thumb is used to guide the cue through the index finger. This requires your wrist to be bent so that the thumb's...

My fingers are to short and fat for Style B :D

So, on topic. Science, to me, is supposed to provide you with results to an observation/question with the data that is provided. If there is data that is not being used (discarded) or data that is unknown, then the results can only be a rough approximation, it can't be fact. And I don't believe...

Not to be rude. If your going to post a video, clearly meant to display a "stop" shot, then the cue ball should not travel, correct? I mean I could be wrong or from a different planet, but a "stop" shot is intended to "stop" the cue ball right after contact with the object ball. If you can't put...

Well, hopefully team USA get's there head out of their asses (excluding Shane) we might have some hope. Putnam can play, hopefully he figures it out if we get to that match. Archer is looking decent. He can pull it out. I think game 21 would have to be Shane (so far as I can tell at this point)...

Getting a lesson is a good idea but you can also find other people in your area that can help you too, that aren't instructors. Getting a AA player in your area to help with your stroke shouldn't be to hard, I have personally found that higher level players in the right setting are very very...

So disappointed in our Team (USA). Shane shot really well, but I can't say the same for the other players. These are all great players, I just didn't think EUR would win so decisively in each match they won.

If your down and you want to adjust, your opponent is not obligated to agree to anything. And you would probably be hard pressed to get him to adjust during that session. Nobody wants to lose their money, unless like someone else said in the thread, "You hate your money." If you have played 5...