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Mast won the Junior National Qualifier at my room about four years ago. Her instructor is from the Paso Robles area where she lives. It...

Problem is, who knows what is the right way

Really an interesting topic. When can you tell? How do you tell? They say that a couple of coaches called John McEnroe a future major...

I posted a couple of YT videos here of Chezka practicing Rotation and outrunning the ghost more than a decade ago. IIRC, she was just 12...

Chezka is probably the most natural runner of the table in the history of the women's game. Her almost instantaneous pattern...

The Jackson Five hated their father. But without him they wouldn't have amounted to much........

I doubt her mechanics and execution are gonna fall in a ditch. As far as "conceptualization, knowledge, and practice," she's sixteen...

Some of you are being a little harsh on a 16 year old girl who's prefrontal cortex has not even fully developed yet. Obviously she...

Not every kid - never mind the parents - wants to follow a normal path. Many sports greats have gone to unusual lengths in childhood to...

Excellent post! This is a very difficult subject. I would say that some get near the top without super-elite conceptualization skills...

Agreed 100%, but it's fair to compare her to other teenaged phenoms in women's pool, who were winning big titles as kids. Siming Chen...

Your points are valid and well taken, and Savannah needs to get mentally stronger as you note. Still, I don't see this as Savannah's...

I was there on Wednesday and watched Savannah warm up and then play Albert Januarta in the Juniors and she seemed to be getting into her...

According to the interview with Scott Frost Christina Tkach was forced by her father to play serious pool from the age of 8.

Nobody is suggesting that Manas won't get there, but there is no denying that his performance in pool's majors to date offers little to...