Recent content by VTEC John

My first LD shaft was a 314-3. I bought a Rhino CF just to see if there was a difference. First reaction: I didn't have to hit the CB as hard. Second reaction: I no longer had to think about compensating for deflection at all. Yeah, I've seen the Dr. Dave videos, but that was my experience, my...

Whoa. How do you figure? There are not many pros who don't stroke straight. You don't stroke straight, you miss a whole lot. Pros go straight through on the CB line, whatever they do in practice strokes.

I don't give deflection a thought with my Rhino + Kamui tip, but I'm away from home for 2-3 mos now playing with a wood shaft and I have to compensate for deflection.

Just cues, let's leave aside shaft/deflection discussion. I don't mean to commit a sacrilege here, but... If you're playing with, say, a Schmelke with a nice Kamui tip added, I don't see that a more expensive cue is going to help you stroke straighter. As regards other presumed benefits of high...

Thanks for reaching out. We're all with you. Respect.

I will miss seeing her in tournament play scrapping her way upwards against the ten or so elite women who show up regularly. And I'll miss the mini-drama of seeing whether she or Savannah will make it into that top tier. But she's making the right decision and she's young enough to come back if...

Fred's tiny shop was tucked away behind another business near the border of Corte Madera and Kentfield (across from Bread and Roses if you happen to know the area). The late forum member, L.S. Dennis had Fred make him a couple of shafts for his Helmstetter. From my one visit, probably mid-90s, I...

I interviewed Texas pool legend Jersey Red for Head Spot, a short-lived newsletter that I produced in the early 90s. Look left and there he is on the cover in my avatar. Red told me that Earl was very much part of the scene in Houston as a 17 year old.

I know of one other person who had one of these accidentally over-tightened and we had to use a vice and channel locks to loosen it. Mine has frozen tight and doesn't want to loosen. Fortunately, it's not on the cue. Anybody have a solution before I toss it in the trash? Thanks from me and L.S...

That's pretty much what the book is about. Nothing new in the idea of staying in the present, but he shows you how to silence your mind and all the thoughts pouring out of it. Turns out to be useful (for me, anyway) on every shot. (BTW, if you ask Chatgpt.com, Can the teachings of Eckhart Tolle...

I've always been a fan of The Inner Game of Tennis, but I found this more useful. "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle won't be everyone's cup of tea as it is much derived from Buddhist teachings and not focused on sport but on life in general. However, it has seriously clued me in to ways to...

Same here.

In his appearance on Legends of the Cue, I believe Incardona said his bad back doesn't allow him to bend over a pool table any more.

I want to thank El Toro for the training aid he gifted me--how to find and use the Ignore function for the first time.

Jamal Khashoggi--look it up if you don't know what they did to him. We all want higher purses for pool tournaments. but this was always 100% about getting fans of various sports to view Saudi as some sort of benign, sporting kingdom. It was a pact with the devil and pool will be better off...