Recent content by VTEC John

What was the most emotional moment--either from anger or celebratory--you've witnessed at a pro tournament? How would you characterize today's top women players compared to Jean Balukas?

That's Merry Widow porn.

Yes.

My latest successful battle with the mental game (the successes are always temporary) has been forcing myself to take two simple steps and not think about anything else. 1) Line up and get down so precisely that I feel I can close my eyes and make the ball. 2) Shoot the shot without allowing...

It appears that Wilson's book is available at his website playgreatpool.com. That's where I got it a while back.

I've read a fair number of the books mentioned and I think that Mark Wilson's stands alone. However, if Mark were to produce a revised edition, I would ask him to include more guidance for older players, perhaps related to: position of the feet in his recommended stance; distance of the head...

Congratulations on the way you're approaching all this. I admire your discipline and I believe you'll get some good results.

Can't recall where I heard this and it even may have been something Dr. Dave mentioned. If I understood correctly, it was about cocking the right shoulder up and back into a stable, kind of locked position. The benefit being that it easy to keep it there and keep the shoulder out of your stroke...

Thanks!

Adjacent rail is not a bank. That makes sense. Is it a rule?

... the CB and OB are just off the rail, close to straight in, and you slide the OB into the pocket off the rail. I guess that qualifies as a bank shot, true? Thanks.

I want to meet the person it's never happened to.

Yeah, since Annigoni and McCumber abandoned Amtrak for a rental car in Playing Off the Rail, it's only gotten worse.

The WNT.TV interface is laughable. Counter-intuitive, inadequate labelling, confusing layout, pathetically reminiscent of early website designs. They should hire a company to do user testing and fix it once and for all. It's not rocket science.

The WNT.TV interface is laughable. Counter-intuitive, inadequate labelling, confusing layout, pathetically reminiscent of early website designs. They should hire a company to do some user testing and fix it once and for all. It's not rocket science.