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I tried an X5 5" wooden mid extension and liked the feel but since it didn't make me shoot like SVB and I kept banging the butt into walls etc. I gave up on it. I now use a 12" Tiger aluminum butt extension that weighs 4.6 oz when needed and have used that in conjunction with the rake on both 7...

Since the range of expertise is pretty wide in our league some of us have taken to taking a video of the shot for review.

That was not the intent of what we were saying. It's an amateur league that started out as VNEA and switched to BCAPL. Was the same on the goofy-ass city league we also have in this rural area - that it is the non-shooting player's responsibility to sound the shooter on an obvious or perceived...

LoL...reminds me of stuff I did back in the lone wolf days. I continued to some of that after I joined the league but cleaned up my act (well, in league anyways..) after someone sounded me on it and I had started watching pro matches on youtube.

In the BCA league that I've been running those of us that play at a higher level out ourselves by tapping the CB after it comes to rest, same as what is seen on pro matches that did not have a ref standing by. We did a clinic on fundamentals recently for the greener players and the first topic...

I hear ya. It is even worse when you are running a league, like me, and also trying play. Kinda like herding cats, but cats play nicer :LOL: This is my third year of doing that, and my last. I've been doing it so that the local players in this rural mountain area have a league to play in. Got it...

My view is your opponent was acting in an unsportsmanlike manner by seeing that you were shooting his group and failing to call it. I don't know what rules you are playing under but under CSI rules you won because only one of the two players noticed it and failed to call it. I would have called...

LoL... we have a few of those types on our league. He was definitely bending the ethics on that one. We are doing a "pool school" clinic on the 7th on fundamentals and the first thing on the list is etiquette. Me and another good shooter are going to do a little play acting at the table while...

In my 50 years of playing pool I have never seen anyone deliberately shoot the wrong group. My guess would be that it typically happens due to a brain fart. Yeah, not a fan of the APA or any other amateur only league. Our local "city" non-sanctioned leagues have some really goofy rules...

It is only unsportsmanlike if you knew you had shot the wrong group and did not out yourself, thereby attempting to cheat. Cheating implies intent, and it would be very ballsy to go ahead and shoot the wrong group hoping that your opponent would not notice. The rule is likely written that way...

Ok, in addition to you fouling, the non-shooting player on the other team that spoke up also committed a foul - coaching! During a team play match under CSI rules, and VNEA (pretty sure APA says the same thing) no team member is permitted to coach or advise another team member who is at the...

I wonder why. It was obvious that I had to record him from the rear because I could clearly see the issues from that viewpoint. At home I had already tried the frontal and side views but couldn't see what was going wonky. And It did feel like something was wrong was going on. Recording or...

Just what it says.... you can't change your group once you have established it, but humans make mistakes so if someone doesn't remember which group they have or have some other brain fart, the rules cover that as well.

In our BCAPL league we are playing by CSI rules, which I just happened to have open on my computer. From section 2.6 (establishing groups), item 3 of the 8-ball Rules: "Once they are established, groups can never change for the remainder of that game. If a player shoots the wrong group and no...

Correct. heavier break cues used to be the fashion, now it's lighter ones. I recently watched SVB in the November Predator tourny in Puerto Rico using his shooter (with mid cue extension in place) to break. So for a player that is not sure which way to, try both if you can to figure out which...

So why are pros using garbage? Answer: its only used when it is a miss-able/sketchy shot in a rotation game or if you don't want to hang the 8 if you don't cinch it.

Agreed. Having played 14:1, 8-ball, 9-ball, 10-ball and 15 ball rotation on pool tables, there is a mix of difficulty, with the first 2 being the most challenging, especially if you are on a 7 ft Diamond or Predator with straight cut pockets (Diamond "Pro-cut" shown below). Playing 8 ball on...

Depends on the pool table. U.S. bar tables and others have funnel cut pockets. Diamond and Predator have straight cut pockets that are more stingy than the rest. In 8 ball it is common for better players to play safe if a makeable shot does not lead to a run out,

I used my phone to record a local player from the rear who was having issues with pocketing. He said it used to be a no-brainer and now he couldn't pocket long shots. When I showed him the video he was horrified to see that he was now swinging his cue hand to the side, and not by a small amount...

I When I was sharking in bars (no money, just to kick butt) I did not know any of the guys I was playing and back in the '70s playing a safety was called dirty pool, or worse. So I would game it by deliberately missing shot, act butt hurt as I was walking away but silently chuckling about the...