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This is the double-edged sword of practicing straight-in shots specifically (and I believe Dr. Dave's website even touches on it). Once you start practicing them, it's hard to not think of them as "special" shots. Especially if you chose to practice them because you struggle with them. Knowing...

How so?

The PIITH aiming system works great for these shots:

A room like that opened up in my smallish, very LCOL hometown in TN about 15 or so years ago. I think it lasted a year or so before folding. It was actually VERY nice but it had absolutely zero ambience or atmosphere, in addition to having no food or alcohol. The place was lit up like a...

I'm left-handed and right-eye dominant. This video from Scott Rohleder helped me more than anything: I lean over as he recommends to get my right eye on the shot line while keeping my back foot on it as well. Then I freeze my head/eyes on the shot and step forward into my stance. Before, I...

I agree. I remember being hill-hill in a playoff league match with $500 per team member on the line. Not a lot of money, sure, but I, and my team, desperately wanted to win. I had this to close out the rack and I swear it looked impossible to run. I managed to close it out but I felt like I was...

Next time that happens, reset the shot but make it easier. OB closer to pocket, CB closer to OB. Increase the distance with each successful pot. I think that's a better way to troubleshoot repeated misses than just repeating the same shot over and over when you're struggling with it.

Yeah, I think Wu being sidelined from international competition for so long was honestly a great loss to pool. He would have been neck-and-neck with SVB for dominance through the early- and mid-2010s, IMO. Before the emergence of Filler and Gorst, he was the only person who challenged SVB for...

Wu Jia-qing circa 2008 (age 19) vs 19 year old Filler/Gorst/Kaci. In 2008, he was already a 2x world champion, an All Japan Championship winner, and a runner-up in the World 10-Ball.

"Last updated: 1/26/2025 6:52:28 PM EST" They just didn't update the banner at the top of the page. It's for 2025's results.

Playing poorly is more motivational than upsetting to me, although I have occasionally gotten really down on myself after a bad night (usually after losing to someone I really want to beat). But mostly, it's just part of the cycle for me. I play poorly -> I get upset with myself -> I start...

Maybe it's the elusive "Efrem" we heard the commentators talk about so much at the IPT.

I've found that my tip accuracy on the cue ball is often better when I speed up. Particularly when my warm-up strokes are more Efren-like (loose, floaty, and never coming to a pronounced stop) instead of SVB-like (with a very pronounced pause at the cue ball). With the Efren-style warm-up...

Thorsten recommends something similar to that here: Someone in the comments says he likely learned it from Ralph Eckert. I think it's a good starting point because many amateurs don't stand correctly, and their stance is biased in favor of their eyes while their bodies/elbows aren't on the...

I could see SP being more difficult for very, very good players where lack of touch is a bigger handicap than stroke accuracy. But for me, it's much easier because SP gives you a perfect stroke by default. If you aim the ball correctly, you will make the shot. So you can play much safer...

More apt comparison would be Mahomes choking at the Pro Bowl. SVB not performing well at the Mosconi Cup detracts like 1% from his legacy as a pool player. Pool is a solitary sport and he has dominated for almost 20 years.

Shaw defecting to Team USA would be hilarious. Might as well entice him with some big $$$ to do it. It’s already pool’s version of the WWE so play up the drama and narratives.

Time to recruit semi-washed USA residents Thorsten and Mika to Team USA?

This is where I found a ton of value in the DigiCue Blue. I kept getting tip steer errors and had no idea what I was doing wrong. Turns out it was my grip. A subtle tightening during the transition from back to forward stroke was causing it to move a hair to the left just before impact. The...

Elizabeth Billiards in Charlotte was a similar concept with free pool on four 8' tables, and it lasted for about 35 years until a combination of forced COVID closures + the purchase of the entire city block where it was located on Central Ave did it in. Its former location is now a huge...