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Too many to begin to even mention every one. I'd say one of the most widespread among good and bad players alike is bad angle management. Say you have a ball close to the top rail and the next ball on is next to the bottom rail or vice versa. Even great players often try to get below the ball...

She's going to be a great player, that has to be said, but her patterns need work if she's going to play more 8 ball. I didn't mean to come off quite as negative as my previous post indicated. She's young and will get more and more knowledge and experience as she plays.

I watched most of the match, but I have to say, it's always obvious when someone is primarily a 9 ball player. I didn't care for their patterns or planning at all. Easton especially made many terrible choices. She bumped balls she didn't need to and her patterns were not good. 8 ball on small...

"The final numbers the last two days are 107 breaks and only 6 chances to run out. And yes, I realize Efren might have had maybe ten chances to run out. But that was it." Anyway his pattern is to come on here and complain and not respond or listen to anyone, so there is that. He claims to have...

I find that below the rack break shots can often be more reliable in giving you a shot every time, particularly the three rail variant with inside english. The one railer with outside can be a bit more temperamental and demands a more exact speed. The rack won't be blasted open, so you'll have...

You're probably not looking for advice, but here is what I'd recommend for anyone who actually is: 1. There are two balls, whose position never change in a 9 ball rack, the 9 and the 1. Since the 9 shouldn't move much with a template rack, and trying to pocket it with the cueball is low...

That is because EVERYTHING has side effects, which includes approved medication. It's just that when you are sick, the pros outweigh the cons. But if you are healthy, that is very rarely the case, especially long term. If you drive your car like it was a race car with the needles in the red...

Outlawing jump shots is one thing, but masses? The most beautiful and crowd pleasing shot in pool? Not only is it a bad idea, but also unenforcable. I’m not going into detail as to why, if you know the game at a high level, you’ll instantly know. I’ve played almost every cue sport there is: 7...

It's annoying as hell. What's even more annoying is when they finally remove the template, they often leave it on the rail with parts of it overhanging the cushion.

I allowed for it in the poll, change it as much as you want.:)

I think it would be ok to vote medium, then? I just wonder what people are currently using.

Let's get real, nothing on here is important. It's just a matter of satisfying my curiosity. My preference is set at hard tips. I've tried them all, and that's what I like.

I'm curious what the players on here prefer.

The so-called performance edge of carbon fiber shafts is weapons grade baloney. I have never seen anyone successfully demonstrate it, and I haven't been able to do it myself, either. What a pro uses should have very little impact on what you yourself use. They are paid to use those shafts, in...

Looks a lot like my "kwikfire" cue from Carolina customs in style. Specifically the joint pin and brown phenolic with ringwork. Is your joint pin also a weird "oversize" pin that doesn't fit standard 3/8x10? I unfortunately do not have the cue here at the moment. Here is a picture from ebay and...

I used to have a Meucci power piston cue with a black dot shaft...It vibrated like crazy, even the butt was flexible! I was never able to play well with it, it felt weird and didn't live up to Meuccis promises of low deflection. Later put a Z shaft on that butt and played with that for some...

I will repeat what I said on a much earlier thread on Olhausen tables that I believe their existence is due to conspiracy of psychiatrists and pool instructors, for the purpose of drumming up more business. That unfair and stupid pocket rattle is the stuff of nightmares.

I will always prefer Brunswick tables to any other. But.... 1. I don't like the ball collecting solution on this table. It looks cheap and tacked on 2. Where's the marketing? I'm pretty sure the military has documents marked "top secret" that is know by more people than the launch of this table...

Snooker uses nap cloth. It's like a dogs fur, basically. The fur will point towards the black spot, so playing from baulk to the black is with the nap. Playing against the nap makes the cueball swerve in the opposite direction of the sidespin. With the nap, it will swerve in the same direction...

I've always wondered why Cyclops balls in particular play "heavy". They roll long and they hold spin for longer. For some reason, though, they feel a bit "deader" than Aramith brand balls. When I play snooker I always prefer the balls that play this way, they jump less and you get more...