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Sometimes showing it to them in the rule book doesn't help. Last month I was playing in the Southwest Challenge and we had a BIH question. Pulled out the rule book, read them the rule, and they disagreed with the way the rule was written. The book doesn't always help.

That's an interesting idea. I've played a 2-cue game before, but never with your-cue/my-cue. I like it. You should copyright it before somebody else does. :thumbup:

Pretty much everybody in San Diego APA uses the Aramith red circle (dunno the official name). I carry around an Aramith pro cup just for grins, but it's just enough different from the red circle that people complain about it. The measle ball is probably the second most popular here, but some...

I'm not doubting that you can see both balls when you stroke. I have a low stance as well, and I can see both balls, but that's not the point. The point is where your attention is focused. Are you giving equal amounts of attention to both balls? That would mean both are, visually, slightly...

If you're bridging up on your fingertips to shoot over the ball, shift more of your weight forward in the stance so you're pressing firmly down into your bridge hand. Your fingertips will settle a bit and your hand will feel more solidly place. Leaning into your bridge hand will generally give...

Are you saying that all serious 9-ball players use break cues, or that there are serious 9-ball players who use break cues? $.02: I use a 23-oz break cue for 9 ball, and I beat hell out of the rack. Good spread, make a ball, and usually a shot on the 1.

One option for safeties vs the ghost is this: If you miss or play safe and leave the ghost a cut or bank (basically if the ghost can see the ball without kicking), you lose. If you miss or play safe and leave the ghost a kick, the ghost played a safety on you. The ghost took your turn, and...

This may be a weird one but I get more comments around here for my cocobolo/birdseye maple (no inlays, no points, no feathers, no wrap) than any of the guys I play with for their ornate cues. I like a simple cue. The feathers are inlays and whatever else are awesome-looking, but I like a cue...

I like your post. Remind me to rep it when I get done typing. I have a drill I'll do, where after the break I have to make the next shot before the balls stop moving. Unfortunately, it's usually the cue ball that's still moving when I shoot, so I have to either anticipate a shot that allows...

Okay, so just for fun, the next tier down from the top guys, are they in the 98th percentile in everything, or is there a particular attribute that separates the top from the next, and the next from the lower?

I concur. for 95% of my shots, the PSR takes about 10 seconds 'til I'm down on the shot. That other 5% means I have to think about how to make the shot, then about how I want to shoot it.

I think a lot of formal games use ball in hand, but most bar games don't. You get more time out of your quarters if you don't play ball in hand on a foul. Well, bangers do. My favorite game to play is call pocket, ball in hand. I definitely don't end the description of the game with "bar...

My pre-shot is a little simpler than yours, in terms of the details I consciously think about, but technically I have more steps. step 1: find the chalk, chalk the cue, set the chalk down. step 2: look at the shot and figure the easiest good course to the next shot (I've already looked at the...

I know at APA nationals it's considered unsportsmanlike to concede a ball or a rack. The idea is, for instance, you break and run the first three racks in a 4 4 race, so now it's a 1 4 race, and on the fourth rack you miss the 8, your opponent runs down to the 8 and has an easy shot to finish...

tap tap tap exactly my response.

Part of his process for "finding what works" was actually to learn what other people were doing. What better way to counteract an attack than to learn it from both sides? Would you rather he said "good for you" and patted you on the head, or would you rather hear "show me what you've learned"...

I think the piece in red is the intent of aiming systems. They give you a repeatable and accurate method of finding the correct target, which gives you the confidence to make your necessary corrections before you get down on the shot, and then just fire along the line for the shot you've...

If I know I have an hour or two before playing, I'll eat whatever's quick, usually a bacon cheeseburger with fries. If I'm starving and just about to play, I'll get an order of fries to munch on. Otherwise I'll just play. I usually only eat one meal per day anyway, so if it's a morning...

I tend to kick or bank better when I line up the shot using a system, and then adjust it after I get on the cue ball. If I've been playing on that table long enough, I tend to adjust the right way for the conditions. Great post.

I'm fairly certain my knuckles are in line with the shot, but I still only have one or two fingers touching the cue. Just do what either feels better or works better, don't worry about the cosmetics of your pool stroke.