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The goal should always be to be more like Efren and less like Mika. . Every time you get to the table, you have the chance to turn the situation around, no matter how hopeless it may seem.

The Wavy pin was a stupid moneygrab, however radial joints are now mostly proprietary anyway, so I guess the others are just as bad, but making a second, proprietary pin of the same kind is just mean spirited. I have a Kwikfire cue made by Carolina custom cues that I can't get a new shaft for...

Lucasi and Universal both used uni lock. They seem to have moved away from it recently. My guess is it's too expensive. Also Joss west and Eurowest used uni lock as well as Dale Perry.

I've jumped a lot with my z2 shaft, but it got ruined as a result. The foam inside got knocked loose and is rattling. Also, full ball jumps with that particular shaft (and a full cue) are very difficult and IMO only possible when balls are ideally placed. It is, in my humble opinion, the most...

Sorry, but I'm pretty sure they did, and they got away with it, too. Really, pool is in such a shitty state that the Governing bodies are not even paying any attention to this, and seem to exist solely for the purpose of making sure they themselves get paid. There really are no proper standards...

I don't get the intense hatred a lot of people have for Mika. I really don't think he deserves it. In my book he doesn't even crack the top 10 of most annoying pool players. If you count amateurs, he'd not even been in consideration of such a title. I've met him only a couple of times. Didn't...

Jesus, all these people complaining about falling over because of their shoes, playing pool! Makes me think of two things. First, what every recruit did in stiff army boots in the obstacle course, jumping from log to log without falling. Second thing what I imagine these shoe complaining people...

Dont take this the wrong way, as I don't mean any offense, but what would it specifically take for you to demand a change? If they made the 8 pink or the 9 black or both? How about if they changed every colour, just swapped everything around so no single colour stayed the same? Would that be...

I played a small tournament with these new coloured balls. It wasn't as much of a problem as it is on tv. The numbers are more visible in real life. HOWEVER, I did need a little extra time (couple of seconds) to survey the table after the break. It's not that the different colours are so...

I don't think Matchroom cares what you or I think. They think very little of pool, they would never DARE to change the colour scheme in snooker, but pool they'll change on a whim. In all honesty, I doubt they take the sport seriously at all. They certainly don't respect it much, in as far as the...

I find it hard to believe that there are tournaments where this is not explicitly stated in the rules! Taking breaks during your opponents inning is the ultimate shark move and incredibly unsportsmanlike.

Helped with: 1. Nerves. To do it right, you have to relax, and you can feel it happening. No chance of tightness. 2. Long power shots. Had a slightly tucked in elbow and turned out wrist back then. This caused some, but not extremely much inaccuracy in power shots, as it introduced an arc in the...

I don't think it will be much help, but I experimented a bit with a slip stroke some years ago, but more of a stroke slip, really. The only cue I could ever do it well with was my playing cue at the time, a 19.5 ounce Predator with super slick linnen. I've tried it since with other cues, but I...

If it is "free" to move your opponents balls, then sure, but I think the most prudent thing is not to move balls that go for you. If your balls all have a pocket, they shouldn't be touched. If you have large clusters, you should break them up in a controlled fashion, using insurance balls if...

The problem with the magic rack is that it loads the corner balls and make the corner ball banks stone dead and nearly unmissable. It was discovered in the European championship (which used a tapped table, which does the same thing). People were purposfully playing for corner banks rather than...

I don't know what the fx billiards "acid test" is, a preliminary search gave no conclusive results. I presume it's some sort of draw shot drill? You should choose drills that work on the areas at which you are weak. So the fact that you are struggling is a good sign. It means this part of your...

Pool playing equipment isn't expensive at all. 500 dollars for a shaft, 1000 dollars for a cue, isn't really so much divided over a decade of playing. Keep in mind you can get a cue for under 100 dollars and it will not hold you back very much at all. Migth be all you need for your pool playing...

Here's a game you may not have seen, I think maybe it's the most exotic game played on a pocket table, though it's mostly a type of bililards: I'm kind of fascinated by games which have their own "custom" type of table.

Tables look extremely tight and soooo slow. Brutal. It reminds me a bit of pyramid, the way you have to smash the shots in, because the pockets don't take the ball when you roll it. Looks like you also have to hit the corners on the diagonal, and the pockets probably won't take shots along the...

There are several ways to stroke a cue. I have tried many different methods myself. For a while I was exploring minimizing arm movement and swinging mostly from the wrist (on soft to medium shots). I played with a deathgrip for several years with ok to moderate success. Still, I found much...