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I've been playing seriously for about 5 months now and I've been told I'm playing somewhere between a 5-6 speed. I'm currently using a McDermott C-110. (http://mcdermottcue.com/C110_a.asp) I'd really like to start looking into a better cue that will last me a really long time. I like the overall...

Thanks for the tip.

Not an option at this point. Hence my trying to find a way to deal with the few specific problems that I may actually be able to do something about. Thanks anyways though.

I've got a really gross table...slow cloth, terrible rails, mdf playing surface. Short of new cloth and rails, what can I do to make this thing play faster? It's really terrible right now, so anything would be nice. I can hit a ball from the headspot at break speed and I'd be lucky if it made...

Many thanks for posting that. I've been needing to come up with a practice regimen for myself and that will address a lot of my problems.

I'm in Tulsa, but I'm new to the forum.

Practice makes permanent. Perfect practice makes perfect.

I recently realized that I've been elevating the butt of my cue a pretty fair amount when I play. I understand that my goal should be to keep the cue as level with the playing surface as possible, but it feels and looks extremely awkward when I do this. It seems like all of the pros I see have...

Very cool pictures. Thanks for sharing!

Might want to tell him to be careful...using a university's website for commercial purposes is more than likely illegal.

Thanks for the input everybody. I'm left-eye dominant, right handed, so hopefully I won't feel too awkward lining up like that. Can't wait to get off work and give it a shot.

Hello, My vision isn't that great, but it's not terrible either. I seem to have a lot of trouble focusing on where I need to aim on longer shots, mostly once I get over 5-6 feet away from the object ball. Before I start making an appointment with the optometrist, I figured I'd get some opinions...