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Here is a video that gives occasional good looks at the eyes during the stroke. It's an interesting study, even if you don't find anything conclusive.

That's flawed logic. Watching the tip contact the white facilitates rather than hinders watching it travel. The vision stays with whitey. it is moving at a speed that's simple to follow. (I could read the laces on a 90 mph baseball) I read the rotation as it departs the tip. I can still read the...

Ronnie's insights in this clip made me reflect on my outlook on tournament play. I often struggled early on. If I survived the early discomfort I could be sure I was on my best game in the finals.

SIGNALS 😉 Just like the catcher in baseball. As catcher the number of fingers I showed were a decoy. The real signal was where I placed my gloved hand. Pretty sure we played couples that had signals in the no conference events. 🤷‍♂️

I have posted the results and conclusions of my study on the topic here. Experiments in looking at the cueball. My in a nutshell conclusion is that the fine control of the cueball is the advantage I see in looking at the white when I whack it. 🤷‍♂️ My earliest accomplishments in pocket...

That reminds me of Cole Dixon knocking the back out of the pocket on a long shot, while he locked eyes with the waitress. 🤷‍♂️ She was a quite a cutie pie. Anchored definitely describes his stance. My wife had coached the young waitress regarding pool players. She was impressed but kept her...

Definitely! As I just checked and 25 years later she's still mad at Me. 🤷‍♂️

Uh oh another Scotch Doubles flashback: My wife had a history with Lavern on the other team in a race to 4 bar box 9 ball tournament. I had made a $10 sweat bet with Joe on the other team. As she prepared to break, I saw the deer in the headlights look. So I sidled up along side and whispered...

Yeah that would be my pool epitaph. 🤷‍♂️

Cole Dixon told me he had run out or been run out of every casino in Nevada. He made the Banned list for the state. He spoke of sitting on a tall stool at the blackjack table and being Cole he was tilting the stool back on its two back legs. Upon exceeding the limit he had to extend and raise...

And oh yeah 🤷‍♂️ That was when my left hand was just starting to perform.....well. I was the first to miss A ball. It was with my right hand. I switched to the left immediately and finished the night that way. My partner knew that I was right handed. Shrug 🤷‍♂️ must have made him think I was...

Uh oh a Grampa story: Back in the day on the east side, Bellevue WA. We had a 10 a stick Scotch Doubles ring game with 3 teams. Oh it was fun. Well for me and my partner. Around 160 @ by close time. 🤷‍♂️ The best part is. We were Not on speaking terms. No serious I had passed him off earlier...

Uh oh one more joke. The young bull says, "let's run down and copulation a cow. The old bull says, "let's walk down and copulation all of them.

I jab fun at my ego when it complains. Uh oh a triggered rerun story: Standing in line to get into the DFAC in Iraq. A beef between 2 on the special ops outside the walls crew, arose. The Senior citizen er uh soldier (he was buffed) said, "Jr you can't win. I kick your ass and you will never...

I was accustomed to the what's your sign. My pool sign would be Under Construction. Scorpio, by the way. 😉

So many Jr amateur coaches out there. 😉 shrug. I Loved it when they tried to tell me what I should have done. In my bar table home court play pen. I charged 'em. Hope for them to say 10 shrug. Just good clean fun, officer. It snot gambling it's a contest of skill.

When it comes to coaching, less is more. I have been on both ends of the equation. When playing Scotch Doubles with a stronger partner, he simply went and stood where he wanted to shoot the next shot from. No words worked well for us that night. When I was the strong player in Scotch Doubles I...

I have played in Scotch Doubles events with asorted rules regarding coaching. Even one that didn't allow ear buds or headphones. Of course my hearing aids could attach to my phone. 🤷‍♂️ Other events restricted or even barred coaching. My experience was that unrequested coaching was...

Ooops didn't take long to eliminate the no rails. Sheesh I am rusty and uh possible rattled. Got my ass kicked by a Little Girl. 😉 She was a really Big little girl. We had a Hella battle in the first game of the 8 ball tournament, race to 2 first match. I prevailed in the first game after some...

Ah the morning fitness calls for Re medial training. The short draw horse shoe from my first Mosconi book. A short shape draw drill to develop precision cue ball.Shoot em in order. No rails allowed. Go