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When you guys say skid, you mean a kick in snooker, right? If so, I find certain chalks will cause it as well, which is why I don't use the absurdly sticky/cakey Master chalk. I've also noticed that it's also caused by indentations on spots on the table caused by people repeatedly hammering...

There was a discussion not long about about snooker players in the Milwaukee area.

The results don't reflect a lot of the old talents getting back into form. Take Williams and Dott for example. Stellar performances!

That is some really talented trick shot material; really creative stuff! But then when I go back to watch Semih Sayginer's stuff, I'm lost for words to describe that talent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwRMiSEYUt4

Happy birthday and have a good one!

In snooker, keep in mind that invitation-only tournaments are ineligible for ranking points. There's also a problem with scheduling against the very busy World Snooker professional tour: travel times (between UK, China, Bahrain, etc.) and tight margins due to long qualification/knockout rounds...

Neil Robertson is a special case. Throughout his career as a crowd-pleaser, he's regularly attempted some outrageous volleys on the table, so his case can't truly be a good example. Ranked world professionals also play on environmentally controlled tables (heated slate, controlled humidity...

In snooker, Jimmy White brought up an interesting way to visualise these doubles (called "kick shots" in pool) which was to imagine that the table layout was mirrored onto a second table directly next to it, cushion-to-cushion. In other words, you are shooting at that imagined object ball on the...

Hello AZ, I just played 14.1 straight pool for the first time the other evening and it was a total blast! A 17 break was my best in one visit after miscueing a very simple pot, but I could surely tell that this would be my favourite game on a pool table. My goal for this year is to produce a...

Hello gents, thanks again for the kind input. I'm going to have a crack at it when I have an opportunity to settle down and maybe pick up some secondhand woodworking tools. Clearly, my MIG welder would be of no help. :( Oops, I forgot to mention that the cue I'm building the case for is my...

While you make a respectable point, my understanding is that straight pool tournaments run multiple frames (best of three), not one uninterrupted session. Similarly, a century break in snooker also forces the opponent to have no further visits to the table, but you are sweating your bloody arse...

Thanks for the replies JB! Thanks for that link! I've only done woodworking once a long time ago in high school (not of much help, as I ended up making swords and spears for Shakespeare plays :rolleyes:). I've got a lot of hand tools and some manual finesse because I work with autos, but I...

Has anyone tried to make their own cue case before? I'm talking about a box-style hard cue case. I'm frustrated at using a leather tube-style case which doesn't carry all of my stuff very well. I'm considering making one for myself with all of the features that I've always wanted but could never...

How much chalk are you applying? If you are fiendishly grinding your cue into the chalk like a screwdriver like most pool players do, then what is there to wonder about staining the shaft? I agree with Lisa here. Chalk modestly and regularly wipe your hands and shaft in between frames. A lightly...

Seems like you have a dominant eye and it is giving conflicting information to your body. Next time you are on the baize, place the cue beneath one of your eyes and play sighting that way. Switch eyes after 20 minutes and see if there is any change. Most people are about 50/50 even, but many...

Play one ball at a time and don't dwell on your previous visits to the table. Each time you approach the table, completely zone into your shot and think of nothing more than where the object ball and cue ball are going. Mute everything else. That's it. In snooker, we are taught to get up from...

Well, we use it quite frequently. (We call it side by the way.) Some players don't use side often because of the wildcard factor that it introduces from deflection-- remember, snooker cues are quite slender and susceptible to amplifying poor technique and striking off-centre. I play side in...

My practise partner had Moori tips put on his old and new snooker cues. He says they're better than any other tip he has used and that they're worth the money. I haven't used Moori tips, myself, but I'm skeptical about them. I can generate a lot cue power and very deep backscrew and I just use a...

I absolutely agree with you here; top quality post. May I also add that pool hasn't quite seperated itself from the antiquated bar culture like other cue sports have. If you look at English blackball pool in Europe, for instance, you'll see that the players have a completely different level of...

It happened using a cross rest when the head was screw-on type. I can see, though, that over time the threads would chew up the shaft from constant use and eventually let go. This also happened with a spider rest, but closer examination revealed that this one was caused by the guys who used the...