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Phillip, check your notes or PM Scott - okinawa77 is spot on. The CB is gone by the time the follow through part of the stroke takes place - it only cares about what's being done during contact. Positively accelerating through the CB is virtually a physical impossibility, but if it helps your...

Andrew, This guy is good training for you. You have just found a weakness in your game - you hate slow play. A lot of players do. With this guy, you've got a built-in trainer to help you get over your weakness. Turn that into an advantage. You've been focusing on the wrong thing - instead...

The APA also sponsors the US Amateur every year, which is not handicapped. You have to win a qualifier to get to the event, and qualifiers are open to members and non-members of the APA, but members get a discount on the entry fee. My area's LO also sponsors a local tour for 6 & under members...

It's not a Z2, it's a "modified" version of the 314: http://predatorcues.com/predator_cues_fat_shaft.php. -djb

Definitely go see a doctor. I dealt with the same pain in my bridge arm for almost 2 years. Turned out I had a torn rotator cuff, which required surgery. I had surgery in January, and while I still have problems, it's not as bad as it was pre-surgery. The bad thing is losing 6 months of...

I totally agree with you. He speaks his mind, and he's a helluva player. I had a chance to spend a little time with both him and Rodney Morris, and my face was hurting from laughing so much. Those guys are a trip. -djb

Mike Fuller tells me he lost to Sidney Champion in the final. -djb

Apples and oranges. College Football rankings are totally subjective, while the WPBA system is based on one factor, where you finish. That's the way the WPBA should be set up, but if they don't give enough points for winning an event, they've basically made it so that #1 is a revolving door...

Classic "Corner 5" diamond system: http://www3.sympatico.ca/eric.perreault/diamond_system_en.html -djb

There's a trade-off when you use a closed bridge, especially when trying to play above the horizontal axis of the CB, which is that those who use the shaft/ferrule/tip as an alignment tool often can't see as much of the shaft/ferrule/tip when using a closed bridge. For those people and those...

It's true. The tables are not opened up in the Mini-Mania room, so all events in that room, including the Masters, requires pay-to-play. I, too, think that's a little cheesy. -djb

Sure, but that can be a problem no matter what school of stroke is being used. SPF instructors teach techniques to keep the wrist and grip loose throughout the stroke. The Pause is just a part of the equation. Every player does break down at some point, though, whether it's through a lack of...

I agree with you that tension is bad, but disagree that excessive pauses cause excessive tension. If anything, having a pause at the top of the backswing DECREASES tension as it allows a definite transition between the triceps and biceps. In other words, those muscles CANNOT fight against each...

I'm a member of the SPF family of instructors - it's Set (pause at the CB), Pause (pause at the top of the backswing), Finish (grip hand reaches its home position). Freeze is a part of the Finish, but some BCA instructors teach it as a separate component. That's the period where you evaluate...

You're obviously insinuating something here - what is it? Are you suggesting that CW didn't deserve this win somehow? I guess TC, Orcullo, SVB, Davis, and Archer all played dead so Charlie could claim a victory, right? -djb <-- there were 3 shooters and a masked elephant on the grassy knoll

The pros DO try to get sponsored, you know. If they could get sponsors like NASCAR, I'm sure the pros would play in fire-retardant suits and drink milk after winning a tournament. The problem is that most potential sponsors don't give two sh!ts about pool. It's very rare for someone to sign a...

Rack 9 This will be the last rack I watch - I have to get up in a few hours (f210, Lenny, gopi - fee free to pick up the play-by-play). Dennis makes the 1 in the side as well as the wing ball and has a great shot on the 2. He has a smallish position window to the 4, but he makes it look easy...

Rack 8 Yang makes a ball on the break, and has a good look at the 1. I see no problems here at all. Yang makes a routine BNR to even the match at 4-all. -djb

Rack 7 Dennis executes the soft break well, and as long as one of the wing balls is going, he's going to be tough to beat. He has position on the 1, but goes a little long on position for the 2. He opts to take on the 2-9 combo, which he misses, but he played a good two way shot and leaves a...

Rack 6 Yang hits them a little harder, and comes up dry. Orcullo has an easy safety, but leaves a bit of the 1 open to view. Yang pockets an 80+ degree shot on the 1 and has position on the 2. He goes back and forth to play the 3 in the same pocket, and threads the needle to make position on...