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That guy looks weird!

The same is true of golf. I think the fix is cutaways--multiple cameras and feeds, with the ability to play recent content from matches other than the featured match. So while racking is happening or some deep thought on the featured match, the announcers can cut away and say "Wow, let's look...

I don't know Jay, but everything I've ever heard about him says he's a straight shooter. If that's not good enough for you, Jay, who was checking Shane's racks, also seems to be good friends with Dennis. At least, he posts here to advertise Dennis's availability for lessons and matches, and I...

Good point. But you know who would love racking for any final 16 match? ...Me! And just about any other pool fan. You would get to meet the players and have prime seating for the match (you'd have to be close to the table, just to keep things moving). So put a little fun into it and have an...

I think you've spotted the exact reason Mark started with 8 and will cut down to 5 at the end. Past coaches had no stick to use on the players. Mark does.

If pool were much larger and more popular, there would be room for D, C, B, and A leagues, with more money and glory to be won at the higher levels than the lower. Then players have an incentive to make the next level. In the meantime (probably forever), handicaps (1) bring people into the game...

I'm intrigued. Question: is the "sonic tip" a phenolic tip? If not, what is it? In particular, can it be used in all leagues and tournaments? Are there venues that still ban phenolic tips, or were all of those lifted?

I'll take that bet! Cory

You missed Lou's point. The US lost 11-2, at home, in 2013, without Mark Wilson. The teeth have already been kicked in, the question is how to put them back in place.

It's hard to map population into pool talent. Yes, the EU outnumbers the US 740 million to 320 million. But the Philippines have only 97 million and Taiwan just 23 million. Also, Europe is much more liberal than the US, so a purported connection between liberalness and Mosconi Cup outcomes is...

I never went, but didn't they have nice Diamond tables? It could be a good opportunity to pick up a Diamond for a good price.

You're doing it wrong!

I'll take one too.

I think Rod was giving those clinics 20+ years ago when I lived there! Nice guy and a good instructor, if he's the one I remember. The clinics were good and fun. It's an idea I think more poolhalls should copy to bring in more new players. Austin is great, even after all the growth. I still...

As I recall, even Alex was in awe in that match. So you're in good company.

Indeed, but the jump shot sends the cue all the way to the other end of the table! I've pulled it off in a match a few times. Not a high %, but as Matt said, a lot of fun when you pull it off.

Well, when both the CB and OB are frozen to the rail, you can always hit the CB firmly into the rail to make the ball rail first and get the CB off the rail. Back in Chicago, I remember Jamaican Aaron hitting this shot very well: [/URL][/IMG] Basically, he would jack up, and jump the cueball...

What are these conditions of which you speak?

I agree with Aaron. It's not the distance that's the question, it's the stroke precision. In general, using rails makes things easier, not harder, to control and predict. In addition, the Z-shot and 3-railer are nearly unmissable and have huge landing zones, and most players would hit either...

A question. It seems to me, someone who doesn't play a lot of straight pool, that you might be understating the challenge of smaller pockets. I agree that for someone like Schmidt, the issue isn't so much the ability to make the shot at hand (though there is some challenge in that). But the...