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Sorry. Just don't buy it. I'll grant you that CB vs. OB conditions are different, and that could generate different charge levels. But I REALLY doubt the different charge levels could possibly be enough to change the gross, physical movement of the balls (at a level that could matter in pool)...

well...yeah....or....I don't know. It's true in one way (and it's easy to know): A lot of people have trouble making long, straight-in shots. And there's a thread running now about that. Everybody knows where to aim on such shots, so the problem is obviously accurate stroke. OTOH, when I see...

All that seems kinda unlikely, IMO. First, why should different balls take on OPPOSITE charges? If they're made out of the same stuff they should take on the same charge. Secondly, the balls are probably heavy enough that electrostatic attraction would be a vanishingly small component of the...

I like this thread: useful observations, and a lot of creative thinking. SKIDS MUST BE STOPPED. And I think equipment makers need to take the issue VERY SERIOUSLY. Some interesting ideas presented so far: By RKC: Aramith pro balls much more skid-prone than Brunswick By DogsPlayingPool: That...

You're right. I don't mean for "aiming" and "aiming system" to be interchangeable. I would name two things: 1) Aiming METHOD: The process used to point your stroke. 2) Aiming SYSTEM: A formalized recipe to objectively measure or arrive at WHERE one would like to point one's stroke. I would...

I think your argument is sound. There is no doubting the fact that the precision required in snooker is MUCH greater than in pool. Quite obviously, snooker players meet that precision requirement without recourse to special "aiming systems" (other than the one you describe--learning the shots...

Interesting observations, Fatboy--guess that's why "you have the money" :) I've also noticed that Reyes seems to have long arms versus the otherwise "compact" size of his body.

Great news! Thanks for letting us know.

Can you give a link to your website, btw?? It's interesting to hear about the INTENSITY of Earl regarding getting exactly the cue he wants. You'd think, by this point in his career, he would have long ago figured out his cue needs. How tall is Earl, btw? I'm curious about how that relates to a...

Excellent point! With that logic the OBVIOUS thing to do is bang on the nine (or go for three fouls on Mika). Yet somehow others didn't see it.

Best wishes for Gabe's health. Keep in mind Mom that fairly often short-term crises like this turn out to be nothing really serious--and in a day or two the patient is fine!

I'd love to know why the hell there're so few videos of Mosconi on youtube. It's bizarre, there are lots of other old greats, like Irving Crane, Ralph Greenleaf, Lassiter and Murphy. But I can't find anything good for Mosconi. You would think he would have the MOST recorded stuff.

Very cute. But of course WATCHING OTHERS who do something well is the OLDEST FORM OF LEARNING in existence. It's only the electronic aspect of the process that's new.

I reported this post to the moderators. The report I gave was this: "I don't think John Barton should be able to come into a thread for the only purpose to ANNOUNCE to everyone that he has blocked me and that I'm "insane" and not bother to even post ANYTHING AT ALL on the topic of the thread...

It is--at least in exactly the manner it's carried out now. I doubt very much you could find more than a few people thirty years ago who would claim that their career and living was as a "pool instructor." (and you might not find any--there are people here who could answer that question...

oh yeah, when I played a lot. But it also happens with other things: if I play cards a lot I see them as I sleep.

OK, thanks. In any endeavor....there are no guarantees. An instructor is not necessarily anything more than someone who wants you to pay them to talk to you. There are DEFINITELY bad ones, there are almost certainly ones that can offer help to some students--and the (vast) remainder are an open...

I learned from watching good players. IMO there's NO SUBSTITUTE. A good player with a good stroke makes the balls move in a way that bangers NEVER CAN, and to SEE THAT opens up in one's mind the possibilities inherent in actually trying to learn to play well. From that point it's figuring out...

I don't know. How good is it? I wonder if people are confused about my posts and believe that I'm trying to convey that one should learn to play pool as a hermit. On the contrary, any normal person will learn whatever they can from whomever they can. My argument is against a rather new...