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My thought exactly. The D and C player won't be able to handle the good safety play, and will rarely shoot at a make able ball as long as the pro uses safeties and only plays high percentage shots. The B should win, but it could go either way if the pro is hot that day. The A should win every...

Golfers generally use nearly the same swing for each distance, just a different club length. Of course you will run into in between shots and shorter shots that require more adjustment, but they generally attempt to play to a certain distance that allows "their" normal swing with a certain...

I don't think so. Bean bags/corn hole costs only the price of a set of boxes and bags that can be easily made, can be played by anyone without much skill, and makes for fun competition. It is played very commonly where I live in Illinois, and is a lot of fun. I would love to see pool on TV...

Personally, I inform them. I want to beat them purely on pool skill, not on some lucky break like that. I also believe in the sportsmanship side of it as well.

I couldn't play in a league like that. The reality is that you have gone into a league where that is their style of play, and their lack of knowledge and understanding of the game lends them to that style of play. Because you already know that is how they play, you are going to have to take it...

Ummm, your previous statement made it sound like it was a forgone conclusion to happen eventually. You are obviously very upset by this. You either can let it go, and resume your friendship, or you can't. If you can, then you are probably better off leaving it alone. If you can't, a man to...

That might be the worst and most childish idea I have heard in this whole thread, especially since you are the owner. That will definitely cost you business and a friendship. You would be much better just talking to him than doing that. If you did that to me, my first thought would be, "why...

He should sty in his seat unless the shot needs to be judged for a possible foul, and then someone else should be called over to do that.

How would you rate a player vs the Ghost? For example, how often do you have to beat the ghost out of 10 to be an A or B, and what number ghost can a C or D beat. I know there is much more than just the offensive nature of "the Ghost" to play at A/B level or above, but the ghost has been...

I couldn't agree more. I don't like threads like this, where someone comes on here, hoping to have their issue resolved with the threat, all the time leaving everyone else open to the same problems because the person is not exposed. I hate to ruin people's business, but I would feel awfully...

Realize that using anything with wax will significantly change how the balls play, especially how the cue ball reacts to spin.

Uncalled for and really sad on your part to say that.

I think it's more like 90% that want it to go at a reasonable pace, which means within 30 seconds for most shots, and a minute for harder ones. No reason for any longer than that.

I disagree. I hate the pockets in the pictures on the right. They are too small, and the cut will make any ball hit at an angle with any pace rattle out. I dislike this because it takes away a significant number of shots from the table, and takes too much away from pool in my opinion. I...

I absolutely agree with this post. I personally use an aiming system that i think works very well, and has definitely increased the percentage of balls I make. However, I would start out just learning the angles by sight first, and emphasize stroke development in my drills. Once you become...

I think it is a good idea to approach your practice play early on in your development with a plan of playing nothing but center ball, so you have to learn in depth what the CB path is, and focus on where you need to get for your next shot by just using the correct angle and the CB path. You...

Agreed. Don't do it to yourself. Those shots will come into play more than you think, and you will not enjoy it. Get a table tat fits the room.

I am sure smokers see this as a good idea, but I doubt non-smokers do. Every time you open the door to that room, smoke is going to flood out, and each person that comes out of that room is going to stink of smoke. Smokers can't usually detect that stuff, but it is a very strong smell to...

Illinois is smoke free, which I love. It is a much more enjoyable experience for me to go to a pool hall now. Unfortunately, the smoking ban here does not appear ro have positively affected pool hall attendance, and I know of at least one hall where it was the cause of its closing.

I haven't played the Revo yet, but at this price point, my concern is the law of diminishing returns. I currently play a tiger x-pro, and I wonder if the Revo can reduce the deflection/squirt enough to make it worth paying this much money. In fact, I wonder if a deflection free cue would be...