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Yes, and over all I think she and the 5--"Carinne" I think--shot better than the men did in the earlier matches. And, I don't mean to say that like it's unexpected because they were women. The other 5/6 handicaps were men, and just weren't bringing it.

No spoilers, in case anyone is going to watch it on YouTube. I wound up watching the 2024 APA 9-Ball League Final live, and was probably more interested because one of the team was out of where I played for years (until 2018), but I was more entertained that when I watch pros. The most detail...

Nope, but that might explain it! :)

I am not following what you mean by "reverse" here. Would you please describe an example?

This came up in league last night.... One of my teammates grew up in London (IIRC), and I remarked on a player missing has "overcut". He said it was an "undercut'. We briefly discussed how we were describing the same thing, but for some reason from the opposite directions. I consider a...

I pay through PayPal--connected to credit card not bank account. I've bought a few cheap cues from Temu--that is around $100 down to $35-40. Some carbon fiber, and one is a 3/4-length billiard cue with a 10-11 mm tip. The last one was the cheapest ($35-ish), and it has a *kind of CF* finish...

Funny, but I see both sides on this because by calling it "clean" you certainly knew what it meant, but (at best) his clarification was to make it clear to himself that you knew what it meant. I would say it's actually slightly better that he clarified it before you shot, as opposed to you...

Exactly what I tried explaining to the guy I was playing against (and a couple of others that didn't agree with me). I even tried to get them to understand that you can shoot a ball down the rail, and on some (bad enough) tables, will let the ball leave the cushion and maybe return and sort of...

Okay, please ignore any impulses to post, "That's why I don't play bar rules" replies. Also, I have apparently let this bother me, because my brain won't let it go. Also, I'm sure there's a thread somewhere on this, probably from the Bronze Age, but I could not find one.... I was recently...

I also work with data. I copied the text from the Schmelke sample PDF, and tweaked it with an editor (TextPad). It was simple enough to get separate records, but normalizing the columns would take a bit more time/effort--although, a lot of the data can simply be thrown out (like pretty much...

Everything you know is probably already catalogged and curated at Dr. Dave's! :) https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/drill/MOFUDAT/

Correct, in that using the line from the pocket to the cue ball means that the overlap (or "slices") are not equal, and so using the contact point on the cue ball to strike the contact point on the target ball--using the OP's system--shouldn't be correct. However, even without correction, I...

Yes--I actually had also typed "he" in the last sentence, and changed that reference, but didn't go back and correct the first instance. I also probably should have used "subconsciously", and not "unconsciously". :/

To me, what he is describing would be a triangle in your graphic--with the long red line connecting to the end of the yellow line, in the pocket. As I posted earlier, this is similar but not the same, and is off by difference between the point where your (long-red) line intercepts the cueball...

Welcome back to the game! Your system is very similar to the parallel aiming system, of which example graphics can be found on Dr. Dave's site: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/aiming/contact-point/ I cannot think if a specific example, but my initial thought is that using the line from...

I definitely agree for tournaments, as I would expect that a slow player could be put on a clock--although this is assuming it is more than a local, weekly "fun" tournament. The same for league play, because there is only so much time to complete a match--more so, during playoffs (such as APA...

I was going to suggest this to the OP, but would also add that "one stroke" can be perceived as setting up with a gap to the cue ball, then one forward stroke, *or* setting up with cue tip close to the cue ball, then back and forth as "one stroke", *or* even a two-step of that, 1-back--pause--1...

Hi Fran. That part was about coping with the original slow player--to not let their slow play force one into rushing, when (finally) getting to shoot. Probably unnecessary, if one has a solid routine (and pace), but I think the stress of waiting through slow play often makes a player rush...

Are you asking how to speed the slow player up, or how to cope with his slow play? The former is likely impossible, depending on circumstances--such as in a tournament or league playoff, with a time rule. For the latter, I recommend the same as a couple of other already have--play at your...

It's hard to remember your spelling, when you're boating straight down the Strait of Gibraltar, and your boat breaks its brake! (Sorry, to keep posting OT)