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If your tip is dime-radius shaped, and the mark that the miscue leaves on the tip is all the way out at the edge, then you did overstep the miscue limit. This could be caused by an inaccurate stroke, or an inaccurate conception of where the miscue limit really is. I'd suggest using the 10-ball...

Here's a good page of info from Dr. Dave's website (content mostly provided by Patrick Johnson in this case) on what part of the tip contacts the ball: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/cue-tip/size-and-shape/ The more curved the tip is, the closer to the center of the tip the contact patch...

Patrick already replied mentioning there's a diminishing return from getting really really close to the miscue limit on a longer draw shot, and the reason for this is that CB speed diminishes with the extremely off-center strike from the tip. A slower CB will lose more spin to friction on its...

Those things only affect you if you let them. You can feel the difference, but the CB can't. Focus on your fundamentals and any difference in feel and feedback will hopefully just enhance your aesthetic experience.

No, it's really not. Depending on which LD shaft and which CF shaft you're talking about, the difference ranges from pretty minor to totally negligible. Just play with the new one as if there is no adjustment period required, and there won't be too much of one.

I especially liked the exceptionally controlled half-ball carom to separate the one red from the pink, and the exceptional positional shot from a thin black to the yellow with the bridge.

Okay, all you bank-shot firers and safety naysayers, I have two questions about this safety here: 1. Is this somehow not 100% for you? 2. What response do you imagine is remotely possible from your opponent that doesn't result in you winning the game next inning?

I use one on my playing cue. It's the 11.8mm. I think it's great, the construction seems solid and without detectable flaws, but I'm not necessarily the most sensitive to such things by nature. What I am sensitive to is squirt, which is right on par with a Predator Z3, and juuuust a hair...

If your touch on these very short very soft shots is good, and if the balls were really positioned exactly as diagrammed, the safety is pretty much unmissable. As an added benefit, if you play it right, the 8 remains parked right over the hole where even if he hooks you back you should be a...

The extension is actually 6” I now find, in case that’s still relevant in any way.

I've never used the Lomax, so I can't speak to that, but I have a Hanshew and it's a great jump cue. Definitely elevated (ha) my jump game. Regarding the length, it's a 3-piece cue. With 2 pieces it's a standard length for a jump cue, and the 3rd piece adds 5", +/- 1" (I can measure later if...

My internal monologue is pretty active all day long, usually. It gets pretty quiet when I'm playing pool and it's my inning. I believe sometimes when I'm playing well it actually stops during a run. It absolutely won't shut up when I'm stuck in the chair though, particularly when I haven't...

"The wire" refers to the wire above the light with sliding beads on it for keeping score. When keeping score this way, you'd literally slide 15 beads over on Morra's side of the wire before the match began, making the spot "15 on the wire". The phrase differentiates from other spots that would...

So does anyone have insight into why the action isn't what it used to be? Is there anything that they could change to help revive it?

I understand that exchanging intentionals can put the game out of reach for the lesser player, but unlike making a ball on the break, BOTH players are complicit in exchanging fouls. If the exchange favors the better player so heavily, the lesser player should have tried for a good hit instead...

You're all acting like you can force your opponent to foul at will. If you're giving up a spot and you put your opponent somewhere he has to take a foul, good for you. You earned some breathing room with good shot selection and CB control. If you're getting a spot and you don't want to trade...

Corey's been playing noticeably better the last year or two than when this thread was created in 2015. He's really emerged as a major force in 1-pocket, and it seems like his 9/10 ball game has gone up too. I hope he can continue the trend.

I agree, I've never watched a game of 1-pocket and thought "oh I hate this kind of game where the players are taking fouls, lemme fast-forward." Whereas I've absolutely thought "oh no, the ball count is 1-0 and the remaining 14 balls are all in the kitchen, this rack is gonna be an absolute...

There's no consensus on this. Some people advocate keeping the elbow still (aka pendulum stroke, creating the variable cue angle throughout the stroke that you observed), some advocate dropping the elbow in the follow-through to allow a longer and less inhibited finish, and some advocate moving...

Mike is a retired chemistry professor, if memory serves.