Finger Slides
+1 on these. As I've mentioned before, I used to were "regular" gloves, but found that the palm heel area would wear thin and get holes rending it unusable. Not a problem with Finer Slides.
I've had a couple people ask me what they are as they do look a little different, but...
Thanks for the suggestions. I was staying at the Hampton Inn near Midway (65xx Cicero Ave). Several other hotels in the area. Traffic was terrible, and I wouldn't have ventured to anything that wasn't within 5 minutes of there.
Hopefully another time I'll be in the area again when the...
I-3
I've been shooting with an I-3 shfat for about 6 months now. I haven't tried any other LD shafts for any extended period of time, but I like the I-3. 11.75mm Good hit. I ordered mine from Doc's Billiards and they matched lowest online price. IIRC, I think I paid $210.
Here's link with...
Windy City Cue Show Link
Here's a link with some info. Post #6 from Big Chris has a link to a more detailed link.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=251507
In Shane's defense, I believe he had just returned from a short Phillipines trip. 20 hour flight there, stay a few days for pool, 20 hour flight back, and play in Turning Stone. IMHO, that more than anything contributed to his poor showing.
Fargo Rating
I'd suggest looking into the Fargo Rating System. I believe MikePage (on this site) is the one who created it.
More info here
http://www.fargobilliards.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/fargoratings.pdf
I play on an Open M8 League where patching is "required" unless the players agree to call the pocket instead.
We have played several matches over 2+ years where patching was missed, both by my team and the other team.
We won't call in on the other team unless they have called us on it...
Another option.... Finger Slides
I used to use gloves, but found that I would wear thru the palm heal area fairly quickly (less that a year). This happened even with gloves that had the "leather" reinforcement patch.
About 2 months ago, I purchased some Finger Slides (related link with post...