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Joe Tucker's Rating System This rating system by Joe Tucker is an effective personal evaluation: 1. Set up a 10-ball rack of balls (1 on spot) and break. All balls (1 point each) made on the break count. (If cue ball scratches, re-spot all balls and continue playing from the kitchen.) 2. Start...

Believe it or not, the situations you just specifically identified are the differences between playing on the table (tactics) and playing above the table (strategy). It's like the difference of being on the battlefield, directing a platoon, and at headquarters, directing whole divisions. You...

When recording long periods of action, you have to downgrade to 640/480 to keep the file size under control.

Fabulous. It's always good to see examples of superior competence.

I use the 9 balls with 8 ball rules when coaching students on strategies and tactics. It is also a great setup when running youth tournaments - especially when there is only one or two tables.

Consider yourself to be playing high stakes poker. Don't let the strength or weakness of your hand show in your reactions.

"Keep ahold of yourself" Basically, what is happening is that you start anticipating success before the fact. Your recent history has nothing but success, therefore you project the past into the future with the same expectation. Doing this takes away some of your personal focus for the current...

Allowing yourself to get upset during a match takes away from your ability to concentrate and get in the zone, both of which require a pro-active intention. Emotions indicate that you are letting yourself react to table situations. Displaying emotions is handing your opponents a tool to...

In essence, there is no real difference in a shot whether the OB is three diamonds away or six diamonds away - except in your mind. Here is a trick to help overcome the presumption that far shots are tougher than close shots. 1. On facing a distance shot (CB to OB), pretend the CB is at the...

Me too. Anytime you got an opponent who depends on luck to get themself through a game is like a gift from the billiard gods. Easy money.

Jeez. Where did that come from?

There seems to be enough action with the local leagues for the owners.

It's the audience I suspect this piece was written and targeted specifically to an educated audience profile. It was probably presented in newspapers and magazines subscribed to by the educated class. I like the inclusion of a bit of French into the content. In those days, an educated...

If your opponent's playing style is hard hitting, you want the called pocket scenario. Balls can travel too far and too many places. If he's a careful player - shooting most shots with pocket speed, slop will not be a factor and can be excluded from consideration. There won't be enough possible...

If you are shipping a cue, those triangular boxes are great shipping containers. Use the foam pads as wrapping.

The playing rules are absolutely necessary to be on any player's smart phone or tablet.

When you get someone who gets too close to the table, there are several ways to handle them. If blocking your path as you walk around the table, some options are: - Use your stick like broom to clip their toes - Stamp the cue butt onto their foot. - Step on their foot. - Elbow them as you walk...

Congratulations. Go with her to check out the student union and look at the tables. Spend a little time to teach her how to shark guys. She may not need it very often, but once in a while, there are guys that just beg to be sharked out of a few bucks. I coached my daughter on sharking tricks...

Thrown into the mix of deciding when to play and not play the win/lose kids is their willingness to set out so many weeks. The recommendation to play the others for the first three matches is the correct decision. Depending on their match results, you can option them in or out - based on your...

Having spent a few years in that weather (North Dakota), people only consider the weather tropical when the temperature gets up to 0 degrees F.