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There are shot makers, and shape players, and a few rare ones who excel at both...but who do you most think really had/has "the cue ball on a string"?

Cutthroat is still played lots here in rural Southern Appalachia. A couple of years ago I came up with a variation that makes it more challenging for better players--you have to shoot the balls in order like 9-ball. So, at first, only the 1, 6, and 11 are open. Combinations, etc are okay, as...

Reviving this thread because tonight a guy asked me if I'd ever played "near ball". I'd completely forgotten about that game in the 25 years since I'd last played it.... Anyone else remember/play it?

Well, maybe.... "Athletes usually perform better when they trust their bodies rather than thinking too much about their own actions or what their coaches told them during practice..." From: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120919124900.htm

A great loss...for folks who didn't know him, he's featured in the first couple of minutes of Samm's interview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-N9zsRa2m0 Rest In Peace.

I wonder how this strange myth that "smashing the balls" is the best way to break got started....

Thanks for posting this information. For me as a science guy, it is very interesting, and adds to a more complete model of the physics of billiards. I think though, that the typical reader will be thinking, "How does this help me be a better player?" So...what do you think the practical...

Improve your game by not really trying Some recent research applies to pool: [Bold added] From: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21328501.600-zap-your-brain-into-the-zone-fast-track-to-pure-focus.html?full=true I think embeded in that research is a pretty good explanation for why lots...

I'm not sure how I feel about having started this thread. I guess it has engendered some interesting discussion, and that's a good thing, but.... Anyway, how about this: What bit of science could you learn that would make a marked improvement in your game?

Charlie Williams seems to draw well, elevated, or not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuNGsN0cMoE There's a discussion of this here: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=199138

In my current neck of the woods, there's a lot of contempt for "book learnin' ", and a great love for "common sense". But book learning is really just common sense (and perhaps a little "uncommon sense") collected and organized. Any scientist worth his salt is well aware that every theory is...

From Viking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzNkl5UJmyU From the Discovery Channel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7N7ZttMRYY

I loved the Discovery Channel's Time Warp series. This one features pool with Liz Ford: Time Warp -Amazing Billiard Tricks A screenshot from it of her 9-ball break with an airborne cue ball:

You might enjoy this thread: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=239795

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Yeah. But won't it lose some of its potential horizontal vector if it leaves the table? And then there's the loss as it "digs in" and skids on impact with the table. Airborne can also cause a vertical component on impact with the OB if the timing isn't exactly right. That's lossy, too.

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Would you please share half of it?