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Nver mind, I figured it out. Has to mean Smoking Pauses.

Now I'm curious. What does SP stand for?

Thanks for the tip. I watched a match by Thinh Kent and that was interesting. He has fantastic touch and a great instinct for staying on the favorable side of the third ball. The first fifty or sixty points looked more like balkline 47/2 (which he is already good at or could learn in no time)...

Dennis was a friend of mine and I was really fond of him, as nuts as he was. But a visionary, he was not. We've argued quite a bit over this, the "decline" of 3C. It's simply not true. DD couldn't look past the US, where 3C would be dead if it wasn't for immigrants. But there has been tremendous...

A few things to keep in mind: 1) A cloth is only as good as the mechanic who installs it. That goes for wool-based cloth and synthetic cloth alike. "My" or "our" experience is anecdotal, can't be any more than an indication. 2) Synthetic cloth does not require heating, period. I have no idea...

Definitely the second, because the return on investment is higher. The average isn't made on how you hit very tough shots. You could double your skill there, and go from 4 % success rate to 8 % success rate and not much happens to your average. If you double your consistency on the bread &...

Kissed Out said a few things I intended to say as well, and he beat me to it. I tip my hat.

Watching top player videos is very educational, but you can supercharge its use with the PaDeWaRe routine. Get a video of your favorite players, and hit Pause. Look at the position, and Decide what you would play. Then Watch, and Repeat. You'll be amazed how often they find a solution that...

Stroke is important, and I don't disagree with any of the points made above. But it's not A number one, the Biggie. That's "choice of shot", and it will make or break your average. And the strange thing is: many if not most 3-C players will have no trouble admitting to technical flaws, but we...

Good question. Think of it like this: A beginning driver must train his brain to make good estimations, in order to decide whether or not to overtake. An experienced driver takes one look, knows his own speed, the speed of the truck in front of him and the speed of the car coming towards him...

I love your ambition. Please realize that 0.3 to 1.0 is a long journey. If you can improve a decimal point in a season, you've had a sensational year. During practice, keep innings. Spend way, way more time on easy shots than on difficult ones. And please, stay away from systems until you are at...

Thankfully, this video is so clumsy that it will create no serious "misinformation". In general, I would discourage everybody to make tapes like these. They're an insult to players who actually set and challenge records in real life.

He didn't persist with that, though. Started playing 3-C early and never looked back. Dani: same thing.

High: on occasion. Mighty: not that I am ever aware of. As for an American 3-C world champion: can't see it happening in the next 8-10 years. You'd need an exceptional talent who, from his/her teenage years on lived in the right set of circumstances. Lots of hours of practice, the means to...

Adjusting to tables is what these guys have been doing their whole life. It's a big part of what makes them a great player. Pedro has played wonderful tournaments on short or long, fast or slow material many times. How well you adjust is as much form of the day as it is preference for a certain...

Another instructive little video from Gert Jan. It helps to illustrate how much easier balkline on the 2.30 tables is, you'll end up with something like triple your average on a 2.84. Don't forget though that GJ is much too strong for the small tables, he just happens to have this one at home to...

Great year for Hugo, with the showing in Viersen and this fifth title. I'm happy for the guy.

Very nice video by Gert Jan Veldhuizen of a run in 57/1, which is the small table (2.30 x 1.15) version of 71/1, a game that is not played. His touch in the small space is exquisite.

None of you are absolute beginners I think, but I'll leave this here anyway. At the request of the Dutch Federation KNBB I devised a game intended for 8 - 15 year olds called Five-ball (but surpringly, it quickly gained popularity among seniors in retirement homes). Summary of the rules: the...

Sorry, no. I like to watch it though. Same with snooker. I'll never miss the Mosconi Cup or The Crucible.