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is it possible to have a skid on a straight shot with no english? the reason i ask... ...last night i had a straight-in shot on my key-to-the-key ball, about 5 feet altogether from the cue to the object to the pocket, diagonally across the table. the shot was crossing the line of the next shot...

actually, i find JR Calvert's commentary usually quite good and often focused more on the game than many ramblers (not always, but often). and when Inside Pool had Dan Wallace on board for the 2012 DCC Challenge, his commentary was among the best i've heard. he's a 200 ball runner, so i believe...

that IS english. it means that increasing your cue weight is a losing proposition if it means you can't move the cue as fast. and that the effect is dramatic, because it varies with the square of velocity, whereas the effect of weight is just linear. same thing holds for splitting wood...

Tim/arsenius, we've had some email about the app several months ago... Kickstarter is great (my girlfriend raised almost $14,000 with it to finance her education in Sweden this winter), but keep in mind that between Kickstarter itself and Amazon (which you must use to fulfill the pledges), you...

some thoughts on 14.1 shirts that would be more "in your face" for the need to prove your testosterone crowd. idea 1: front: 14.1 graphic back: takes more balls than 9-ball. idea 2: front: 14.1 graphic back: do you have the balls to play?

can't get the system to send me the validation code -- been waiting a half hour now. no, it's not in my junkmail -- followed that all the way back to my domain server. what would be start time tomorrow? maybe i'll try then.

gotcha, and not negating the value of that at all. but what i was responding to was this from the original post: "This is a great drill to work on your rhythm and mind to build up to running a long run without the distraction of the break balls and the clusters. I know those are a critical part...

how about 6.1 as an alternative way to focus on the end pattern? anyone tried that?

thanks for the great insights, Sean and David! the called shot aspect is certainly not what bothers me about 10 ball; i think All games should be called shot. oh, and i've watched a lot of 10 ball, not just that one match; it was just a recent thorn in my side. i get what you say about the...

i think you make some good points, Sean. just to be clear on what *i* think though: the "slop" factor is actually one of the things i Detest about 9 ball. the only thing that makes 9 ball exciting to me is the pace of it compared to 10 ball. on the whole, i find myself in the rare position of...

if i put aside my rhetoric and Think for a moment [!], i realize you're right, David: the safety play Is often the most interesting part of 10 ball. that we can say that, though, is a pretty strong criticism in itself!

i think one of the things that may be -- unwittingly -- coming to our aid is 10 ball. really, Really good 9 ball is fun to watch, even though i hate playing it. matches are quick, and momentum swings often, frequently based on spectacular shots. i don't play for money anymore, but did as a kid...

nice! i especially liked the way you cleared that corner-pocket mess in the 1st rack, without going into them. very tidy solution!

>> I suggest that the boring gentleman-like behavior observed by most players is the cause of pool's demise. "Jolly ho ol' chap, might I say I think you fouled?" <<< That's why there aren't ticket sales / big gates. << you mean like snooker in the UK and Hong Kong, where they dress up and...

i think this is a Great move by Allen (and it's certainly wonderful for me personally). i think it will also be very good for the 14.1 Challenge -- i was standing in line for the bathrooms in the lobby up front at Valley Forge last year with 2 top-10 ranked pro's, both of whom would be expected...

last year at Valley Forge i bought a LHSP, after trying cues for hours at Lucasi, Predator, and OB. all are fine cues, but i decided after visiting each booth 2x on the LHSP. a few months later, i gave in to the "all the pro's shoot with Predator" mentality, and bought a Predator QR2 with a...

your videos are so helpful -- it's great to hear your thinking as you go along, and then how you execute the shot, and then what you do if it doesn't work out exactly as planned. it's great to see a perfect run from a pro who's practiced all day for decades; it's inspiring (or depressing!). but...

interesting idea -- although with the actual angle diagrammed, a quite soft and controlled normal shot would bring out at least 2 balls, probably 3, and if you put the cueball in the right place, that would be plenty to continue from here. even with my limited skills, i'd be pretty confident of...

i am not currently a s/w developer, but i spent most of my working life (25 years+) as one, coding in 5 languages and starting a s/w company that did very well, selling product in 40+ countries. a crowd-sourced spec is any coder's worst nightmare. proven many times over to be the worst way to...

very interesting. we're always told not to move the cue ball around more than necessary, but -- and i've noticed this with Ralf before, including on the recent Capelle DVD -- he seems much more concerned with lines than with distance, i.e., he's willing to move the cue ball a Long ways, even up...