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For the meantime, I think the objective should be to create support systems to fund a players travel and expenses to international events. At this time, pool is something that only some people can make a good living from. It’s also not the only sport in that position as many top curlers have...

I would also add that in my experience, re-racking after a miss is a bit easier to attain high runs. After almost 2 years of tracking runs on the straight pool app, my average is a few balls higher starting with a breakshot than continuing. Maybe it’s just my personal weaknesses at play, but...

Both. Reracking gives you extra break shot practice. Continuing after a miss gives you extra end pattern practice.

Thst That’s exactly my point. An individual who struggles to make money will find gambling more attractive. That will of course be true in any country. But it scales better in poorer areas. That was the situation in the Philippines where Dennis Orcullo could make more as a pool player than as a...

It’s promoting it because it’s a poor country with few money making opportunities. This doesn’t translate nearly as well to richer countries/regions.

I’m assuming it’s the walk on music they are muting. It keeps the video from being demonetized or recieving a copyright strike.

I think Mike should have won. It looks like Earl became more dominant towards the end of the decade which seems like it might have resulted in a recency bias. I always felt like Mika getting awarded player of the decade in the 00s was a similar recency bias due to his form in 2008-2010.

If you want people to watch pool you need to establish a tour where tournament results mean something. Give people a reason to tune in next week and the week after. Players should be jockying for position on a ranking list that determine invitations for invitationals, seedlings and direct entry...

I love the drill though for some reason I found using object balls was messing with me on the harder versions of the drill. So I started replacing cue ball after the pot with an OB. Then, replacing one of the OBs in the line with the CB. I started having more success.

Kids and adults learn differently. Kids can much more easily work around these kinds of defects because they develop their skills much more quickly and easily than we do. At the end of the day the objective is to hit the cue ball where we want to. There is no way around that. and the most...

Just to be nitpicky, my experience has been there is little difference between a home table and always practicing on table 8 at your home pool room. The only way conditions enter into it is if you challenge someone at a room they rarely play in.

I think part of it is that you can use a break that is ideal for the ghost but not for competition. When I’m struggling with the normal side rail break, I’ll put the cue ball in the centre of the table and just focus on getting an even spread across the table. And if we are talking about the...

Good point, This article gives some stats on different handicaps. Scratch players make up 1.85% of players. By comparison, the only stat I can find for Fargo is their website states there are 300 players with a 700 rating in he US. I don’t know what percentage that is but it is definitely...

Scratch is sporty but so is 700 in the grand scheme of things. A quick check shows there are 40,000 golfers with a 0.0 or better. Which suggests that scratch players, while good, are a dime a dozen.

The best reference point I can find is that a top pga tour pro would be around +6.5, with +8 being the highest recorded, and a top amateur is around +3 or +4. If we assume that our top amateurs are around 730 (good enough to be competitive but not to make a living in international competition)...

I’m confused, I’m not sure if you misunderstood what I wrote and agree with me or not. In short I’m saying about the rankings, There needs to be a central ranking system, not many. Matchroom can’t use the WPA ranking because there are multiple disciplines and promoters contributing. So they...

Keep in mind though that FSR played in 28 events and someone like Mark Williams played in just 14. There are also no entry fees on the WST so expenses are less in some cases. But yes pool has made large strides in the last 3-4 years. In years prior I would have expected a number like that to...

Yes, great summary. Ultimately, there needs to be a central guiding organization at the top level and the WPA has demonstrated they aren’t it. We also can’t have multiple world rankings because which are people supposed to follow? So there are two choices, use the WPA rankings or use the...

I don’t believe that a guy who could casually run 100 balls on demand couldnt draw the ball better than me. As to the jump shot, the only thing that would keep a top tier player from picking up that skill is stubbornness.

A compromise would be rankings for different disciplines. It’s far too messy to have different disciplines and formats smushed together, especially if you are trying to sell a tour and format to the general public. The WST doesn’t incorporate the English Billiard results into their rankings...