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If you hadn't noticed, Efren uses a slip stroke occasionally. Only about an inch or so at most. I've seen Cole's slip stoke be as much as 4, even 6 inches on occasion.

Great pics. Nice looking cue. Thanks for taking the time and making the effort.

Cecil Tugwell told me, "I could do that." No, I never saw Cecil even try it. Of course he was well past his prime then. Talk is cheap. See is believing. Cole did it for me and about 3 other people who were there without even being asked. And he did it for free. He was in stroke. Ya...

Big name. Good to hear your game is improving. Don't feel you have to tell us exactly but has he revealed to you any confidential pool secrets that only the anointed have access to?

What do you mean: "diffusing the issue"? I ask the readers to look up the definition of the word "menial." So, your answer to the question of: how do you shoot straight is only for a what? A low class servile servant? You absolve yourself of such trivialities? To answer the question is beneath...

From what I've been told, Cole could not have gotten so good so fast without a knowledgeable and experienced mentor. Even being a prodigy as Cole was. Again, from what I've been told, it might have been Sax Del Porto. Probably Bucktooth as well from the gambler/hustler point of view...

Nice pictures. You've posted them before. "Practice this 1000 times..." Etc.? Just one of many problems/unknowns with your pictures: how do I shoot consistently and precisely straight?

I forget who it was, but the recommendation was that any pool player most likely does not need an instructor. An analogous example is when a mother tells her son to stand up straight. If the kid wants to stand up straight why does he need a nag to keep harping on him. He can just stand in...

I am not claiming anything about this post quoted above. Bear with me. Have any of you interacted with ChatGPT 3.5? I have a few months ago for free. It blew my mind. After a few weeks I stopped. It's reasoning was often shattered and it lies. Carefully examine this post I am replying to...

I am not exactly sure what you are referring to with "contact points." The only shot alignment contact points I know of are the cue tip/cue ball or cue ball strike point, and the cue ball/object ball contact point. Generally speaking, we all know what these are. When I speak of a...

<snip> I don't know if you read my posted comment above that begins: "I can appreciate your several view points..." Sounds like you have experienced some of what I commented about there. Let me suggest that you must make sure you can see clearly. Make sure you can focus your eyes on everything...

Hardy har har. It's okay. I have a thick skin. I am used to being the brunt of jokes in this forum. Some are somewhat funny. One reminded me of a scene from "The Deer Hunter." "I'm gonna put him on his fucking ass. Stan is crazy. Why? What happened? Stan is crazy. There's a Green Beret...

I can appreciate your several view points. There is a reason I asked these questions. Let's take shot alignment. It is a fact that a strong player has at least very good consistent shot alignment. And instructors you would think must as well. I mean, what if an instructor missed shots...

Obviously, I was seeing too many visions in my mind and had too many visions on my mind as I was typing. Yes. The song is called "Dreams" by Fleetwood Mac.

It makes no difference who I consider "strong?" You tell us who you've taken lessons from that in your experience or estimation were strong players. These are just generalized questions. It isn't a test. There are no right or wrong answers. I'm not asking for names. "Anything you say can...

Danny DiLiberto at the age of 17 in 1952 was making between $400 - $500 a week playing pool in a local (Buffalo?) pool room. That is between $4742 - $5927 per week in today's money. Wow.

Probably most of you have met strong players. Have any of you taken lessons from any strong player? Did your game improve? By how much? Any of you that took lessons from a strong player, did you become a strong player, too? Did you surpass your teacher(s)?

What does IRL designate? What is an inspector IRL? On the Internet it says it is slang for In Real Life. Thanks.

Most of us have seen a Harry Potter film or clip. He uses his magic wand. And there are other wizards in those films. I was at Hard Times Bellflower, I'd say, around 8 - 10 years ago. Nick Varner actually showed up. I was playing on table #3. Apparently Nick had been knocking the balls...

I'll try to check them out and see what I discover.