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Of course not. Recall your last biggest make or break shot that cost you the match. The one that you should have made. What happened and why? Pressure happens.

CT: RIP

If I explained it to you and you tried it I think you would be more agreeable. I won't do that. But I intend to make a video demonstrating the effectiveness of this "mental" thus unobservable technique. They say, seeing is believing. Thanks. Until then...

...final focus ability is most important for execution under pressure. How often one's game completely collapses with weak knees, rubbery stroke and failed mental awareness at contact.

What you said was more than important: it is essential. It is just not what I am talking about. If you do not have optimized Ultimate SEEING you cannot have as a reliably repeatable accurate stroke as you otherwise could have. It could be good enough if you are satisfied with it. I am...

Calvin, a Hard Times Bellflower regular, told me that Cole shot just as good high as straight.

I said, "I'm only talking about the balls and the lay on the table, not how to approach how to shoot the shot (different matter.)" Pattern recognition is a "different matter." I think I should have just said: I'm only talking about SEEING the balls. Not anything to do with HOW they are...

First of all, you are changing the subject to "quality of play" and "reliably repeatable accurate stroke." I said, "I'm only talking about the balls and the lay on the table, not how to approach how to shoot the shot (different matter.)" I am not a Bible Thumper but doesn't it say in there...

LOOK HERE - couldnthinkof01 and jason: neither of you have refuted anything I said. I said that there were instructions available that "spill the beans" that will raise your play to the next level. But that even they do not tell you everything. And I said that many bad attitude players and...

Everyone looks at any given pool shot in exactly the same way. Players to rail birds. But not everyone SEES that shot the same way. I'm only talking about the balls and the lay on the table, not how to approach how to shoot the shot (different matter.) Seeing ranges from total darkness to...

The diamond shape on the balls is probably a marketing decision. Eye-catching. Unique. Like the Superman design. Diamond attractive. "Oh, I got to have these cool looking billiard balls. They'll make a great conversation piece(s.)" Check out this thread...

Overall, these replies cumulatively tend to agree with my original "corner man" thought. It might be a nuance but I don't think it should have been overlooked. It could have easily been rectified. Earl was a fish out of water in a hostile environment. He probably realized this. He either...

"The Tale of Texas Pool" documentary will be coming out around Dec. 2024. https://www.texaspoolmovie.com/

(I am assuming that both players were playing to win. Stranger things have happened when big money is on the line. Does anyone know who the odds makers had winning?) My point: Earl should have had a solid corner man. Maybe someone like Nick Varner would have made a great corner man. Earl...

Back in '74 or '75 I met a Staff Sergeant in the service who was about 26 years old. His specialty was EOD (explosive ordnance disposal.) He told me he came in 2nd in the New York State pool tournament. He played really good. He hooked me 3 times in a row placing the cue ball right up kissing...

Surely the wisdom of Ulysses. I had never thought of that. At first I immediately thought it must have been some sort of scam, too. But at the time, Cecil had impressed upon me that he was a natural athlete. And also, I just read an interview he gave. Growing up, he was into baseball...

I was talking with Cecil at Hard Times Bellflower. He was telling me how he would bet guys $50 that they could stand on the sidewalk and he could get past them while remaining on the sidewalk himself and they couldn't touch him. I tried to imagine how this would work but couldn't do it. I was...

I've spent at least 10 hours now playing these Dynasphere Bronze. I think they are just fine. And the price is very very good. I've been thinking that technology is getting so good now and available so widely that the competition for pool balls and cue sticks is driving prices down. It is all...

Thanks for your responses. I'll think about it. Hard to believe L.A. is no longer a pool/billiards mecca. The weather is too damn good. And there is so much great entertainment close by. Beaches, sports, skiing, gambling, clubs, etc.

I'm thinking about getting a new cue stick. But I have to see and hold it before I buy. So I need a dealer in Southern California close. I live in Irvine, CA in Orange County. I have a Schon SL-6 I bought in 2001. I would consider just a shaft or two. I am a little skittish because I think...