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I ran another 48 today. I had a good beakshot to get to the next rack but missed it. I think my stroke broke down a little and I ovecut it. Just getting to that next break shot was a positive. If I made that shot I was really off to the races. I was playing really well. This was the...

I saw Crane and Lassiter play 14.1 at the Roosevelt Hotel. I can't remember the exact years, but it was either late 70s or very early 80s. Both were past their peak, but at least I could say I saw them play. They played well even then, but not still up to same level at Sigel, Varner, Mizerak...

John Schmidt has repeatedly said that one of the things important to running a huge number of balls is not wasting much energy concentrating hard on every shot. He said Shaw's ability to shoot so accurately off a single practice stroke is an advantage that he didn't think other great players of...

I think most of us agree that winning championships is a different animal than just running balls. Just ask the people that saw prime Eufemia. There are safety battles. You have to deal with nerves. Certain styles may be better for high runs but not work quite as well in a series of matches to...

I have some random thoughts about his 14.1 game from last night and the last time he tried this. I saw Sigel, Varner, Mizerak, Martin, Rempe, Hopkins, Nagy, Murphy and West at their absolute 14.1 peaks. I saw Mosconi while still playing very well in his 60s, Lassiter a bit after his peak and...

Thanks. I saw 832 last night when I was watching, but someone posted that it was 836 this morning. I thought I missed something.

I was mistaken. It's actually 836. He's trying again today.

He ran 832 balls last night. He made one incredible bank shot to keep it going in I think it was the start of rack 37 (or 36).

I finally had a breakthough. Normally I only have time to play once a week. This week I had time to play Monday, Friday and then again yesterday. Yesterday, I could tell almost immediately I had way better feel with the cueball and I wasn't as afraid of tougher shots. I wound up running a 48...

I switched over to 9-ball in practice recently because I think it does more to get my pocketing, cueball control and stroke sharp. Once I feel a bit more confident in all that I'm going to switch back to 14.1 and see if I can break out and at least run a 40. Not running a 40 in so long has been...

If I ever start playing regularly again, I'll spend some time learning a few systems (especially for multi rail kicks). But it always bothered me that you have to make adjustments from table to table, for speed/spin, and even day to day on the same table due to weather. I always felt like I...

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The one thing the OP is correct about is that the more misses there are, the more opportunities the weaker player will have to get to the table. Of course he’ll be missing more also, but it does open the possibility of the weaker player getting a couple of easy layouts and winning games that the...

I don't see Fran nearly as much as I'd like. We mostly see each other at parties and funerals (ugh). I'm sure she could help a lot if we had some practice time together. Life keeps interfering with my love of pool. :rolleyes:

For me, what tends to happen without the movement of my shoulder is that my elbow moves out like a chicken wing or my wrist twists a little at the very end of the stroke but sometimes a hair BEFORE I actually strike the cueball. So it all breaks down and I lose accuracy. It's like on some...

if I need to do a lot with the cueball, I tend to lengthen my bridge and vice versa. To get the necessary follow through to remain accurate with a longer bridge, it seems my stroke has to be longer also. I guess that could come from where on the cue I place my back hand as someone mentioned, but...

I've been working on my mechanics and stroke recently and came to sudden realization that may be obvious to others, but wasn't to me. I first starting playing pool in the late 70s in NY when most people were playing 14.1. Back in those days I used a very short bridge and short stroke because...

Time is passing but I'm still not playing much better. I feel like I'm working out some of the kinks in my bridge length, stance and stroke that are translating into better shot making, but somehow I still can't put it all together and run balls like I used to. I guess playing just once a week...

I know there are often marketing issues and even politics involved in things like this, but I think these things should primarily be determined by some objective measurement of MERIT. If her FARGO rating is high enough to belong and there are no players that are clearly better trying to get the...

It seems to me the more you play the faster your development will occur and the higher the ulitmate peak will probably be, but there's a place for setting aside some of that time to work on specific shots, speciifc position shots and your form/technqiue where you know you have weaknesses within...