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Learning to walk before run is how I think of it. 👍Watching Ray Martin play 9 ball was a true pleasure. His cueball control was impressive. His falling on the angles that facilitate center ball made the equation simple addition or subtraction. Start adding side and multiplication or division...

I never thought of his heritage. He was a bar box scuffler in Tacoma in the '80s. He introduced me to 3 ball at a tavern near the Boeing plant in Renton. The Royal Bear or maybe Golden? With a huge field the dollar game produced hundreds of dollar pots. With a dozen entrants 3s were tied more...

I got 3 ball from Gunther. My largest one night score came playing 3 ball. Some where a little over a thousand. I think my 3 ball practice was a factor in my 9 ball success. In the Boom & Freezee interview at 34: Jason validation of my method. The precision of the strike to make all 3 in the...

At 21:32 He hits a chord with me. I get so nervous watching my wife play. Whew, wipebrow

The Miz signed it to my wife. 🤔 I had just beat him with a break and run in our weekly 8 ball. Pretty sure she bought it while he gave us a lesson at the dart board. 3 in a bed was his first inning. 🤷‍♂️

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Don't forget The Library!

That gets a Tea He from Me. 😉 It definitely requires a Dis Claim Here er uh disclaimer. I cruised the Northwet, (well as far south as Sacramento ;) and well uh .headscratch, teaching is a Skill. Playing well does not equal teaching well. I have had close encounters with "high speed "...

I built my first pool table using plans in Popular Mechanics magazine. I started building my pool game using a pamphlet authored by Willie Mosconi. The table build was much quicker than the game build. 🤷‍♂️ The input from a qualified instructor is Huge. My first hint at the instructor...

Oh yeah there was another condition added at my willing to proceed with lessons. The second condition was No Gambling while in lessons. I had been balancing my gambling between weaker and stronger players for a zero balance so that was no problem. At the completion of 6 weeks at 20 per, I...

Flashback time for me; I thought I had found the person to pay for lessons. I thought I was ready for one pocket lessons and had approached Backward Jan regarding lessons. I had been donating about 20 a visit and trying to learn through osmosis or observation. 🤷‍♂️ His response to my enquiring...

"In Form" comes following the formula. 🤷‍♂️

Self hypnosis plus The Power of Positive Thinking. 🤔 The Routine followed in a hypnotic/robotic manner. Computer programing My program starts with the large and concludes with the small. My ring finger muscles are the last to apply influence. The Stancegoes to the Sumo wrestler. Make a...

I once was stuck pretty deep, well within my budget but only a couple of barrels left. My opponent was in dead punch and never missed. He had put enough pressure on me that I couldn't get settled. The tavern had two tables that were different makes and different cloth. So at down a hundred I...

Oh thanks for the memories. 😉 On The Hill in Tacoma was a Vietnamese owned and operated bar ....and the owner would gamble. The table had character would be the kind assessment. Peaks of the gray slate were there. 🤷‍♂️ He had been scored upon a couple times when I got there so I couldn't...

The Hat had a 3 rail kick shot that he put on display in exhibition. He wore shoes with a hard heel and could be very accurate with his Kung Foo er uh Kung Foot shot. Long legs helped. 🤷‍♂️

Basic lesson one starts with an analogy. Diving from the one meter diving board. 🤷‍♂️ Always start with a square and at rest stance, exactly the same distance from the end of the board er uh from the cueball. My cue held at balance on the middle finger is my measuring device. First learn the...

Didn't Earl try boots with ancle weights?

Well apa does want a marker on the table for the 8 ball. 🤔 Well when conducting survey landmarks are available. But a home plate In my practice game.

Using the 3 ball mult eye template as a target for the 9 bal uh shape l. A training aid, forbidden in competition. 🤷‍♂️ Makes for a way to score more points in my practice game.