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Take it from me...back in the day, trying to play safe on Sang Lee was, for sure, a losing strategy. Anyone who played Sang enough times quickly realized that giving him more innings at the table didn't particularly help their own cause... He knew every kind of bank or umbrella to break your...

lol. Just don't quote me without including the followup sentence: "I've always felt something wrong with that mentality." -Ira

It will be an amazing event, but not everyone on that list has been confirmed. -Ira

Especially in this day and age, cues are not technologically equivalent. I would highly recommend that you try the new Molinari brand of cues designed expressly for carom by Predator. Many carom production cues these days are marketed as low-deflection but all they offer is a laminated...

Thanks for sharing your excerpt on position play. I especially appreciate what you said about not fighting the natural characteristics of the table. It is true. -Ira

Bert, Once again, I loved your articulate article and I have individually contemplated some similar notions. Just throwing out a few thoughts and ideas here to spur more conversation. I have often noticed (after the fact) when I scored points using a 'small-ball' approach, that I would...

Interesting notion. However, what does it truly mean to say that a table that plays 10% longer? For me, it's really about how the ball reacts off the rail (and table bed) at various angles of attack, speed, intensities of sidespin and nature of roll. To describe a table as 'Too long' or 'too...

Top 7 Here's my list: Torbjorn Blomdahl (decades of staying power at the highest rankings) Frederic Caudron (master of all billiard games) Marco Zanetti (fierce competitor consistently puts up high averages when it counts) Dick Jaspers (in a slump, but can't ignore his long string of titles...

I believe I am familiar with the pattern you are trying to depict. I know accurate pictures are a challenge to create, so understand that I have only to interpret this rough sketch where the difference between possible and impossible is subtle and significant. The fact that the lines are...

Mighty generous of you, sir. Please donate the money to the USBA to be directed toward supporting Sir Raymond Ceulemans (travel fund) to come to the US again in July! I'm trying to raise money for this effort. Thanks again. We need more like you! -Ira

Like a good street-magic video... In the end, of course it's not a great shot - but a beautiful illusion. I think the entire presentation is like a good street-magic video: aside from tricky props (pool ball), the truth was further hidden from detection through the carefully chosen camera...

I'm pretty sure the physics simulator will be able to demonstrate the action with the perfect amount of outside English - especially with dirty balls. Frigopie, what do you say? -Ira I realize that adding 'dirty balls' to this thread is not helping the cause of our friend Blackballed.

In this case, shafts, butts, balls and stroking were the keywords to a good physics lesson. Check it out from home - or hack a tunnel for your private internet traffic from work ;)

Good question - and this is the point: Physics tells us that lowering the coefficient of friction does not create the bounce-back effect - only a lighter ball can do this. Bob: as usual, was right all along about the physics. Hector: Alas, no genius required. Frigopie: Thanks for running the...

Don't worry. Your friend did not lie to you. Those balls are indeed regulation balls 'out of the box'. Just not out of the same box.... ;)

Don't be so sure it was genius and not a trick. There is a reason why we (all of us players, mind you) were struck by the reaction of the balls....

Bill, with all due respect, you have been mistaken. Yes, Sang Lee influenced me a lot, and had helped me to think about the reaction of the balls on my own. Because of what I know, I can confidently state that what is demonstrated in the video is not genuine 3-cushion skill, but a pretty cute...

Do you suggest that there is knowledge in billiards that operates outside of known science? Zanetti is a friend and a great, great player whose game I deeply respect. Sang Lee played by pure feel, and it did seem magical, but it was not magic. (Incidentally, he had a very mathematical mind.)...

Billiard players can't defy the laws of physics, even 'REAL' ones. Science can teach us a lot about billiards. I put strong faith in scientific explanations. I will bet anyone that demonstrates the shot, that they cannot duplicate it with the cue ball and object ball switched around. The...

Nice job, Therese. Keep going! See you in NY this summer at Carom. -Ira