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From a prior thread In a prior thread the complications in eye dominance were discussed (See http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=297099 ) Several scientific studies were referenced and discussed. Probably the most important finding is that eye dominance shifts over distance to the...

I think I was one of the fortunate ones in life who had the career they wanted. To this day I like to tell people that I never took a job where I got a raise in pay. Seems I always had to take a cut in pay to get the job I wanted and then worked my way up the ladder. Here is a link to the book...

Some of the best scientific literature in this area (vocational development) leads to the idea that the most successful people (using various definitions) do what they love to do. If you love it you will be better at it than others because you will spend more time, effort, and concentration...

The best way to start is to buy a book titled "What Color is Your Parachute." You can get it in any good book store or at Amazon. If you read through and complete the self study assignments you may or may not wind up in pool and billiards but you will definitely find yourself where you will...

Perhaps the incident with Rodney is the beginning of a new chapter in professional pool. I think that most of us can agree that it is a shame that his behavior has triggered this new chapter. We can all only hope that Rodney will add to this improvement in the public's perception of pro players...

To construct (visualize) the contact point is a learned phenomena. It begins with learning to see a line through the object ball to the center of the pocket, Then the student learns to construct a line from the front dead center of the cue ball to the contact point and subsequently learns to...

Slip of the fingers should have been Mark G. Thanks for the correction.

Many people talk about cleaning up pool and turning it into a real sport. The English showed us how to do it with the snooker venue. They literally created a sport with high paying tournaments from what at one time was a seedy game. Mark Wilson is contributing in many ways to creating a sport...

In a prior thread the complications in eye dominance were discussed (See http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=297099 ) Several scientific studies were referenced and discussed. Probably the most important finding is that eye dominance shifts over distance to the target. The size of...

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Hi Robley, good to see you posting again.

From the same source “Retail Sales of Pool tables represent 50% of all purchases, while 90% of all tables are purchased for in-home use. The annual, wholesale billiard marketplace is $268 million.” Approximately 48,000 tables are sold annually to home owners (estimating $5,000 wholesale price...

source http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=250543 Demographics of pool players - “Men account for 63% of all participants - 43% of all participants are between 18 – 34 years old - 37.5 million people play pool - 14 million played 12 or more days - 8.3 million played 24 or more...

The silver lining, if there is one, is that Mark G has made a statement, putting all pro players on notice. Hopefully it will help to clean up the attitudes of some pro players on and of camera. Wouldn't that be a boost for the game over the long haul?

Dave, I think a useful addition to your vision resource page lies in the idea that the eyes and the head should be aligned. Apparently, a horizontally level head that is oriented along the sagittal plane (of the head) relative to eye placement is very important for long term consistency. I...

I looked up some of the literature on ocular dominance awhile ago. Here is what I found. http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=297099 See also the posts after the one linked to above. While little known or discussed, ocular dominance can and does shift over distance to the object...

I played leagues for 10-15 years then quit. Now I play in a local non-handicapped league. Lots of fun. I learned that when you play in the usual national leagues (APA, TAP etc) you have to learn to accept sandbagging. It is part of the league system and there are many (50% ??) of the players...

Overheard at a local pool hall, "Yeah, well I played Willie Crane just last week and took him for $1,00.00, so there, top that." I had to walk away I was laughing so hard.

If you are reasonably successful in life and you like pool, you buy your own table. These people hang out with similar people and the whole group is not about hanging at some disreputable pool hall where the hustle is the word of the day. I think that by and large you find losers and gamblers...

The way I stopped this many years ago was to aim the cue tip at the bottom of the OB. Doesn't matter how far away the OB is, if you have your stick online to the base of the OB you will not miscue. This assumes that your stroke and PSR are acceptable as indicated above.