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Pointing the back foot slightly outward to turn your hip a bit is normal. However, I'd recommend pointing the front foot either straight or slightly away from the cue. This stabilizes you at the table. Pointing both feet in the same direction can cause you to lean forward a bit in your stance...

You would think that would be true about the more moving parts, and several years ago, many instructors did think that way, but that's not necessarily true. For example: A series of moving parts, moving in a coordinated way in the same direction vs. less moving parts with resistance or restraint...

True. I think we've all had this discussion before where we all agree that it's not really a completely fixed elbow 100% of the time, but we pretty much accept that name to distinguish it from the full elbow drop stroke.

Let's be realistic about this. If you're playing in a match, you've got about 30 seconds to decide what to do --- that includes any calculating that you can do on your feet. Most players are going to decide based on memory, which is based on experience. If I were in a match, my concern about the...

Is there a way to copy someone's diagram into ChalkySicks, and draw on it, or do you have to reproduce it from scratch?

I remember that sly smile, Jay! You're so right. Funny Bob Byrne story: The first time I visited with him in California, we were walking somewhere and he stepped off the curb into the street with traffic all around. I grabbed his arm and pulled him back, thinking he was about to get himself hit...

Bob Byrne raised the standard of how to play pool books to a new level. They were intelligently written with clear explanations, great diagrams and photos, and fun anecdotes strategically inserted throughout. He again broke new ground after that by complimenting his books with a series of high...

Well, I would have a discussion with them about it, but more as a way of providing them with accurate information, because someone will invariably point out their elbow drop stroke as a problem, when it actually isn't for them. So I would like to help that player avoid confusion about it through...

While this is an important technique for instructors to teach, there are also players who are very successful elbow-droppers. Just because a player drops his or her elbow, they shouldn't be automatically categorized as doing something wrong. Instructors should troubleshoot problems and not just...

I describe it as a hammer curl with the torso bent over. In weightlifting, the elbow remains in a fixed position when doing curls.

I think that in order for there to be quality practice time spent, you have to go into the practice session with a question in mind. Going about trying to answer the question is quality time, even if you don't find the answer during that session. Finding out what isn't the answer is just as...

Thanks. No need to be worried about me.. I'm actually a pretty positive person. I guess it all comes down to the values you have. I never heard a curse word in my house growing up. Other people curse like it's just everyday talk to them. I guess I didn't expect to be cursed at like that in the...

It's not an attack. It's the truth. I never questioned his performance. I was stating my only experience with him was where he did not act like a gentleman.

Yes, and I do appreciate your wisdom. We're all human. After the match, he found out who I was through someone who intervened and had an opportunity to approach me and make it right, or at least discuss it. He refused. I hope he has since adjusted his attitude as he matured. None of this affects...

WADA has a list of drugs considered to be performance-enhancing. There really is a reason for drug testing that makes sense. Unfortunately, occasionally there are false positives that can happen or traces of something that don't really affect a players' performance that can hurt a player. But...

Too bad. Truth is truth.

He didn't know I was a board member at the time, so he wasn't breaking any rules. So to him, I was just some woman who was annoying him. He had options as to how he could have responded to me. I guess that's how he decided to act towards someone he considered to be a nobody.

I don't owe you anything. Look them up yourself. It's pretty obvious.

Nope. And while we're at it, why don't you take a hard look at the chronic drug and alcohol users who would be wimps on the battlefield without their 'enhancements,' who are in the Hall of Fame. Clean up the Hall of Fame.

Niels Feijen --- yes, he puts up a good front, doesn't he? At the 8 ball WC in Fujairah, UAE, when I was on the WPA board, I was sitting in the stands watching the finals (which Ralf Souquet won). Feijen was sitting nearby in the stands and talking and laughing with guys on either side. He had...