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This makes perfect sense because of the strong difference in colors. You can see the layout much clearer.

That looks similar to what Danny Barouty did with his arm bent in a cast, only he cut the cue up to about where his hand was. But as we know, that position doesn't work for the rest of us when we use the bridge for the reason it was intended --- when you can't reach a shot.

Well, as you may know, skilled players tend to carry their own mechanical bridges with them that suit their playing styles that also gives them more height options and maneuver options than the typical ones you see in pool rooms. If you do some research you will find that they have become quite...

How do you know you're getting more deflection and not just being inaccurate? I'm assuming you mean cb deflection or squirt. But regardless of accurate or inaccurate aiming, many players make the mistake of shooting down at the cb with a pretty steep angle of attack. If you need to hit below...

I think you're wrong about that. As far as I can tell, the WPA will continue on with whatever players they have and will continue to sanction events. The sanctioning process isn't just about getting a sanction fee. It's also about assuring that the player selection process is fair to all...

Who are you? What's your name? What country are you from and what's your relationship with Matchroom? So you're saying that running even just a few events in the past without letting everyone know that these players in the events were being managed by them is okay? Were they trying to give the...

Suspending players is necessary. For example: There are athletes in all sports, including pool who switch continents in order to be chosen to play because they aren't ranked high enough in their own federation to get in through the allotted quota, so they will try to get in through a different...

I believe you. I think that when we talk about why people miss, we should eliminate considering the ones who don't care and don't even bother to try. As an instructor, I walk away from those who want me to make them better without them doing any of the work. They're not players and don't count...

Why do you think that is, given that there is so much information that's easily accessible?

It depends on how you learn. Some people are visual and have to see others do it. Some have to read it in order to grasp it, and others have to have discussions about it with someone. Most people are a combination of all three but usually favor one over the others.

Great advice. Another is to not let the blood rush to your head. For example, if you drop a piece of chalk on the floor while playing, bend with your knees and try not to tilt your head all the way down to pick it up. I remember one time at a WPBA pro tournament, we were having some fun with the...

I think there are two types of missed shots: 1.) Unfamiliar or difficult shots that we haven't quite figured out yet, whether it's our own fundamentals in relation to the shot, or the physics of the shot --- so we're guessing. 2.) Shots we've successfully made many times before. #2 Is the one...

As an aside, at about 23 seconds into the video, the black man sitting behind Paul Newman in the flatcap was a man named Moses who was a regular at the Golden Q and Chelsea Billiards in NYC the 80's and 90's. He told me he was in the poolroom scenes in the Hustler, but I never could find him...

Yes, great insight there. I was happy to see that Tevis did evolve as years progressed. At least Vincent's girlfriend wasn't an alcoholic in the sequel.

Sorry, I'm too thin-skinned to share any more conversation with you, including my conversation with Tevis and who he was following around back then as he was composing Vincent. I remember you from years ago. If I were you I'd hide behind a moniker as well. Have a nice day, Russ.

I know, I know. He made a choice. I wish he had gone a different way. He still could have made it a great story.

So who's the one posting anonymously here? Oh, wait. I know. It's not me pal. :ROFLMAO: I actually met Walter Tevis. We had a nice chat for about 30-40 minutes back when he was writing The Color of Money. Nice man. He was very up front and honest about himself.

He had choices. The kind of life he chose it to mirror for Piper's character was a lowlife type of person. He didn't have to go that low with her. He could have given her at least some redeeming qualities. He went too dark with her character.

According to the link you provided: "...and allowed industries to get together and write "codes of fair competition". The codes intended both to help workers set minimum wages and maximum weekly hours, as well as minimum prices at which products could be sold." That's price fixing, which was...

We know that Tevis was obsessed with alcoholics being that he was one, but I didn't like how he wrote her as a drunk in the film. He did it with the female lead in The Queen's Gambit, too. Piper Laurie was a great actress and she played the role well, but it didn't paint women in a good light at...