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I'll let you guys know what I think a shortstop is in 2044. Just saving my spot.

I like this a lot. It would be cool to have some chips created just for this to keep the communication clear and keep things moving. The chip would have the 1 ball on one side and maybe the 10 ball on the other. If player passes, he places the correct side of the chip on the rail as he walks...

That's cool that the cap is a bit random. I think that was your idea originally. Good luck.

And another thing....these things aren't mutually exclusive. You can work on straight cueing while also working on English shots. Just shoot the same shot over and over again and try to get the same result. I suppose that would be moving towards creating a repeatable stroke as opposed to a...

Do you really think it's this binary, or are all of our varied pool skills really on a spectrum? So how many players EVER truly cue straight? At what point do we think we are cueing "straight enough" to work on or just enjoy other facets of the game? This is where @Tin Man has pulled me closer...

I say adios to you as well. You're probably the most disgruntled person on here. Not sure why. It seems you have a lot to add about pool and life but you're always so aggressive. I'm just a huge chuck roast talking about pool here.

You went one month with ALMOST no spin. One month. Try it for 6 months with ZERO spin and see if you're still interested in playing pool. I once did a Tor Lowry like stroke drill for a couple of weeks and I love the game as much as anyone I know and that's all I could muster. It's the spin...

The analogies don't work. In golf spin is a product of changing your stroke. In pool, spin is just a product of hitting the cue ball in a different spot. Who cares about the instructor stuff. Like I said the analogies always fall apart. Someone can make a good golf analogy and upon closer...

The pool to golf analogies always fall apart. No different here. So I'll just leave it alone. Simply put -- I wouldn't teach anybody to avoid using English early in their pool journey. Nobody. Of course that's within reason considering not all shots are created equal AND hitting the cue ball in...

It's actually nothing like that. Almost the exact opposite. Your method is more like telling a golfer to only work on driving the ball straight down the fairway for a couple of years or just work on putting the ball straight until you can make all the five footers for a few years. Only then do...

Well said BUT there's a huge caveat. The good news is I think it can actually be done with some practice. I think you have to get good at leaving most of the acquired knowledge at the practice table and when you compete you just play. This can be done and it also works like a built in reward...

B-o-o-o-r-i-n-g I think this is the main reason beginner players don't get totally hooked on pool. If you're not spinning the cue ball around, the game quickly begins to feel like putt-putt. Spin the rock, have fun.

Nothing wrong with trying to shorten the learning curve just keep in mind if you're an APA 4 level player, your stroke will cloud your judgement a bit making it more difficult to see what's really going on.

24 in 3 cushion is amazing. I'm always curious about comparing high runs across disciplines. I'd say a 24 at 3 cushion is about equivalent to: 250 ball run at 14.1 Maximum in snooker (147) 9 Ball??? No clue. Maybe about a dozen playing under WNT rules.

Yep. Wear a glove and get on with it. It's sweat not cancer. Let's go. Of all the excuses for slow play I've heard, his is the best. I'll give him that.

No siree Jewett. Stuck with them unless you try to restretch the cloth.

Sure thing. May just have a few new guys doing tables and not quite following the procedure. Can't think of any other possibility if this table came straight from Diamond. You can find a lot of info about "stretch shadows" in the "Talk to a Mechanic" forum.

I only know because I've done my own a bit sloppily (not as bad as this table though). When you start with the side pocket area like RKC instructs, you have to be very uniform in your stretching, which you guys probably were on your table. When you pull the whole side fairly uniform and then do...

It's 100% due to uneven cloth stretch.

This isn't a secret. They are stretch shadows caused by uneven stretching of the cloth. This is why not just anybody can install Simonis, because if it's uneven at all this is what happens. I'll also take flak for this but RKC's technique of pulling the side pocket cloth first, makes these...