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Your post covers things nicely. Considering things while I practiced I decided the importance of the two portions of the shot, making the ball and getting shape. I decided that 20% focus on the object ball was enough to make it most shots leaving 80% focus available to make the next ball and the...

That might have been the biggest reasons that Brunswick hung on to Willie so long. First, he had a ridiculous work ethic often putting on more than one exhibition a day. The other thing is people watching him that had never hit a ball would watch him and think they could be running a hundred in...

One secret, Willie practiced very hard before major events. As a regular habit to tune to be a little bit better in exhibitions, if one or two exhibitions like he put on almost every day didn't keep you in tune nothing would. I shot pool alone a lot. Drills or the same shot over and over...

Not a good idea. My filly grew up to be a real hussy. She kicked or bit at the least provocation. The man that rode her father to a third in the world said sell the bitch after working with her six months. She was a fantastic athlete but she was also like sitting on a keg of dynamite. I sat on...

You could have permanent lodging in the guest house! The house would be sitting on acres. Hu

If shooting 45 degree or greater angle it is probably better value to aim at the near side of the pocket. Especially with dirty balls and high humidity, pretty typical conditions when gambling. Then there are times I want to put a good bit of spin on the cue ball. All of a sudden aiming at...

I have won hundreds in one session by not aiming center pocket and missing shots. I have won a lot more by not aiming center pocket and making shots. Very often the center of the pocket is not the sweet spot to make the shot. One of the major advances in my game was when I learned to not always...

Mosconi said it wouldn't be hard to run 1000. I believe him, not hard for him! A person would have to consider the sum total of the conditions Mosconi shot in and modern players shoot in. Pocket sizes or no, I believe that it is still easier to run balls in modern conditions. Today's players...

Selling the shot was a big part of things. Acting as surprised as anyone then proclaiming somewhat pompously "I did that on purpose" when a tough shot falls. One trick is learning how to make your voice ring false so everyone hearing thinks you are full of crap! I used to sell "misses" by...

If the choice is just one version I much prefer the one you have went with. I don't think it is the most marketable version. I was genuinely considering your best interests when I suggested both versions on the same media. Hardcore addicts might watch the video once straight through and will...

Anybody trying to hit center pocket all the time is taking away over half the possibilities on the table. I like to brush the long rail on the way to the corner, rattle twice, and fall. "You almost missed!" Damned hard for the other player to not drag out the money for "one more game" when if...

It lost 90% or more of it's value when it was not only beaten but absolutely crushed by what seems to be a clean run. I think anyone that claims a record should sell two copies of the run together. One absolutely untouched and unedited then another for self commentary and watchability. One...

You might be able to go something like 20-10 so you are working forty minutes an hour. First break or two you may feel like you don't need it or a couple minutes are plenty but when it comes to serious practice 20 minutes at a time is a long time. Never more than one or two segments on the same...

There were shots I missed and shots where I didn't pocket a ball. Not always the same thing. I suspect I have shot a million shots without pocketing a ball. I'm unconvinced I have missed a million balls. When a shot gives me exactly the result I intended it is hard to call it a miss. Another...

It's an interesting question but I don't think Efren is the king, mainly because of his "youth" and organized play. He was often more inclined to play chess than be on a pool table if not in a match at big events too. Being sponsored for decades took a little financial strain off of Efren also...

Getting to a million balls isn't nearly as hard as the OP thought if you work in a pool hall or just have a serious pool jones. I never worked in a hall but I put in more hours in a pool hall than I did working. I made a bit more with my businesses but working my entire pool career union...

I was watching a western a week or two ago, naturally there was a poker game in it. I heard that little snick of a bottom deal right before they accused the player. Surprising realism. When my ears were a bit better I could hear seconds and bottoms. Still couldn't play for crap. Hu

A friend had the good fortune to be partnered with Efren playing scotch doubles some years back. He would ask Efren where he wanted the cue ball. "Doesn't matter." Only answer Efren ever gave him. Speaking of "Doesn't matter" I was shooting on the bench next to a true legend at a benchrest...

I saw a bar table cue ball break one time and it had a piece of pipe in it that came out almost to the surface. I never saw one of those weights again but then again I probably saw less than ten cue balls break so there wasn't a very big sample to work with. When it comes to breaking balls I...

Six ball was the reason I usually played ten ball even if it was just ten balls with nine ball rules. Almost impossible to get a consistent break and run at will playing six ball. It annoyed me to win at nine ball, have a bad break at six ball, and give the money right back. Of every cue sports...