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Pool requires muscle memory (feel) in order to be consistent. If you insist on lifting heavy weights (to beef up), you're likely changing your muscle mass, and that can definitely affect your feel/muscle memory when playing pool. A consistent stroke, as well as body alignment and speed control...

I believe the best thing to start an absolute beginner on are the root fundamentals: Developing the bridge, stance, and stroke. Not sure if anyone else does it this way, but I think this is a good way to help a beginner develop their fundamentals... Randomly roll all 15 balls out on the...

I agree 100%.

I don't think it contradicts itself. I'm just saying, when buying a cue, someone could lie and say it isn't stolen. Or you could find one at a pawn shop or a yardsale, and the rightful owner finds out you have it and they lie and say it was a stolen from them. So, honestly, the only thing a...

A few years ago I found a Joss cue in a leather Instroke case (2x4) at a pawn shop. I paid $150 for it then sold it on eBay for a little more than $350 I believe. Anyhow, as I was packing the cue and case for shipping, I got a phone call from an old friend concerning the cue. She said it...

I've read Atomic Habits. It's a great book. I'd rank it up there with "The Power of Habit", by Charles Duhigg. Both books are excellent. You can't go wrong with either one.

This is a more accurate Side Pocket Zone for Poolology. The ebook and printed editions have been revised to reflect the changes. An ob sitting in the small dark rectangle on 40 requires a slightly thicker hit (1/8 thicker) than the system indicates.

That's a great way to look at it. Also, when I wrote Poolology, I didn't expect players to use it much for very simple shots near the pocket. That's typically not when most players struggle trying to estimate an aim line. With that said, I have finished making revisions for the side pocket...

You are spot on. The fractional aim points used in Poolology are not perfect fractional aims, due to using the shaft edges in conjunction with the ob edge. In other words, in the Poolology book, a 5/8 aim produces a shot result around 22.7° with a 13mm shaft. So maybe that is what the op...

The corner is definitely the better shot (in my opinion), but yes 7stud was referring to the side. I believe I'll backpeddle some here and commit to fixing the largest discrepancies in the Poolology book. Not sure when I'll get it done, but it's apparently something that needs to be done...

Sorry for the long post...(it's a 2 minute read) I don't mind the public display of Poolology's errors or system failures. The system isn't perfect, as I've mentioned here many times. And it's not magic. However, for the vast majority of shots that pool players most often face, the system...

For every shot you show where the system either does not work or where the shot just happens to fall outside of the systems parameters, I can show 10 shots that work just fine. Lol Please understand that the system is a tool to help develop fractional aiming skills. If you setup a random...

Billard Aiming Calculator (Yep, "Billard"... it is mispelled. Lol)

I don't believe you're measuring the angles properly. The shot angle is not derived from the centerline of the balls. Here are the measured angles, which shows the system being off by about 5° with the end rail 30, but very accurate for the side rail 30.... (a halfball shot comes off closer...

Here is what the system looked like before it was straightlined. There was a 60 for the end rail 30 (red) and a 60 for the side rail 30 (blue)... With the ob anywhere on the red line and the cb-ob line pointing to the red 30, it's a dead halfball shot (with at least 10" or more between cb...

For each position line there is a sweet spot area where the balls go center pocket. However, the farther the ob gets from this sweet spot the more it begins to track left or right of center pocket. That's because straightlining the system had to involve using the entire pocket. But if the...

You meant FAT, right? 😆

It's a 34° cut to center pocket. So the example shot is a little off, but not by much, about a 3 mm aim difference. Aim a quarter tip thinner than a dead halfball. Like I keep saying, the system is not perfect, due to the fact that it was designed using circular patterns, not the straight...

ANSWER: Probably never. There could be several factors causing the halfball aim not to work for you: Side pocket could be tighter than about 5 1/8 inches. Your cb could be too close to the ob, forcing the shot to be a little thinner than a halfball. You could be causing more throw than...