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The cue with a keel seems silly to me: firstly, the weight isn't off-center enough to provide enough correcting torque IMO, and secondly if you hold the cue with the weight not exactly at the bottom, you may end up developing an unwanted tension in your wrist to keep the cue from rotating. The...

One of our club players and another guy from another club had to play a league match yesterday at my pool hall. The two hate each other's guts, and jump at every opportunity to call foul to piss the other off. Last time they played, one of them called foul on a piece of clothing touching a ball...

I am bad at breaking balls at 9- or 8-ball. As in abysmally bad. I must pocket a ball every 10 racks, if not worse. The breaking advices I've come across here and there seem like cheap tricks that works only for the people who advocate them, on their own table with their own balls, or at the...

You are correct. Consistent and repeatable shots are more important than how you make the shots. However, IMO a straight stroke is the best way to get consistency. Once your shooting mechanics are reliable, you can work on the rest. For truly great players, I have a feeling that they are so...

Yes, that's my point exactly: everybody needs to find their own way to make adjustments so your shooting arm travels dead straight. For you it's shifting your weight, for me it's mainly pulling my shooting arm's elbow back and down, and/or rotating my hips. For someone else, it'll be something...

The argument of whether or not one's stroke is straight or not is specious, in the sense that what's really important is consistency. If you can repeatedly shoot the same shot over and over accurately with a crooked arm, or with a curving stroke, don't change a thing. However, my own experience...

My stroke is straight from start to finish. Everybody can get one. More important than having a straight stroke is knowing how to recognize when it isn't and correct your position accordingly. The technique I teach to beginners is a constant feedback/correction process. Once you can feel your...

Thanks Steve, I was feeling slightly misunderstood :) Don't get me wrong, it wouldn't work with seasoned players. It's not so hard to realize it isn't the opening break shot. But I was surprised to be able to trick a few decent players with it.

I too would like to know more about this system. I probably changed my main player's tip 10 times already, and I'm tired of doing it. I'd love to buy screw-on tips and replace my tips in 2 minutes. But I'm extremely skeptical about the hit and deflection after adding that much metal at the end...

I'm not sure I understand: are you saying it's common knowledge that players who are presented with a typical standard opening break shot configuration on the table often opt to play it as if it was the beginning of the game, although they don't have to? Personally, I'm surprised players choose...

What you experience is called stage fright, like actors before entering the stage. Here are two things that'll help you: - Tell yourself that you don't give a flying ****, that the people around you are cretins, that if you lose the game, so what it's just minor league, and that after the game...

I usually don't play with friends who aren't into the game seriously. It's just not fun for them. Not that I'm so good, but casual players usually suck pond water from the bottom. If I have to, I play left-handed so I get a challenge and they get a chance to play too. The only time where I...

Say you're left with that break shot configuration: http://CueTable.com/P/?@2AJRV4BCpA3CCYA4DCpe4EFbe3FChe4GBjO4HAMA4IAEe3JFSe4KEMO3LBKO3MDvO4NBal3OBJl2PBIF@ Call a safety, pocket the break ball and try to leave this to your opponent...

Call me strange, but I like things that make crisp clear noises. It adds to the experience of playing for me. I saw the video of the Delta-13 rack on youtube and I loved the metallic sound. This said, a nice rack like this is wasted in most poolhalls with bad cloths and bad balls, which is why...

I know for a fact that eye dominance exists, because I can feel it very well. I'm right-eye dominant, and I "prefer" seeing something with that one if I close an eye. Even better, it must be hard-wired somewhere in my brain, because my right eye sees much less well than my left, yet I always go...

Matter of fact, I regularly have to go play inter-club matches, where I'm supposed to wear the official polo shirt supplied for members of my own club. It's an official requirement of the national pool federation, and if I don't wear it, the other team can ask that I don't play. Yet I never wear...

This is the final installment of this review, which has thus taken a month and a half of semi-dedication to the Perfect Aim method to complete. I believe I have now gotten as much as I could out of it. My conclusions are as follows: - The method is worth knowing. If you already instinctively...

Well, I lose the jacket if it's too warm inside. But for some reason, I feel chilly in most places I go to.

And it'll hurt chronically in the end, if you keep it up long enough :) Pain is your body's way of telling you you ain't doing it right.

My first billiards teacher used to say that one who dresses well plays better, and if he doesn't, at least he won't come across as a slacker at the table. I've always followed his advice and show up (and usually play) in 3-piece suit for important matches. For regular play, a crisp shirt and...