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Farting on demand is something I've never been able to do, and fart-sharking requires precise timing. Hats off to you :)

Simple: when you aim REAL good, your opponent doesn't have a prayer :) Well, that's what happens when you post from a cafe slightly drunk, with a dude next to you who just can't stop chattering...

I don't know how advanced your presbyopia is (if indeed this is what you're talking about), so my advice may or may not help. As your optometrist probably told you, bi-focals or progressives effectively "kill" whatever remaining focusing ability you have. I play with "regular" progressives that...

I'd buy a video like that just to know what sort of sharking techniques I can be up against. I recently discovered that I was not as immune to sharking as I thought I was, and a video like that would allow me to "know the enemy" better, so to speak. As for me, I don't shark by coughing, moving...

Nobody sells cues that shoot like a magic wands. Even $3000 cues are useless lumps of wood if you can't play. As you say yourself, it's a smooth stroke that puts spin on a cue ball. And you're also correct when you say he should like the feel of the stick: if he likes the Wallyworld cue better...

While still upright, I hold my cue horizontally at table height, my shooting arm limp, my grip light, and my bridge arm holding the shaft roughly where I will hold it when I'm down on the shot. Then I line up the shot and drop on the shot, moving and twisting my body in order to leave my...

In a similar vein, you might be interested in this hilarious hair story :)

I gouged out my left eye to line up the shot better with my right eye only. Anyone else try this? :) Seriously though, unless you have a really overabundant pilosity and your brows cover your eyes, what's the point? I mean, what made you even think of doing that to aim better in the first place?

I tend to agree with you, although I understand that many people enjoy playing with a beautiful work of art made of exotic woods, ivory, gems and other nice things. These materials and the cuemaker's time to create a beautiful cue have a cost that seems perfectly in line with what cuemakers ask...

Fair enough. Mine seems to have a perfectly smooth surface, but perhaps I have a "good" one. However, I personally don't really care about that. All I care about is how a cue hits, or rather, if the cue and I are compatible (I realize I'm a minority). A sneaky pete is beautiful enough for me...

I wonder why everybody here is so hell bent on hitting on Meucci brand of cues (or "Moochies" as it seems so clever to say here). I play with a no-value Meucci cue from the 90s, and while it is certainly not the best and most beautiful stick around, it hits pretty good. I've won many games with...

I am not a draw master, but I can draw alright. Here's what you can try: - Relax your grip. If you can't for some reason, try gripping the butt between your index and your thumb; - Consciously accelerate through your stroke instead of hitting linearly - Follow through. Actually, if you...

It isn't :) I just happen to like it better, for reasons that are probably entirely psychological. You know, in the end, all these methods are variations on the same theme. I just wanted to share the one I found, to give whoever cares to try it another tool they can use at the table. Maybe other...

I play at two pool halls. One has tables with buckets, one has tables with pockets tighter than a virgin. I player at the latter to train, and at the former to have fun. Tight pockets are no fun at all but make you shoot straight, while wide pockets make you sloppy but also allow you to train...

Damn, and I thought I was so clever :) Oh well, hopefully the explanation will help someone anyway.

I don't know Gene but I talked to him on the phone yesterday for an hour. He came across as a genuinely good person, not a slick salesman. Sure he had a vested interest in talking to me nice, since I'm reviewing his product, and if I trash it, it may hurt his sales. Not that my opinion carries...

Hello everybody, It's been a little while now that I've joined the AZBilliards community, and I've received many great advices, and even a free DVD from our friend Gene Albrecht. Time for me to give a little back to the community. I see many methods being mentioned here for properly aiming an...

I see two cueballs too, but only when I'm drunk :)

Here is the third installment of this review. I'm back from the poolhall, where called Gene from my cellphone. I originally planned on spending 10 minutes confirming that I had understood his DVD correctly, but ended up having a rather longer conversattion with him to get to the bottom of the...

If you play perfect position, never :) That's how you recognize average players from good ones: the former make amazing shots all the time to run a rack, the latter do the same with easy-looking, unimpressive shots. That's the ironic thing with pool: the better you can execute extreme shots...