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I think it's pretty much the same for most not-so-popular sport. Watching bobsled, curling or golf on TV is about as exciting as watching the grass grow if you don't practice the sport yourself. Come to think of it, I feel the same watching soccer. It's just 22 dudes running after a ball to me...

Hello all, For those who don't know already, I am one of the lucky few who get to review Gene's method. You can find my preliminary findings in this thread. Since I have gotten mixed results with the method so far, the review isn't finished yet, and I'm still working with Gene to see if I...

Personally, I have two identical cue, and while I play with one, my manservant chalks the other :) Seriously though, have you ever seen how Fast Eddie does it in the Hustler movie? He hold his cue horizontally with his right hand and brings the chalk cube to the tip with his left and twists the...

I tend to agree with you. But I see two problems if pool is disappearing: - As there are less and less players, the equipment gets more and more expensive. Case in point, in the world of cycling for instance, recumbent bicycle riders are a minority, and the bikes are very expensive because the...

Well, old thread but new development: it seems you were probably right, the guy was under my skin but I think I figured him out. I thought I was pretty good at ignoring his remarks and his luck, but I may not have been. I played him again yesterday (same format: 9-ball, race to 3 for a drink)...

Fantastic info, thanks a lot! How strange. Then again, since throw is the product of friction between the balls, I suppose it depends on how long the balls stay in contact and how hard they "press" on each other at that time, so it sort of makes sense: - near full contact: hard compression...

Well, when I played that, I was way ahead, and also in "how can I lose" mode :) At that particular moment, I could have called and made just about any silly shot. I'll reserve that for times when I need to save my bacon then. I have an additional question if I may: I am correct in thinking it...

Today, this situation came up: the break ball was hanging by a side pocket, my opponent racked the balls, and I noticed the 11 wasn't quite frozen to any of the balls around it in the rack (common with our crummy racks at the club), so I played this...

Hey everybody, I have a question for you physics buffs. Here's a table configuration: I want to carom the 2 onto the 1 and pocket the 1: http://CueTable.com/P/?@4APWe4BNiv3PAbr4qSYi&ZZ@ If I play it like this (i.e. simply aim the 1 with the 2, to determine where I should hit the 2 with the...

Yes, but I was referring to the movie, and the actual actors who played in it. Rudolf "New York Fats" Wanderone was a great player, and a fantastic character. But he was not the inspiration for the fictional Minnesota Fats character. Many media outfits bought the story though... He tried to...

Wanderone was no more Minnesota Fats than I'm the queen of England. But I digress... Still, be it Wanderone or Jackie Gleason, at their age and with their weight, I very much doubt they could have stayed on their feet for 24 hours without a great deal of physical discomfort. And I should know...

Wow, 83 and in good health is great! I don't think I'll reach that age, nobody in my family ever did by a wide margin. Good for you man... I can last a good number of hours if I play no-brainers like 8-ball, if I take a break every hour or so, but most importantly, if I haven't played for a few...

Damn, I'm only 36... That's not good :D I never need to play for more than 3 hours at a time for league matches, so I don't feel the need to go the distance. This said, when I have time, I do try to play beyond my limit: usually I take 5/10 minutes to warm up, then I can play 3 hours with a...

Usually we play a dozen games of 8-ball, then a game of straight pool to 150 points. On good days, we play two. Beyond 3, I start to get tired of it, not so much physically as mentally: my mind wanders off, I look at the room, at the television on the wall, and I'm just not in the game anymore...

I'm just back from a business trip and it's my day off, so I decided to go all the way to forget work. I proposed my straight pool buddy to play a race to 1000 and he was game, so we started playing at 2pm and finished at 1am. I'm busted, my back and my knees hurt, and I can see pool balls...

Interesting idea. At least your "triangle of death" representation gives the player a chance to think about what they're going to hit with the cueball. However, I should point out that, provided the breaking position is favorable, I personally will happily go for the center of the rack instead...

Yep. I'm still working on it, and so is my friend (I hope, I haven't seen him for a while :)). I'll also be calling Gene in a few days to make sure I'm doing things right. Stay tuned!

We have a "by the rules to the death" guy in our club. We all hate playing him. He watches EVERY DAMN MOVE his opponent makes when they play, even on friendly non-league games, and call foul whenever he sees one. Position the cueball with the tip of the cue? FOUL! "You can use the shaft or the...

The lingo was ridiculous. Whoever made the film should have known something wasn't right when they felt the need to explain all the special words, dictionary-style, in the bus terminal scene before the main story starts. This said, I love the movie. Yes, I know the whole "Karl's tribe" thing is...

A review of the Perfect Aim method (installment 2) Hello again, I spent more time trying to use the Perfect Aim method, and I may be warming up to it (slowly). The main problem I have when I try to apply is is, it requires to know how much of the object ball is hidden by the cueball, to line...