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next we hit the golf links, where the tide turned! It helps to be talented at something to steer them towards. I loved ping pong and play Fuss Ball a ball under championship speed. Tennis was my best game and I "trapped" Johnny Archer and Tony Ellen up playing doubles, I was my own partner...

reach the hightest acceleration immediately at the moment of contact! Yes, one to the worst rumors in the pool rooms is to follow through 8-10 inches and that's absurd! 2-4 inches is what Shane V. Skyler W and Jason Shaw are and that's perfect! The most important thing is to reach the...

I always heard he was a ping pong player and magician too, but he stayed away from pool tournaments like Vernon Elliot.

Yogi Berra could run out if he knew the secrets to becoming a pool playing machine. Pool is mentally easy when someone understands the physical aspects at the highest levels, even Yogi Berra could run out if he knew the secrets to becoming a pool playing machine......although he still wouldn't...

Pop the Stroke like Popping a Whip That's probably right in most cases, precision is key! I'd add this with the follow through too, most people can't "pop" their shots because they are trying to follow through too far.

There wasn't a better man to gamble with than Scotty! There wasn't a better man to gamble with than Scotty! Back in the 80s there were several of us that were on the road most of the time and we'd bump into each other in some of the most unusual places. I've played Scotty literally all over...

This story is dedicated to my ole buddy Scotty Townsend that was a great friend and tremendous pool player. We battled against each other for days at a time, but I always it when we were on the same team. This story is about a trip to Las Vegas when Scotty and I was on the same side....... what...

I like to play a game of "controlled aggression" which breaks down your opponents That's great advice, I like to play a game of "controlled aggression" at the highest levels the best defense is an overpowering offense..... it feels amazing to have the physical dominance to break your opponents...

we transfer from "playing the game to the game expressing itself Through us" There are finite themes and variations, so the game can be mastered at the subconscious level, when this happens we transfer from "playing the game to the game expressing itself Through us" - thoughtless thought and...

The Human Body wasn't made to play pool so we have to know how to set our foundation That's correct, the left foot position controls the left arm and hand position - 99% of pool players play their entire life and never figure this out. The human body wasn't designed to play pool so we have...

the cueball on a string.....it appeared to float around the table like it had eyes! Yes, indeed!! When I first saw him he had that exact wardrobe, sipping on a cup of coffee. He looked like a stereotype farmer or truck driver, certainly not like a champion pool player. My friend, Chuck came...

get the sensation you are shooting everything out of the CENTER of your chest. This is a major difference I see regularly, I had to learn how to do this properly or I'd never have reached the level of consistency I did without the need to practice as much as others. The left foot needs to...

Jack Cooney showed it to me at Rusty's Billiards on NW Hwy 36 years ago Yes, we road players had a code and wouldn't knock action. There's been times I've walked into a spot, noticed another road player was there and turned around and left. The greatest prop shot I've seen Vernon do is...

This allows the Player to get down on every shot as if they've already made it! That's why to be a champion players can't judge the difficulty they will start making the "hard" ones and miss the "easy" ones. I told Hank Haney that one time and he passed it on to Tiger, who used that...

when I became a champion I had to treat them all equally...they were all just Shots! The only magical pill is Truth..... it's the hardest pill to swallow because it proves what we once believed was a reverse engineered fantasy. For example, I used to believe there were hard shots and easy...

In this video I explain my experience as a professional player and high stakes gambler what the most important skill a pool player must have to be successful. Many people say the mental game is 90%, but as my martial arts Master told me "you can't have the mental without the physical...

Buddy Hall said the same thing, not sure who said it first, but I listened! The special made glasses helped for awhile, but he wasn't able to cut the balls razor thin and his overall shotmaking wasn't the overwhelming factor that it once was. He was actually younger than I am now when he was...

Which is WORSE, Fear of Losing, or Fear of Winning? When I was 18 years old I was traveling with Dalton Leong, an Asian actor, Zen master, expert pool player.... an ideal mental coach for me at that age as I struggled to reach my full potential. We were at a pool room in Minnesota..,.I played...

I wish I could have seen Bill Lawson play in his prime! That's the player that Billy said taught him how to break, Bill Lawson, THANKS! Wade told me Bill was an awesome player and I remember the story you just mentioned about running the set out on Hopkins. I wish I could have seen him play...

North Carolina was one of the best pool gambling states for many years Yes, Wade hung out a lot in eastern NC with Gene Hooker, Plowboy, especially the guy that ran that area until he was locked up for awhile......what was his name? I almost trapped Pete up over there but my timing was a...