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Control of cue ball? Maybe at American Pool. In snooker, where cueball control is paramount, Allison isn’t even in the same strata as Reanne Evans or Ng On-yee.

We we all have our aptitudes. I was always good at sports. Also, as boys we were always honing our hand/ eye coordination be it throwing rocks, shooting pucks, playing marbles, ping pong, yo-yo, soccer or whatever. At age 14 I started to play Snooker and never found it ‘hard’. Perhaps I was...

The downtown in my Canadian city is quite clean and safe. However, nobody wants to head in to the inner city. First questions are ‘where do I park’…and ‘is parking free?’ I’m no different, I’d rather drive twice as far, avoid any traffic and park my car in an open lot outside the pool hall...

I’d have to play with a cue and with a tip for a couple weeks. I’ve only used three main cues in the 53 years I’ve played. I’ve hit balls a few games with other cues but how to judge? And every tip is different so how does one distinguish the tip from the cue? Personally I find the tip...

I don’t know about her. However, my guess is some athletes are last minute withdrawals when they or their coach is not confident they will pass drug doping tests. They dedicate their life for 4 years and then withdrawal because of some lame reason? No, it’s a lesser evil than getting...

I never think about it. Actually, I never think about 95% of what everyone else has running through their mind when they play billiards. Guys like CJ Wiley were winning championships at a young age before they decided to analyze their wrist action and market new techniques and systems. Sure...

Allen will destroy Evans. However, Allen is about to drop like a rock in the rankings. Happy to see a belligerent bad sport soon off the circuit. Hendry is just PR food..…couldn’t even win a frame in the Masters. However, I’ll definitely watch and ‘hope’ he regains his magic. Go Stephen...

Star Baseball batters, pitchers. Hockey goalies, Football quarterbacks, Cricket batsmen, Tennis players…they all have unique stances, swings, deliveries. Do what feels natural and stick with it.

I started to read this as ‘take a well built gal and have her wear a clean t-shirt. Poor bucket of water over her and have her roll over the cloth… ‘ an aside: before brushing the table I put paper towels into each of the pockets. I then brush stuff into the pockets and then just remove the...

Dishwasher and a touch of vinegar. No soap. They come out sparkling clean. The poolhalls I play at wash in a bucket and rinse in a sink. No issues as balls are always clean. At home I don’t want polished balls with some type of substance on them. My table cloth is as good as new after a...

Bingo. When I teach guitar to beginners, the first couple of lessons.. I teach a grand total of plucking 3 notes on 3 strings. Nothing else to juggle their thoughts I’ve never formally taught billiards but my advise is always simple to beginners: ‘keep your cue horizontal and concentrate...

In my Canadian city of 1.5 million, about a 30 or so new listings for billiard tables are in the local Kjiji ( like Craigs list) ads every week. The brand of the table be it Gold Crown or whatever doesn’t matter that much. They all end up selling for $200 to $500 despite a higher initial...

This is exactly what often happens drawing the cue ball when playing Snooker ( smaller cue ball) vs American Pool.

Not quite the same but I could visualize games after I got a computer chess board sometime around 1980. At higher levels it would play good moves fast and I started to anticipate moves. I used to think that if I had that game a decade earlier starting high school, I’d have become the high...

Hope you’re not American and watch baseball. There’s a reason it’s less popular than soccer, cricket, field hockey and table tennis …I tried to watch baseball a couple times and ..best not to think about it as I’ll fall asleep.

I learned to do calculus, physics by laying down, closing my eyes and just think hings through. No textbook, paper, pencil until I need to fill in in the specifics Try showing me how to tie a knot, do a riff on a guitar, do a dance step, etc. and I’m brain dead. However, give me a book...

I just live in a different universe. I’ve never seen a fight over billiard rules…or any fight over billiards. Some arguments. I don’t know of anyone who insisted on a rule for their own benefit. They insisted on a rule because that’s what they believed to be the legitimate rules There are...

I watch 9 ball for 10 minutes and I get …,yawn…snore. 9 ball is like fishing. I enjoy doing both but zero desire to watch someone else. Give ‘me’ the rod or cue and I’m happy.

I’ve played for 53 years. The answer is….I don’t have a clue. I’ve tested balls in our lab. No real difference between them. In contrast, balls made 35 years pre computer machining, would have differences of weight and size even within a new set ( not that it was all that great). It’s...

I play pickleball. Take 10 random gals in our pickleball group and they would kick the ass of 10 random guys who play Pool. They are fit. One of the variables working against billiards as a spectator sport in the USA. Americans aren’t that good at it. Americans excel at many sports…baseball...