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How could "less moving parts" possibly be the main reason? Thanks for your post on this obviously sensitive subject. Yes, the power strokes would make for the better example and guess I should have been that specific for why use examples that don't show my point nearly as well. Yes, many body...

Do others really agree with this guy? I hope not.

Thanks for going to the table to find out for yourself!!! Neil, Thanks ever so much for going to the table to find out for yourself and then letting everybody else here know the result. That's one of the ways for all of us to learn. From your example, I now feel like wanting to admit...

Thanks for the defense; stick around I may need more! Hello again Creedo, Thanks for the defense; stick around I may need more! As for the stable-elbow thing, it so happens I have been teaching the stable-elbow to students ever since first learning it from Eddie Kelly around 1968; I believe...

Hi Mike, Well, your not the only one who dislikes me, that's for sure! I do tend to make waves. And, though I was an undefeated middleweight in the USA Army way back (one of my readers actually remembers seeing one of my fights when we were in Korea, in the 7th Cav), I wouldn't ever even dream...

Don't buy Eddie Robin's books? My previous advice for people learning one-pocket prematurely has ranged from getting better at straight-pool first, learning the cushions with experience in one of the carom games, develop fundamentals so can shoot straighter, and so on. I can probably dig up a...

Just went and downloaded the link to see what you do and absolutely must say I'm extremely impressed!!! Though several things are obviously different, as they well should be, from how Mosconi shot when he played straight-pool on 9-foot tables with 5.25-inch corner pockets in the mid fifties...

Well, I finally returned with full plate of spaghetti and sausage expecting to see how badly my post had been attacked and see absolutely nothing! No replies as yet? Wow! Well, I'll tempt fate a bit further and explain a bit more about what has been pushed out there by the experts; if the less...

I find this thread a bit sillier than most because Mike Massey has found that he can’t execute the shot as well if attempting to maintain a stable elbow and has told us so. Did you think he was lying? Wouldn’t he know if he could or if he couldn’t? I not only found this out the same day I’d...

As later mentioned (quite correctly) by "DeadOn," you must not be thinking about what would be correct for top players. I can see how lesser players might be concerned re a possible scratch but not someone who can really play. I suggest that everybody who would be afraid of a scratch on this...

Ghost, No Kidding? Wonder how well you remember! I recently talked on phone to someone else that knew me at Howard & Paulina and I screwed up by not getting his name and number. Gotta get back to that guy for he can help authenticate the fact that, except in 3-cushion or when on the lemon with...

Getting reality on how these shots look to top players Hello "Tin Man," Couldn't agree more with your above statements. Many obviously just don't realize how some top players can shoot really straight and would go for the cut-shot full of confidence that they will either make it or hang it...

Using a bit of left so as to attempt freezing the cueball Hi HS, Assuming that you really didn't mean that you should, "always leave long," I have to point out for some others that you have mentioned an important point for those that do go for the 2-cushion bank; use a bit of left so as to...

Kelly knew Taylor was definitely not of this planet As previously explained, this shot choice depends mostly on the players strengths and weakness. Only lower level players would have shot something different. A "NewYork Blackie" of the 60s would have almost certainly succeeded at pocketing or...

Please provide some data that just may help us come to a more confident conclusion. Additional data could also be used to make the puzzle that much more difficult by way of misleading us detectives. What is the score and is the shooter ahead or behind is often of importance. I'd normally like to...

Craig was right! The thicker the slate the easier to jump. thicker the slate the easier to jump plus scuff your tip. craig Seems this Craig knows his stuff! All else remaining equal, the thicker the slate the easier to jump. Thickness of slate is main factor even when all else fails to...

You might not like my opinions but you gotta like the story! Depends on good you are at the 2-cushion bank as compared to the 13-B cut shot. Would also be nice to know how tough the pockets. Some would be quite good at one shot and not very good at at the other. Reminds me of the time Nick...

My selection was left off your list! Harold Worst. My selection was left off your list! Harold Worst. Whereas I enjoy seeing pretty, fluid or silky, soft and smooth, even side-arm and slip strokes and powerful strokes, I'd think that by "sweetest strokes" you probably mean "greatest strokes."...