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Strongly second the advice on using a stripe as the cue ball (or a training ball designed for this purpose - there are several to choose from), setting it up so it slides or rolls down the table "like a wheel" (= just the phrase I use when I teach this). Experience tells me that when people miss...

I'm currently in a slump myself, which may sound ironic given I'm teaching others, but it's not as if anyone were immune against e.g. age, stress, health problems etc. Which is why I'm going swimming at least one and a half miles every second day now. Only went seven times in the past two weeks...

Out of curiosity? I could say now that because I teach, I want to keep abreast of modern technology, or to put it more bluntly, need to know what the fuss is about, but the truth is, I get to try so many cues, I wouldn't need to buy LD-shafts of my own. I cannot say I like them better or that...

A metaphor on life itself. As well as a game (= a pastime), and a sport… :wink: Greetings from Switzerland, David. _________________ „J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si c'était à refaire, je recommencerais.“ – Roger Conti

Lessons with an instructor can save time and money, help one deepen one's knowledge about pool and oneself, improve one's ability to play the game, ideally widen one's horizon and renew and/or intensify one's love for the game. And there may be yet more to it… To answer your question more...

Collars on both butt and shafts. But thanks, makes sense! Greetings from Switzerland, David. _________________ „J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si c'était à refaire, je recommencerais.“ – Roger Conti

I'm a bit slow sometimes, please forgive: does that mean you disagree with the premise? I can't yet tell if I agree or disagree, since I'm just trying to make sense of it. Greetings from Switzerland, David. _________________ „J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si...

Hoping for some input from cue makers. The following is from a highly respected cue maker on the subject of flat-face wood-to-wood jointed cues, and I'm trying to figure out what exactly this means: "[…] in a few weeks the cue with shaft on will roll crooked on a table. You must then adjust...

Have to disagree with this, unfortunately. Truly straight cues are rare! If you're lucky enough to come across one, keep it! I have a simple rule when it comes to matters of straightness, butt and shaft taper roll: since I can no longer claim the sharp-sightedness of e.g. some of the eagle-eyed...

They weren't all that slow themselves, but both missed an awful lot, and took the whole thing to 200-186, almost "enjoying it to the fullest" as we sometimes say jokingly, if memory serves right… Greetings from Switzerland, David. _________________ „J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles...

Thanks so much, love this thread! Sorry to say I spotted a mistake in the Colavita summary: Mike Sigel did not win the 1989 U.S. Open Straight Pool - Oliver Ortmann did! Greetings from Switzerland, David. _________________ „J'ai gâché vingt ans de mes plus belles années au billard. Si c'était...

There's also the semi-final of Varner vs Archer linked to this. Matches I remember vividly, worth watching! Those with keen eyes might spot me and my then-girlfriend lovey-dovey in the bleachers. Still telling my students about one referee call in particular, because I had the perfect angle to...

Never directly replied to this question, although the answer follows from my contributions to this thread. In major events, if it is frozen, the referee is going to call the ball frozen. In the absence of a referee, either my opponent calls the ball frozen or I will. In other words, since I...

I hope you realize that repetition doesn't make statements more or less true? You may mention as often as you like that your interpretation is an interpretation of the real rules, and that everyone else isn't interpreting, but relying on what you claim is an imaginary rule set - when the fact...

The rule proves that those who write them are aware of the fact that players need to get along in the absence of a referee. In the presence of a referee, there would be no need for the rule. A table referee will call balls frozen or not frozen before anyone gets the chance the shoot. Thus, in...

Good one! Sounds more cynical than it is - there's more truth to this than some people appear to realize. Ironically, this whole thread is based on something that in the presence of a table referee couldn't happen to begin with (because they're instructed to inspect and call a ball frozen...

No twisting. Nothing new content-wise that we haven't yet discussed. Nothing of what she said proves either your nor my interpretation of the rule wrong. I'm surprised you're not noticing it. Having a bad day? Other way round, someone pretending a ball isn't frozen when it is. You're not...

I know several trained referees, and just happened a chat with one, and ask. She said, I quote: "The rule makes it possible for a player to get away with something that in the presence of a table referee, he couldn't." (Whereby the term "table referee" serves as a differentiation from e.g...

Please don't insult your own intelligence and pretend anyone would refer to your "posting the real rules" (as in quoting them) as flaming - you know very well that you could make all your points without all the name-calling and derogatory remarks, and that doing so wouldn't make any of what you...

Please stop pretending you're playing by the rules any more than anyone else contributing to this thread. Fact is, you play by your interpretation of the rule, and people like me, play by my interpretation of the rule. I am not participating in this discussion merely to be provocative...