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When I first walked in a pool room in 1961, I was in total awe of the number of pool tables and so many pool cues on the wall racks. It was a new experience having only played in the basement or gymnasium of the local school’s summertime activities programs. When I picked up my first rack of...

Do you really look at your cue when you play? I have a few handsome pool cues, IMO. I never look at my cue designs after removing a cue from my cue case. All I see is the top hall of the shaft and ferrule when I shoot. I don’t look at the forearm of butt sleeve again until I put my cue away. The...

A very succinct but highly apropos explanation that I happen to wholeheartedly agree with.

Just do a search using Jim Baxter…..he’s a gold member. Many of his threads will pop up and you can click on his profile and send him a PM telling him how to contact you. He does quality work and is very trustworthy. Matt B.

You can get a set of protectors on eBay or any pool supply store. If you want custom made protectors, try Jim Baxter. He’ll likely have some made. For simple functionality, a inexpensive plastic set works & wood is a bit more.

i do not fully appreciate your analogy as you likely intended but I will concede that shots become harder further apart.

Pool rooms still harbor a Music Man Movie like stigma in the minds of a certain segment of our population.

I read the original post (#1) and jumped right here without reading anyone else’s comments. This is a a tar baby issue but here’s my take. In Fresno, Black, Hispanic, Asian pool players abound and on many nights are the predominant patrons. I believe, and I want to, that local demographics are a...

I must disagree to some extent because 7’ tables tend to make shots easier for weaker players from bank shots to cut shots and especially……slopping in the 9 ball any pocket. Heck, in APA, even when playing 8 ball all slop shots count, except for marking your pocket on the 8 ball. I have lost...

If you didn’t stroke the cue ball in a sharp downward angle, you’d wind up scooping the cue ball trying to draw it or else you’d be pushing the cue ball that’d be another foul. A double kiss has to be avoided using a short nip short so you have to remove the cue fast.

If you could get the cue built the way you like, the specs you want especially the cue joint, then it’s a dead heat. However, you don’t see a lot of face faced big pin ivory joints made by Tascarella versus piloted steel or else sleeved ivory. Those tend to be a little more firm hitting than...

For a true, fair comparison, even the tables should be the same specifications, i.e., size, cloth, rail height & pocket size. 7’ tables are hardly the test of your pool skills and I’ve proven that to myself. On a 7’ table, my best run in 9 ball was 3 consecutive runouts and I missed on the 7...

Remember what I earlier wrote……..for the integrity of the game………and that’s what rules are intended to do. You are entitled to take your clubs, go to a golf course with friends & make up whatever game or rules you want. As long as you do not negatively impact pace of play, no one really cares...

Yes, the USGA and R&A absolutely do decide what officially constitutes the game referred to as golf. No other entities have that legal and world wide recognized authority to define, change or alter the rules. That applies to both the legal and technical aspects of the game of golf that is...

There is nothing wrong with enjoying any activity for casual entertainment and agreeing on what’s allowed and not allowed in any competitively played game or sports activity. Heck, playing basketball in the playgrounds in NYC, there isn’t any referee or playing by NBA or NCAA rules. It was...

No, don’t tell him that but do remind him he is cheating on his scores. So when he claims he shot 90, remind him to admit he didn’t play by the rules so he really cheated but seems hesitant to acknowledge that. Golf is meant to be played by the rules. Otherwise don’t keep scores because it’s...

The point is the R&A and USGA has never written a rule to have more fun playing golf. That is what you wrote. I didn’t make it up. These are your words you apparently believe. The rules of golf have never been rewritten to make the game more fun. Fairness yes and when you refer to strictness...

The R&A and USGA decide what the rules of golf are. Making the game more fun is not part of their mission statement. Local rules can be used for that notion. The pros and amateurs abide by the same rules. No where in the rules of golf is the term fun used or applied. Golf is a game of physical...

Or maybe they realized that when you play the British Open, the oldest, most prestigious tournament, wind can be an enormous factor. Golf balls can be blown off a golf tee whether it was placed on a mound of sand or a modern day tee. It was never intended to make the game of golf easier, just...

The rules also specify if you grounded your club and the ball moves for any reason, it is a penalty even when you did not move or swing your club after grounding the head of the club behind the ball, albeit still motionless and merely touching the turf. The only exemption is on the putting green...