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You could always take up English Billiards or Russian Pyramid Billiards where you get points for pocketing the cue. Personally I haven't pocketed the cue in years. Did I mention I play 3C?

I did, very much thank you. There was talk at the end of doing another one, which would be great. If you do, I have some suggestions, starting with asking him about 2 matches. The first is his match with Jaspers where Jaspers led 44-7 but Caudron came back to win, powered in part by a run of...

I'm a huge Caudron fan, but even I think that Willie Hoppe would have something to say about that claim. As would Raymond Ceulemans who won a dozen world championships in the "small games". But none of Caudron's contemporaries can touch his all games record. Gotta mention that I lucked into...

What he has actually said, and the way it looked in the PNC, is that his short game is spot on, his swing is good but he hasn't been able to practice enough to get it to his standard, but the biggest issue is building up his legs to withstand walking 6 rounds on consecutive days on Pga-level...

I don't think I'd throw in business acumen on Jack's side. In his biography Jack described how he essentially went bankrupt developing Muirfield village and was only saved by bankers reluctant to call in loans which Jack had personally guaranteed.

I put no emphasis on second places or top tens. And as to Jack's 3>2 lead in Players, I'll stack Tiger's 18 wins in WGC events. And as to the other poster's contention that majors were always the yardstick, that is just not true. The guy with the most majors before Jack was Walter Hagen an he...

Yeah no. First as to personal life, how conveniently we forget the 1994 racist comments from Jack Nicklaus's past. And while Tiger's personal life was pretty troubled at times he also opened golf up to a whole new audience and was one of the pioneers is setting up a charitable foundation...

Nobody really cares about your opinion. You are not the arbiter of chalking practices. There is a vast gulf between "This how I do it and why" and "This is how you should do it and if you don't I am going to call you a cowardly mental cripple lacking confidence." See the difference?

I started using my own chalk when I gave up pool and only played 3C. 'When in Rome . . ." Carom and snooker players all seem to carry their own chalk and take it with them when they miss and return to their chair. I wonder how the disparity in practice came about. Or are pro pool players...

Ah, what do you know? Why would I take the word of a highly respected pool instructor over that of an anonymous internet tosser?

So all the pool, and golf, and tennis, etc. instructors who teach that a consistent pre-shot routine is vital to playing well don't know what they are talking about? It is amazing how so many of the best players in the world "lack confidence" and aren't "brave" according to you. What complete...

When I get one of those long ads I hit the refresh button and usually that bypasses the ad and takes me right into the video.

Yes, it was what was called billiards back in the date in England, and is now called English Billiards. The pocket table is what we now call a snooker table - 6x12 with rounded pockets. British Army officers in India developed snooker using the English Billiards table in the late 1800s...

I agree. I lightly stroke the tip with the chalk. As a result: 1) even coverage 2) no caked on chalk 3) cleaner table (see 2, above) 4) conditions tip so scuffing or shaping rarely needed 5) lets a cube of chalk last a long, long time if you carry your own as I do So with all that, I have...

To allow the player to spin the ball. Sure, no chalk will increase the likelihood of miscues, but as Dr. Dave has shown, what chalk is used isn't a significant factor, just that the tip is chalked. But how many times do you see a player chalk up, miscue, and then look at their tip suspiciously...

3C guys like Caudron and Jaspers are excellent with their off hands. In the past, when faced with an off-hand shot they would take the glove off their left hand and put it on their right hand. Lately, however, I've noticed that they have just been putting a second glove on their right hand...

In my experience, miscuing is due to a bad stroke, not anything to do with chalk.

I asked Bert about that in the Carom forum and he said that in the previous version the Europeans did a beat down of the Asians. Who knew that 3C had a home field advantage? But longer term, that could be a sign of the changing of the guard. I'd guess the average age of that Asian team was...

The best part of this 24/7 Kozoom streaming is that the 3C matches have commentary in English, frequently done by Torbjorn Blomdahl and Bert Van Manen.

I just watched a World Cup match from 2017 with Blomdahl v. DK Kang where Blomdahl (who was getting trounced) was doing the commentary. I assume you, he, and others added the commentary for the Kozoom stream after the fact? I've watched some of the matches from the Europe versus Asia team...