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At the time I won a lottery and had a choice of taking lessons with Fran or with Randy. I avoid New York City like the plague. I have been there many times for meetings and I do not like the City. For this reason I regretfully selected to attend Randy's school. At the time I did not know who he...

I was not being sarcastic. MLK contributed to changing our culture in a positive way. He is one the most significant men of the 20 century.

What are you doing here Neil? If someone told you that you had been doing the same thing for 30 years with your teaching I would guess that you too would be insulted. Each contributes in their own way. Some are more abrasive than others. But let's not make it out to be something that it is not...

I just noticed another interesting idea that is somewhat controversial. To keep it unbiased try this exercise first. Slowly touch your nose with your index finger. Wait for it What did you find? I found that my brain prefers to use an arc when moving the hand. Next time I tried moving...

An example of how proprioceptive feedback and vision coordinate to strike a target is to try touching your nose with your index finger. Notice how your brain guides your hand to your nose making incremental changes in the location the hand as the hand moves towards the nose. It is all very...

Let me take a stab at that from the psych perspective. The brain guides the hand based on what the eye sees and the proprioceptive feedback from the preliminary swings. In the study of just noticeable differences (JND in the literature) it has been found that the brain can (and will)...

Fran: On the hand eye coordination thing. Here is why I think that three strokes are needed when the player first gets down on the shot. The first stroke lets the brain see / feel what it has done. During the second stroke the brain makes adjustments as needed. The third stroke is used to...

I very much agree that there is some sort of pre-shot routine that should be implemented for hand eye coordination. I have found (n of 1) that the following procedure improved my ability to pocket balls. Stare at the contact point as I step into and bend over the shot to fix the target in my...

For what its worth, I second your review J-Flo. I attended one of Randy's schools and he is an excellent teacher who communicates well and contributed much to my thinking.

Controlled testing when experienced and less experienced players are assigned to conditions is an excellent test in many ways. To be specific it allows for more heterogeneity in variance and is likely to find differences when they are present. It is a strong study. Further research is needed on...

Here is a link to a PBS article where she answers questions about the Quiet Eye" and the complexities in different sports. Her comments about golf are interesting. She was not queried about billiards in this presentation. http://www.pbs.org/saf/1206/hotline/hvickers.htm Undoubtedly the Quiet...

Here is an excerpt from Vickers book. If you have difficulty the billiards section is on page 104-105...

Here is a good summary of research on the quiet eye. http://www.poolstudent.com/2008/12/15/quiet-eye-improves-shot-making/

This guy had some pretty good dreams too. Seems they have worked out for all of us. :thumbup:

If you designed a poll asking who would definitely/ probably attend on some specified night, say Thursday / Friday, Saturday etc. You might have some indication of who would be there and then could tell Duel how many are expected. Then you could find out when he is in town. Make the poll public...

If Corey Duel is going to be there I bet there would be a bunch of AZ people who would show up. I know I would. Probably a good idea to set a date when he can make it.

How about Capone's in Spring Hill, Fl. I understand they have a few good players there. :rolleyes: http://www.cometocapones.com/ For those who did not know, Corey Duel is the House Pro. From their web site. "Capone's Billiard Lounge is The Premier Billiards Room in Florida, located at 10463...

That is a good idea. Moderators or a committee could select a bunch of common topics often posted that newbies and others would find interesting. They could be grouped under such things as fundamental, intermediate and advanced topics. Then there are the perennial topics such as tips, low...

I would tell the guy, "I have to leave in 30 minutes. what do you want to play for on this last set?" If it was reasonable I might let him win and walk away with something. An investment -- he might be back next week when he thinks he is on his game.

Many years ago, a guy kept baiting my buddy who was about 6'5" and 300 pounds. He was kinda dumb and good natured as nobody usually messed with him. Long story short, they wound up in the parking lot. My buddy, who was not, and had no need to be, much of a fighter, got hit a few times. He got...