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I do the same thing on a 9-foot table with the cueball far enough from the pocket so I can bridge properly on the table and the object ball half way to the opposite corner pocket. I set up the shot to be exactly straight in. When testing/developing your stroke, you don't want any cut angle...

Yes. That's why. There isn't any money in pro pool and there never has been.

Pretty good, but Earl rolls them straight down the middle of the table and MUCH faster.

It all comes down to money. If there was PGA Tour-type money in pool, the quality of play would increase 10 fold.

Yikes! NO THANK YOU.

Jump shots are a great part of the game. The issue I have with them is the use of special "jump cues." It's way too easy to jump with them. Players should have to use their playing cue with its normal length. Then there is real skill involved. There is nothing worse than playing a great safety...

I've played Bowlliards for years. Usually I play it in rotation to increase the challenge.

Yep. But I like Fargo better because you can choose to play rotation at any time in the rack and you end up with a numeric score. Fargo rules: http://billiards.colostate.edu/PBReview/FargoTest.htm

Pool was killed by television, the Internet and video games. It's had a couple of revivals with the two Newman movies, but it's been dying a slow death over the past 60 years. When I was a kid, we had a table in our basement and all of the neighborhood kids played. Now my own kids don't even...

The Pleasures of Small Motions is an awesome book. It taught me more than any other book on the mental game (including books on the mental side of golf, tennis, etc.). WARNING: Make sure you understand and USE everything that is being said. I think that many who didn't improve after reading...

When jacked up over a rail or ball(s), concentrate on keeping your head and upper body completely still. I improved tremendously with these shots using this one tip. If the cueball is very near or frozen to the rail and the shot calls for a level cue, a good way to keep from miscuing is to put...

At one point in a "TV" match, Earl looked into the crowd and noted how everyone was "old." I don't think there was anyone under 50 in attendance (including me).

I have gone to 18 US Opens since 1992 and I think this suggestion along with a smaller field of 128 and a smaller amount of added money is the best answer. There are very few spectators from Sunday through Tuesday anyway. Play the preliminary rounds at Q-Masters (with free admission for...

I was there. It was a packed house.

JAM: Any chance that Keith will show up this year? He is my favorite player. BTW, I assume that's you in your Avatar. If so, you're smokin' HOT!!

The problem comes down to Barry promising more prize money than he can actually guarantee. Barry should analyze his up-front financial risk based on his decades of past tournament experience, determine how much he is willing to actually put in escrow, and make that the full prize fund...

The table would have to have the same cloth that Willie used (whatever that was) or something with essentially similar properties. I know it wasn't Simonis 860 and was much slower with a nap. The hardest part about straight pool isn't pocketing balls (which the table and pocket sizes affect)...

I used to do this all the time when I was really trying to bring up my game. I started out trying for 5 in a row before I could quit. Once I could do that, I went to 10, then 15, then.... you get the idea. I worked my way up to 50. Man was I playing good back then. When I'm trying to get in...

You nailed it too Jay. I also have a Diamond and LOVE it. The ONLY problem with it is the marks on the balls from the pockets.

According to Wikipedia: Balukas was initially entered in both the men's and women's divisions of the 1987 B.C. Classic, a nine-ball competition. After notable controversy (detailed below), she competed only on the men's side. Along the way she trounced Keith McCready 11–3 (at the time the...