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George Fels book, great book, still have my copy. Want to get another copy. Not a book for learning the basics, but excellent for strategy and positioning.

I'd like to make a shaft with a ferrule that has a LED that gives off different light with each shot. This should shark 'em!

Well, it's obvious preaching to the choir. Don't tell US, tell the PROPRIETOR first of the pool halls you visit. If they don't offer that basic level of service, then maybe you should patronize another establishment. As to the tables being kept - it's simple... you go to the table, see it's...

Well, sometimes it's not so obvious earlier on.... you can have a ball in the middle of the table, blocked by a ball on a rail. But yes, a pattern develops - outside-in

To clarify, clear all balls on the rail that are blocking other balls first! And don't move balls that are pocketable. Also, use 1 rail instead of 2, 2 instead of 3.... You can change the challenge up by hitting all shots with draw, or all shots with follow. I also do a drill to test my...

Sure, it's great to play on clean cloth, polished balls... I hate having to wash my palm and fingers of blue chalk every time I play. But these are the conditions we face, and we adjust our game accordingly. It's why you see pros and better players choose the firm option over rolling whenever...

I would think that'd be easier for a lefty. A righty would have to reach over the table or set the cue ball a decent amount away. Lefty, you just have to play a tiny angle and draw it back two feet. In fact, I probably would shoot this lefty if not behind my back...

1 - I'd place the cue ball between the 9 and the foot rail, shoot the 7 in the corner and just use a little follow, and just let the cue ball bounce off the long rail. As long as the cue ball gets past the 2nd diamond on the long rail you're fine. Even if you somehow come up short you still...

Corey and Co. got them all figured out... even if their opponent or a neutral party racks. Really, though, as far as I see, a quick look asto the 2 ball position on the rack should determine which side you break from. And to me it looks that you break on thesame side as the 2, unless it's the...

I've had four Scruggs, and loved each of them. Wish I still had them, though!

Jump cues were somewhat after my time. I remember just using the shaft of my cue to make a close jump, with the theory that the light shaft would get out of the way immediately. But remember this is a 10' table, so the cue ball is a bit farther away at the break, so I would conclude it would...

I think when the slow-down on TV coverage started in the early 90s, they had to come up with a way to make the game "faster" because there was less airtime overall. Also there was some "need" to make it more exciting and fast. So came the so-called "Texas Express" ball-in-hand-anywhere on a...

I usually don't play on a bar table, but I think it may be harder with the smaller table giving more possibility for the 2 to kiss out... BTW - 2 consecutive jump-combo shots with the cue ball 2" away from the 6! Nice....

If you soft-break with the 2 on the bottom, it will tend to stay on the side you broke from, whether it be by the corner (because it got clipped by the opposite wing ball banking across or whatever), or back up table. So as long as you keep the cue ball in the center more or less, you have a...

There's nothing I missed. I've seen quite a few different patterns. Wherever you place the 2, you'll have a shot a good percentage of the time at running out if you soft-break. If you have it right behind the 1, you would just break on the same side as the 2 ball, have the shot at the 1 in...

It doesn't matter which order the balls are in, the pros will figger out a break angle and speed dthat gets them what they want more or less. Maybe in the future someone can invent number balls from 2 through 8 that only show their numbers after the break.... I'm pretty sure they have a break...

I will say, I do love the way the rails are crowned on the typical Brunswick table. Something about flat rails doesn't appeal as much to me... don't even lime building a bridge on one....

MIcarta is just a brand name of a class of materials called phenolics, which essentially are materials made with layers of paper, cotton sheet, canvas sheet, fiberglass, etc., bonded with phenol resin. Other brands are Garolite, Arborite, Richlite, Tufnol, Bakelite... even plastic laminates...

So, YOU are ranked properly and EVERY OTHER PERSON is not? Whaaaaaaa?

There's nothing more redundant than shooting balls endlessly. I'll go to a table, dump the balls off the tray, and shoot them all, then throw all the balls back on the table and do it again. After two times, it gets boring for me, Great for loosening up, but you'll fall into a pattern - a...