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Welcome. Looks like you received some good answers and they are consistent.

This is a little difficult to explain but it might be of use with regard to finding dead center on the OB (which I need to consistently make the ball). I taught myself to "see" a laser line between the object ball and another ball. The line is supposed to be a 11/8" inch off the felt and level...

Yeah, I pretty much do what you do. Personally, I like using the edge to pocket (or pocket point) to help me find the center of the OB to pocket line. For me this is especially useful when a striped ball is at an odd angle with the center line running through at an odd angle. I did use the back...

Thanks for the post. Logged on and watching. :thumbup:

Here is something like a rubber tip. Guy has a good idea but it appears they are made to fit to a snooker cue. He says it is a chalkless cue tip. http://www.chalklesspoolcuetip.com/index.html

Anybody know about this fellow "The dentist?" Got a soft spot for a guy who works all day and then mixes it up here. Looks like some good matches coming up. Tears will be shed. Somebody of the funny pic thread posted. "What does not kill you will make you stronger. Except bears. Bears will...

Thanks for all the updates. I am working and can't watch right now. I use IE and can't get the brackets either so all your efforts are much appreciated.

Refer everyone to one of the most famous videos on the net with over 60 million views. Get the whole community ;)

I don't think that 15 ball rotation is a very good test of one's usual ability. Too many safety's are required. Fargo is probably a better test and it has comparison charts that will let you determine your "speed." See http://billiards.colostate.edu/PBReview/Self_Assessment.htm for several...

I don't want to take away from JoeT's great new game. However, we started to play "Hawthorne Rotation" about a year and a half ago. Friends and I play just about every night. Our rules are intended to make it easy to score and yet challenging. Here are our "rules." 1. Rack the 1,2,3 in the...

Field dependence is not a learning disability. It is a cognitive style: A way of perceiving and reacting to the world. It has a significant relationship to analytical intellectual ability but it is not a determinant (Analytical ability is only one subset of intelligence and is only of importance...

Here is an online Embedded Figures Test that can be used to determine field independence. http://www.indiabix.com/non-verbal-reasoning/embedded-images/ I did not complete the test (I already know I am field independent). So I am not sure how good the results would be or how useful they are...

This is true in many ways. It seems that some people need to be taught to see the tangent line from different perspectives. One of the things I find interesting is that when I have explained the use of the tangent line when the object ball is within two inches of the pocket, some people just...

Without getting too technical I will quote from Wikipedia "Generalization is the notion that animals and humans are able to respond similarly to different stimuli provided those stimuli have similar properties as implied using conditioning. For example, spatial generalization is when you try to...

Seems to me that when I was last in the national leagues, about five years ago, the rule was that the player is coached only when he asks for it and then he can only have one designated coach. Not a bad rule. Helps those who need it and keeps the others from breaking a player's concentration...

Long ago in a far away place when all the team members could come to the table for coaching a friend had just started to play in the league. He was near short stop level. Anyway, a shot comes up that requires a little thought so he backs away from the table about three feet and stands there...

Yeah, Colin does a heck of a job. I suspect (don't know) that Shane V may have learned something from him because Shane's break seems to have several elements that Colin discusses. I did find that it was useful to go back and review Colin's video a couple of times. Each time I seemed to pick up...

Try to visualize a laser line from behind the cue ball through the front dead center of the cue ball. This line extends to the center of the object ball (1/16th inch dot). Then try to visualize a laser line from about 1" behind the object ball to the part of the pocket you are using. Try to...

I think that Ted Brown invented one of the best ways for learning cue ball control. Here is my revised version of his method. http://billiards.colostate.edu/PBReview/CBControl1.htm As you can see I recommend placing the cue ball in the same place. Call it by whatever name you choose. The...

I have heard from several people that they have found this article about Competitive Anxiety useful. It is long but may help you with those nerves http://billiards.colostate.edu/PBReview/Competitive_Anxiety.htm It was a series of three articles I wrote for Cues and News several years ago. One...