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It is going to become beating a dead horse from me soon, but Chris Renfro been sayin' the same so happy to have him aboard in this boat: Pretreated cloth for every new event is the way to go! And return to 4.25" corners, sides - appropriately wider than as of now too. Problem solved!

I'm yet to study the whole thread, and that gonna take me quite a while. But long story short, my 0.02 cents, is that yes, small pockets do ruin the proper game of pool. I teach both games here, pool and pyramid, and occasionally used to approach the pyramid table with pool balls, to test my...

Until (if ever) we know the full background behind what's going on between WPA and MR, we can not make any decent calls. I would say, now, as long as WPA has seen (as if they did not before, when MR ran the World in Cardiff for several years) how the production is supposed to be done, this and...

That (in)famous 'shot in the leg', as written by Jay Helfert in his wonderful book of fascinating pool stories

makes me wonder if they already split (the share of possible winnings) :p

Nah, that was part of his plan ;) A thing to remember and talk about, the way we are doing now. (I recall winter Olympics in Sochi, the opening ceremony when one of the five rings actually stuck and did not "open", as per initial scenario. The world remembered that funny incident as good, that...

It never happened (yet). Wild guess could be that a long-term agreement recently achieved with SAR sheikhs finally forces snooker World Championship to leave its sacred place, namely The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield. But as of now, it stays there.

Matchroom have always preferred to award their champions of the world (snooker and darts) with an amount of ranking points (which as we know in MR's approach equals to dough paid) solid enough to remain as No.1 until the next Worlds, literally for a year. I think this might not be so justified...

As an occasional instructor of the game I usually ask beginners to shoot one handed cue balls. Helps a ton as that and them to focus on stroking motion only. I don't see anything unprofessional in one handed play. Itis an art of its own, there are players who reached enormous heights both in...

Like Bob mentioned already, this rule has a good reason. I don't think you would question Johann Ruysink's opinion? I believe he was the one behind this rule, originally used at the Eurotour. "Points" rule on the break at Heyball (okay, okay, this one is shorter and therefore easier to type)...

Another interesting rule of Chinese pool is calling a standard foul for resting any piece of equipment on the table. Like a short but of a jump/break cue or a part of a long jumper.

Just recently we ran a first ever Heyball event here where I reside. I must confess I treated this very fine in question as applied to jump shots mostly (and later my mind played a funny joke on me and kind of settled it to being jump shots only). Which is apparently wrong on my side. At the...

Based on the picture Mezz already supplied this shaft with a tip pad. As you mentioned, those Japanese cuemakers learned their trade deep to the bone, so no worries about damaging the shaft. The only thing to really care about is informing the tip install guy of that pad. And asking to take...

Lemme suggest you consider this option: he approaches the event promoter and the latter grants him a permission to do so on his own matches - in case they are not on streaming schedule. It is that easy, isn't it?

Curious minds could find his training session with Q&A part in ghe end (his yt channel). I recall something he was saying he tried this wrap once and did not plan to continue?

I sure will, and provide you more feedback. So far, I suggest you do the following. Scroll YouTube home page down to recommended (which usually equals to most watched or trending) Shorts clips. Pick some with millions of views, and see how long they are. I think some kind of average in seconds...

Dave, I don't watch too many YT Shorts. but of those that got me curious enough, they are really short clips. I would say yours, which fit just under a minute, are very long compared to those. To me, the idea behind Shorts is pure entertainment, and hardly any kind of education. I suggest that...

There is an app in the works, I happen to know the crew behind it, and the functionality is unbelievable. It is based on computer vision and AI. The tests showed it can even track which ball was hit first on "split" hits, or whether the cue ball hit the cushion before the object ball or vice...

The above is a post by Chris Henry, a snooker coach who's been working with some of the elite players (like world champions Shaun Murphy, Mark Selby, like Ali Carter, etc. - I counted about 20 main tour players on his list). Chris has helped those top pros fix some issues that arouse in their...

Based only on what she posted, I'm certain if (only if) WPA and/or EPBF did not grant their permission, she'd still play under Union Jack at the events. Changing sports representation is common for about 20 years already, but every sporting federation has its own regulations for those. If some...