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    Joint protectors - what exactly do they protect?

    I drilled a hole in mine and ran a string through them. Much easier to pull out of the case.
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    Headphones at hard times sac

    I hack into their headphones and yell "don't miss!" As they come forward on their final stroke.
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    Shouldn't space force camouflage be black with a bunch of stars on it?
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    Interesting article on over-training

    I mostly just shoot a fixed number of shots, my pockets hold seven so I'll do that on each side. Or I'll set up two object balls and go back and forth between them for fifteen minutes. I stopped counting because I was constantly calculating the percentages in my head and getting distracted and...
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    Very subtle
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    My Fargorate progression

    There are also a lot of capped events that use fargo to set the ceiling. Funnily enough, the events I play most don't report to Fargo, I don't know if they think the formats aren't the best data for Fargo, or what. The events are an 8 ball line tournament and an 8 ball double elimination race to...
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    Interesting article on over-training

    How important is laser focus in practice anyway? I can certainly understand the benefits of condition yourself to be 100% focused when your bridge hand touches the cloth but as long as I'm not actually practicing bad mechanics I will still be building good muscle memory. Maybe this is what is...
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    My Fargorate progression

    I put my phone in "tournament mode". Samsung calls it airplane mode, but what do they know. Glad you could play through the tilt, that's a big struggle for me. Another thing I've noticed, being farsighted, there's a bit of eye strain looking at my phone, and if I look at it for a while, it can...
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    Need a new tip recommendation!!

    I like how the Tiger tips shot but I burned up a Dynamite in two months. I'm now using a How medium and it's been quite durable in addition to shooting well. may 7 Today The shape has only been touched up once. I'm really impressed with how well the tip is holding up
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    Table rental/usage agreement help.?

    Have you thought about just putting the table in and just giving them a cut of the take? I don't know how it works in the pool table world, but I think vending deals range all the way from venue rents and keeps all the money from the machine to vendor pays venue and keeps all the money from the...
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    Street Light Billiards Academy in Alexandria, VA makes Washington, D.C. News

    I've shot thousands in a row. Only about 600 actually went into holes but...
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    "Antique" Diamond Ball Polisher

    It's always fun to watch people build stuff. I get the beauty of seeing something come together and no smashed thumbs or budget overrun.
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    Independent squirt/deflection testing?

    I was watching a Filler-Gorst nine ball match and they were breaking in the 19-20 mph range. It was impressive that most of their breaks were within 1/2 mph, very consistent. But I'd be surprised if the average pool shot is 7 mph. That's the full length of the table in under 1 second.
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    Independent squirt/deflection testing?

    15 mph? That's a very hard shot, isn't it? Then again, I doubt swerve would be much of a factor, and the results should scale back to more typical shot speeds.
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    Silver in cues

    Wouldn't the weight be a giveaway?
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    Funny pic/gif thread...

    Where's the pool table?
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    My Fargorate progression

    Is 10-15 points even a real difference? As far as creep goes, I think i remember some of that discussion but not who said what. I thought the takeaway was that fargo floats, and while creep is certainly possible it's not definitely happening. It seems like two or three shots in a set could be...
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    Interesting article on over-training

    I know everybody's different, but no matter how much I play, if I don't practice, my skills go off. You have to play to develop the decision making and learn to handle pressure, but I think practice is the best way to improve execution. I don't shoot one bank every rack, there's no possible way...
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    Is your best game one you actually don't prefer?

    That's a lot of ifs. The guy blasting and hoping for a hit on the seven is much more likely to give up ball in hand, or if he gets lucky and contacts the seven, sell out the rack. I suppose a weaker player is slightly more likely to get lucky because if what he intends to happen happens less...
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