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  1. BRKNRUN

    How many hours of lessons should a beginner try to cram into a couple days?

    Chances are.....there will be other players that can't run racks...and/or are not consistent at running racks...and I would bet pretty much every player in the field will have "some" weakness. Perhaps go in to the lesson and let the instructor know exactly what you said here.....I have a...
  2. BRKNRUN

    Tip....or front of grip hand?

    Interesting....Perhaps this is the reason it works so well (at least for me).....There is always "some" method of contact point being aimed at on the OB.......That is always the "target"........(Once aligned and at the pause ready for final stroke).....I feel like forgetting about the tip and/or...
  3. BRKNRUN

    Tip....or front of grip hand?

    In my return to pool...I am putting in more "developmental" time for my game....working on a lot of things that (in the past) I just glossed over and never gave the due diligence it deserved and most likely kept me from being the player I probably could have been......It is that old...
  4. BRKNRUN

    A new way to think about position?

    Old school (1-pocket) player gave me a powerful tip one time on how to improve CB control.....He said to just throw two object balls on the table and basically play 1-2 rail billiards with a twist....instead of just trying to shoot a ball and go 1-2 rails hitting the other ball.....try to go 1-2...
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    Us 10 ball out of griffs ..nice reminder for the match room complainers

    I agree.....That should never happen in a US Open event....poor guy just did not have a clue........Unfortunately....you have to look no further than people driving on the streets.....I drove a box truck for 15 years.....By my calculations.....80% if the people driving on the road are pretty...
  6. BRKNRUN

    I picked up some hardware in Vegas!

    I knew I would know you.....Nice shooting...I saw Nikon Kid's FB post....That 700 brand is right around the corner for you.....No more easy tournaments for you.....
  7. BRKNRUN

    10 ball and i am calling.....safe

    Thus the comment..."smooth hard"......I want to get the ball rolling...but I don't want it to bite on the rail and stick there.....IMO blasting it would cause that to happen as you mention...........but if you smooth it you can get the ball to release and hopefully enough to get out past the 7...
  8. BRKNRUN

    Us 10 ball out of griffs ..nice reminder for the match room complainers

    I get the jist of what you are saying....However...... Bethpage Black is actually a municipal golf course......And the US Open is actually kind of the exception in that they tend to hold the event on more "'public access" golf courses..... Granted....just like a Super Bowl game stadium......Any...
  9. BRKNRUN

    Us 10 ball out of griffs ..nice reminder for the match room complainers

    I will cut them a break....The free Youtube streams are low budget pool enthusiasts content creators (relying on Patreon Sponsoship) to bring free coverage to fellow pool players......IIRC....some of the commentators are not even on-site....they are actually sitting at home connected in with...
  10. BRKNRUN

    10 ball and i am calling.....safe

    In that case if you pocket a ball (calling safe) the incoming player has option........So I am not going to "blast" it...but I am going to call the one and hit it "smooth hard" to get the CB out enough to see the 2 and play a safe from there....
  11. BRKNRUN

    Golf vs pool

    Well........Some of those Mulligan guys would lose a chunk o change (if you get my drift) For those guys....we would kind of tend to look the other way.....We did have a "Cheaters Club".....If you were caught cheating and put in the club..... you pretty much killed any action from pretty much...
  12. BRKNRUN

    10 ball and i am calling.....safe

    I assume this is right after the break.....If so...I am calling push.....Ideally leaving the CB stuck to the end rail...and using the 8 to pocket the 1 and hopefully wedge up against the 3 off angle so the combo does not go...extra insurance against a fluke made jump shot with a view of the...
  13. BRKNRUN

    Golf vs pool

    Ummmmmmmm.....(I must refer you to click on the UAS link below)...... Lets see....... The all time classic "foot wedge" The also classic (never a lost ball) because you have one in your pocket and even though you snap hooked it 150 yards out of bounds over a house....you miraculously found it...
  14. BRKNRUN

    Handle Hand Wrist Angle?

    Golf grip is with a neutral hand and gripped in the last three fingers....first finger and thumb are just along for the ride....In addition....If you grip with your first finger and thumb...it makes your wrist stiff...You have to relax your first finger and thumb to move your wrist...
  15. BRKNRUN

    Looking for simple way to take decent video of myself.

    If you are setting up at a pool room....camera phone on a tripod is about as simple as it gets.... If you are like me and have a home table...My laptop doubles as a desktop and is connected to a larger monitor and I use a wireless keyboard and mouse.....I have the laptop sitting on a shelf...
  16. BRKNRUN

    Which ball was hit first?

    He may have spun it ....(but he did say just a bit and ever so slightly)....I watched the frame by frame just before the "WHOOO!".......using the dots.....the ball looked (to me) to be in full roll just before contact.
  17. BRKNRUN

    Taom Chalk

    Based on all the "clean" comments....I am thinking of trying this chalk......So....other than color.....what is different between the V10 and Pyro? Not a fan of green and have blue cloth and most of the places I play have blue cloth..... Is there a significant advantage of green v10 over...
  18. BRKNRUN

    Which ball was hit first?

    If it had hit the 3 first.....would it have picked up opposite rotation and followed a more tangent path off the 5?....in this case it appears to have hit the 5 first...picked up some slight left hand rotation and then hitting the 3 it killed it forward off the 3 tangent path
  19. BRKNRUN

    What a tool!!!

    It is pretty much not.....but I have not heard of her being in much "action" To me....it is starting to feel like the "Ball" brothers in the NBA......Dad was a real Don King type....
  20. BRKNRUN

    What a tool!!!

    The ole "what I would have done"......I would have sat quietly while she finished the rack....between racks I would have said...."Hey...just an FYI....make sure you call pocket on combos....some joker may call that on you that you did not call the ball"....and left it at that..... Hoang didn't...
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