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In pretty much every sport, defense wins games, no question. But defense seldom, if ever, wins fans. That's why every pro sport reinvents itself for more offense. And why low scoring sports don't usually fare too well with spectators. Scoring = progress. Purists tend to appreciate defense...

You focused in on my comment about how I don't think it's right but I don't think you understood my point in safeties being more strategic and more like pushes. I do appreciate the skillsets involved in playing safe. I also play safeties like anyone else, don't get me wrong. But when we're...

I don't mind defense and playing safe, but I'm not a fan of the way safeties are used in most matches today. You can be in the midst of your run, you make an error that gets you way out of shape, so a safe is used like a get out of jail free card. The fact that you can be REWARDED FOR making A...

Thanks for everything, Daniel!

Says I need to spread my rep around...:D

That kid is both inspiring and discouraging. LOL

I was once given advice to immediately analyze my errors so that my brain did not give my ego a chance to complain. It has helped me move on from misses and start more anew my next turn at the table.

Congrats on the good night!

Improvements...they don't stop unless we stop and we don't stop until it stops.

Luckily, I've never played in a bar tournament where they didn't open the tables. I've got a change purse attached to my cue case that's loaded with quarters for such occasions but it still seems strange to me to have to have this during league play or a tournament. What I generally do in such...

I have a hard time understanding people that say they love and enjoy something so much, but deny it entirely when everything about it isn't exactly perfect or how they'd expect. Makes me wonder what those people's relationships with other people are like. I tend to think that something is...

Pool used to be everywhere, and accessible to all ages. Boys and girls clubs and social clubs like Elks, Moose, etc. Universities and even community colleges would at least have pool clubs, if not something even more formal for pool. In the late 80's I played on a bar table that was in an...

Not one person, group or organization is bigger than the game itself. If the game says it is now played on and with certain equipment, then that's simply the way the game is played. Immature, closed, selfish mindsets are what kills everything...along with fear of change or something different...

Congrats to Rodney :)

Honestly, I wish everything about my game could be improved overnight, but if I had to pick just one thing...I would probably say my ability to see the lines and angles of a table layout because I feel if I didn't have to think or try so hard, everything else would be that much...

I've had a SS clear (brown) for about 9 months now. I play with the cue a lot but not every day. It is high maintenance, but I can't imagine a super soft tip that isn't. Unless you have a really super light stroke. Mine is getting short and is definitely harder now but it plays fine and...

I've played several that use this strategy and it can be frustrating, particularly at how effective it can be on bar boxes. I had a tournament match like you described, my opponent was 3 sheets to the wind, and playing like they hadn't a care in the world. Never tried to make anything other...

Too cool...wish I was closer!

Not to say I think one is better than the other...but...at this point in time I like Edgie in this matchup.

We lost our playoff match last night. Mostly because our team made too many costly errors trying to run out when the percentages were low. Getting them to think defensively has proven difficult. But that doesn't bother me as much as the fact that the team beat us without having enough players...