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My feeling is that the age restrictions in many pool rooms is probably mostly to blame. We need to increase the proportion of 8-17 year old players to drive higher numbers of 18-49 year olds in the future.

I wish we could get access to the data or even just data from pro tournaments. I’d love to just do my own analysis. Even if I found on my own that table size do not influence ratings on average, I’d still want to see if there is any data all that might support what people think is happening...

Even though I know that I can’t increase tip contact time, I still find trying to do so tends to encourage me to accelerate into the ball better.

I’d say it’s also the only way they can compete with matchroom. Setting aside that it’s basically a totally different game.

I missed my chance to be a semi-finalist

How are we defining good though? One of the biggest reasons we see snooker players being competitive in 9 ball is the vastly different structures between the games. If Filler or Gorst wanted to make the switch to snooker, they’d need need to go through QSchool to get onto the WST ranked at the...

I think the biggest difference really comes down to that they relish making the big shots. I think if you had the top 20 players all do shotmaking drills and tracked their results we may be somewhat surprised at the outcome. But perhaps where the real difference is at the top level is in the...

I always cringed a bit when someone would say “I’d rather miss the shot than miss position”, after they missed wildly but had the cue ball end up where they wanted. I mean sure, your position was excellent if you were indeed trying a 4 railer into the side pocket, but if the ball actually went...

Do you think if Allison Fisher made the transition to pool a bit earlier it may have changed Jean’a mind? Maybe a new challenge? Or perhaps not because she probably could have jumped back in at any time during Fishers early years.

I think it’s when I have a mixture of a quiet mind that can focus on what’s in front of me, a lack of tension in the body and a bit of luck. As I’ve thought about it, I think one of the biggest differences between good days and great days is that the layouts favour your skill set and the shots...

I agree, you can only beat the competition you have in front of you.

Do you base your ranking on accomplishments or overall skill level? I don’t think any other women played to an 800 standard.

I’ve read that the APA starts women as a 2 and men as a 3. If that is true, you’d want to control for that since it’s based on assumptions.

Interesting stuff here! I’ve only skimmed the thread so apologies if this has been covered or I’m misunderstanding. But it seems like most of your games are coming from being tournaments you travel to. I’ve often wondered what sort of impact “road scores” would have on a Fargo rating compared...

While this issue has concerned me when it comes to the recent controversy over the womens canadian weight lifting division, I’m less worried about womens divisions in cuesports. We’ve seen this pop up mostly in womens English 8 Ball and Snooker where it’s likely driven by the fact that the...

It would have to be with break restrictions. If they are using a template, one on the spot and a side rail break they should be able to get position on the one on a home table often enough to get out at least 1 in 10 on a bad day. And then also the fact that you don’t even have to be cheating...

If we are talking about a home table with templates and no break restrictions, I don’t think 10% is too shocking if they are above 600. Though it’s easy sometimes to ignore all of the bad days when you don’t get any BnRs which would bring down your actual average. It would be a different story...

I’m not good enough to be competitive without bih, but I’ve been doing a similar concept where I either play it as it lays after the break or I play safe and get bih only if i get the snooker. If I don’t get the snooker, it’s game over. It’s a nice simple way to incorporate safety play without...

I think we need a billiards digest interview with our very own SJM.

Gerry was one of my first introductions to pool since he was heavily involved in touring colleges and universities doing his trick shot shows. Even my wife knows who he is because she said he had her do one of those audience participation shots. Gerry probably was responsible for a lot of...