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Vam spaseeba! Is Pyramids your main game? It looks tough!

Great video! Even though I appreciate how hard the shots are and how small those pockets are, his reactions remind me of the saying "When you get to the end zone, you're allowed to celebrate, but try to act like you've been there before." 😆 (Actually, I might have read that in someone's...

And thank you for the suggestion to translate!

So to save you deciphering, it looks like the first photo (double kiss shot) is to make the object ball, and should be close to the pocket and rail. Pretty sure this is also in the Byrne books. And the second one seems to be a straightforward English off the rail shot, although the layout still...

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Okay, text extraction was easy. Google translation still leaves something to the imagination, however! First pic: "...and gift Rice. 35. Counter-toile in the corner and konartula in the middle dir Adamozhen when Is imtou to board lus and such a ball, some May cue from cue ball, vol. the ball...

I hadn't thought of Google Translator. I guess I'd need some software that would read the text from the image, as I wouldn't know how to type it in Cyrillic. That said, I don't really know where to begin with the software approach either! The X-ball seems to be the cueball in all diagrams. The...

I think the first shot pockets the object ball too. If you look closely it shows a double-kiss. I've seen this in pool with the OB very close to a pocket, but nothing like the distances shown here. It's hard to be sure what the author has in mind without being able to read the words! But on the...

Bad geopolitical timing, but let's not take it out on an author from 30 years ago! I came across a Russian billiards book and was having a look at the pictures. A couple of them in particular caught my eye. These shots are similar to ones we would be familiar with, but look somewhat different...

I figure most people interested in the Gipper would really just be interested in football. I read a book about the guy a few years ago and there was very little about pool, less than in the article you linked to, I think. I doubt there's enough concrete information about his time in pool to...

So the key question is how do you work out which group gives you the best chance to win. I think WWYD scenarios are great for practicing this skill. It seems like something you get with practice more than theory. Or at least, you can't just do it with theory. That said... Let's say if you...

I like that you have a crutch for the long shots :LOL:

I'm not an instructor. A couple of times in my life I've taken a break from the game and come back a level better than I used to be (after a few sessions to get my arm loose). It's a really strange thing. I have pet theories about what's happening when it happens, but nothing worth more than...

Saw this and thought of you. Would something like this be any help? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154761876623?mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&siteid=0&customid=link&campid=5335988529&toolid=20001&mkevt=1

I wonder if the budget would work if you had one or two rackers working the whole tournament (instead of one per table). Players might have to wait a few minutes sometimes, but if there's money added they could be told to suck it up. You'd need to get the timing right for the televised games I...

You've just made me think, the cue speed arguments for a lighter break cue presumably also apply for cue speed when you hit a regular shot hard... In these shots, an accurate delivery is arguably even more important than for the break, so maybe biomechanics and what the individual player feels...

What if they got random people who knew nothing about pool to rack, so everyone got a slug rack and the breaks would be a lot more random? I wonder if the players could keep from moaning about it.

Show off!

A wrong option I like: Is the 15 too far to triple bank the middle? In a friendly game I'd be verrrry tempted to find out. (Not this but similar pattern, with left CB english to help: ) But playing to win, I'd send the CB to the head rail (off the 15). If I were a pro, I'd probably jump.