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“Bore out the threads”. How does one do that?

North end of Toronto, Canada.

I have not played on it myself but the new CBPA cloth that the NWT is using is said to be faster than Simonis.

Here is a good description of the two joints and the compatibility issues and solutions. https://www.dzcues.com/modified_pin.html Basically a shaft with a modified tap will fit on a standard 3-8 10, but a standard 3-8 10 shaft will NOT fit on a modified one. Talk to a trusted local cue...

I can barely figure out 3 cushions!

By the way, I just found a 10’ heated billiard table in my area. Tried playing some 3C last week. Humbled. It doesn’t help that the balls are bigger, so the compensation for deflection takes some adjustment. And the balls roll FOREVER!

I don’t speak Korean either. But I believe the white ball was supposed to hit 3 cushions after hitting the red ball and before hitting the yellow ball. In fact the CB hit two cushions and spun parallel to the cushion and then hit the yellow. The referee called it a point (saying it hit 3...

Bob, this shot makes me wonder whether there is a situation where the table referee can call for a second ref to watch the other part of the shot. Like what if this shot came up hill hill in the World Championship final? Especially if they don’t allow video review.

This sounds like it would be an excellent option for a breaker in those tournaments, like turning stone that allow you to jump with a full break cue, but not a jump cue

Niels has an excellent video on this.

If you do a search you will find some discussions of these shafts. I hit with all three diameters for maybe 20 minutes total. The fit and finish and “feel/hit” were all excellent, IMO. They are low deflection, but I didn’t do any testing of how much compared to other shafts. So my review...

A year or two ago some guy at a tournament had a GO custom. All Carbon. I hit a few balls with it. I thought it hit well. Felt solid. But I could not say it was any better than a good wooden butt with a good carbon shaft.

Any YouTube recommendations for a good Joyner match? He was past his prime by the time I saw him (even before the stroke).

If this were introduced to pool, many players (myself included) would need to clean up their language. “FFS, make the ball” “Nice shot, a-hole” (Both self directed)

Sometime between 2015 and 2019 I was at Derby and Joyner and JJ played a one pocket match where one GAME took 3 hours. Held up the entire 1p field because they couldn’t draw a round. But I do hear you about the newer school. In 2015 Alex played two matches in the later stages of the 1p that...

I don’t have an issue with a good shot clock, but in my experience (especially in amateur 8b), matches get bogged down more often because of style of play. There are certain players I can predict will have long matches, not because they take a long time to shoot, but because every game...

Thanks for the clarification. Still want to know if you have a problem with the player who’s ahead trying to deliberately make the games messy to run out the opponent’s clock. Also, when I’m up and want to run his clock, presumably I could let my own clock run out to trigger the no BIH rule...

Do you have a problem with players who are ahead a couple of games trying to run out the opponent’s clock? For example, if I’m up 6-3 and you have only 7 minutes left, can’t I just tie up the balls to prevent you from running out? Especially if you don’t have BIH for regular fouls - I can play...

I think of one pocket more like soccer. Except for the very few goals and a few good scoring chances, the rest (at least 90 percent of the match) is just a bunch of guys running around the pitch. I understand for people who know the game, there is all kinds of interesting stuff happening in...

These are excellent shots, and appreciate the examples of short stroke excellent draw. But help me understand how exactly one is hitting the ball “fast but not hard”. I mentioned earlier that I understand how thinking of it as fast stops a player from tensing and actually slowing the cue, but...