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HELP FOR CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL BILLIARD TEAM Due to cut backs across the board in the school budget, Cathedral High School’s support has left a shortfall of $1600.00 in sending the three qualifiers, the coach and chaperone to Las Vegas for this year’s Junior Nationals in August. The team ran...

Unmerciful Gee whiz, I wish you guys could have played with my father! Depression and World War Two guy that would 3 foul an infant AND take the scoring pennies. I was 7 or 8 and playing rummy for pennies with my uncle (depression era boxer), my father and I. They took every penny I had, and...

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There are two mind sets, practice and play. Doing Mother Drills is your practice mind learning a new skill. Doing Mother Drills over time ingrains the process into your muscles and mind and makes the movements automatic. That's the ideal playing mind. At a minimum a month or two, but a lot just...

Slump I'd recommend two things. First find a qualified instructor that video tapes. That will get your stroke on the road. Next is to think more about process than results. Winning, slumps, who beats who etc., are for the most part out of your control. Do the stroke work with an instructor and...

Unwanted sidespin You might also want to experiment with your grip to see if you are adding something to the swing that is extra.

Unwanted Left English I'm just curious, and don't mean to pry, but how did you learn to play? Family, friends, self taught? Thanks in advance!

Unwanted Left English Following up with what Matt said, over the years teaching people I have found that finding your vision center, or where you see a straight line as straight, is the first step. Next is finding the vertical axis of the cue ball, and finally learning how to point straight...

Unwanted Left Spin Fran hit the nail on the head. You have to retrain your eye, brain and arm to what straight looks like. One thing you can try is to line up two balls about a diamond apart and a diamond from the side pocket. Use a stripe as the cue ball. The object is to have the stripe stay...

Congratulations to the winners and all participants. You were wonderful representatives and a pleasure to work with. 18 and under Boys- Thomas Haas 18 and under Girls-Sharon Villecras 14 and under Boys-Ivo Linkin A big thanks to Jerry and Eastside Billiards for hosting the tournament. Thank you.

History A Brief History of the Noble Game of Billiards (Pool, Snooker, English Billiards) by Mike Shamos, curator of The Billiards Archive, used with permission from the Billiard Congress of America – article outlines the first use of the cue stick and chalk, introduction of eight ball and...

RIP Jimmy Sincere condolences to his friends and family. RIP Jimmy.

Straight Shots Let me add one thing you can do to help. After you put the dots and laser line like Scott suggested, put one hand on each side of the line and move your head perpendicular to the line. Stop when the straight line really looks straight to you. Where your head is in relation to...

Over 10 Years for me I'm officially an old timer.

Mosconi Cup Captain The Europeans move the cue stick much better than the Americans and a suggestion for our next captain is Alison Fisher (thanks Nic Barrow!). She is a great player, many times a champion and is well schooled in the fundamentals of moving the cue stick. She would be a great...

Coaches A professional sports team has a slew of coaches. We need a collection of quality coaches like a swing coach, a safety coach, a jump coach, a sports psychologist, and a strategy coach. We also need players and fans that support the idea of coaches training players rather than all that...

Instructors Playing pool well is a matter of moving the cue stick well. Look at the sticks of Hohmann, Alcalde, and Chinakov. All very level and straight with smooth back swings and deliveries. Europe's Mosconi Cup Team all had great swings. Look at how the Chinese swing. Again level and...

RIP Bob. Prayers out to his loved ones. I'm glad I got to know you!

Tampa Intensive Tampa is filling up quickly! Isn't it time you got that breakthrough in your game you have been trying so hard for? Nothing is better than knowlegeable instructors working closely with you working on your form. Go to Poolclinics.com for more information.

Eye Patterns I think there is a bit too much movement that might cause a players head to move during the shot. If you practice this and did it consistently it is great, but most people are very inconsistent with their eye patterns which cause a lot of misses.