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Get Well Soon Best wishes Tom for a speedy recovery. I've been practicing my wingshot straight pool and need some competition!

Did anyone mention Raymond Ceulemans?

Those Who Served I spent 21 years in the US Navy. Got shot at and missed at Quang Tri and some other god forsaken places. Played lots of 3 day sessions in Olangapo, Clark, Yokosuka, Sasebo, and more places than I care to remember. Funny how they always sent some guy from Manila down to try...

Veteran Hi, Please put my name in the hat. I served 21 years in the US Navy from 1971 until 1992. Sorry but I don't have any pictures on line.

Developing mental toughness Playing in tournaments, gambling, reading and watching videos are all great ways to develop nerve. However, we generally play like we practice. There is one drill I have my students do every day before they start practice to help them develop the ability to play...

Pool Hall Survey 1. New pool hall with competitive prices. 1 2. Quality of pool equipment. 5 3. How important is quality. 5 4. Quality of service. 4 5. Quality of service. 1 6. Rate prices. 5 7. How important are prices. 1 8. Quality of food. 5 9. How important is food. 1 10...

Mental Game Worrying about things you don't control only cause you to tighten up and dog shots. You don't control winning, the other player, the score, who shot John, the rail birds, and a million other things that are out there. When you are at the table, visualize what you want to do, and...

Low on the cue ball If you take the 4 ball or the 6 ball and bring the cue stick up close to the bottom of the ball, you can see the reflection of the stick in the ball. When the stick is perfectly in the center of the cue ball, the reflection of the cue stick comes straight back at you. When...

Is Playing Good Practice There are three things you need to do over time to really improve your game. The first is to take lessons. Without a focused look from an expert on what you are doing wrong, you will always struggle to improve. It is amazing what we don't know about our own game...

I like to use high draw on these type of shots!:wink:

Old Balls Well you could drill them out and mount them on the Drive Shift of cars. Start your own little business....

Running 100 balls One thing you haven't mentioned is why you miss. Are you getting out of line? Stuck behind balls? Leaving yourself no break shot? Analyzing why your runs stop is one way to improve your ability to run balls. Next some things to think about. Are you hitting your break...

Straight Stroking Here are some things to look at. Are you punching or tightening up your grip hand when you go in to the cue ball? Sounds to me like that is what you are doing. On the softer shots, you don't do this and go through straight. On the harder ones, you are most likely punching...

Accustats Hi, Here is where the formulas are http://www.accu-stats.com/AS-inst.pdf You might also be interested in Jack Koehler's book, Upscale Nine Ball. Good Luck//Mark

Starting Pool Journey Welcome to the long road of pool. My suggestion is that you find someone in your area to take some lessons. This will cut years off your learning curve. Learn to do things correctly when you are young rather than learn bad habits that you have to break. Even if you...

Help Hi Chuckz71, First, how do you define a slump? missing easy shots? Losing more than winning? Getting bad rolls? Bored and a little tired of pool? My formula for breaking out of a slump is to take a day off. Next day go to the movies. Day three I go back to real basics, stroking...

Instructors Here in NYC there are a lot of instructors, both BCA and professional players.

Common Faults In my experience, the problem isn't usually with the aiming system, but with a basic fundamental flaw that throws off your aim. Here are some things to work on or think about in your stroke: Are you stroking the cue ball in a straight line where you think you are? Are you...

Generating Interest Hi, I retired from the Navy in 1992 and have been teaching pool and running events tournaments since then. The biggest problem I see with 8 ball tournaments is that they take so long. I have seen at corporate events where each match takes up to a half an hour. What I...