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I agree. The tournament tables at Va. Beach with fresh 860 played/banked perfectly.

Same here. Early 90s Diamond Pro with fresh Artemis & 760. Short angle/firm hit is accurate. Wide angle goes WAY long (corner-to-corner 3 cushion bank impossible). The old GCs I play out on are typically geometrically accurate regardless of angle. Go figure. The original cushions banked much...

These days, I always arrive in sport shirt, slacks, & clean running shoes (color coordinated). Only one though, as EVERYONE else there dresses like homeless bums. I guess, the older/uglier I get, the more I try to compensate with better clothes 😁.

OP was looking to cure hitting too far right (had the same problem). I cured by hitting farther left (DUH!) More interest in cause than solution? I just assumed my aiming point drift was due to myriad physiological changes (aging), too complex to bother analyzing.

Am I missing something? No one has mentioned the obvious/easiest solution (intentionally applying just a bit of left english on straight-in shots).

I once considered constructing a lightweight/rolling frame with overhanging nails pointing down, that I might pull in behind me as I got down to shoot. Likely the surest solution though, would be to hire someone big and nasty to stand behind you with a ball peen hammer (instructed to use it if...

I have to wonder what effect growing up/learning to play in such a humid climate might have? Many outdoor tables there, I understand (?) Likely not all under shade, either. Adapting to extreme/changing conditions may be good training for multiple disciplines.

I have a pair of ‘double-sided’ quarters (just for laughs), but don’t dare carry/display them. If a person was unethical, he could carry the double-‘tails‘ one, and always let his opponent make the call (statistics reveal majority will call ‘heads’)😁

I’ve adjusted to the round shape. Chasing a cube that occasionally gets away seems worth the V-10’s more even wear factor. BUT, I have noticed it doesn’t seem to last as long as the blue Taom (?). Same with the square version? Square or round, it still requires your attention to set/place...

AND luck! When you forcefully burst into a pack of 14 balls without sending the CB intentionally downtable, you risk ending up near-frozen to an OB in such position that offers absolutely NO possible shot (nothing near or open to a pocket to kick at, nothing dead-on for a combo, carom or bank...

It occurred to me that the reason bar rules are traditionally “your best effort to pocket a ball” (no safeties), is likely because every kid that first learned which end of the cue stick was which, started naturally with the simplest games, which originally were also ’slop’ games. If you shot...

I added facings to my early Diamond Pro (originally ordered with the GC pocket-size). Didn’t make a lot of difference with the corners, but it DID cut my side pocketing success by way more than half. BTW: If you do choose that option, just be sure the installer has the side facings lined up...

Depends on where the bar table is. Reminds me of a scene from the ‘Hustler’ movie, where Paul Newman is trying to hide his true speed: If you shoot hard enough into a corner pocket from near the rail, the OB will usually ‘bobble’. Likely not the type of ‘intentional miss’ that typical...

I notice you reported that Thorsten only verified the positional occurrences, not that he didn’t eventually elect to play safe instead 😁. I’d be surprised that anyone could accurately predict the EXTENDED path of even the corner ball in a non-template rack from as far away as the headstring...

? Please clarify (I assume you mean the break-ball was nearly frozen to the corner ball, but then that would likely interfere with racking).

You were a day early (April fool).

Used to be….a large victorian (with dozens of tiny bedrooms😁).

There used to be a bordello in Louisville at 626 Breckenridge 60 years ago. I’d be curious re: what exist there now,

Aside from missing all the muscle-memory & form issues that became second-nature when you played regularly, if you are now old, likely you have to deal with the concentration & learning difficulties that seem inevitable with advancing age. Since I play so seldom now, the checklist of points to...

Elvis fan growing up, Ventures & Duane Eddy in my teens. Not impressed by the ‘British invasion’, until I saw the Stones (& Mick’s ‘swagger’) on TV. Their covers of Chgo. blues on the first album eventually led me to Clapton. ‘Blues Rock‘ fan ever since (though my playing style is now ‘jump...