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The examples you listed are known for being difficult. Golf in particular. People expect to suck at golf. People don't expect to suck at pool, even as total beginners/casual players, but they show up at a pool room with pro-cut 9' Diamonds and look like fools because they can't make a ball. But...

Tor was in the movie business for a while. Or at least tried to break into it. I believe that's what got him into making videos for YouTube. Combining his movie production experience with his pool skills. He and Dr. Dave were the first guys to really get it right in terms of teaching pool via...

I always cringe a bit when I see beginners/casual players playing on 9' Diamond tables. They are simply too difficult for them. It's not fun to bunt balls around for 45 minutes in a single game of 8 ball. So they might come away with the impression that pool is too difficult and/or boring.

I just try to go though my preshot routine as perfectly as possible. Easier said than done, but if I can change my mindset from “I missed the shot” to “I didn’t do my PSR correctly because I was nervous” then I actually get a lot less nervous. It allows me to observe myself from a more detached...

CBC East in Chattanooga is a mixture of 8' and 9' tables. I've noticed the regulars gravitate towards the 8' tables. The other rooms in the area are all 7'ers with a couple of 9' Diamonds for the one pocket players. It's the last bastion of big table play in the area, but it seems pretty evident...

There's always the "clubbing baby seals in APA" option.

Thanks for the replies everyone. I think I figured it out while practicing today. Gradually, my perception of center ball has shifted a few mms to the right of actual center ball. So I was hitting every vertical axis shot with a small amount of right spin. I suspect that shooting with my LD...

Not a single 20-0 shutout in 9 ball? LOL. Can someone get this poser out of here, please? I kid. Those are incredible stats.

Over the holidays, I went to Stroker's in Palm Harbor, FL, while visiting my in-laws with my wife. I didn't bring my cue, so I grabbed a house cue that looked normal at first glance. But after missing several shots that I'm normally very high percentage on, I checked the cue and realized the...

Agreed. There's also the fact that many reasonably coordinated people with sufficient table time and access to instructional materials can improve by around 300 Fargo points in about 18-24 months (from 100-150 total beginner to 400-450 intermediate player). That early rapid progress is...

The guy who thought he was going to play at pro speed within 5 years and ended up quitting pool entirely after about 6 months.

Jim Rempe training ball. Thing was $30 or so, and I used it once when I was a beginner. Balance Rite extension. Another thing I bought as a beginner thinking it would make me a better player (??) Tor Lowry's pattern play book. It's a good product, but I'm not the type to lug a book with me to...

Astroturfed or not, this is some great viral marketing. I bought a 12.5mm with the medium tip for my Meucci butt. Hope it fits well. My OB Classic+ fits perfectly but the slight warp it developed + my curiosity about carbon fiber led me here.

I've always thought the super straight shooters are that way because they either had great instruction from the very beginning or lucked into really good mechanics right away. Which means they never really struggled with potting balls, even as total beginners, and from there their confidence...

The biggest advantage Europe has is Jayson Shaw and Joshua Filler. It’s not just that they are monster players. It’s that they set the tone for the team in wanting to come out and crush America. America doesn’t have anyone like them. Shane and now Gorst are their equal in terms of skill but...

A whitewash might threaten the existence of the MC. Europe should probably sandbag a little just to keep their annual $40,000 per man paydays coming.

Man, I'm glad my one and likely only MC experience was the Mandalay Bay in 2019. It was great to see a win and I don't see another one for Team USA for a long time at this rate.

Holding the cue near the butt cap while also making a bridge that's 6" long Elevating the cue nearly 45 degrees for no reason Very fast, erratic practice strokes (which tend to evolve to slower, more controlled, but still ridiculously long practice strokes in more developed beginners) A...

I know a 530ish guy (high robustness) who is an SL7/9. Getting to SL7 at that Fargo is fairly common in some areas but I'm struggling to see how he's an established SL9. I always thought that was more the realm of people who are approaching or just over 600.

Yep. Shane is taking his victory lap after one of the greatest 15+ year stretches of professional pool in the game's history.