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What are the differences in the PBIA instructor ranks: Recognized, Certified, Advanced, and Master?

If we assume that beginner/lower-skilled players usually need to work on physical aspects ("fundamentals") of the game, and then progress to-and-through tactics/strategy for mid-tier play, what is it that you would say high-skilled, or even professionals need to improve? I would guess "mental...

I often try to teach newer players to recognize the 1/2-ball hit, so that they are able to gauge how much more, or less, cut might be needed to make a shot (and with practice, this can be used to overlay, and maybe even transition from using Ghost Ball aiming, to using "sight pictures" for...

Only did a little rules searching online, before deciding to post this, and found fouls resulting in Ball-In-Hand, but not regarding fouls and 'dead' balls. Also, some league guys consulted ChatGPT, but I've seen enough AI stuff to not really trust it for this kind of thing. APA 9-Ball, a ball...

A couple of questions: 1) Is there a shortage in decent one-piece (house) cues--and what are the current "name" manufacturers? I know that Dufferin still has their Commercial and Hi-Run lines, but I've seen Koda "X-cel" cues and Nick Varner cues in a few different locations...

I know that the current, professional rules for 10-ball specify that the 10 is always the last ball potted for the win, but when I learned the game an early *called* 10-ball counted. I checked a few sites online, but have not found one that supports an early 10-ball win. Can anyone confirm...

There are several different head types for mechanical bridges, but they all attach to a long handle--essentially a cue with the head on the end. I've also seen shorty versions of these, such as one with about a foot-long handle, used by a player with only one arm. Within the last decade, I've...

Instructors--When you work with a student that has a high stance, with their head like a foot or more(!) over their cue, and due to body size/shape simply getting lower is not an option, do you alter any of your teaching of fundamentals to accommodate--what are your considerations?

Playing at the local restaurant/bar, first in warmup game, and second in match--8-ball, Race to 1, 7-ft table, "call shot" rules. I lost the games via ridiculously low-probability shot results. This one--I don't remember the previous shot, but I think it was one that left me without limited...

I was watching a kid who had posted some practice videos of himself, and he had some elbow movement in his stroke--oddly, it was up/forward. The overall action is similar to a pendulum stroke, where the movement of the cue is limited by the closing of the arm. However, instead of his hand...

In APA 8-ball, I believe that there is a rule that if a player shoots the wrong suit (obviously, closed table), and pockets a 2nd ball of the same suit before anyone notices the foul, then they get to claim that suit--or are now assigned that suit. I have never heard of a similar rule in...

No spoilers, in case anyone is going to watch it on YouTube. I wound up watching the 2024 APA 9-Ball League Final live, and was probably more interested because one of the team was out of where I played for years (until 2018), but I was more entertained that when I watch pros. The most detail...

This came up in league last night.... One of my teammates grew up in London (IIRC), and I remarked on a player missing has "overcut". He said it was an "undercut'. We briefly discussed how we were describing the same thing, but for some reason from the opposite directions. I consider a...

Okay, please ignore any impulses to post, "That's why I don't play bar rules" replies. Also, I have apparently let this bother me, because my brain won't let it go. Also, I'm sure there's a thread somewhere on this, probably from the Bronze Age, but I could not find one.... I was recently...

Something that pops into my head every so often, is how jump cues are allowed now, but aluminum jump "rods" were banned in the past. I suppose it is simply that jumping itself became more prevalent, but is that the case, or were rods really that much easier to use? I also recall seeing a...

I was on a Discord server, and someone mentioned Jacoby making cues for Predator. I commented about Jacoby pre-dating Predator by about a decade, but that Predator successfully marketed low deflection shafts, and have managed to overshadow older cuemakers due to that (and other factors)...

Quick question for the room: What is your dominant "learning type", Visual or Aural? Also, please include any current league skill level, and rough number of years playing. I am currently an APA-6, but perhaps a 6.5 or 6.6, to provide an extra level of understanding. I've been playing in...

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