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    Home Table Review and Critique

    This is my home table, it's an 8-foot Olhausen Breckenridge. There's a whole long, boring story of my history and how this particular table and the room came to be, which I'll save for another time (and, in consideration for the current audience, probably another place). What I'll say for now...
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    Working on My Shot Routine - Shot Preparation

    "This is an old song, done a different way. I've done this lots of ways. This is the latest way. It may not be the best way...but it's the latest..." -- Ian Hunter (introducing "Laugh at Me", from Welcome to the Club) The phrase used often in pool instruction or guidance is "pre-shot...
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    My Journey with TOI (or What a Brief, Strange Trip it's Been)

    The Lead-In A few months ago, I was browsing Dr. Dave's FAQ page on Inside English, and the very first question was, "Why do some people like to use inside english, even on shots where it is not required for position?", which struck me as very strange. Shooting that way didn't make any sense...
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    House Rules for Home Table

    I was down at my friend Bobby's house over Thanksgiving weekend a few years ago, shooting a bunch of pool in his outdoor man cave (that kind of thing actually works in San Diego), along with his kid and a friend of ours from school. At one point, I made a kiss shot, which I didn't call, and...
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    Teaching Kids to Really Get the Game

    I believe that kids who grow up banging balls around the table and not knowing the rules of the game, generally grow up to be adults banging balls around the table and not knowing the rules of the game. To make sure that didn't happen with my stepkid, Chip, the following is how I taught him to...
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