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Watching MIka, Shane in the worlds, I go do a load of laundry and come back up and its 10-3 Mika, go do another load and come back and its 10-10. I did another load watching the US open with Shane and Kazakis, went downstairs at 1-0, come back up and its 2-0. The US open needs a shot clock...

Here is an example from the snooker world.

The idiotic ball color change is now costing games. For the longest time we had a purple 4 ball, and an orange 5 ball. I guess on low def tv the 4 ball looked like the 6 ball so they introduced the pink 4 ball or the tv ball. That was fine. Then they decide that the 5 ball being orange is too...

USA Pool Size & Playing Area Minimum Room Dimensions Full Size Cue 58" 9' 100" x 50" 18' x 13' 10" 8' pro 92" x 46" 17' 4" x 13' 6" 8' 88" x 44" 17' x 13' 4" The 8 ft fits perfectly with no shorty's. The 9 ft requires a shorty if shooting right on the rail, straight across or...

My first an obvious question on the first shot he is demonstrating...what if you need to play top lefts for position? Secondly, all he is doing is applying backhand english to throw the object ball in. This isn't aiming its throwing. Instead, he should just be landing on right hand english...

I am ordering a natural born naked becue. Anybody have experience with the core tip? They used to have ultraskin but now use (blue) core. I can't stand tips getting hard...but don't like the spongy feel of soft. Typical 3 bears scenario here. Which one should I go for?

This is great...you can have someone run away with a set but not the whole match. Should have done this instead of the alternate break format which basically killed any momentum pool carried out of the 90's into oblivion. Not a fan of the shoot out...why not just play the 3rd set?

I would like to dabble in straight pool and see if I can break 1000. I also like to play 9 ball and 10 ball. I only play 8 ball on 7ft tables. I don't play 1 pocket or banks...thats for the old guys. So should I get a: Gold Crown III, IV, V or VI tournament edition? Or a Diamond Pro Am with 4...

It really is that simple. I have been studying Gorst, Shaw, and Filler. To me they represent the best of pool. Gorst for deliberate technique, Filler for sniper, and Shaw for natural. The secret to playing like these players is to actually look like these players when you are shooting. If you...

What the heck is this? So if I "aim" to over cut the shot to one side of the pocket, and I over cut the shot and miss, then I am pleased with myself because I didn't leave a hanger from under cutting it? Um, if I didn't "aim" to over cut the pocket then I would have made the shot! Come on people.

Gold crown ? Pocket size...cut...shelf etc....are they standard? Cloth?

I personally was the first to jump onto the carbon fiber cues well before any of the pros started adopting them. I found this weird because carbon fiber cues are superior in every way imo, but pros seem so attached to their cues they were reluctant to switch over. I can go from deflection to no...

There looks to be little or no shelf...and look how concave the facing angles are. Has any ball rattled yet at all? On my home table I have 4 1/4" pockets but there is only about a finger tips width between the end of the shelf and the remaining facing angle...these pockets look like you could...

We need new games. I'm trying one called double jeopardy. You rack 1-5 x2 (double jeopardy!) you can add more balls for more difficulty. so 1,1,2,2,3,3,4,4,5,5 The object is to run 1-5 but you get to pick which 1,2,3,4,5 while you are running out. When/if you miss your opponent will take over...

It's the worst game for developing your game imo. This goes for one pocket, bank pool whatever. All top 9 ball players have become the top straight pool, banks, and one pocket players where before there were players who specialized in these games...ie frost, schmidt. Now the top players are the...

Jump shots should be banned...or you must use a full cue. The diamonds on the sides should be removed. Pockets should be 4 1/2 to 4 1/4"...no bigger or smaller! No alternating breaks 5 minute (or whatever) game clocks instead of shot clocks Bring back the hot refs...why we have a bunch of old...

Ok thought a clean thread for this would be warranted. Most would agree these are the fundamentals. Stance (foot placement) Bridge Elbow (pendulum etc etc) Shoulder (not dropping before contact) Head (don't move it) Chin, Chest on cue (snooker knows best) Delivery of cue straight through the...

I don't use any aiming systems. I have been deconstructing my game, and found that as much as I thought I was landing on the english I needed...I am in fact kind of pivoting across the cueball. My body is aligned with the english I need, but I don't immediately point the cue at the english that...

See why systems don't help you? He is using a 2 rail center point, parallel cue system. He ends up adding right english to lengthen the angle off the long rail, and shorten the angle on the short rail, in hopes to get the 2 rail kick. I mean he knew enough to feel that he needed a tonne of...

I have come across some videos discussing this and it should be termed shooting with muscle memory. It is not really aiming at all. It encompasses your walking, chalking, stance, drop, english, stroke...all of these are being done subconsciously. Like when I hear players talk about its 2 tips...