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I'm wondering if you could shoot better under the influence of drugs. Lots of people claim they shoot better after consuming alcohol. But what about drugs like Adderall that increase concentration and decreases fatigue. Or Anti Anxiety meds that calm your nerves when there's a lot on the line...

If I don't get at least 10 minutes by myself shooting I may as well put on a blindfold and continue playing or put my sticks away and go home. Is this normal? I went out with a buddy last night playing some 8 ball. There was no warming up, we just started playing. He'd shoot for a minute...

Do all the top players have personal coaches? I keep hearing about Jasmin Ouschan and her coach Michael Neumann. I'm trying to understand, what can Mr. Neumann show Jasmin to improve her game. I completely understand having a coach/instructor in the beginning. But once your a world class...

Anyone know anything about these cues? Heres a link to their website. http://www.girouxcues.net/catalog/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=2

I recently went into a couple different billiard stores looking at pool tables. I want something that plays good and my wife wants something that looks good. She's ruled out gold crowns and diamonds. So I'm stuck looking at 'other' tables. I quickly learned that I know next to nothing about...

I've heard comments about/from older people not playing like they used too. I don't know if this is an excuse to use for missing shots or is there something to it? I just watched ESPN Classic (again) with Mosconi, Fats and Jimmie. Hard to believe they can run 100 balls much less 500+...

I was invited out tonight by some co-workers to a hole in the wall to play some pool. I won about 10 racks in a row. My co-workers were average bar players. I offered them ball in hand, balls down, the break whatever they wanted but they wouldn't take anything. They wanted to win "fair and...

It seems everybody has one, including me. But why not break with a shooting cue? If the most important shot of the game is the break, I don't smash the rack having the cue ball fly around the table. I usually use a softer break with alot of control leaving a nice spread and the cue ball in...

In a previous post playability came down to quality tables and proper setup. To me quality is Diamond, Connelly, Brunswick, and Olhausen. I'm sure there are a few others. Each of these company's offer several different models to choose from. Within reason, would you say they're all about the...

Earlier today I stopped in a pool hall close to where I work. I've never been in there before. I had no intention of playing pool. I'm just checking it out, if its decent I'll go there some evening and play. As soon as I walked in the door a gentleman asks me to play him a game. I mention I...

I'm not sure this is the right forum but here goes. I recently bought Joe Tuckers Advanced Pocket Billiards Guaranteed Improvement. Paging through it, hes' got a page dedicated to Predator Cues and how it can take years off a learning process due to deflection. Are Predator Cues really all...

How often should I take lessons? I'm an intermediate player and my fudementals are pretty good. I might get in around 5 hours per week to practice. Should I get lessons weekly, monthly, sporadically or if a certain drill is mastered? Second part of the question is what should I expect...