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OK, I didn't see this first hand so I'm at the mercy of the person who set it up and described what happened. See diagram below. The 8 ball was frozen and he had a little angle, not a lot, but enough to be confident that there was no scratch in play. Or so he thought. Apparently he shot the...

Just finished an awesome three day bootcamp and wanted to share a fun breakthrough. My student was having trouble drawing the ball because of unwanted body movement. He knew in his head he was trying to do too much on the shot, but habits die hard and he wasn't experiencing the movement the...

I need help and thought I'd turn to my AZB community. As the title says I am looking to build my 2025 calendar and am looking for events that are good sized big table events that I could look into attending. My problem is that I book my calendar 3-6 months out with bootcamps so too often I...

Hey guys! I'd like to get a mirror to get some additional feedback with how I am shooting pool. Mainly I'd like to see in real time how it looks as I get into my stance, sight down my cue, and stroke. I'd like it to be portable enough that I can store it easily as I only plan on using this...

There is clearly a problem with DCC schedules and the finishing times this year and last year have been quite problematic (tournament finishing at 7AM last year and around 9AM this year). There have been a lot of solutions proposed, but to me that overlooks the fact that for a number of years...

Hey guys! Mike Page from Fargo Rate is going to join me for a podcast and I was curious if there were questions or topics you wanted discussed. I can’t promise we’ll get to everything but I just wanted a feel of what people want to dig into. I know Mike is a member and contributor here on AZB...

Hey guys! I am going to Turning Stone this January but it was harder than ever to get in (had to make it through the wait list) and as a result my normal road partners weren't able to join me. I'll go solo if I have to, but man, it is a burden to not have someone to split some of the expenses...

The competitor cycle is a model that has helped me understand the ups and downs of my pool journey. Lil' Chris helped me make this into a short video so I wanted to share with my AZ crew.

I use a 12.4 Revo. I didn't buy it for performance, but rather for durability. The thing is a juggernaut. No dings, no wearing down. At the end of World War III there will be nothing left but cockroaches and Revo shafts. A year ago I had the chance to hit with a student's Cuetec Cynergy. I...

I can sign up online for the banks and one pocket but the 9 ball is showing 'out of stock'. They say they are capping at 400 entries. Is this online only or does this truly mean they are turning away players? If so this is totally new and going to be a big bummer as I have played for years...

I'm opening up a private pool club with six 9' Diamond tables and a 7' Diamond bar table. Not open to the public. 24/7 key access, etc. How many members do you think this club would support before table availability becomes a concern? Also, what do you think a reasonable monthly fee would...

I believe it was Titanic Thompson who said "Put a balance beam one foot off the ground and anyone in this room can run across it. Put that same balance beam fifty feet in the air and no one in this room can walk across it." He was referring, of course, to how competitive pressure can...

This came up in my last bootcamp and I thought I'd share. A lot of people speed up and skip a step leading up to a choke, but what step are they skipping? I break it down in this video. Enjoy...

I just posted a podcast I really enjoyed. Discusses how to balance joy in the moment with the joy of goals and achievement, and how people can end up ineffective and miserable if they get out of balance. Bonus content on some common mistakes people make when trying to fix leaks in their pool...

I didn't make this video for the public, it was for my private training group, so it's not high production quality. I decided to share this one with my AZB peeps because there was a discussion last week about APA players blasting and hoping. I wanted to cover why I think new school players...

Suppose you find a lamp that belongs to a sadistic genie. When you wish to be a great pool player he says he'll grant that wish with one caveat: You will play amazing, but only 50% of the sessions you play. Half the days you will be in the zone, sometimes winning against better players...

Finals at 1AM is not fair to the players. It is not fair to the spectators. The promoters/tournament directors are 100% responsible and it should not be socially accepted by the pool community. Filler won the Big Foot, took top 10 in both the Banks and the One Pocket. He had played between...

Hello! I registered for the events online this year. Do I need to show up tonight (Thursday night) and check in and pick up a player card? Or can I do that tomorrow morning prior to the players meeting? I do t want to waste a trip but don’t want to forfeit out either. If anyone knows please...

I think I've figured out why people feel so differently about Jayson's run. It goes far beyond pocket size and touches on something else: Many people, including myself, find the movement of influencers a little distasteful. Attention seeking behavior, combined with false portrayals of...

A beautiful stroke with good timing is critical to high level pool. We all know that rushing the stroke is a common blunder. Unfortunately many people do the wrong things to try to fix it. Say there are three parts of the stroke: 1) The back swing 2) The transition 3) The forward swing...