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Since I’ve never owned one but every one I’ve hit with was good, I’m considering a Joss as my next cue I don’t need. ( Disclaimer—Yes, I know it won’t make me better, it’s the archer not the arrow etc…). How is the joint compatibility of the Joss with aftermarket 5/16-14 shafts? Not my main...

Your interpretation is not the rule though.

Generally speaking I think that in most sports and endeavors the best could compete across eras. It is difficult or impossible to compare across eras but as Hu has pointed out humans haven’t evolved much. I saw a computer comparison trying to estimate how fast Jesse Owens I think it was would be...

watched some good one pocket yesterday. 😛

Well, the point I remember from the Polsky book Hustlers, Beats, and Others was that pool was the bastion of the heterosexual permanent bachelor. That demographic shrunk post WW2 with many guys starting families, moving to the suburbs etc… I think the changes in pool may reflect pool being...

US Open One Pocket. Ultimate Pool # 2.

I’d like to hear more. But the post said that there wasn’t a noticeable difference in cueball movement on the frozen ball vs a small gap. I agree, but one is a foul and one not. I also agree that if you are saying the better way to call it is cueball movement. But, isn’t it also true that the...

Check Dr Dave’s site for videos. And the one above. Push shot and double hit are different. Dr Dave’s site linked a Mike page video too.

Listen. 😉

It defines it as legal because it specifically says it is legal. You can’t define it as legal any more clearly. Rule 3.8 can’t make illegal what 3.7 specifically allows.

Yeah, the tables aren’t ideal. I prefer other tables and pocket size isn’t the main reason. That said, I like the event and had a good time. We have all played on worse. None of the matches I lost had anything to do with the table. I think sometimes people get too concerned about the conditions...

Yes. There is also an advantage to having a clear rule that is easy to judge or ref. I don’t think it is the right rule, but… the clarity avoids some problems. Like the tush push rule in the NFL. I like the old rule and interpretation, I don’t like the current rule. There is now opposition to...

Bob’s posts above are blunt, but I think properly highlight some of the difficulties with pool rules. Well intentioned people with experience can be very wrong on how they interpret a rule. I’ve had trained refs demonstrate that they misunderstand a specific rule. Maybe they aren’t well trained...

Ultimate Pool is a good comparison because it uses the English 8 ball/ world rules which Bob was discussing. It isn’t a good comparison to the applicable rule inWNT, WPA etc…. TV rules in the pro matches in UP are completely irrelevant of course.

Seems necessary in rack your own. But opponent rack the ball should count IMO.

Ultimate Pool uses this rule. I don’t like it or get it really. Have to play by it but I don’t get how you get credit for the hit playing away from it. It’s a fictional hit. Why not allow an option to spot it like in the carom games? But that doesn’t work in 8 ball I guess.

Sounded like a bad hit vs the quiet hit when the balls are frozen and the hit is clean. Can’t say for sure etc…

I don’t know the eras etc…. But I played on much newer Valleys with oversized cue ball. Magnetic came along sometime in the ‘80’s.

The fist pump sounds like the worst of it. I dislike the nit rules, but they are rules. The fist pump however….

I don’t think stymies were ever a thing in stroke play. I do think there were changes over the years about marking and cleaning your ball on the greens. I don’t know for sure and can’t cite the evolution of those rules. I think in stroke play you had to mark if your ball was in the way but maybe...