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Amazing. I have played many of the shots he made. Well, not the time shot. Notice what the white does on Sidhom's 15th point. Sus, as the young people say.

Sorry to hear that. It's a tough job to maintain a website like his and he did it for 25 years.

There are some already mentioned. Google often works. Here are several possible search terms, with some showing up more one-table bars and supply stores than others: pool hall billiard parlor pool room billiards The organization that logically would maintain such a list is the BCA (not...

An example from one pocket or straight pool.... Your opponent plays safe against the side of the rack leaving you nearly frozen. There is a ball hung in the hidden pocket -- your opponent's pocket at one pocket, let's say. There's no obvious kick -- you are totally screwed and about to lose...

If I had to guess, I'd say that Paul forgot to renew his website and someone bought it and redirects requests for ProfessorQBall to their own site. Have you talked to Paul?

"Just do what feels good," is horrible advice. Sometimes there are reasons for orthodox mechanics. Lots of players have wandered down dead ends by doing what seemed to work. Like aiming in the middle of the ball and then jacking up the elbow in the middle of the forward stroke to get draw. Try...

Do you almost always hit it too full?

The table heating systems I've seen taken apart are most easily installed when the table is together. Usually there is a sheet of plywood or similar a few inches below the slates/frame with the heating wire mounted on it. It has to fit snugly against the skirts to keep the heat in. Since this...

Before a rule outlawing miscues is adopted, it should be tested in several hundred matches between top players, maybe in a few of the large, open tournaments. I think it would be bad to make such a large change in the rules without sufficient field trials. Maybe test it in amateur league play as...

You might consider heating the table itself during winter. Keep the damp out of the cloth. Carom and snooker do this for tournament tables, but pool hasn't caught on. I think you need about 300 watts continuous -- just enough to keep the bed about 10 degrees above the room temp. I think a common...

As for the OP, I think the best advice is to treat the game ball as much like the other shots in the game as possible. In particular, choose where you will leave the cue ball -- make the planning complete.

I agree with most of your post, but I think this part is a little wrong. If you are shooting a shot that is 99% without leaving the cue ball in a tough position and 95% if you take care of the cue ball, then yes, keep your shot percentage. If you are shooting an 80% shot that will leave a...

From Accu-Stats: Notice the comments about the dead wing ball. This was a long time before templates or The Sardo.

The Moritz/SVB match is in the second half of this video, starting about 3:48:00 in

The video production is mostly OK, but the director needs to time his camera changes better. On the break shots, the camera switches from foot rail to overhead when the cue ball is half way to the one ball. This makes it very hard to track specific balls. There are a few other camera choices...

In the video posted above, the efficiency of the various sticks tested was from 71% to 85%. Those numbers are probably accurate within a percent or so. The most efficient cues were break sticks. The playing sticks didn't vary a lot but only a few were tested. The test was for full sticks, not...

There are ways to do the draw where the players won't know exactly who will be in their group. Also, if the event is handicapped, who you're playing isn't quite as important.

You don't have to hit the ball as hard for each shot. You have a higher comfortable high end speed. One example would be long distance draw or stop shots.

If the two formats are the same race, then DE improves the odds for the top players. An interesting question is how much longer do the SE races have to be to give the top players the same odds of winning. Maybe 50% longer? That would still be a time win. While we're on the subject, I'll bring...

Some people actually study that stuff and find it useful. You're not one of those people. Wood can be "lively" or "dead" along the grain. If it's dead, it absorbs energy and a given speed of stick won't propel the cue ball as fast. You have to hit the ball harder for a given shot than with a...