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Awesome thanks guys

Just wondering if that's possible, and is it a lot more trouble/expensive to rob the joint from an old shaft and put it in a new blank?

i dont hate leagues but i do agree with some of the gripes ive read here. I think the main thing that always kept me from playing in them is all the teams that approached me wanted me to sandbag as long as possible and i just dont enjoy playing that way. On the plus side i am for anything that...

this was years ago when i was in atlanta, but there was a pool room there that Johnny Archer had something to do with (either house pro or part owner or maybe just played there a lot)....but it was a massiveeeee pool hall, biggest one ive ever been in. Seems like there was at least 60 or 70...

i have a really nice chuck starkey cue...2 shafts (one his one a tiger x) and had a stacked leather wrap installed by tiger. Also have an unbelieveable leather/snake case by tom brooks to go with it......cant let it all go for $1k but $1200 would get it.

the only problem with slug racking as a strategy (beyond it being unethical in the least) is its so detectable. I mean when you break and a big cluster of balls stays there you know what happens...it even sounds different. ill chalk up one bad rack as an accident but after that something is...

west point is dead on IMO, if you get your footwork right, everything else will pretty much naturally fall in place. You have to try various things until you find the one that works for you. One thing that seems to help...hold the cue down and parallel to the table in line with your shot, then...

i am mostly focusing on the exact contact point on the ob that im aiming at (i use sam), but im trying to keep the entire shot in my line of sight (seeing the cb in my periphereal vision, seeing the pocket etc). one thing ive found that helps me is when i transition from standing to down in my...

i occasionally play in a local tourney where the earbud craze has taken over. We have a really good local player who does it, and soon half of the room was trying it thinking it would the cure lol. I can see the pros and cons to it, but personally id never do it. Part of the pool experience...

sounds like a waste of time imo, think id be working on position play. Think about what comes up more in a match.....playing position (which is every shot) or playing a combo (which might be once every couple of matches if that). like someone said earlier, if you are trying to be the best...

my break cue has a slightly softer tip that lets me break with better control. I can use it to jump all but the closest of jump shots, for that i have a dedicated jump cue that lets me get up faster.

i do something i learned from the book "the inner game of tennis", i just concentrate on the cueball. I dont look at the player, the other players, nothing....i just get lost in the cueball and watching it roll around the table (almost like im in a trance). This keeps my mind empty and if i do...

a good preshot routine will help you slow down your play from shot to shot....follow it every time with no exception. to keep from jumping up, i always stay down until the cueball at least hits the object ball, because i use that to determine if i hit my aim point correctly, and also to help me...

i agree, many of those tips are what hold people back in many areas, but especially in pool. It seems like a lot of guys equate their very being and masculinity with their pool game....someone tries to give them a tip or help and they get all puffed up and "already know that", when clearly they...

i try to not change my stroke too much on a cinch shot...if you start thinking about things like (i need to hit this easy, i need to make sure i dont scratch) next thing you know all your mechanics went out the window and you misscue or something. Straight in i hit them with a tad bit of draw...

yeah its very similar for me....i use less wrist action on long shots or shots that require a lot of accuracy. If i need a ton of spin i loosen up my wrist, knowing i will get action but a little less accuracy. I just have to weigh the likelihood of making the shot to get my ideal shapes, or...

So my local pool hall located in martinsville va is planning on having earl strickland swing by on monday oct 20 after the us open, hes willing to teach a couple hours if we can get 5 people, and we already have 2. Price is his usual $75/per hour. If youre interested call Qball family...

ive noticed this with my game as well, but the main problem ive had with it, is how do you maintain that kind of pressure thru a long session? I recall someone on here recently talking about having lessons with earl strickland, and that was one of the things he came away with, firmer grip and a...

i used to have lower back problems and pool didnt help. Chiropractors didnt help but a chiro did introduce me to back stretching that ultimately did fix my back problems, and i havent had my back go out since, probably 6 or 7 years ago. When i feel my back starting to get glitchy, i do 2 back...

never thought about it but youre right, all my careful preshot stuff went right out the window the few times i tried to make a left handed shot, too focused on how weird it felt and how i couldnt make a bridge lol. Ill try that next practice night thanks!