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I really have to stop posting on this forum. For every minute I spend here, my game declines for at least an hour. I've met a lot of great users on this forum, but there's far too much boasting, arguing and involvement in silly pissing contests. I don't want to fall into the trap of...

It's become clear to me that LastTwo and Fred have taken issue with some advice I offered Northman. LastTwo and Fred feel it will harm Northman's game down the road. To this I offer, if he wanted real advice that's worth it's weight in gold, he would have hired a BCA instructor, not asked a...

Question, what do you know about me or my game?. Answer, Nothing. Just because I don't boast about all my "big achievements" and enter every stupid pissing contest on this forum doesn't mean that I'm new to the game. You and Fred are both arrogant enough to assume that I haven't learned how...

I'll make you a deal, you play your way, I'll play mine. If Northman doesn't like my advice, Northman can ignore it. Why don't you take a lesson from Northman?.

Fred, let's just agree to disagree. You've made some pretty big assumptions about my game and my person, but I don't mind. I'm comfortable with my game and my beliefs. As I said before, whatever works for you, do it in peace. You and a thousand clones of yourself will not change my personal...

Thanks Billy Bob, for the great words of wisdom. This is what I was trying to say but was apparently too specific for the tech heads. I'm glad I'm not the only one who understands that english is a beautiful curse.

I have a Porper 4 cue holder that is about half an inch too big for the pocket in my case, this really makes me mad. I have to carry it around seperately and have almost lost it about ten times. I know I could buy a Porper case, because it would fit, but I like everything else about my case.

Does anyone find that the Willard shaper gums up while shaping?. It could be the tips I'm shaping (Talisman Pro Hard), but I have to constantly use a wire brush to unclog the shaper. I usually only shape for 30 seconds before this occurs. Any thoughts?.

You provided a bad link, did you mean this link: http://www.jocues.com/cgi-bin/custom-cue-catalog.pl?Series=CUE&Model=MODEL_01 And if so, which cue?. (there are several on this page).

Matter of personal opinion and experience. Doesn't mean either one of us is right or wrong. With an amateur player, yes stroke mechanics can be the culprit. With the pros, it's almost always related to extreme english. My point still remains, those very same professionals only use english...

Very excellent point!. When it's my shot, the pre-shot routine starts when I walk up to the table, (I also work on it while in the electric chair too). First I chalk up and think about what I need/want to do. Then I lean down on the rail and look at the shot from the cue balls perspective...

Something tells me you only read my first paragraph and the Willie Mosconi sentence. :D Kidding aside, I did an experiment over a 5 month period. I stopped using any kind of sidespin english, I only used vertical axis spin. I was still able to get the position I required but made far more...

Maybe you could find some benefit from this AZB post, could be applicable to your situation......... http://www.azbilliards.com/vbulletin/upload/showthread.php?t=15758

Smoking cigarettes and drinking caffeine both depress the immune system. Smoking raises the Co2 level in the blood which also affects brain function. Even if you don't smoke but are playing in a very smokey bar you can be affected. I would say that we all consume substances that alter our...

Correct... but if you don't have a look at the on ball, you can throw down a mean push and you don't even need to hit a rail. Sometimes in eightball there is no good shot but a long one. For example, your opponent soft breaks and leaves the cueball behind the headstring at the corner rail...

I gotta go the other way and say nineball......... In nineball if you make the game ball off the break you win, in eightball it's a re-rack or it's simply spotted. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, it's nice to benefit from it so........ Advantage nineball. In nineball you can...

I hear what you're saying. Muscle Memory is the hardest thing to learn, and the longest thing to learn. It takes many years of doing something correctly before the muscles automatically "know" what to do. I recently tinkered my game into the toilet and then back again, so I know what you're...

15-20% of the time, but only when absolutely needed. Other than for "throwing" an object ball or making a bank shot that would otherwise be off, english should only ever be used to control the cueball. It usually does nothing to improve the object balls roll, (see above exceptions), only...

That's a great point. When I'm in the hot seat I watch where my opponent is on the table and where he's planning on rolling the cueball to. I say to myself, "If he misses this shot, where will the cueball be and what can I shoot next". I usually know my next shot before I get to the table...

My personal philosophy is work more on your speed control than using english. A shot that is made using only vertical axis english will always have better odds of dropping than a shot with even a tiny bit of english applied. I may use a little "natural english", (half tip of running english)...