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You also have people in your league who don't know what to do when the last object ball is in the kitchen and the cue ball is in the rack! Let's stick to the rules as written- the frozen cueball/object ball situation isn't really that complicated: If they're frozen, the shooter is allowed a...

I haven't watched the whole video yet, but so far it looks like he's using a pretty standard technique for shooting with a bridge: bridge layed down to the side, non-shooting hand resting on the bridge. With the shooting arm his elbow is up and forearm parallel to the table. I'm no expert, but...

Wonder what kind of breaks we might see next year... http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.cfm?storynum=4517

I completely forgot that Colin Colenso did a throw test too: http://youtube.com/watch?v=D-xtzn4vbiQ With every shot, the contact point is the same (he starts with the balls frozen). You can see how various cue ball spins affect the object ball. If you still don't accept that cue ball spin can...

Not exactly. "Equal and opposite" refers to the forces involved. The frictional force acts on both balls equally, but this force is not necessarily enough to stop the rotation of the cue ball. The amount of the frictional force will be proportional to the coefficient of friction. The higher...

It was the match between Immonen and Engert in last years' world straight pool championship. Shortly after Engert misses what would have been his 100th ball, Charlie Williams commented on how the europeans all dress sharp. Danny Barouty's response was "Well they're all leam, and they're in good...

This image could also have been captured without a flash. The exposure would simply have been started after the player put the balls in motion. It looks to me like the balls are only lit by an overhead light. In the next picture, he turns his head and creates blur...

ha. well, the names I deleted from my post were people who were *not* playing in the tournament and didn't have their names on the DVDs.

My wife bought me two of the DVDs for my birthday- one of them is the match between Hohman and Engert, and another, the match between Engert and Immonen. I saw several AZ posters in the stands: [In retrospect, this was kind of an invasion of privacy. sorry] The Engert/immonen disc also has...

My opinion doesn't mean much (I'm not a terribly consistent potter), but I tend shift my focus between OB and CB during my warm up, and focus on where I want the CB to be (eg, the ghost ball) and not the object ball, per se. However, what Colin suggests makes a lot of sense to me, and it's...

If it's any consolation, I had LASIK in 2001 and have grown to regret it. while my vision hasn't slipped much from 20/20, I do have other problems related to the surgery. after over 5 years, I still have halos. My contrast sensitivity has not recovered from what I could see pre-surgery (eg, if...

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It looks to me like the 4 goes past the 9 - my shot obviously only works if it does. You' re right about the cueball- if it moves towards center table at all, it's a sell-out, isn't it? I was thinking a firm stroke, not a soft one, to stop the cue. Perhaps a little follow would help? It's...

This was my first thought. The 4 seems close enough to the rail that a kick shot be easy to judge, and it looks like the 5 would hold the 4 near the other rail, with the 9 blocking the cue ball.

There was an episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Francis played the commandant of the military academy (who replaced his hook with a bridge).

There was an episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Francis played the commandant of the military academy (who replaced his hook with a bridge).

My fiancée's first xmas gift to me was a cue. Last year we were playing eight ball. She was kicking my ass. Later a friend tried teasing me: "Every time I looked over she was making the 8... a future wife that can kick your ass in pool- can you cope?" "Absolutely. It means I'll still be able...

So... Just making sure... "Joe"* maybe sometimes juggles mentoring, shooting & judiciously messageboarding... *not his real poster ID

Ha! Maybe I'll wear my Team Europe shirt when I go to Rotterdam next week.

The eight on the break complaint is a strawman. New rules, and new understanding of physics are different arguments. If you watch the video Dhakala posted, it seems pretty clear that a straight shot "through" a frozen object ball is not a foul. The cue's contact with the cue ball lasts at most...