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You need a combination of both, no doubt about it, and here's why: You practice to develop solid fundamentals, basically the physical aspect of the game. You gamble to develop nerves of steel, which is the mental part of the game. A strong player must have both the mechanics and the mentality to...

That would automatically be loss of game, no questions asked. Anytime you intentionally move an object ball, even with your cue, you lose the game. If you intentionally move the cueball, like just flick it with your hand or something, it's ball in hand. As for the question in this thread, a...

The best thing you can do in this situation is tell Danny to buzz off because you play better than he ever has, then take all of your money and bet it all on the drunkest player in the tournament you can find. Now that's what I call a good time.

It doesn't feel right because you're used to doing everything wrong. How do I know this? Because you said you were shooting the lights out but you don't know why. The way to play pool is to be smooth. By smooth, I don't just mean your stroke, I mean everything. Stroke smooth, get up smoothly...

HAHAHAHAH SUPERSHAFTS HAHAHAHAH you don't need a super shaft to play good. All you have to do is practice. All of this stupidity about 'this shaft makes you draw better' or follow better-WHATEVER. Its all in the stroke. These stupidshafts will not give you a stroke. For some people they might...

I personally think Hohmann is the best straight pool player alive today.

locki, the pool table has it's own physics, some of them which seem to defy the laws of "nature".

If you draw lines to it, the shot looks like a 7. How is that less than 90 degrees?

Why don't you go ask some professional players about it, then shut up and stop acting like you know what you're talking about. It might help you get some customers for your cues if you actually knew how to play the game past your textbook nonsense.

I really wouldn't listen to 8ballbanger on cutting balls, he limits his knowledge of the game by listening to "facts" from no-name players. He even thinks Keith McCready, who has been playing pool probably twice as long as 8ballbanger has been alive, was wrong. Hey 8ballbanger, when some other...

I definately agree that warming up playing straight-pool can definately get you in your rythm for potting balls. Over the past few decades I went through phases with certain games. In the early years it was straight-pool, then 8-ball, then 9-ball, then one-pocket, it was like a rotating cycle...

It looks like after a decade-long slump, Johnny Archer is back and playing the best he's ever played. Whenever I hear topics about "Greatest 9-ball player" everyone has been hesitant to include the Scorpion in their top picks because he hasn't been smoking people since the 90's. Now it seems he...

8ball give it up on this already, will you? I know it defies logic, but ask any pro, (no, not a shortstop, or a house pro) ask any famous pro, and they will tell you it can be done.

Good, I'm glad to hear how great you are playing. The great thing about Jose is there really is no weak part of his game. He plays all games well, his break is good, and his jumping ability is superb. I witnessed him put a clinic on Efren a few months ago and drill him 11-4. Jose must have...

I would like to make an apology to 8ballbanger and anyone else who argued with me on what happens when a ball bends, I got the english mixed up, so I can understand your point. I didn't bother to read all the posts, I have a habit of doing that. The point I was trying to make is that there are...

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When you cut an object ball to the left, you are hitting the right side of the object ball, putting right english, which causes the object ball to throw right. A physicist decided that in order to pot the ball, you have to aim thinner to compensate for this. The problem that arises, is how...

If I can cut shots at 90 degrees, if Efren can, wow, I must be defying physics. Let me explain something to you. Spend your whole life reading physics books on pool, the reactions of the balls, etc, it's not going to get you anywhere. I am not trying to teach an aiming system, I am explaining...

Im going to tell you all for the last time, you do not aim thinner. It is very hard to explain in words, but if you have to aim thinner, why is it possible to cut in shots at 90 degrees or more? Here are a couple shots that I can do, you can do, Efren can do, anyone can do with an un-flawed...

I still can't get the WEI table to work, can someone post it up for me? 8ballbanger, have you ever heard of bending balls? If so, please post what you think it is.