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1. The Hustler and Color of Money are ancient movies. Most people have never heard of them, much less seen them or been influenced by them. 2. The last time I saw gambling in a pool hall was about 40 years ago. 3. As other threads have discussed, most people aren't interested in watching or...

How does this compare with Fast Eddie's over on Research?

Just throwing this in.... I think a lot of the "satisfaction" factor of pool... or the lack thereof... is that a shot either makes it, or it doesn't. With golf, for example, you have the satisfaction of the "whack" when you hit the ball, watching it sail hundreds of feet through the air, etc...

The more you try to "muscle" the break, the slower you'll hit it, because you're stiffening your arm. RELAX your shooting arm, and hold the cue VERY lightly, almost resting it in your fingers. Hold it with your fingers just tightly enough to keep it from sliding through your hand. Then quickly...

And that model is.......????? (drum roll) :scratchhead:

That's true. Yeah, NASCAR. Lots of emotion. A 450 cubic inch V8 at 7000 RPM with open pipes, thundering by at 200+ mph. Not one, but 30 of them. You can feel the ground shaking. Horrific, multi-car, high-speed crashes. Heart attack pit stops. And sometimes people get killed - they die...

This is a real core concept. Probably 95% of the people out there who shoot pool (have a table at home, go to a pool hall occasionally, etc.) have no idea how to shoot bank shots or can clear a table. When your ball misses the pocket, your enjoyment goes down REAL fast. That's why, in my...

Several people have brought up public school pool programs. Much of my professional work before I retired was in the area of public school funding and state level education administration. Based on my experiences there, I'm very aware of some factors that might be relevant to the concept of...

Uhhhhhhh....... last time you were in a pool hall, how many people over 40 were there?

Guys, let's keep this civil. We can disagree without resorting to name calling and ridicule. I posted a message on another thread that relates to this. It doesn't cover all the bases, but I think much of it is relevant: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showpost.php?p=4776403&postcount=16

As long as they're not playing or anything, I don't see any harm. I've seen lots of guys come in with their girlfriends, say 2 guys who play while their 2 girlfriends watch. Sometimes I'm out running around with my wife, and if we have a couple of hours to kill, I'll stop at Fast Eddie's and...

From the customer's point of view, you have no right to complain. Sometimes I might buy a drink or some food, but if I pay your price for a table, and then use that table, I'm getting what I paid for, and it's kinda off-putting for you to be complaining because I don't "buy more." That's like...

Lots of good points made here. I'd like to repeat and elaborate on some of them, just expressing my humble opinion... I think a major, important point is this: that modern young people have so much high tech leisure time activity, pool isn't as exciting as it once was. You roll a ball into a...

My fear is that to make it entertaining to the "reality show crowd," they'll put all this ugly stuff in it. Key characters will be big apes with full sleeve tattoos and cigarettes drooping from their mouths, the women will be Tonya Harding wannabes, they'll have near-fights, affairs, and so on...

Gambling and hustling? Uh, do we really need this? I thought we were struggling to get AWAY from that perception. That's just what our sport needs: a pool version of Sons of Anarchy.

I don't know why some people are fixated on slapping "labels" on people. We've all seen bangers that were polite and cool to play with, and "serious" players that were total dickheads. That being said, there are different types of pool players, whatever label you give them. Myself, when I think...

Yeah, I seriously doubt that there were. That was way, WAY before their time. Even The Hustler was way before their time. http://fasteddiesbilliards.com/players-through-history/ralph-greenleaf-pool-shark/

I hear you, Scott. Seems to me like it wouldn't matter if he has no motor control, it's balled into a fist, etc. All he has to do is rest his hand on the plate to hold it against the table. But of course I haven't actually seen him, so that's my best shot at this point.

Something like that... he wouldn't have to grasp a handle. The bridge (or whatever) would have a flat plate extending from it, say about 2 by 5 inches, or maybe round, 4-5 inches in diameter. The bottom of the flat plate would have a rubber surface so it wouldn't slip. He could simply hold the...