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lowlifes if you think there are not a great deal of lowlifes playing pool, you should watch a couple of pool league matchups. its persons who can't play dead trying to find an edge with the rule book.

try shooting straight are you a pool league 5 or something. if you ever played a real player you would know that sharking doesn't have any affect.

man, i wrote about a tale concerning fats wanderone and wimpy lassiter, and i got some of the craziest retorts that i have ever heard. one guy, jay hefert, even has his own web site. just like rush limbaugh, glenn beck, michelle bachman, and sharon angle. one said that i should be ashamed for...

I was reading some post replys and saw the musconi quote about fats. I know for sure that all of the top echelon players back in the day thought fats was a hacker, which he truly was. Back in the days of johnson city, i lived in herrin, il which is five miles from jansco's. Wanderone was from...

Mechanics Stay down on the ball. That's really good advice. I wish i had thought of that. By the way, you stand behind the object ball to find your line to the pocket. You are already behind the cue ball. And viewing any thing from a standing position, or any other position except as low to...

I saw a video on bcn of a us open match between earl strickland and rodney morris. I'm really not sure what the year was. Anyway, strickland was down 6-4 and had the 7,8, and 9 to make the match 6-5 with the break. He was dead easy on the 7 with the 8 and 9 near hangers. But the shot on the...

safetys kick shots are everybody's weakness. you probably don't want to kick at a ball your trying to safe up anyway. i'm sure you meant kicking out of a safety. take some time examining the diamonds. they're there and its pretty simple math. most of the players below tour level don't pay any...

i'm a transplant here in birmingham. wondering about where some bar tourneys are. i used to play at bubba's on carson road but they closed. so if there is anyone from birmingham who reads these, let me know.

grady again pss. i now see that the topic was wimpy lassiter. i actually went down the screen to the incardona- mathews match. i just wrote that i knew grady from okc. also, i lived in herrin, which is 5 miles fron johnson city while jansco's tourney went on. in fact, little jan nearly beat...

grady great footage. i knew grady pretty good back in the days at trueloves in okc. he was kind of no. 2 to norman hitchcock. dicky lane, craig stevens and pittsburgh mike(waltrip) were regulars there also, although craig was from wichita, ks. one time at some southtown bar ( on a 3 and a half...

beginning the very first thing is to adapt a correct bridge.

hustle based on your question, i think your view of how you play pool is a hustle.

measle ball the measle ball is both heavier and bigger than a regular red dot or blue dot. i practice with the measle because of the level of difficulty. think bar table cue ball. measles aren't that big but still provide a much greater challenge and will eventually do great things with a poor...

aim feel aiming is another terminology for not having the proper mechanics. its like mickey mantle hitting a baseball. its a natural talent, not learned. of course thats bs, because mantle spent hours upon hours in the batting cage. always line the object ball up as a straight shot into the...

Mosconi To observe a direct line from the object ball to the pocket and find the striking spot from a straight in position.

abilities i've read a few of these threads and am really surprised that anybody believes that they can be good because of natural ability. problem with free wheelers is that when things go against you, you don't have a set of mechanics to rely on. if i have enough money to hang around, i'll...

ghost ball i'm 66 and have been using the ghost ball since i started on the advice of jimmy taylor, whom i met at the johnson city, il world pool all-around championship. you have to pick, and commit, to a spot regardless, no matter what your style is. and as far as being less accurate at...

pool music ac/dc is pretty good.

i just enrolled so i could comment about the balukus-fisher comment that recalls dicky lane's wife beating balukus. i couldn't find the page after i enrolled, so i'm using a new thread. i knew dicky pretty good back in the day at chester's and travis' in okc. he gave me the 6 a few times. my...