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Yeah I don't like to just imagine the ghost cue ball sitting frozen in line with the object ball. I try to actually imagine a ghost cue ball I'm about to hit rolling towards the object ball, and decide whether that looks right. I'm sure you've experienced the feeling where immediately after...

Yeah, it isn't complete bullshit. Ghost ball gives me a good idea of where to aim. But if it really worked, then I would almost never miss assuming my stroke was sound. I think the first few years I played were a complete waste of time. I picked up a lot of stupid habits playing in the...

Just checking to see if this already exists, otherwise, I'm coining the term here: TLAR = That Looks About Right. I've been playing pool for 12 years. Started my freshman year of college in 2003. Spent hours everyday in the student union. Then started going to bars. Then got my own table...

I practiced all day today. My hand is kinda sore, but what hurts the most is my left shoulder joint. It's probably from extending and stretching it outward a thousand or so times today. We'll see how it feels tomorrow. I have league tomorrow night.

I use a closed bridge the majority of the time. I have a "hitchhikers thumb", so when it is pressed against my middle finger and looped index finger, it is bent in hitchhiker mode, "hyper extended" so to speak (doesn't hurt generally). My ring finger tends to want to bend - it makes...

Good idea on the advil. I bet it's similar to a guitar playing thing, but guitar players probably have it much worse. They have to contort their hand into a lot of awkward positions and repetitively move, relax, and press. All I do is tension my hand into one position and leave it there...

Well, I think I've found the cure. My hand is sore during the day, but if I get in a 4 hour practice session, it stops hurting. So I think the cure is to just keep playing pool. :cool:

I think I've developed a lot of good stroke and bridge fundamentals. I keep my stroke arm moving straight and my bridge very stable and solid all the way through the final stroke. Sometimes, particularly on shots with my bridge on the rail, I tense my bridge hand a good bit. Not the point...

I just had a fantastic practice session. Practiced shooting off the rail some more, and did pretty dang well. I think a problem I have with shooting on top of the rail (and cue ball frozen on cushion) is that I'm moving my bridge slightly for some subconscious reason. Not sure why. I'm good...

Thanks, that helps. I'm glad it's not just me imagining things :)

Hmm, looking at my pictures, I think the reason inside angles are easier is because the pocket's width can be easily seen within my peripheral vision. The outside is more difficult to see in my peripheral vision, and I I'm not facing the open jaws of the pocket. On the inside shot, it's like...

Why is hard to shoot when the cue ball is frozen to the cushion? I know it's an awkward position, but why is it awkward? Why do I miss these shots (I'm a lot better than I used to be but still inconsistent)? Is it because of accidental masse? I have a good stroke, but if I'm ever a little...

Well I actually consider myself to be a pretty adaptable and forgiving person. I see people with new cars taking them to the dealership to be taken apart because they hear a little rattle somewhere. I'm nowhere near that picky. But the differing feelings I got from these two cues was pretty...

I've used a classic series McDermott cue for several years. It has a standard 13mm maple shaft, 19oz, with Moori Medium tip. I think I paid about $160 for it. I've played pool off and on for 10 years, but I've only gotten really serious about pool the past year and half or so when I started...

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This is a McDermott M72A cue that would normally come with a G-Core shaft, but this one comes with an I-2 shaft. It has a pro tapered 12.75mm shaft with a collar that matches the butt's collar. It weighs 19oz. It has a Kamui Medium tip. The cue is brand new, but the tip has been chalked...

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I just bought a like new AMF Playmaster Hanover for $400 :) I'm not ready to set it up yet because I jumped on the deal without my room being set up yet. So now I'm thinking about how to get the room setup. There's a ceiling fan directly over where the pool table will be. What I envision...

@shootingarts I forgot about fast/slow twitch. I try to lift heavy to build mass, but I'm basically a Johnny Archer look alike and building mass just ain't happenin for me, but that's a topic for a body building forum :) Anyway, I also do a lot of pushups (quickly). Since I did all that for...

Thanks guys. I recently read an article about muscle memory and how over a long period of time, neurons in muscles and the brain collaborate and form better communication. The way I read it, your muscles do actually somewhat "remember" the motions, or at least to the extent that your brain...