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I find that using visualization helps keep your mind from thinking that you will miss, and for those that think overconfidence happens too, it will prevent that. I started out with the same problem, I noticed it more on the money shots, 8 and 9 balls. I even had an issue when I started using...

I freaked out yesterday when I couldn't seem to find the thread again to read what happened next. There should be a separate forum room with stories, and this one should be a sticky!

I can't wait to hear how much of what was going on was all part of the big score. Who the kid knew before walking in, and what he was doing went towards a big payoff. Just like in the movie Law Abiding Citizen, there could be years of planning and set up before the action starts. (not a con...

I am just fortunate to be working on my Master's degree in Engineering, and have to keep all of this type of stuff fresh in my head. My pool game, however, is starting to suffer greatly because of it.

Funny story, when I first learned this practice routine, I couldn't do it right away. The first day I was off about half a ball usually, sometimes even more! I would go on playing, and make a decent run or two, and think the drill is just too nit picky. That night I went to the pool hall, and...

Pidge is right on point with this thread. I think this phenomenon is hard to overcome when just playing, and a reason why my game deteriorates between long periods of not doing basic fundamental training. If you isolate getting down onto the shot in a drill on it's own, you can get better at...

That question isn't complete. Are you asking for the speed of the boats, or the width of the lake? Either way, you can't figure that out with the info that is supplied. When they meet each time, what side of the lake are you measuring the distance out from, the same each time, or from...

They are probably generic chinese tips that you can get made with any logo silk screened on them that you like. Does it really matter who got that specific design silk screened on it?

At first I thought that was just meant as a joke, like winding it up. But yeah, spinning the ball first would make sense. Also, it appears that a couple of the shots have the ball settling into place in the beginning, due to him not spinning perfectly around a vertical axis. Of course, that...

I heard that alot about snooker players. There is a kid that plays with my group, and he hardly ever uses center ball. He also doesn't understand why the cue ball goes where it does, and why he misses a lot of the time (when he misses) and he never will until he starts off shooting center ball...

The worst insight into doing anything is asking yourself if top pros do it. They are top pros, remember. If you are able to shoot with accuracy while using english, and control the cue ball with english, then you gain the ability of having the cue ball go wherever you want on the table. Now...

Oh, just in case you were still wondering, that type of table is said to have drop pockets, as opposed to a ball return.

In cases where it is impossible to tell which ball was hit first, it just gets assumed that the object ball is hit first. No need to change the wording of the rules to make it more difficult to understand.

You missed a good opportunity to point out the videos showing how to tell which ball was hit first.

So, I noticed on the first and third shots, where the physics seems to be defied, that the cue ball hits the side rail first at close to the same distance from the end rail (between the first and second diamonds) which may(?) throw off the axis of rotation to reverse the spin when it finally...

The desire to see the shot done with the measles ball is so that we can see what is going on with the spin at the end of the shots.

I don't think Dr. Dave's comment is meant to take anything away from the shot. It is like saying what happens during 12 holes in one in a row can be explained using physics, while no one has ever accomplished that feat before. There is a lot going on in that first shot, including a lot of...

I would just run a simple test yourself to determine the pivot point. This is used for BHE, but applies to the break also to minimize error. And before I explain it, let me just mention also that the pivot point used is determined on speed and distance from cue ball to object ball, as well as...

Barry Szamboti told me a story once of when his dad gave some advice to Cantando when he was first starting out. Build one cue at a time until you have a handle of the whole process and learn from the mistakes you make from one cue to the next. I see pics on your Facebook where you are batch...