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Hello AZers, Over the years, a lot of people here have reached out asking if I’d ever consider offering online training. Up until now, I’ve only done in-person bootcamps at my place in Minnesota. I love doing that work and I want to thank those who’ve made the trip to train with me. I fully...

Here to pay my respects. I read his autobiography when I was a teenager learning the game. He helped fill my childhood with dreams of greatness. I'm glad I got a chance to tell him this and thank him. We've only got one life so might as well make it count. One thing I can say for sure is...

OK, last one for now. I was playing SVB in the finals of a regional bar table tournament. I had played a perfect set up to this point and had a shot on the 8 into a half blocked pocket, but the ball provide a sideboard making it unmissable. I thought! I shot the 8 ball and it rattled the...

Here was one where I was hill-hill and half hooked on the 8 ball. I felt the cue ball would be tracking towards the corner two rails so checked to see if there was a gap between the two stripes. There wasn't. I made the curve shot, the cue ball went two rails, and somehow it just ticked and...

Here's one I'll never forget. I was 17 years old, playing an older player who was a strong player in the area races to 7 for $100 a set. I was spotting him the last two. At 17 years old in the 90s this wasn't big money but it was enough to matter to me. I won the first two sets fairly...

I think a lot of those who have replied are blinded by their own perspective and aren't seeing things through the eyes of the broader audience. Much of the broader audience: -Hasn't seen The Color of Money. That movie is turning 40 soon and is more than a generation behind us. -Hasn't seen...

OK, I didn't see this first hand so I'm at the mercy of the person who set it up and described what happened. See diagram below. The 8 ball was frozen and he had a little angle, not a lot, but enough to be confident that there was no scratch in play. Or so he thought. Apparently he shot the...

I love sidespin. It has many uses and is required for advanced play. Too many people shy away from learning and mastering its applications. Sidespin can solve many problems that would be more difficult with center ball hits. On the other hand, I am a minimalist. I believe in doing things...

I would expect Jayson to achieve hall of fame. I'm no expert on the HOF. I don't know how many people they induct, how many they exclude, what the requirements are, etc. If it was up to me, though, I wouldn't go strictly on number of #1 finishes in international events. I'd also consider...

Thanks for the shout out! I was super excited to see Sharivari post this video. The difference between the video and my bootcamp is the difference between theory and practice. Having the theoretical knowledge is great. The problem is that most people can't execute either shot very well...

I was just trying to find a situation that would explain his original post. This post has confused quite a few readers now and created some frustration because we can't seem to understand what Island is saying and it conflicts with what we know to be true about pool. Sidespin doesn't turn into...

Yes. This is a stun shot with straight spinning left spin. With a firm stroke and very little distance between the cue ball and object ball the cue ball won't have time to develop significant forward roll, particularly with heated fine felt. So you can use equator line sidespin and with good...

I think the confusion comes from what we mean by 'draw'. Pool players define draw as a technique in which we hit below center on the cue ball causing it to spin backwards as it moves across the felt, and such that upon impact the cue ball comes backwards of the tangent line. If the shot is...

Hey bbb! Hope you're doing well! Systems aren't for everyone for sure. Feel can work well in many cases and some systems are too complicated to apply and don't provide enough improvement to be worth the effort. For that reason I only use three systems, and I use feel for all other types of...

I agree with PIITH. Knowledge is awesome in pool but this ain't chess. You can't get so smart you can think the balls in. At some point you have to look at a spot and swing your arm. The controlling part of us doesn't like that, but buckle up, that's how it is.

Jay, this is so true! I figured this out on my own in the last year. I've wondered why this works. Best I can tell, instead of trying to minimize body movement to avoid throwing the shot off, just muscle up and figure out where the heck your body wants to move to, and then little by little...

I'd bank out in rotation...

The others mentioned are all great bankers. The problem is that Fedor has too many advantages. He is fundamentally superior, acclimated to the highest level of pressure, has a win streak and confidence unmatched by any of the bank specialists, and simply strikes and pockets as well as anyone...

Thank you! I'm on it!

Nothing wrong with questioning shot selections. My point was that shot selection isn't static, it's dynamic. Maybe there is more to being the right shot than what gets votes on paper, but instead includes the players rhythm, confidence, and comfort level at the time. If shooting the wrong...