Are We Gullible Sheep?

[macguy]

Lake salvage and bowling alley wood shafts, apps for your phone that explain in real time how to perform a kick shot, $30 for a single cube of chalk, myriad systems on how to aim, tips soaked in milk, etc., etc., etc...

How did Crane, Lassiter, and Mosconi ever get by with out all of these things?

Can any of these items significantly reduce the need for good old fashioned practice? Or are they just gimmicks?

Sometimes I think we are very lucky to have technological advances that can help us be better at pool.

However, more often than not I'm feeling like a target of marketing efforts that try to convince us that without these products we can not be the best we can be.

So tell me, could Willie have done better with a stroke-assist?

Are we gullible sheep?

Best,
Brian kc

I remember being at a tournament and Lassiter had a cue he had painted the ferrule with red nail polish, He said it helped him see where he was hitting the cueball better. Made sense. I have a feeling if he was alive he and the others you mention would be looking for the latest gimmick also. It is human nature to not settle for the status quo and search for what is new. Maybe we should go back to playing with no air conditioning. There is nothing bad about "New".

 

[8BALLDELUXE]

Bowling Alley wood shafts, never heard of such a thing. Can some one fill me in?

 

[metallicane]

Bowling Alley wood shafts, never heard of such a thing. Can some one fill me in?

Jim Pierce, I believe, is using this wood for shafts. I have one and love it. Does it make me play better? Who knows.

 

[digitalcrack]

Didn't Efren win a US Open title with a 15 dollar cue with a bowling alley shaft?