Humidity
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I use less side spin, when it is humid. I used to use a glove when it was humid but now use a glove regardless of the humidity.
Oh yeah, I try to get shape closer to the object ball when it is humid. (Probably a good idea anytime. Lol)
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I turn the thermostat down...
Aim longer on banks, shoot at slower speed, don't shoot shots where the pocket must be cheated.
Most of the adjustments are automatic, don't really have to consciously adjust.
Aim longer on banks, shoot at slower speed, don't shoot shots where the pocket must be cheated.
Most of the adjustments are automatic, don't really have to consciously adjust.
Everything I do to adjust has already been mentioned except that I make sure my tip is chalked very well between every shot.
I used to complain about days when it was humid until I saw a vid from PI where two of the top guys were gambling in what looked like a shack with no walls and it was pouring rain. I can't remember who the two guys were but they both had monster strokes and could barely move the CB for shape. I gained a whole new respect and I don't complain anymore.
I used to complain about days when it was humid until I saw a vid from PI where two of the top guys were gambling in what looked like a shack with no walls and it was pouring rain. I can't remember who the two guys were but they both had monster strokes and could barely move the CB for shape. I gained a whole new respect and I don't complain anymore.
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In the early 90's there was a place in Houston called "Hitchhikers" that would turn off the a/c at night and then open the doors for an hour or two to let in "fresh air'. I was too young and stupid to believe the old guys about the change in the felt. Now I look back at how difficult it was to control whitey and laugh. Of course it probably cost me a pretty penny. :embarrassed2:
I used to play in a place that was ocean front and had the doors open at night. You could not draw the cueball an inch and if a ball even touched the rail it would hang. It was a complete trap table.
I beat Richie Ambrose playing there. He snuck in but it didn't matter, we knew who he was, he could not win anyway. He used to like to spin the cue ball and he was helpless on that table.
Mike Sigel lost like $1600. to a local player in this place. He was going nuts and offering everybody anything if they wanted to go to a pool room. Too bad Mike, we are here not in a pool room.
My table is outside on a screened room in Tampa, FL. 6 months of the year the humidity changes 3 or 4 times a day, from 90% in the morning to the high 20%'s mid afternoon.
It's best to learn pool on a good level table, with good cloth and rails, good balls, kept clean, and good lighting. After you learn how to play well, with near perfect conditions, then it's time to play on tables with high humidity. If you try to learn on tables that have wet worn-out pool cloth, dirty cheap dead balls, dead rails, and poor lighting, you'll be trying the shovel $hit against the tide and not know what is causing you to miss. Johnnyt
It's best to learn pool on a good level table, with good cloth and rails, good balls, kept clean, and good lighting. After you learn how to play well, with near perfect conditions, then it's time to play on tables with high humidity. If you try to learn on tables that have wet worn-out pool cloth, dirty cheap dead balls, dead rails, and poor lighting, you'll be trying the shovel $hit against the tide and not know what is causing you to miss. Johnnyt