Not a thing! I chalk with either hand, no problem. I don't need a chalk holder for any reason whatsoever. Just another piece of gear to keep track of. Don't see any need for it.
Pro Players and Pocket Chalkers
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Not a thing! I chalk with either hand, no problem. I don't need a chalk holder for any reason whatsoever. Just another piece of gear to keep track of. Don't see any need for it.
I use a magnetic chalk holder. I do think that any type of "aid" such as gloves or chalk holders look a little goofy. But that obviously doesn't bother me. I care more about the convenience of having my chalk handy at all times.
As for players that use them being dead money. Well, against a pro player or shortstop, that is obvious because I have seen none of these players using them. But in my county, it takes one of the top few players in our league to beat me. So I am definitely not dead money in my local area.
EDIT: I will add that I wear a glove only at home, as I don't want to get powder all over my home table. But when I'm out and about playing, I use a small amount of powder when my hands get sticky.
As for players that use them being dead money. Well, against a pro player or shortstop, that is obvious because I have seen none of these players using them. But in my county, it takes one of the top few players in our league to beat me. So I am definitely not dead money in my local area.
EDIT: I will add that I wear a glove only at home, as I don't want to get powder all over my home table. But when I'm out and about playing, I use a small amount of powder when my hands get sticky.
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John amcCulloch
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I took a lesson with Mika earlier this year, he suggested I try keeping my chalk in my pocket and really work it into my pre shot routine. It’s like 2nd nature now, chalk holder or pocket, that repetition really has helped.
Yeah, what's up with these pro players that drag their cue around the table? I've seen a number of them doing it in videos I've watched. I just don't get it. For one, it will wear out your rubber bumper real fast. It just seem slack to me to be too lazy to actually keep the butt of your cue off the floor when walking around the table. I do understand the concept that you need to have your cue resting on the floor when chalking it efficiently with a few simple brush strokes while slowly rotating it, as opposed to those "grinders" who wear out the cube of chalk. Hard to understand though that would be the reason they drag their cue around with them.
I do not use a chalk holder but I do have a magnetic chalk holder. While leaving our state tournament for the night last year I am walking up to the vehicle from the back when I notice something blue on my trailer hitch receiver. I take a look and it is someones magnetic chalk holder with chalk in it. For the life of me I can not figure out how someones magnetic chalk holder gets stuck to my hitch 12" above the ground. 
It now holds a piece of chalk to the side of the refrigerator near my pool table.
It now holds a piece of chalk to the side of the refrigerator near my pool table.
Pocket Chalkers
Mike Massy has one of my Pocket chalker,s that I made .
They hang on the outside of your pants pocket and they are in a leather holder ..
You shouldn't get chalk on or in your pants.....
If you are using a certain kind of chalk its a great way to hang on to your favorite brand.
But who gives a dam who uses what............unless its something that will improve your game or is extremely user friendly.
I use a pocket chalker .....
Mike Massy has one of my Pocket chalker,s that I made .
They hang on the outside of your pants pocket and they are in a leather holder ..
You shouldn't get chalk on or in your pants.....
If you are using a certain kind of chalk its a great way to hang on to your favorite brand.
But who gives a dam who uses what............unless its something that will improve your game or is extremely user friendly.
I use a pocket chalker .....
I used to use a pocket chalker (cuz I'm a league hack, of course) but I kept breakeing the cheaper ones, and I wouldn't spring for anything nicer.
I just put my chalk in my pants pocket. I wear jeans virtually every time that I play pool, any chalk residue in the pants pocket will come out in the wash, literally.
I hate chasing around the table for chalk. I like having a good cube with me, not depending on whatever the room provides.
I just put my chalk in my pants pocket. I wear jeans virtually every time that I play pool, any chalk residue in the pants pocket will come out in the wash, literally.
I hate chasing around the table for chalk. I like having a good cube with me, not depending on whatever the room provides.
One of Atlanta’s best uses a loooong pocket watch chain for his chalk. Very cool.
I use a chalk holder with no chain to protect my Kamui. It those goes in my jeans pocket. I think chalk on the tables should be banned. So many times at league night we have a jammed table because some drunk the night before dropped chalk down a pocket. Plus, it prevents people from laying the chalk down front side down. :ugh:
I hate digging it out of my pocket and getting it all over my fingertips. And with Kamui, that’s expensive residue that is so fine, it doesn’t come off easily.
I feel the same about having it in my pocket, regardless of brand. I still use Masters.
ratdaddy
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I think part of how accepted or popular it is or isn't is regional. Back in about 1991 or 92 a player flew in from Sweden to take lessons at the room I managed. He used a magnetic chalk holder that clipped on his belt. It wasn't a situation where players in the U.S. didn't like them...they didn't even exist here! I played in tournaments in the Midwest, and I attended the BCA Expo a handful of times in the late '80's and early '90's, and I had never seen one of these things until the player from Sweden showed up. But over there they were common. This was before the high-dollar chalks were introduced, so that reason to use one hadn't become an issue yet. The local players gave him some funny looks, but it didn't phase him in the least.
Here's a chalker I made a few years ago. I still use it and so far haven't lost it. See link.
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?391466&p=5096814#post5096814
http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?391466&p=5096814#post5096814
Snooker players likely keep the chalk with them because its 36 feet to walk around the table. It isn't easy to reach over a 12' snooker table like a bar box to get the chalk. When I played in bars, I couldn't always count on basics such as a bridge or even chalk. YMMV
Never thought of that, good point
On the other hand, I used to intentionally NOT carry chalk and keep only ONE piece on the table
so I HAD TO walk around often. That led to my seeing more options and making better shot choices.
Jeff Livingston