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Players Talk Back
Your opportunity to sound off to other players. What pool equipment do you rate the best? Which billiards techniques have helped you go next level in your play? Subjects discussed here are limited only by your imagination. Send your suggestions in to our Pool & Billiards Guide for future topics.
Aliens Vs. Predator At Pool
Dripping acid blood? Funky weapons? A cue eaten by a massive queen or drone? Pool balls used as thermonuclear containment units? Who will (would?) win?
Cheap Pool Tables? Buy A Proper Pool Table?
Cheap pool tables can actually last 50 years or far longer when maintained properly. How to use our easy-to-follow purchasing tools.
Cool Reasons To Shoot Straight
The accompanying article contains hot tips, by way of Sir Issac Newton, in generating a ramrod straight pool stroke. What are your magic and "straight" moves you have questions about?
Custom Cue Choices From Overseas
Your chance to participate in the great custom cue discussion. What about exotic wood and materials from overseas--are they more attractive than American kinds? And has ivory gone the way of the dinosaur...?
Dead Stroking
Certain thoughts prevail in any pro’s mind when they play their best, in what is called "dead stroke". How do you preset your mind for great pool shooting? How do you get into dead stroke?
Draw Technique
I recommend the triple loosen technique for pool draw. It works. What's your take on drawing (spinning back) the cue ball?
Ghost Ball
Pool pros hardly ever use ghost ball aiming, preferring to target a section or edge of the ball for a target. A few even use their cue sticks to plot aim (the hard way). Do you use a ghost ball or not, and why?
How Do You Calm Down At The Tables?
How do you calm (or freak) and win? Please share your methods with our readers. Thanks in advance, pool shooters!
Playing Pool "Catch"
Less than 1 in 100 pool players can shoot the cue ball on its own to roll from near a rail--to not pass the side pockets (cross more than half the table's length). Can you?
Wing Pool And Your Trick Shots
What tricks have you learned at the tables to trick yourself to play better pool? I've been teaching mostly "edu-tricks"...
Your Ultimate Pool Hall Experience
What's the best experience you've ever had at a poolroom? I was in seventh heaven this weekend visiting with my friend Tommy Kennedy tableside at the Gainesville stop on the Pechauer SE Open Tour. How about you?