Posted in Billiard Tour News - Canadian 30 K Tour on Aug 14th, 2007
Klatt Cinches 30K Qualifier
Canadian 30K Tour / Newmarket, ONT
by Willy Hermosa
The second qualifier held at Bigwigs in Newmarket, ONT, the weekend of August 11-12 brought players out of the sun to take advantage of this two-for-one stop. This qualifier counted as two stops, helping players lower their penalties. The [...]
Posted in Billiards Player and Pool Lessons on Aug 14th, 2007
We’ll know He’s back when He claims His holy profile on spock.com. (Or, if you know Jesus of Nazareth, you can invite Him.)
In other news, Spock does not let you search people whose names contain accented letters.
Example: as of the writing of this post, you can’t find Gérard Depardieu, even though his profile exists.
So, if [...]
Posted in Billiards Player and Pool Lessons on Aug 14th, 2007
It has been said that the winner of a match is often determined before a single shot is even taken. Most serious players, if they are honest about their losses, will agree, at least partially, with that statement. Obviously, if one player is vastly superior in skill and execution over the other, he [...]
Posted in Billiards Player and Pool Lessons on Aug 14th, 2007
pool is an amazing game because you have to let go and stay grounded at the same time. Similarly, you have to see what you want in your imagination and then allow your body to produce it in the real world. Before this happens, you have to decide what it is you are [...]
Posted in Billiards Player and Pool Lessons on Aug 14th, 2007
So far in this column, we have looked at four phases of the shot process: the standing address, the transition, the set-up, and the execution. There is one last step, and it is there that the learning happens. It is the place where every fine performance gets nailed down.
It is also [...]
Posted in Billiards Player and Pool Lessons on Aug 14th, 2007
In the last column I talked about controlling the table and how a contest between advanced players is essentially one of who will take control. Since both players know how to control the table, the match is often determined by who can take control first.
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Posted in Billiards Player and Pool Lessons on Aug 14th, 2007
Natural tempo is an important part of pool and playing in it is synonymous with being in dead stroke—you can’t have one without the other. Your natural tempo is also unique. You can’t learn it from someone else or fake it or make it up. All you can really do is discover it and [...]
Posted in Billiards Player and Pool Lessons on Aug 14th, 2007
“Killer instinct” is a term tossed around fairly regularly in pool room conversations. It is applied to some players and found absent in others. “He’s got the killer instinct…she doesn’t have a killer instinct,” etc. What, exactly does this term mean? How do you know if you have it or not? [...]
Posted in Billiards Player and Pool Lessons on Aug 14th, 2007
Sometimes playing pool is like cruising down an interstate. You’ve got your machine in overdrive, and that’s all you need. The hills and turns are gradual and banked, and you don’t need to shift or brake or even slow down. You can engage the cruise control, put a great CD in the [...]
Posted in Billiards Player and Pool Lessons on Aug 14th, 2007
In music, individual notes express themselves powerfully when they are part of something larger, either chords or melodies. Even then, a power chord on an electric guitar normally commands more attention than a few individual notes on an acoustic. But if you have the wrong notes in the chord, or if they are [...]
