Ask the Viper
Melissa “The Viper” Little has been a WPBA Touring Professional for over 10-years, she has represented the USA in Four WPA World Championships, is the current USA Bar Table Champion for 8-Ball and 9-Ball and has over 20 top-10 WPBA career finishes. Melissa is the house-pro at the Wynkoop Brewing Company located in Downtown Denver [...]
The Game of Loop
by Bob Jewett Do you have an uncanny knack for scratching from every position imaginable? Here’s a game that turns that disability into a game-winning skill. The game of Loop — pool spelled backwards — is simple. Just scratch object balls off the white ball — we better not call it the cue ball because it is [...]
Winning Posture
By Samm Diep © July 2010 Photos Courtesy of Mike Fieldhammer, BilliardCoach.com Good posture can really say a lot about a person. Think about the player that’s slumped over in his chair or practically spilling over the edge of his stool. He’s looking all around the room and now he’s text messaging his buddies. What [...]
Is your game on the LEVEL?
© 2010 Mike Fieldhammer, BilliardCoach.com Some pool players take some time off during the Summer and others stay in stroke and keep cool. One thing that seems to be true with everyone this time of year is that we are busy! So here’s a quick tip for you to keep in mind next time you’re [...]
How to speak English
By Roger Long Advanced Certified Instructor There were a couple of interesting discussions on a popular billiards forum recently that dealt with English. Not the brand of English we speak every day, mind you, but the brand we smack a cue ball with every time we play pool. In the first discussion, the question was [...]
Aging: A Pool Player’s Gift or Curse?
© 2010 Mike Fieldhammer, BilliardCoach.com Pool players can have the blind courage of youth or the wise knowledge of the aged. Time moves on and I’m stuck in the Middle Ages, old enough to know better, yet young enough not to care. Pool players can seem to grow old at a breakneck speed. Perhaps years [...]
Power Follow Shots
by: Bob Jewett – San Francisco Billiard Academy, www.sfbilliards.com Last time we were practicing follow shots with the cue ball frozen to the cushion. That’s the sort of shot that it’s easy to do badly because the cushion interferes with your bridge and your elevation. For that shot you need to pay special attention to [...]
Don’t be the Victim
By Samm Diep, PoolTipJar.com © June 2010 I was recently directed to an April 26 article from The Huffington Post, The Internet Newspaper (huffingtonpost.com). “When Did We Become a Nation of Victims?” by Russell Bishop, shares an intimate victim story about W. Mitchell that brings perspective to an unlucky match or a bad roll. His [...]
Vegas BCA
Wow I have so much to say. I have a hundred real stories that could take page after page. Instead of elaboration, I will attempt to minimize the pool celebration. Here we go. What the hell, lets do it with a poetic flow. “I spent the week in Las Vegas for Eight Ball BCA, ironically [...]
Ask the Viper
I’ve been actively playing and progressing in my game for eight years. Right now, I’m fine-tuning my game aspiring to make it into the pro ranks, but my stroke has gotten away from me the last couple months. My upper arm is dropping on my back swing when it used to be level. I can [...]
