Archive for December, 2005
"I’m a difficult student."
When it comes to pool, I am not, by any means, the perfect student. In fact, I have even been known to be “difficult.” It’s not deliberate. It just happens. As I have recently been conducting some pool clinics of my own, I have a small group of regular students that attend most weeks. One [...]
Designing Your Own Game
If you were shopping for a new car, you wouldn’t just purchase the first one off the lot just because the consumer reports gave it the highest ratings. Would you? You might do some research and test drive a few before making a decision. By that point, you should have a pretty good idea what [...]
Did I really prove a point?
I recently joined Chisolm’s APA League on Sunday nights. I only agreed to play so long as I was never asked to throw a game or play below my handicap. The more I’ve been playing, the more I’ve been appreciating my teammates. Their eagerness to learn more and more about this game is what has [...]
Brutal Honesty
A few weeks ago, my good friend, Mark Margaretten (writer for InsidePOOL magazine) and I had a nice, long heart to heart. You see, Mark is probably the highest paid pool writer out there today. His column, View From The Cheap Seats, is a creative, non-fictional perspective to this game. It’s a unique, well-written, intellectual, [...]
