Archive for December, 2007

New Years & Derby

Well, in just five short hours, I’ll be boarding a plane and heading to Minneapolis to spend New Years before driving to Derby with Mike. The plan is to play in some sort of New Year’s Eve scotch doubles tournament tomorrow night. I’ve been playing quite a bit of bar table 8 ball at home [...]


The L Drill

I received the following question from a reader:
It is hard for myself and many others to practice without just banging balls around. What do you work on when you practice for hours at a time? What is the “L drill?”
Craig, NoDak Photographer
Dear Craig,
Thanks for writing. To answer your question specifically, the night in question [...]


Project: New Shaft (Days 11 & 12)

Nothing special to report. I’ve just been playing a ton of bar table 8 ball downstairs since it’s been snowing for the past couple days. Haven’t been sleeping well and haven’t been in much spirits to go anywhere.
I filmed a couple sessions. Maybe I’ll take a whack at this online video storage thing and load [...]


Project: New Shaft (Day 10)

Well, it was a slow week of training but a great week for pool. I began this draft a week ago and have FINALLY completed it.
At the clinic last Tuesday, I got there a little early to work with Butch since we’d been missing each other the past couple clinics. He had a great victory [...]