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July 22, 2022 By FCI Billiards When it comes to choosing a new pool stick, the sheer amount of options out there can be overwhelming. With so many brands, materials, variations, styles and cost differences, buying pool sticks can be enough to make your head spin. We're here to help. The pool and billiard hall sector of the US economy was worth $861.8 million in 2019. Although the pandemic temporarily took a bite out of the industry, pool players are back …

Your Chance to Share in the Glory and Legacy of the Past Greats 1954. Marilyn Monroe married Joe DiMaggio, Elvis Presley's first single ("That's All Right") was released by Sun Records, and the first issue of Sports Illustrated was published. Also, the first US nuclear-powered submarine was launched, a hydrogen bomb test was conducted on Bikini Atoll, the Boeing 707 was released, and Hurricane Hazel made US landfall, becoming the only recorded Cat 4 hurricane to hit as far nort …

Considerations for Selecting the Right CueMost players – actually, we're all guilty here – believe (sometimes almost to the point of obsession) that if they could just find the right stick, they'd play a lot better. And you know why, don't you? It's easier to blame the pool cue instead of our lack of skill or bad aim or just hastiness. Still, there is some merit in searching for a cue that better fit your style and skill level. And most of it has to do with the end of the pool cue …

So we're not triathletes or even (usually) casual runners. We don't lift weights, and we don't spend hours on the basketball court. We play pool and billiards. A lot of people don't even consider it a sport and point to Minnesota Fats as proof. (But they also don't know he subsisted chiefly on candy and junk food.)But the fact is . . . playing pool has a multitude of health benefits, both physical and cognitive.1. Burns CaloriesAlthough pool is a fairly non-strenuous, low-impact game (although i …

Function and the Cool Factor When You're Passionate About the Game We've all seen them. Those guys who own fifteen fishing rods, more plastic worms and lures than you ever knew existed, and a tackle box so big and full they can barely lift it. And that's all they talk about. Weird, huh? But we're guilty, too. If you're as passionate about the game as we are, you love everything about it – playing it, talking about it, finding and acquiring cool pool cue accessories. It goes withou …