In order to get the most out of our practice time, it’s important to establish a mission. What is your purpose for practicing today? We’ve all observed the player from across the room that’s just firing at balls. He thinks ...

In today’s economic climate, Mike Page has thrown caution to the wind in bringing the country’s newest billiard emporium to Fargo, North Dakota. Saturday, August 15, 2009, Fargo Billiards & Gastropub officially opened its doors to the public with a tournament for the local players. Diamond WestPage, a retired NDSU chemistry professor, had a vision to not only open his dream billiard parlor but to break the negative stigmas and stereotypes associated with pool halls.

Similar to playing on autopilot where a player is at peak playing level and is playing without any conscious effort or thought. Dead stroke is a sustained period of play where the specific player is in stroke. In simple terms, dead stroke is where a player is performing so flawlessly that he or she just cannot miss. To a player who is experiencing dead stroke, the game seems effortless.