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Mallet Bay Madison Avenue · Memphis

The fork

A quieter head cannot teach a wild face

We like taking your money. We like it less when the sit is a costume on top of a stroke that never presents the same face twice. This page is the honest split.

Stay on the mat

The miss is a start line you can name. Left after dusk. A hop that dies. Wings that aim in a store and smear on the nine. Hang that fights a quiet stroke, or a hang that will not release when you need it. Those are hardware-and-sight problems. That is our door.

Go take a lesson

The face is open, then shut, then open again on three straight four-footers. You cannot hold a setup long enough for a photograph. You ask us to “fix my yips with a heavier mallet.” Weight is not a spell. A teacher with a mirror will spend that money better.

Split the week

Sometimes both. A lesson settles the arc enough that hang has a meaning. Then the lamp tells the truth about wings. We will say “come back after four sessions with so-and-so” if the first ten rolls are noise. No loyalty program for that sentence.

We do not teach

Della, Moss, and June will cue a grip once if it is hiding length. They will not rebuild your stroke. If a visitor wants coaching, we name two Midtown teachers we trust and we go back to the peg. That is not a slight. It is how Suite 4 stays a mallet room.

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