Watching top flight players negotiate games for the cheese

One of my favorite memories of barking at a player came watching Efren on the practice table. It was at the Reno Sands tournament in the mid 80s. Efren was shooting rotation to warm up for the 9 ball event. And a railbird was barking Straight Poo!
Efren ran 2 racks in rotation, stopped and enquired, "are you sure, you want to play straight pool?"
He quit barking. 🤷‍♂️

Watching top flight players negotiate games for the cheese

I think the only shot in 1 pocket that doesn't come up in other games is following a ball in
taking fouls
kick banks
Banking balls into clusters/the stack
lag banks
lag cuts
High side-Spin long distance
Clearing your opponents pocket
Spot Shots
all variations of 3 rail banks...

I could go on but

I do agree that top tier rotation players can QUICKLY surpass high level specialists but it does take work and some study.

Guys like Biado are such aliens that they could never play any game at all and instantly compete at it. Give them time playing One Pocket and it's inevitable they will steamroll specialists.

Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

When I saw the top 200 list I put all of those players as world class. To me if you are top 200 worldwide in almost anything you should be considered world class. The problem is that in pool world class does not necessarily mean you can make a good living. That is a different way of saying what I did in my earlier post. You have to be a top player among players I consider world class to really do well. Some might argue whether top 200 is really world class. But there are 450 NBA players plus some who bounce around and play 10 day contracts and such. And pro leagues internationally with some great players. Close to 1700 NFL players, many of whom don’t last and don’t make fortunes admittedly. Around 750 NHL players plus the overseas leagues.

Doesn’t bode well for making a living in pool. How many businesses out there have more than 200 employees making livings with the top guys making more than top pool players by a lot? In many different fields. And then factor in all the smaller businesses that provide good careers and livings for so many. Pool has never been a great opportunity for very many people. Some can do well at it, sure. But a job creating machine it is not.
When I was discussing this post with my wife(as she started snoring) I got into the NFL MLB NBA NHL player numbers, base salaries etc. I almost went there here but I'm glad someone else did.

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