bluewolf4343
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I was just wondering if playing one pocket would benefit your ability to play 8 or 9 ball what does everybody thing about that?
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stacyfred510
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I would say so. It forces you to make tougher shots that you typically might not go for in an 8 or 9 ball game.
I don't get to play a lot of one-pocket, but the part that has helped my 9- and 10-ball game the most is safety play. Without one-pocket experience I would never have figured out how to hit some of the 2- and 3-rail safeties I now use with relative confidence.
One-pocket is funny that way: you're playing some of the littlest shots (in terms of distance covered) and some of the biggest shots. It forces me to look at a lot more of the table.
One-pocket is funny that way: you're playing some of the littlest shots (in terms of distance covered) and some of the biggest shots. It forces me to look at a lot more of the table.
Banks
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say no.
1P is a more advanced game. If you can't play either 8b or 9b well already(8b is closest, imo), I don't think you can get all that much out of 1P. Most of it is strategy. Part of the strategy is knowing which shots you can go for.
You won't get a lot of shooting practice, because even in shooting you're playing to err on the side of caution. It may help a little with nerves, but that's also something you should have already encountered playing the other games.
The safety play is different, too. So, while you can hook your opponent, there are many other ways to reply in a 1P game that you wouldn't be able to otherwise(no BIH).
14.1 will help immensely with concentration, because you can't take a single ball for granted. If you miss at all, the other person has all balls and 6 pockets to shoot at. 1P allows a huge amount of error as long as you don't put them in a good position for their hole, mostly.
You may learn some banks and such, but in 1P "close enough" can be good enough. The same banks aren't going to come up nearly as much in other games and when they do, getting the ball "close" probably won't do you any good unless it's 8b and you hit it just right to block a pocket. Then again, maybe they can bank out or safe up.
That's my 48 cents.
1P is a more advanced game. If you can't play either 8b or 9b well already(8b is closest, imo), I don't think you can get all that much out of 1P. Most of it is strategy. Part of the strategy is knowing which shots you can go for.
You won't get a lot of shooting practice, because even in shooting you're playing to err on the side of caution. It may help a little with nerves, but that's also something you should have already encountered playing the other games.
The safety play is different, too. So, while you can hook your opponent, there are many other ways to reply in a 1P game that you wouldn't be able to otherwise(no BIH).
14.1 will help immensely with concentration, because you can't take a single ball for granted. If you miss at all, the other person has all balls and 6 pockets to shoot at. 1P allows a huge amount of error as long as you don't put them in a good position for their hole, mostly.
You may learn some banks and such, but in 1P "close enough" can be good enough. The same banks aren't going to come up nearly as much in other games and when they do, getting the ball "close" probably won't do you any good unless it's 8b and you hit it just right to block a pocket. Then again, maybe they can bank out or safe up.
That's my 48 cents.
anything you play improves ur game.
Supersam1914
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One pocket is the greatest game played on a pool table .Theres a lot of ways youll get better in other games from playing one pocket .The biggest I feel would be your overall intelligence at the table going way up .How could anyone not want to become more knowledgeable
One pocket will do wonders for all your games .
The only difference with one pocket ,your first priority is to always control whitey no matter what and this to me causes you not to be able to let your stroke out . This actually cause me to start other games slow .
The best game by far and everything learned will deffenitly help your overall game.
The only difference with one pocket ,your first priority is to always control whitey no matter what and this to me causes you not to be able to let your stroke out . This actually cause me to start other games slow .
The best game by far and everything learned will deffenitly help your overall game.
You have to play at a decent level to get anything out of playing one pocket as far as learning. But yes, if played at a decent level it will definitely help your game. Banking, safety, controlling many balls at a time, learning to play precise cue ball control, etc... will all benefit.
Agreed.... If you cant play checkers.... don't play chess.
That said, I think 1P and Bank Pool are next level games that everyone should dabble in. But dont look to it to help more than just pure concentration on shot making and CB control as basics. 1P will help you as far as strategy and safety play goes.... and Bank Pool will help you with....... hmmmm lemme see, I know its good for something.
Well anyways, "1P IS THE TEACHER" but only if you can shoot your way out of a wet paper bag.
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Lesh
Absolutely will help with 8ball!
my brother once commented on a pretty good 9 ball/8 ball player that the player didn't have the mental game to play 1 pocket and after rolling the point in my grey matter well i had to agree and it had nothing to do with the player's intellect or learning capacity. nope he just hadn't been immersed in the world of one pocket and because of the death of many pool halls and subsequent old one pocket players he wouldnt have the chance.
i learned to talk a good one pocket long before i could actually play a competent onepocket game. i sat on the rail for about three years before i could beat the worst one pocket players in my hometown pool room. after that my interest in pool in general helped propel my pool level and especially my one pocket game after this point.
but today's one pocket player will not have the advantages that i had 30 yrs ago. one pocket was THE GAME in my hometown, all others pool games were behind one pocket. today the same pool room has pushed all the pool tables against the wall and they have only one table active that they let their girlfriend play on while they get drunk. what little pool scene that is left is on bar tables where 8 ball rules and the rotation games are for the gamblers.
so, i see little that the unexperienced one pocket player can transfer to other pool games; except maybe that one pocket could actually mess with your head and hurt your pool game in the short term, anyway.
i learned to talk a good one pocket long before i could actually play a competent onepocket game. i sat on the rail for about three years before i could beat the worst one pocket players in my hometown pool room. after that my interest in pool in general helped propel my pool level and especially my one pocket game after this point.
but today's one pocket player will not have the advantages that i had 30 yrs ago. one pocket was THE GAME in my hometown, all others pool games were behind one pocket. today the same pool room has pushed all the pool tables against the wall and they have only one table active that they let their girlfriend play on while they get drunk. what little pool scene that is left is on bar tables where 8 ball rules and the rotation games are for the gamblers.
so, i see little that the unexperienced one pocket player can transfer to other pool games; except maybe that one pocket could actually mess with your head and hurt your pool game in the short term, anyway.
Cross training is always beneficial so it will help. More broadly speaking I think the best game to help your 8ball game is 14.1. For 9ball, 9ball.
One thing you will learn playing 1pocket that transfers well to other games is CB speed coming off an OB to a safe spot on the table.
Lou Figueroa
Great 8 ball is a hell of a game.Bih adds something that 14.1 and 1pkt dont have.
NO I dont think they need bih!
If you can appreciiate 1 pkt moves, you can appreciate 8ball moves.