Giveaway Signs of Beginner / Recreational Players

The jointed cues can be cranked out cheaper and quicker than spliced house cues. They're always misaligned and/or warped around here. Noobs always go for the coolest looking ones; pointy decals etc...
Good case for having a personal cue on hand.
 
iusedtoberich said:
Speaking of racks, when a player asks for the diamond shaped rack to play a game of 9 ball.
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That’s a good one - they can’t figure out how to rack a 9-ball rack with a 15 ball rack, and they don’t understand why the management doesn’t provide 9-ball racks.
 
All the funny things newbies do is often told by a player that over estimates their abilities on the table. Kind of like they are thrilled to find a lesser player. The C player oh so loves to give the D player pointers. 🤷‍♂️
 
As far as I am concerned, players can do what they want to do, even newbie type stuff. It only bothers me when they start to think that they are better than they really are. For example, they is a guy (mental midget) who loves to show off. He comes into the hall prowls around the table like he's svb, slamming balls around, yelping sounds when he pockets balls, looks behind himself at other people while shooting balls in, all to gain attention . I think 'showing off' is what disturbs me the most.
 
SeniorTom said:
As far as I am concerned, players can do what they want to do, even newbie type stuff. It only bothers me when they start to think that they are better than they really are. For example, they is a guy (mental midget) who loves to show off. He comes into the hall prowls around the table like he's svb, slamming balls around, yelping sounds when he pockets balls, looks behind himself at other people while shooting balls in, all to gain attention . I think 'showing off' is what disturbs me the most.
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It'd be pretty sweet if, every time he yelps, someone had a 3-4 second clip of DMX barking/growling pulled up on their phone and hit play 😂. Look confused when he stops and be like, What? I thought we were going to sing Ruff Ryders. Perhaps you prefer Party Up?
 
Flakeandrun said:
Most halls here have jointed, wrapless cues. I will look up the brand. It's quite a common sight.
Chinese-8 halls sometimes even have them named with their own brand. I used to play at a place called Jianying that had decent one piece Chinese-8 cues.
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House cues at my local hall are reasonable quality. Most halls with an American table have jointed wrapless cues or one piece snooker style for Chinese-8.


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One of my shooting friends loves to shoot 8 Ball but never seems to work on his cue ball control or safety shots. He has a desire to get better, but never practices different exercises to help him reach his goal. He can shoot the ball quite well but has poor cue ball control. I tell him over and over you need to practice different exercises besides just shooting pool. It doesn't seem to reach home, and he just sort of stays at the same skill set. He is a decent player but needs cue ball control/safety skills and the right approach to finding it. So those who complain about losing but never practice appropriate exercises tell me they are just recreational type players who will never reach their full potential. That's fine if that's what they want, but please don't complain when you don't practice properly.
 
Flakeandrun said:
I saw him drill a behind the back, almost length of the table cut in a YouTube video not too long ago. Wonder If I can dig it up.

I do always wonder why people don't just put a little time into playing both handed... surely they're not so cack-handed that playing behind the back is easier than literally playing with good form?
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I can't even whack it with my left hand(I can use both though 😁) so behind the back is much better
 
23DenaliBDE said:
That is a desirable talent. There are days I could amputate my left and it'd work better😆. Oddly enough I shoot pistols equally good with both and long guns I only shoot weak handed and I'd put money on me against most.
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I wouldn't say equally as well, but you're in danger either hand. Surprising since I can't even piss left handed
 
jasonlaus said:
I can't even whack it with my left hand(I can use both though 😁) so behind the back is much better
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I'm naturally a left, that was made to do things right, and then choose whatever is comfy now. So maybe that helps me. I often think one is doing things the other can't. Like all the bad habits that creep into the right game, are different bad habits in the left.
jasonlaus said:
Surprising since I can't even piss left handed
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:ROFLMAO:
 
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