Recent content by 336Robin

I used to follow the viewership market (long story) look to YouTube which is a world stage. The views are quite telling. The numbers of Pool Players that don't view are quite huge is the short story. Most prefer to play instead. It would take a severe reversal of this to get sponsors interested...

I'll try the Elk Duds. Not sure about the inordinate amount pressure but I'll try next time I need one.

The best watching experience I think would be in the round, with a table in the center, seats high enough to see, pretty girls bringing drinks and snacks for tipsy old men who tip well. I can dream, so it ends up being YouTube for me.

I would suggest starting out with One Pocket and each time you mess something up, practice that one thing until you can't fail and the ascent to better playing would be faster and the other games be a lot easier. One Pocket is the answer!

Exactly. I'm a certified Instructor and honestly if everyone learned to play one pocket, it teaches you everything you need to learn to do beyond the fundamentals. I start people playing one pocket early on and it keeps them interested until they've learned enough to handle 8 and then 9 ball.

I remember playing that version then when I went places some of them would be playing players choice to shoot if you had to kick at a ball and didn't make contact. That was the 9-ball game I grew up with.

Thanks for the historical catchup on this. Getting done in some semblance of predictable time is important as Pool Leagues need to finish and get people home that go to work the next day. Pool Leagues have become the conduit to people looking to recreate that spend money in places that have...

You have a point. At the amateur level in leagues going to push out, would lengthen games and make getting done that night a problem.

I heard that. Here is my take. If the 9-ball changes were done to cater to a TV audience, that assumption may have failed because Pool is rarely on TV anymore. It is on YouTube and its available in quantity so few people who aren't players pay something to view it. It's my opinion that give...

That is what it came down to with me. I was tired of playing with a nail.

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Interesting. I am told this was to make Pool more TV appealing. Looking back at the old rules, some richness seems to have left with the changes.

Yes! I remember that! Wow its been a long time since I played those rules.

Really? Interesting. I've never heard that one. I think I may know someone that can verify that, that is still alive.

Ok that must have been after the day of the old school 9-ball rules. or I'm guessing that.