On league night I use 2nd ball break. It typically leaves clusters and plays to my game.
Poor racking also gives me the 8 in the side fairly regularly.
Opening up adult places such as bars and pool halls to children will help the children work on these skills.the sooner they start the better they'll be at both pool and gambling.
Golf gives good coverage of the game but it's nothing like the coverage of a pool tournament. If golf were filmed like pool it would not be where it is.
An overhead view of the fairway while the commentators talk about how the player is going to hit the shot.
The way to get people to flock to watch American cue sports will not be by tweaking the rules of existing games. Slowly walking around a table methodically hitting balls will not get fans jumping out of their seats and cheering for their team.
Snooker in Europe is not pool in America just as Chinese 8 ball in China isn't pool in America.
It would be nice to see American audiences flock to viewing American pool but it will take something revolutionary ,other than tighter pockets and banning the jump cues, to make it happen.
Agreed.
Walk in to any pool hall and the casual player is typically playing some version of 8 ball. If you can't get them to watch how can you expect to get non players to watch?
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