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Filler should have played a one railer. Its an easy hit, and he could have tried to clip 1/4 on the short side of the object ball on the rail with bottom left english, thereby sending the object ball up table and the cue ball toward the left bottom rail. Or oppositely, he could have kicked the...

I'm glad that you asked this. I respect Bob Jewett a lot, and I think that his method is probably best for most people when it comes to gaining confidence running balls. I'm just not sure why the break is necessary in Bob's version. When will a player break 7 balls in a competitive environment...

See my version of playing the ghost here, and more discussion at: https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/variations-on-playing-the-ghost.590833/ My version trains the break as well as the run. I have given it the name "modified pro". Here is my version: 1. Breaking, if one makes a ball, no...

I think that CJ might just be clowning with this. Think about it, the sun, moon and earth as a 3 ball combination? It seems too funny to be a serious statement from him. Any spheres that interact to him are another version of a combination shot in pool it would appear! Hey CJ - is Sagittarius...

Yes, as in not mandatory.

In America, one can generally freely dream up and communicate whatever one wishes. Education is not required. God bless America.

How cool is that when local players can catch a gear and take down world champions. Congrats to Baseth Mocaibat and Bernie Regalario for reaching the semifinals. And the scores of Regalario's matches against world class players, being Alcaide (10-2) and Sanchez Ruiz (10-1).

This is similar to my version. Interesting. Differences are that in my version: scratch on the break is both a loss of game and 2 points for the ghost. There is no option when you make a ball on the break to take ball in hand. If one is stuck behind balls or there is a cluster, its time to kick...

Tough table and break rules here, Flakeandrun. So your version rewards the courage to choose to go for a break and run. Safety play is also included in your modified version. Yep, race to 7 has been my standard game with the ghost.

To add clarity on when I beat the ghost in the "modified pro" version, I beat it in a race to 7 twice, on different days near the same time. On a 9 footer that was not my home table and with a triangle rack. It was not too far back in time.

Double the fun! Sounds good!

Thank you.

I like this idea. You are right, if you practice with 12 then playing with 9 should look easier.

I like Team ROW. If the Asian based players think they are the best, let's see it! East vs. West implies 50/50 geography. I respect your opinion of this though! I'm a child of the toughness of the 1980's, where the attitude was "if you think you got it, step up, but be ready to get hit in the...

Congratuations to team Rest of World! Great work, gentlemen!

I did not say the version is lazy, but the break method is. In competition, it is not a good idea to get a good spread and not make at least one ball.

This is a nice extrapolation to include safeties and kicking/jumping.

Again, I only give one chance to have a civil, respectful conversation. I see what you are saying here, that reinforcing failure is not a good method of practice. However, I'm a believer in building patterns that are useful for the future. In reality, nine ball is a very commonly played game in...

Interesting thought. I only give one chance to have a civil, respectful conversation. It sounds like you have thought of lots of ways to challenge yourself in billiards, that is good.

It seems like a common theme is that people play it with 11, 15 balls, etc. instead of nine.