Quite a few years ago, I stumbled upon a persons blog, Part of which was documentation on his journeys in the world of Pocket Billiards.
One page that has always stuck with me was his variation on playing the ghost (He called it "Playing God")... Safties were / are addressed. Take a look.
One variation I've used to practice a more well-rounded game requires an assumption that God cannot make kick or jump shots. Now I know that God could kick and jump balls in for all of eternity, but bear with me. Assuming that God cannot make kick or jump shots allows me to practice my safeties - something that I neglected for more than a decade. The safety variation can be integrated into any of the four formats listed above. Just assume that God can not only make any kick or jump shots, but that His attempts shot are so bad He cannot even hit the object ball. This give me ball in hand after every successful safety - a successful safety being defined as one which leaves the cue ball blocked from going directly to the object ball.
I don't really have anything to say, other than this. I just wanted to share a variation of playing the Ghost, for those of us that have been on our home tables for way tooooooo long!
here is a link to his page... https://www.barenada.com/pool.shtml
ps. Also posted in the "pool is not dead" group on social media.
One page that has always stuck with me was his variation on playing the ghost (He called it "Playing God")... Safties were / are addressed. Take a look.
One variation I've used to practice a more well-rounded game requires an assumption that God cannot make kick or jump shots. Now I know that God could kick and jump balls in for all of eternity, but bear with me. Assuming that God cannot make kick or jump shots allows me to practice my safeties - something that I neglected for more than a decade. The safety variation can be integrated into any of the four formats listed above. Just assume that God can not only make any kick or jump shots, but that His attempts shot are so bad He cannot even hit the object ball. This give me ball in hand after every successful safety - a successful safety being defined as one which leaves the cue ball blocked from going directly to the object ball.
I don't really have anything to say, other than this. I just wanted to share a variation of playing the Ghost, for those of us that have been on our home tables for way tooooooo long!
here is a link to his page... https://www.barenada.com/pool.shtml
ps. Also posted in the "pool is not dead" group on social media.
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