10-ball player quotes
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we play quite a bit of 10ball in our ring games now.......im not sure what kind of quotes you are looking for. Of course after repeatedly playing it ive made some observations, pm me if youd like.
Thanks for the response.
Not much... I'm really looking for a support (or opposition to) the switch to 10-ball as the pro-choice of the game.
I'm from the Philippines, and a majority of the pros play ring games (almost exclusively) with 10-ball. I'm putting an angle to the story that 10-ball is the game of the future.
Not much... I'm really looking for a support (or opposition to) the switch to 10-ball as the pro-choice of the game.
I'm from the Philippines, and a majority of the pros play ring games (almost exclusively) with 10-ball. I'm putting an angle to the story that 10-ball is the game of the future.
Joe T
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The people that first started to play 9 ball definitely had a good idea but they had no idea about the can of worms they were opening. The reason better players prefer 10 ball to 9 ball is mainly due to rack. In 9 ball the rack whether it’s good or bad plays more of a role than it does in any other pocket billiard game. At the time of its conception I’m sure they had no idea that the diamond shaped configuration they were using to rack the balls in would be such a factor but we have and there’s no reason we shouldn’t take steps to correct this. Most games evolve with slight changes to it or to its rules and that’s all we’re doing here with 10 ball, correcting flaws and improving the game.
9 ball could still be a great game built for run-out pool but I believe you would have to either play rack your own and set some kind of guidelines for what a legal acceptable rack would be. Without those guidelines we would still be stuck with players arguing about it. And players should have the right to argue about it because quite often it can be the determining factor in a match. Either rack your own with specifications or make it legal to give bad racks but then again, how bad is too bad or not acceptable? I don’t believe either of these options is as good as simply promoting more 10 ball.
In 10 ball a player that breaks better and controls their cue ball better will have the slight edge they deserve over their opponent but it won’t be an overpowering factor such as the rack in 9 ball. In 9 ball, player “A” that can rack the balls good is quite often at a disadvantage when playing player “B” that not only can’t rack the balls good but has no idea how important the spaces they are leaving are (which sometimes they can’t even see) and then you have player “C” that will leave spaces on purpose so when the breaking player inspects the mess, the racker can turn to the crowd and say “man this player complains about everything”.
I’m a 10 ball, rack your own, spot the 10 if it goes on the break fan because the outcome of the game is based more on how the game is played rather than how the balls are racked and because it stops a large amount of arguing among some of the very best players our sport has on display.
I haven’t done these stats but I’ll bet if you average out the balls left on the table after the break, 10 ball would be around 9.3 and in 9 ball it would be under 8 and that would leave me to believe that players competing regularly at 10 ball would not only be playing a better game but they would also be developing better overall skills such as; cue ball positioning, safety and kicking skills and offensive consistency due to the running of more balls.
9 ball could still be a great game built for run-out pool but I believe you would have to either play rack your own and set some kind of guidelines for what a legal acceptable rack would be. Without those guidelines we would still be stuck with players arguing about it. And players should have the right to argue about it because quite often it can be the determining factor in a match. Either rack your own with specifications or make it legal to give bad racks but then again, how bad is too bad or not acceptable? I don’t believe either of these options is as good as simply promoting more 10 ball.
In 10 ball a player that breaks better and controls their cue ball better will have the slight edge they deserve over their opponent but it won’t be an overpowering factor such as the rack in 9 ball. In 9 ball, player “A” that can rack the balls good is quite often at a disadvantage when playing player “B” that not only can’t rack the balls good but has no idea how important the spaces they are leaving are (which sometimes they can’t even see) and then you have player “C” that will leave spaces on purpose so when the breaking player inspects the mess, the racker can turn to the crowd and say “man this player complains about everything”.
I’m a 10 ball, rack your own, spot the 10 if it goes on the break fan because the outcome of the game is based more on how the game is played rather than how the balls are racked and because it stops a large amount of arguing among some of the very best players our sport has on display.
I haven’t done these stats but I’ll bet if you average out the balls left on the table after the break, 10 ball would be around 9.3 and in 9 ball it would be under 8 and that would leave me to believe that players competing regularly at 10 ball would not only be playing a better game but they would also be developing better overall skills such as; cue ball positioning, safety and kicking skills and offensive consistency due to the running of more balls.
I play a good amount of 10 ball at home, I cant really think of any specific quotes Ive said to myself when playing other then "mother F&^%%r" when I come up dry on the break.
