There really are just a few things if you want to play good one pocket:
Learn to play Straight Pool
Learn to play Bank Pool
Learn to play Ten Ball
Learn to use your imagination
Play the score
Bill S.
For the most part you just described Measurman.
Cuebuddy> a little confused about playing the score?
"Run more 8 & outs."
Ronnie Allen
If you’re 3 or 4 balls up and now you’re fighting for the next ball....
...start moving the balls up table...he needs them more than you do.
...take away a big run.
Thou shalt watch Accu-stats one pocket matches
Thou shalt buy Tom Wirth’s book
Thou shalt choose defense over offense
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There is a book, (Billiards: Hustlers and Heroes, Legends and Lies and the Search for Higher Truth on the Green Felt), that has a chapter of transcribed dialog between Gene Nagy and Jersey Red from a gambling session.
I cant remember exactly what Red said, something along the lines of 'I know more moves than you', to which Nagy replied, "8 and out is the only move I need to know". :thumbup:
Thou shalt put thy balls on their side after their inning is over