10 ft or 9 ft

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turaniko

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I am in a process of getting a new table. I have two options. I can get a 10 ft or 9 ft table.

Which one should I get? They are about the same quality and the price.

I will be playing games on 9 ft table when I get out. I mainly play 9 and 10 ball.

Please let me know what your thoughts are. Thank you and God bless.
 
I would think the 10' table would be good for your game if you mostly intend to use it for practice.If you have the space for it go with the 10 footer.
 
turaniko said:
I am in a process of getting a new table. I have two options. I can get a 10 ft or 9 ft table.

Which one should I get? They are about the same quality and the price.

I will be playing games on 9 ft table when I get out. I mainly play 9 and 10 ball.

Please let me know what your thoughts are. Thank you and God bless.
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Olhausen's?
 
turaniko said:
I am in a process of getting a new table. I have two options. I can get a 10 ft or 9 ft table.

Which one should I get? They are about the same quality and the price.

I will be playing games on 9 ft table when I get out. I mainly play 9 and 10 ball.

Please let me know what your thoughts are. Thank you and God bless.
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When you get out of what?
 
If you mainly play on 9 footers and that's what you will be playing on in the future.... then get what you typically play on. You won't see that much improvement switching from 10' to 9'. The angles will be different and there will be an adjustment period every time. There will be things that bother you when you switch too. I know you've played a bunch on 9' and 7'. Imagine the differences there. Now imagine having those same complaints about 10' to 9'. If you are going to be on 9's away from the house most of the time, you don't want to feel uncomfortable on them because you wish you had the extra room or the same angles as the 10'. If you practice on 9' at home anyways, it will just seem like you are shooting on the same thing you are already comfortable on.

Get what you normally play on and practice getting better on that.

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Greg
 
Hmm, it's a tough decision, on the one hand 10 foot tables will tighten up your position play and straighten your stroke out. But on the other hand, you gotta practice on what you're gonna be competing on.

Personally I'd prolly get the 10 foot if only to play some old school 14.1. But if I was using it to practice for 9 ball tournaments played on 9 footers, I'd probably get a 9 foot table.

I wish I could get a 10 foot pool table, a 10 foot carom table AND a 12 foot snooker table allllll in one room. That'd be heaven.
 
Mosconi had a 9 foot table at home. Imagine how good he would have been if he got the 10 footer instead. :p
 
One thing to consider is having friends over. Will they enjoy the 10' table? Don't know your crowd but it seems to me anything larger than 8' is considered huge. 10' would be gigantic.

I wish I had the room for 2 tables. One for entertaining guests and my 3Cushion table for me to practice. Rarely does anybody even want to try a single shot on my table.

Personally I'd be selfish and go with the 10.
 
3kushn said:
One thing to consider is ... 10' would be gigantic. ...
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WHat he said. The 10' tables have a LOT of areas that you just cannot reach without a bridge and that can be very frustrating. I have spent time on one and guess what>? In the middle of a simple out...hey, look- I can't reach that.:(

I'd imagine a 68 inch cue would be real helpful though...:wink:
 
Black-Balled said:
WHat he said. The 10' tables have a LOT of areas that you just cannot reach without a bridge and that can be very frustrating. I have spent time on one and guess what>? In the middle of a simple out...hey, look- I can't reach that.:(

I'd imagine a 68 inch cue would be real helpful though...:wink:
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It would force you to learn to shoot opposite handed.
But it would be a real drawback when there's only one ball to shoot at vs
3C where there's usually a choice of shots.
 
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