10ft Pool Table

Pangit

Pangit

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Let's say ya had the space for one and were a decent player and practiced everyday on that behemoth. Would it improve your game on a 9ft table? I think definitely...
Earl pretty much took to SVB to the woodshed, Shane said he's pretty much unbeatable on a Ten-foot table. It's almost absent from pool now. I've never played on one...but I wish I could.
 
Pangit said:
Let's say ya had the space for one and were a decent player and practiced everyday on that behemoth. Would it improve your game on a 9ft table? I think definitely...
Earl pretty much took to SVB to the woodshed, Shane said he's pretty much unbeatable on a Ten-foot table. It's almost absent from pool now. I've never played on one...but I wish I could.
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Not really, I used to play on one that was in the pool room sometimes. The angles are different you need different speed on many shots, position play is different, in general you find yourself having to readjust when you go back to a 9 footer. It screws with you confidence as well. You miss long shots and the cuts can be hard to make as the ball travels farther increasing the margin of error. The theory I guess would be like swinging two bats it will make it easier when you go back to the smaller table; but it can wreck your confidence and that can't be a good thing. Others may have a different opinion but that was my experience. I should add, I was actually playing games of it not just practice. I used to play an old guy who only wanted to play on the 5 x 10 so I had no choice.
 
Pangit said:
Let's say ya had the space for one and were a decent player and practiced everyday on that behemoth. Would it improve your game on a 9ft table? I think definitely...
Earl pretty much took to SVB to the woodshed, Shane said he's pretty much unbeatable on a Ten-foot table. It's almost absent from pool now. I've never played on one...but I wish I could.
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If you really feel like Earl took Shane to the woodshed on that circus of an act converted snooker table to resemble a 10ft pocket table...by an 18 game lead, then surly you MUST feel like Shane cremated Earl on the 9ft Diamond they played on...when Shane won by what...a 37 game spread?
 
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realkingcobra said:
If you really feel like Earl took Shane to the woodshed on that circus of an act converted snooker table to resemble a 10ft pocket table...by an 18 game lead, then surly you MUST feel like Shane cremated Earl on the 9ft Diamond they played on...when Shane won by what...a 37 game spread?
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good point. put a 10ft tight diamond in play and we can do round 3. i like earl btw
 
5x10

Hi Pangit,

Once you play on a 10-footer you don't even want to play on anything smaller. I am fortunate to have an old 5x10 Kling table, with 4 3/8-inch-wide pockets (rail point-to-point) and 2-inch-deep pocket ledges. Any game is really tough, but the thrill of a ball dropping into a pocket so far down table that you can barely bring it into focus (I'm not a kid) is rewarding. My guess is that there would be some improvement if I shot on a 9-footer, but the 10-footer style is different. Can't cheat the pocket as much due to the decrease in margin of error with increased distances. A bit more emphasis on shot accuracy and less use of side English for position.

I hope you get the opportunity to play on a 10-footer--the first time it feels literally like swimming.

Take care,

Nick
 
Pangit said:
Let's say ya had the space for one and were a decent player and practiced everyday on that behemoth. Would it improve your game on a 9ft table? I think definitely...
Earl pretty much took to SVB to the woodshed, Shane said he's pretty much unbeatable on a Ten-foot table. It's almost absent from pool now. I've never played on one...but I wish I could.
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Would playing every day on a 4 1/2 X 9 make you a better player on a 4 X 8?

I think so.
 
2v12 said:
Would playing every day on a 4 1/2 X 9 make you a better player on a 4 X 8?
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I agree, as evidence; I play at the bar on a typical 6.5 bar box but practice on a 4x8 ft std (the largest that wil fit in my room) with fast (760) cloth. I lost twice (2 games) over a 5 hour period this Fri evening.
 
I say let Earl and Shane face off on a snooker table with regular size balls. Try running a rack on that if you think your good!
 
I agree with Macguy

Whenever I played on a 10-ft. table after being used to 9-ft.tables, it was soooo different.....everything was stretched out and it was hard to adjust to....almost like a different game entirely.......
 
Its about the same argument as saying playing on really, really tight tables will make you play better on loose tables. Its not the case....

The game is totally different as far as approaches to shots, laying angles, cheating pockets, safeties and actual pocket aiming point. You just have to learn how to play in different conditions.

Tell me you don't play differently on the following scenarios:

Loose pockets - slow cloth
Tight pockets- slow cloth
Loose pockets - fast cloth
Tight pockets - fast cloth

All different. (and I don't mean you don't play as well or something, I mean you have to adjust everything)
 
I'd love to see them play the game I invented...

Bambu said:
I say let Earl and Shane face off on a snooker table with regular size balls. Try running a rack on that if you think your good!
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It's called progressive rotation.

It's played with the skill balls, (1-15, still snooker sized) on a 12x6 snooker table.

It's rotation with all 15 balls and the game is point based. You get an extra point for every ball pocketed in a run...

So if you shoot the one through the 5, you get one point for the one, two for the two, three for the three, so you score a total of 15 for running five balls in a row.

If you miss the six and the opponent then runs the table, they start at zero and get one point for the six, two for the seven and they get a total of 55.

The max points you could get per game would be 120.

Jaden
 
IMO the answer is yes, but with a hitch.

There is certainly a difference in the angles as mentioned above and while practicing on the 5x10 will get your accuracy and stroke tuned in better then a smaller table when you shift to the smaller table you will need to play on it for a short while to adjust to the difference in angles and the reduction in travel on the cueball.

I used to play alot of 4 1/2 x 9 pool in tournaments and the like and very little bar box pool and moving down to Vegas to play on the bar box always took an adjustment period to get used to the smaller table. Once I did get used to it though? I played great because the small table felt simple compared to what I was used to. Now the 9-ball tournaments are gone from Calgary and I play on the box exclusively and my game has deteriorated as a whole.

My old 9-foot playing self once he got accumstomed to the box table would drill the me of today because he flat out had more stroke due to the 9-foot and shot straighter.
 
Bambu said:
I say let Earl and Shane face off on a snooker table with regular size balls. Try running a rack on that if you think your good!
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I've practiced on a 10 foot snooker table with regular size balls and it is a frustrating experience. I ran one rack of 6 ball after an hour which included a half table length frozen rail shot which had to be aimed perfect with perfect speed to wiggle in. I still feel that is one of the best shots I have ever made.
 
Pangit said:
Let's say ya had the space for one and were a decent player and practiced everyday on that behemoth. Would it improve your game on a 9ft table? I think definitely...
Earl pretty much took to SVB to the woodshed, Shane said he's pretty much unbeatable on a Ten-foot table. It's almost absent from pool now. I've never played on one...but I wish I could.
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I think your ability to make long shots should improve. But I think your ability to play pinpoint position may get worse. Smaller tables force you to play better position. ( but doesn't improve your long shot skills much).

Find someone who plays on 10 ft tables allot and throw them on a bar box. They will fire balls in with confidence but will often over run their position until they adjust to the speed of the smaller table.
 
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Wybrook said:
Its about the same argument as saying playing on really, really tight tables will make you play better on loose tables. Its not the case....

The game is totally different as far as approaches to shots, laying angles, cheating pockets, safeties and actual pocket aiming point. You just have to learn how to play in different conditions.

Tell me you don't play differently on the following scenarios:

Loose pockets - slow cloth
Tight pockets- slow cloth
Loose pockets - fast cloth
Tight pockets - fast cloth

All different. (and I don't mean you don't play as well or something, I mean you have to adjust everything)
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It changes as to the game. I used to play one pocket on the 5 x 10. All you have to do to play safe was put the cue ball up table. Even with a ball in front of the pocket you could miss. And when it came to getting a ball out of the pocket, the drew English you may need can be gone from that distance unless you hit it very hard and you lose the cue ball. Point being the games play differently. Actually though, run outs in one pocket were easier due to the added width of the table you have to play position. You would not think it would change things that much but it does. I would say more so then going from say an 8 footer to a 9 footer. A 10 footer seems so much bigger then just one more foot..
 
Dimensions?

What is the cushion to cushion size of a ten foot table's playing field? Is it smaller than 10x5 just as a "nine" foot table is only 8' 4" and an "eight" foot table 7' 4"?

I tried to find this on the internet and it wasn't as easy as I expected.

JC
 
metmot said:
What is the cushion to cushion size of a ten foot table's playing field? Is it smaller than 10x5 just as a "nine" foot table is only 8' 4" and an "eight" foot table 7' 4"?

I tried to find this on the internet and it wasn't as easy as I expected.

JC
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10ft playing surface is 56"x112"
 
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