10ft Pool Table

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The bigger the table ,the more you learn speed control and accuracy. It's similiar to hunting if you (paper punch targets at 350 yds. Shots at 150-200yds become much easier. The angles are all the same!! on any table- but like someone else said a ten footer will force you to play better shape because of reach. I have played on 10 ft snooker tables with the big balls for the last 4 yrs( learn all the games- It will keep you from getting bored a 147 ball snokker run ain't too easy!! Mark
 
nickgeo said:
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
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Anyone told you lately that they just don't like you at all??? LOL
 
HollyWood said:
The bigger the table ,the more you learn speed control and accuracy. It's similiar to hunting if you (paper punch targets at 350 yds. Shots at 150-200yds become much easier. The angles are all the same!! on any table- but like someone else said a ten footer will force you to play better shape because of reach. I have played on 10 ft snooker tables with the big balls for the last 4 yrs( learn all the games- It will keep you from getting bored a 147 ball snokker run ain't too easy!! Mark
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The angles are not the same when using the rails to play position. You go to come out 2 rails and end up in the side pocket if you don't adjust. It takes time to adjust going back and forth from a 10 footer to a 9 footer. I don't see any benefit playing on the bigger table as it would apply to the 9 footer. What is the point practicing on a table different from what you play on? I know some feel it is like swinging two bats but I never experienced that. It just meant when I was going back to the smaller table I had to adjust because it screwed up my game a bit. I don't know, maybe it is just me, like I said most of the time I was playing one pocket on the 5 x 10.
 
I grew up on Long Island and the 10' tables were all over the place. There was one in just about everyone of the 100+ firehouses back in the day, and still some in most rooms.

We played 90% 14.1 back then and IMO playing 14.1 on them by better than average players is not much, if any harder than a 9' table. When you start talking 9 or 10-ball on a 10' with tight pockets, then it gets much harder. I'm not a 1-hole player but I would think the 10' is harder for that game. Johnnyt
 
gunzby said:
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.
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I actually learned to play on a 10 foot snooker table with regular sized balls. I was so proud when I finally broke and ran out a rack of 9 ball on it. Despite playing on that thing for a couple years, I've ran out very seldom. I'd mosey on down to an 8 or 9foot and it was much, much easier to pot the balls but the cueball speed wasn't natural to me and I'd often get out of shape.

Anything frozen to the rail had to be hit perfectly, and if they were frozen to the rail and needed to be hit hard, I'd have to add some inside english to the CB to transfer to the OB to spin it in on those curved pockets.
 
drills

Would there be any value in shooting only drills on the 10-footer? I've considered doing something like that. In fact, if I choose to do so, I could get by with room to shoot on just two sides, and if that's the case, no games could be played, thus no temptations to quit the drills......
Karl
 
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The ten footer will improve your game quite a bit if you play on it and the tables you compete on regularly. If you only play on the ten footer then there will be adjustment. Very little in the angles, the angles are the same but spin off of rails has longer to affect the path of the cue ball making the effective angles slightly different. The real issue is that if you play only one table constantly you get very very good at playing to that table's conditions. Even if you own a Diamond pro-am and play on it exclusively you will find that there are adjustments to make when you go play on the one at a pool hall. Playing on a snooker table made me a monster on a bar table but I played hours on both every day.

Having said all that; damn would I like to have a ten foot table, pool or snooker. Five by ten is the size God meant tables to be. Six by twelve involves too much crutch work, 4.5 by 9 is OK but the five by ten is IT! :thumbup:

Hu
 
I don't see why not, never shot on one but I can attest going from a diamond 9 foot to 4x8s and it's like a... training table.

I refuse to play on on those tables now, I won't play at the college on them or the local pool hall unless there's serious cash on the line. The last time I played on one I broke and ran stone cold my second game in like it was childs play, and never lost a game afterwards.

I can't imagine it being much different from a 10 to a 9 like it is a 9 to an 8.. let alone a 7
 
I sold my 4 1/2 x 9 and got a Centennial 10' snooker table and I did pretty well with that but my brain got over loaded and I traded it on the 12 Riley (my avatar) and a lot of days I wish I hadn't:frown:

I was an excellent potter on the 10 footer but I am having a lot of trouble getting up to speed on the 12. I 'jaw' a lot of balls and the angles are definately different (harder) than on the 10 :angry: Maybe the Centennial rubber was old and probably more foregiving than this Riley as the slightest rub on the rail equals a jawed ball.

If you are going up in size be sure you get what you want and want what you get:D
 
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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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My Opinion, Not that it's worth much :-)

Have 2 people close in level practice on different tables 10 footer & an 8 footer then have them play two long sets on each table I bet the odds are that the person who practices on the 10 footer will have more wins after playing on both then the player who practices on the 8 footer.

So my money is on the 10 footer :-) :D
 
Got one with tight pockets. You do see improvement over time. But at first you are talking to yourself. :smile:
 
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