5x10

[ShootingArts]

ive played as much on a 5 by 10 as a 4.5 by 9 over the years. and it doesnt make you play better. it fools you into thinking shorter shots are easier. but they are not. same skill sets.

but going back and forth you change all your angles and speed control. so when you change it takes a while to really get fully proficient again. although it may seem long shots are easier.

it is like playing on tight pockets on the same size table. when you go from tight to loose you change how you play position and cheating pockets for position. as well as speed control. and visa versa. it messes you up as you hit the same shots on each table differently. and if you don't you are not playing efficiently.

I played on a wide variety of tables all the time. As long as I did I found big table practice a plus. I have told this story many times but when I was practicing two to four hours a day on a snooker table I had a local small time hustler stay with me a few days. I got to missing my snooker play and took him to the snooker table. With coaching he was making a few balls in less than an hour and doing fair in a couple hours.

Then I took him to an action spot, bar tables. He was first to get on a table. His very first shot he looked up at me and grinned. I said "Yeah." No explanation needed about the snooker table. Action said far more than words!

Hu

 

[skogstokig]

go for it

didn't both Gorst and Filler train on 10 footers?

gorst may have had access to one in moscow. i forget the name of the club, but there is one 10ft diamond in moscow. i doubt filler did. it is a rare size in europe. filler's long time practice table is a 9ft gabriels, with i think 4.25" pockets maybe even tighter

 

[Nyquil]

Hey folks,

I like the idea of a 5x10 with reasonable pockets. I have my reasons. But I would like to hear your reasons for and against putting one in my house as my practice table.

Thanks,

Rick

Space is the only reason I don't have a bigfoot. I didn't have the width.

 

[iusedtoberich]

No followup by Ric?

 

[garczar]

One, they take up waaaaaay too much space and two, why play/practice on a table you're rarely if ever going to see in use? You'll never encounter the ball spacing/patterns on 7/8/9ft's like those on that big-big box.

 

[Taxi]

The best table I ever played on was a 1920's era Brunswick 5 x 10 with very tight pockets that was still being used in the late 1960's at Brunswick Billiards in Washington, before it shut down a year after the 1968 riots. Ring games there were a blast, although most of the time it was being used for one pocket.

The strangest 5 x 10 I've ever seen was a snooker table that was in the Purdue Student Union in the 70's, where I imagine that Nick Varner played. What made it strange was that the pockets were noticeably softer and easier than on any other snooker table I ever played on, easier than many pool tables. So easy, in fact, that I'm wondering if it was really a 4.5 x 9 rather than a 5 x 10.

I'd love to have a 5 x 10 in our house, but our rec room only fits a 4 x 8. A real bummer.

 

[pt109]

The best table I ever played on was a 1920's era Brunswick 5 x 10 with very tight pockets that was still being used in the late 1960's at Brunswick Billiards in Washington, before it shut down a year after the 1968 riots. Ring games there were a blast, although most of the time it was being used for one pocket.

The strangest 5 x 10 I've ever seen was a snooker table that was in the Purdue Student Union in the 70's, where I imagine that Nick Varner played. What made it strange was that the pockets were noticeably softer and easier than on any other snooker table I ever played on, easier than many pool tables. So easy, in fact, that I'm wondering if it was really a 4.5 x 9 rather than a 5 x 10.

I'd love to have a 5 x 10 in our house, but our rec room only fits a 4 x 8. A real bummer.

I played on a 9-foot snooker table that was like that….the pockets looked tight…..but the slate had been cut for pool. So the fall was generous.

 

[Ric]

No followup by Ric?

I figured I would give time for comments before following up. No conclusions on my part yet but I think I am leaning towards a 9. Some of the addressed concerns are the same concerns causing my hesitation.I mostly play straight pool when I practice. I thought the 5x10 might be cool. Rarely play anything but 9 ball with others. Maybe some bar box 8 on occasion.

 

[straightline]

My original unimmunized pool fever encompassed a voracious appetite for snooker pockets. Learned a bunch. It's what you make of it. You can diligently shoot out to infinity on any size table and gain pocketing accuracy. Accuracy happens at the hit, and not the pocket. Big minus is your speed may suffer. The bigger the table the bigger your landing zone and all the degradation to your regular table game.