Article About Dan Barouty's 14.1 League
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Lots of street parking open up after 6PM. Look for the signs that state no parking from 9am-6pm. Get there about 10 minutes early, and sit in the car until 6pm.
If you see a sign with night regulations, pay attention as the meter maids, eh personnel will start ticketing.
If you see a sign with night regulations, pay attention as the meter maids, eh personnel will start ticketing.
Hey Dennis, sorry for the delayed response. I can only really speak about the early session which I'm included in. In the early session, which has six particular divisions. The last division (division six) from what it seems has some of the newer players in straight pool that are just starting to get their game together up to division one which seem to be the more experienced, intermediate advance straight pool players. I currently play in division 3 which is right smack in the middle of total begginer and intermediate/advanced. So ideally people of the same caliber play in the same divions one match per night. He has a interesting way of raiting players giving them a number rating of lets say 80 (possibly a beginning straight pool individual) to 500 or higher (master division). Not quite sure how he came up with that, you may want to ask him. Anyhoows, In my division we all play to 75 points. Then towards the end of the regular season he figures who goes to playoffs and the real fun begins. Handicaps are then appointed based on skill rating and its may the best shooter win.
Hope that answers your question.
Danny Barouty
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Thanks for the compliments but let's set the record straight.
1. Parking ain't that tough in our part of the village.
b. I run an ok league but a lot of the credit goes to Amsterdam management. They look over customers (who are the best) and make sure they have fun and are not getting hasseled.
III. The other league directors, John Leyman and Chris Lynch, do a great job with more novice players. ( mainly 9-rock)
four. SJM related a story about playing me in a final match. It was pretty sneaky of him bringing his folks to watch, after all, how could I beat the guy in front of his mom!
6. I will be holding a clinic on Friday at 6pm at Amsterdam and everyone on earth is invited.
Hope to see you all there and thanks again.
Thanks for the compliments but let's set the record straight.
1. Parking ain't that tough in our part of the village.
b. I run an ok league but a lot of the credit goes to Amsterdam management. They look over customers (who are the best) and make sure they have fun and are not getting hasseled.
III. The other league directors, John Leyman and Chris Lynch, do a great job with more novice players. ( mainly 9-rock)
four. SJM related a story about playing me in a final match. It was pretty sneaky of him bringing his folks to watch, after all, how could I beat the guy in front of his mom!
6. I will be holding a clinic on Friday at 6pm at Amsterdam and everyone on earth is invited.
Hope to see you all there and thanks again.
Now you know why he doesn't like to play Nine Ball.
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Poolmouse
i guess 7-2= will be a mystery !!!!!
Steve
Went to Danny's Clinic, and he did not disappoint. The format was Dan running through racks while explaining his decisions, how he was hitting the ball, and what he was trying to accomplish. He also answered questions along the way. Tony Robles mentioned to me that, during a prior clinic, Danny managed to run 90 balls while shooting, talking, and answering questions! Of course, most people could not run 90 shooting under ideal conditions with no pressure and in an empty room. Dan can run that many while zinging out one-liners and keeping his hat at a rakish angle!
It was interesting seeing all the observations Dan made after making his break shot -- identifying problems, figuring out routes to get on the right side of balls, checking to see whether combinations were dead, looking to get rid of balls on the rail, and pointing out potential break balls and key balls into the next rack. The highlight for me was when Danny made a break shot and then, looking over the frame, announced that the 5-ball would probably be his break ball into the next rack. This was a little surprising because there were no balls in obvious break shot position, and the 5-ball was IN THE RACK AREA, but Dan saw a way to get to it and push it out while there were still 14 balls on the table!
When Danny got down to the final few balls, he had already pushed out the 5, and -- you guessed it -- the 5 was his break ball into the next rack.
Pretty nifty. It was a great event, and free for anyone (whether or not you're a league member). I'm hoping there will be more in the future.
Larry
It was interesting seeing all the observations Dan made after making his break shot -- identifying problems, figuring out routes to get on the right side of balls, checking to see whether combinations were dead, looking to get rid of balls on the rail, and pointing out potential break balls and key balls into the next rack. The highlight for me was when Danny made a break shot and then, looking over the frame, announced that the 5-ball would probably be his break ball into the next rack. This was a little surprising because there were no balls in obvious break shot position, and the 5-ball was IN THE RACK AREA, but Dan saw a way to get to it and push it out while there were still 14 balls on the table!
When Danny got down to the final few balls, he had already pushed out the 5, and -- you guessed it -- the 5 was his break ball into the next rack.
Pretty nifty. It was a great event, and free for anyone (whether or not you're a league member). I'm hoping there will be more in the future.
Larry
Steve,
Yes, I recorded most of the session with my kodak zi10. I had the pleasure of sitting next to Robert Plaut, author of the Shotpad notebook and iPhone application.
Here is a sample screenshot. I shot it in 1080p, but maybe should've scaled it down to 720p given the lighting situation.
FWIW, Chris Lynch, who runs the individual 9-ball and team 8-ball league will be giving a clinic on 9-ball tonight. I'm going ask permission to bring my camera.
Yes, I recorded most of the session with my kodak zi10. I had the pleasure of sitting next to Robert Plaut, author of the Shotpad notebook and iPhone application.
Here is a sample screenshot. I shot it in 1080p, but maybe should've scaled it down to 720p given the lighting situation.
FWIW, Chris Lynch, who runs the individual 9-ball and team 8-ball league will be giving a clinic on 9-ball tonight. I'm going ask permission to bring my camera.
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Henry: Thanks for the video of Danny's lesson. I have watched some but not all of it and it is very good. I've made copies for some of my league cohorts here in Chicago. Thanks.
