Automatic Shot Clock

[Bavafongoul]

Just buy a game clock. They are made for the purpose. They are flexible. They don't require a special cue ball. They have been in use for time control for almost 150 years. And they have a lot of nice features the electronic cue ball does not have.

Bob, I would but I haven’t found any that fits the bill. It has to be easily visible from 12-14 away for a 9’ table player and chess clocks and the like don’t fit the bill. Gosh, I would have thought APA and BCA would have adopted this by now which would have sparked demand to build a shot clock for pool players. Lazy or slow players are really intolerable annoyances, IMO.

 

[Bob Jewett]

Bob, I would but I haven’t found any that fits the bill. It has to be easily visible from 12-14 away for a 9’ table player and chess clocks and the like don’t fit the bill. Gosh, I would have thought APA and BCA would have adopted this by now which would have sparked demand to build a shot clock for pool players. Lazy or slow players are really intolerable annoyances, IMO.

It is not a per-shot clock. It is a total time used clock. There is no need to see it continuously. If you start with 40 minutes as your time for the race to 7, the exact time is of no concern until you get really low, and then you know you need to step lively. And if you need three minutes to figure out a shot, and you have the time to spend on that single shot, you can.