Does playing on a bar box hurt your 9 ft. game??

If you get a chance, watch the video with Johnny Archer and the Late,Great MIz playing David Matlock on a bar table. They use both the "big" cue ball and the regulation cue ball. Matlock gives some great tips for playing on the bar box and ofcourse the Miz is entertaining as always......ahhhh the Miz, he is truly missed. Its a must see.

Southpaw
 
There was a time, many years ago, that I lived in an apartment, with no pool rooms within a reasonable distance, so I put a 7' in my apartment. I basically used it to practice TECHNIQUE only, not to play games. That allowed me to keep my fundimentals strong and stay in stroke, so that the only adjustment to the move to a 9' was long shots.

If you keep your technique sound, that length adjustment isn't really that big an issue.

I think if you practice specific games however, on a 7', and then try to move to the 9', you may have more of an adjusting problem.

My $0.02
 
It is the ability to adjust to the conditions of any table, 9 footer, barbox, or anything in between that rounds a player's game out.

I see players come into their home pool rooms and go immediately to the same table day after day. Then, you hear them squawk about how they went to this tournament or this league at a different location and couldn't hit the end rail. Go figure!!!!

When I was on the road, I would play on a slow bar box with dead rails in the afternoon and that evening play on a fast 9 footer. You have to make the transition quickly or go broke!

When asked what his greatest ability was, Steve Davis (World Snooker champion) said, "The ability to adjust to the conditions of the table quicker than my opponent."
 
It's always been easier to go down from a 9' table to a 7' table, then to go up.
There is definitley an adjustment to be made. I find it far better to spend time playing on both tables. Not one or the other exclusively.

Playing for weeks on a bar table, will get you out of stroke for big tables, and vice versa. If you occasionally switch back and forth you can stay in stroke on both. Good question by the way.
 
Southpaw said:
If you get a chance, watch the video with Johnny Archer and the Late,Great MIz playing David Matlock on a bar table. They use both the "big" cue ball and the regulation cue ball. Matlock gives some great tips for playing on the bar box and ofcourse the Miz is entertaining as always......ahhhh the Miz, he is truly missed. Its a must see.

Southpaw
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I'd love to see it. Where is it available--Accustats?
 
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