Does the prevalence of one-pocket hurt the overall pool game in the US?
- Thread starter SakuJack
- Start date
Ruining Pool
Good Point. You know us Americans we lose a match and we blame everything but ourselves.
Good Point. You know us Americans we lose a match and we blame everything but ourselves.
Of those who practice
Since it hasn't hurt Efren and Pagulayan much as well at this Fajen you mention and Appleton plays it pretty well, it makes me wonder if the problem is that when people gamble for a living at it do they think they need to practice every once in a while? Maybe they just think they hit em so good they don't need to unless there is some money involved?. I'm sure all of the players make balls just fine but position work is subject to touch and if you go around never shooting stroke shots to move the cue ball greater distances whose fault is that? It seems to me a concerned professional would take something like that into account every once in awhile and it shouldn't be much of a problem after all rotation games are a pretty large slice of the Pool Pie.
Since it hasn't hurt Efren and Pagulayan much as well at this Fajen you mention and Appleton plays it pretty well, it makes me wonder if the problem is that when people gamble for a living at it do they think they need to practice every once in a while? Maybe they just think they hit em so good they don't need to unless there is some money involved?. I'm sure all of the players make balls just fine but position work is subject to touch and if you go around never shooting stroke shots to move the cue ball greater distances whose fault is that? It seems to me a concerned professional would take something like that into account every once in awhile and it shouldn't be much of a problem after all rotation games are a pretty large slice of the Pool Pie.
Pathetic Shark
Banned
How would 1 pocket work with a 20 second stop clock? Picking the right shot quickly is a skill, and it would certainly make the game more watchable.
Anyone tried speed 1 pocket?
Anyone tried speed 1 pocket?
I wish,,,,,,, that people that don't play, or understand the game of one pocket, would quit trying to fix it.
Every game of one pocket is different. I have played 15 minute games and I have played games that have lasted one and a half hours. The table lay out and your opponent dictate the speed of the game.
Maybe but
Id play it with a friend for laughs, thats it because it would change the game way too much and wouldnt be the same game at all.
Id play it with a friend for laughs, thats it because it would change the game way too much and wouldnt be the same game at all.
He was jerking your chain. Like any other game in pool you must have an excellent stroke to be successful, and One Pocket is no different.
Ask him again. :smile:
No need to
I dont think theres much need to ask because thats a stage you go through when learning.
I dont think theres much need to ask because thats a stage you go through when learning.
The point being that you are hitting so many very soft shots that your stroke can get short & even pokey if not careful.
He did not say that it WILL as that was not the question I asked. I asked CAN it.
He understood what I meant & there is no need to ask him again. He is not the kind to jerk anyone's chain when it comes to playing the game.
Also like Fran Crimi has said on more than one occasion & I agree with her, that sometimes you need to just let your stroke out & see what you've got & by doing that you can sometimes get a kink out that has crept in.
All the Best for You & Yours.
Agreed Lou. In my book 14.1 is the toughest game. Staying at the table in 14.1 is pressure.
Pathetic Shark
Banned
...which would be the point...
Careful. Most here hate progression.
