Agreed. But, then again, increasingly unknown acts of etiquette / manners are not limited to pool chalk these days.
Etiquette Question: Chalking at end of inning
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Agreed. But, then again, increasingly unknown acts of etiquette / manners are not limited to pool chalk these days.
Years ago, when I first started playing I watched a pool video where the guy (whose name I don't remember) talked about pool etiquette. He said that you never chalk after you shoot because "what makes you think you'll shoot again?" I was just a beginner at the time but took that to heart.
I do think it's a bit of a shark move but an easy one to ignore. Bringing your own chalk is good advice. I always bring fresh chalk but just put it on the table and remove any old pieces (which I won't use and just don't want in the way) unless one belongs to my opponent. If someone takes the chalk with them to their chair, I just nicely ask for it. Some do it absentmindedly I believe... and they have always handed it right over, sometimes apologizing.
I've learned the best thing is to ignore these little, minor annoyances... every opponent has there quirks but your focus should be on the table.
My biggest chalk pet peeve is when people leave the chalk face down on the rail, thus the rails get chalk on them and when you lean over you get chalk on your cloths... so sometimes I say (nicely), you must get tired of having so much chalk on your cloths... and they usually agree, then nicely I show them why
... they usually were clueless and are grateful for the tip.
Life is short, chalk is cheap... enjoy the game!
I do think it's a bit of a shark move but an easy one to ignore. Bringing your own chalk is good advice. I always bring fresh chalk but just put it on the table and remove any old pieces (which I won't use and just don't want in the way) unless one belongs to my opponent. If someone takes the chalk with them to their chair, I just nicely ask for it. Some do it absentmindedly I believe... and they have always handed it right over, sometimes apologizing.
I've learned the best thing is to ignore these little, minor annoyances... every opponent has there quirks but your focus should be on the table.
My biggest chalk pet peeve is when people leave the chalk face down on the rail, thus the rails get chalk on them and when you lean over you get chalk on your cloths... so sometimes I say (nicely), you must get tired of having so much chalk on your cloths... and they usually agree, then nicely I show them why
... they usually were clueless and are grateful for the tip.Life is short, chalk is cheap... enjoy the game!
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I always have 3 or 4 pieces of chalk on a table. Am I missing something? Why only one piece? Then again, I always keep some Russian Magic Chalk in my case!
This right here. A lot of people do a lot of shit before leaving the table. Chalk their cue, shake their head in disgust, get down and "stroke" the shot they just missed again, etc.
Wait until they leave; it gives you a chance to think a little more, keeps you from rushing an easy shot, and protects you from stupid shark moves.
When I am playing , it's usually One Pocket.
I shoot until I miss , and if we are on a table with a ball return , I go to it and start taking my balls that I made and putting them on my side of whatever we are using to hold them.
I feel I am still in my inning until I finish the score part and my opponent should be back from the table.
What usually happens is that as soon as I miss, my opponent comes out of the chair like someone ran a 1x2 pine board up their butt and either elbows, or hip checks me out of the way and starts windmilling their cue.
This usually ends up with an argument after they finish shooting of who made what balls in which pockets and rather than end up in a fight every match, I usually lose at least 1 ball.
I still manage to beat most of them but I just think how much less energy wasted and stress reduced could be accomplished if they just had a little common sense and manners.
Also, I am an old crippled guy with a prostate the size of a softball.
I may not have to go for 30 minutes , but when that thing shifts , I have got to go right then.
I try to explain that to potential opponents, and it's no problem, until I have to go 3 times in 10 minutes at some point and they think it's a shark move.
Anyway, I guess what I am saying is , I have enough distractions, problems, idiosynchrosies to even think about the chalk.
Well, up until now anyway.
I shoot until I miss , and if we are on a table with a ball return , I go to it and start taking my balls that I made and putting them on my side of whatever we are using to hold them.
I feel I am still in my inning until I finish the score part and my opponent should be back from the table.
What usually happens is that as soon as I miss, my opponent comes out of the chair like someone ran a 1x2 pine board up their butt and either elbows, or hip checks me out of the way and starts windmilling their cue.
This usually ends up with an argument after they finish shooting of who made what balls in which pockets and rather than end up in a fight every match, I usually lose at least 1 ball.
I still manage to beat most of them but I just think how much less energy wasted and stress reduced could be accomplished if they just had a little common sense and manners.
Also, I am an old crippled guy with a prostate the size of a softball.
I may not have to go for 30 minutes , but when that thing shifts , I have got to go right then.
I try to explain that to potential opponents, and it's no problem, until I have to go 3 times in 10 minutes at some point and they think it's a shark move.
Anyway, I guess what I am saying is , I have enough distractions, problems, idiosynchrosies to even think about the chalk.
Well, up until now anyway.
Don't leave your chair 'till he sits down........some will say it's his table 'till he leaves. True or not...you will notice the pros wait for the guy to move toward his seat.
after reading this thread I've decided the next time I miss a shot I'm SPRINTING to the nearest seat and planting myself there! Nah, that'll somehow be construed as a shark too....
sharking is the only reason some players ever win
There is the furrin fellow, named effn or something like that, been putting the danged chalk on the table upside down for fifty years or pretty close. I'm pretty sure nobody would have ever even heard of him if he didn't turn the chalk upside down and shark everybody. I can't count how many games he has won using that dastardly trick!
While nobody is 100% sharkproof 100% of the time, people that are easily sharked need to address that part of their game. There are always going to be distractions in a public place. When I'm really hungry the counterperson walking by with a hot pizza makes my stomach growl loud enough to disturb people three tables over!
Hu
after reading this thread I've decided the next time I miss a shot I'm SPRINTING to the nearest seat and planting myself there! Nah, that'll somehow be construed as a shark too....
There is the furrin fellow, named effn or something like that, been putting the danged chalk on the table upside down for fifty years or pretty close. I'm pretty sure nobody would have ever even heard of him if he didn't turn the chalk upside down and shark everybody. I can't count how many games he has won using that dastardly trick!
While nobody is 100% sharkproof 100% of the time, people that are easily sharked need to address that part of their game. There are always going to be distractions in a public place. When I'm really hungry the counterperson walking by with a hot pizza makes my stomach growl loud enough to disturb people three tables over!
Hu
That reminds me.... I need to get back there and let you take me to some more of those NOLA eateries. This time I am buying
come on down!
As you know whatever else happens good food and a good time is always to be found!
I need to get to Colorado and Utah to visit a bunch of people but it doesn't seem to be happening. They closed down my favorite steak restaurant this side of anywhere that was in Raton NM. Hasn't been worth leaving home since then!
Hu
That reminds me.... I need to get back there and let you take me to some more of those NOLA eateries. This time I am buying
As you know whatever else happens good food and a good time is always to be found!
I need to get to Colorado and Utah to visit a bunch of people but it doesn't seem to be happening. They closed down my favorite steak restaurant this side of anywhere that was in Raton NM. Hasn't been worth leaving home since then!
Hu
As you know whatever else happens good food and a good time is always to be found!
I need to get to Colorado and Utah to visit a bunch of people but it doesn't seem to be happening. They closed down my favorite steak restaurant this side of anywhere that was in Raton NM. Hasn't been worth leaving home since then!
Hu
I had no idea you knew about Raton. I spent allot of time there building and shooting rifles and chasing my now wife. This was in the early eighties, I was going to school in Trinidad due north of Rat NM. Don't worry about getting up here I will get down there soon and our paths will cross again...I have the traveling Jones.
And Heaven help anyone who ignores this advice and plays Raye.
One humble suggestion book - if you have balls to retrieve, simply lay your cue on
the table till you're done. Your typical hyperactive youngster may come charging to the
table anyway - but after a dozen or so times he will prolly understand he a'int shooting
till you leave.
Dale
Thanks for asking. I'd heard several times that it was bad etiquette to chalk after you miss (which is during the other guy's inning). But I still wasn't sure and reading through this thread has confirmed it for me. I acknowledge that there are some who disagree, but the majority and most of those I respect here agree that it is bad form.
boy am i glad someone else started this.
This has been a huge issue for me, so much that it affects my game even though i carry my own chalk on a holder. I find it disgusting and distaste full, when you turn is up leave the table and go sit down. This is seen in Pro games also, including the Open and I always have to ask "can't they provide more chalk".
The other thing that bothers me "A LOT" are people who play a shot (be it a safe or miss) and stay at the table or walk around to see if you can see the ball, WHY? WHY are "you" looking at what i have? the only time this is okay in my book is if you are checking if the ball is frozen to the rail or a ball but other than that it is my shot that would dictate if i could of seen the ball or not.
arrrgh, there goes my morning.
This has been a huge issue for me, so much that it affects my game even though i carry my own chalk on a holder. I find it disgusting and distaste full, when you turn is up leave the table and go sit down. This is seen in Pro games also, including the Open and I always have to ask "can't they provide more chalk".
The other thing that bothers me "A LOT" are people who play a shot (be it a safe or miss) and stay at the table or walk around to see if you can see the ball, WHY? WHY are "you" looking at what i have? the only time this is okay in my book is if you are checking if the ball is frozen to the rail or a ball but other than that it is my shot that would dictate if i could of seen the ball or not.
arrrgh, there goes my morning.
after reading this thread I've decided the next time I miss a shot I'm SPRINTING to the nearest seat and planting myself there! Nah, that'll somehow be construed as a shark too....
Funny, my choice decision after reading this thread is going to be carefully and methodically chalking with each and every piece of chalk on the table before I sit down just because I have learned that my turn aint over till I sit down.:rotflmao1:
I go out of my way to be courteous to my competitor during a match unlike the guy I played last weekend who lost to me 4-1 playing 8 ball. When I went to shake this guys hand he told me"you are the luckiest effer I have seen in my life, I will play you $100 a game any day of the week". I told him I would be interested in short races for $100 a set, he said he would play, I have yet to see if he will accept the offer in the next week or 2.
It's not just about having your own piece of chalk, it's people who linger at the table after their turn for no relevant reason. But not all of them are sharks, I know two guys one from a long time ago and another that I currently play king of the hill with a few other guys from time to time. These guys don't stay at the table (too high strung to keep still) and chalk but you bet before the set is over every piece of chalk will be by their seat, because they leave the table with the chalk each time.