I’d say if you put in the practice 3 yrs would be reasonable. If it takes you 20 then you’re doing something wrongHow much time for you to become APA4 when you begin to work hard ?
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It depends on your aptitude and your work ethic.How much time for you to become APA4 when you begin to work hard ?
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I thought it was a national rule but apparently not as i have read a few posts where men have started as a 3.APA started me as a 4.
I started as a 7-9.... LO discretionI thought it was a national rule but apparently not as i have read a few posts where men have started as a 3.
In our area all men start as a 4 in both 8 and 9 ball and all women start as a 3 in both.
thats the joke, its a VERY OBVIOUS troll job, like you know whoI'm not much into leagues, but isn't a 4 a beginner anyway? I guess it would take 3 or 4 months from the time you first pick up a cue if you played a few hours daily, and I mean really played to get better.
Didn't APA Operator and mikepage straighten that myth out for you already?!If your leagues gene pool is filled with nothing but SL2 players, you could end up being a SL7 by the end of the session. APA handicapping is relative to who you play against, so you could be a horrible player but if your opponents are at least a little more horrible then you can expect to become a SL4 in very short order. Of course the inverse is just as possible, so if your area is populated with nothing but monster sharks then you may never get off the bottom floor.
In my neck of the woods, unless the player is 'known' to be at the level of a SL2 then they would start off as a SL3. There's also an art to staying at a SL2. It ain't easy maintaining that required lvl of play, if you put any effort in to getting better.
If one was to put any effort into attempting to play the game better, I would suspect they should reach SL4 within their first year, or couple of seasons (3 a year).
I wish you would stop saying this, it's about as true as 2+2=5. The APA system is less relative to your competition than any other system I'm familiar with.If your leagues gene pool is filled with nothing but SL2 players, you could end up being a SL7 by the end of the session. APA handicapping is relative to who you play against, so you could be a horrible player but if your opponents are at least a little more horrible then you can expect to become a SL4 in very short order. Of course the inverse is just as possible, so if your area is populated with nothing but monster sharks then you may never get off the bottom floor.
Ok no problem.... Answer me this and convince me otherwise.I wish you would stop saying this, it's about as true as 2+2=5. The APA system is less relative to your competition than any other system I'm familiar with.
Nah, I'm on the same page as Mr. Page.Didn't APA Operator and mikepage straighten that myth out for you already?!
Just busting chops, man. I feel like you're right, but they sure seem to believe otherwise.
Yes this is a good application of a distribution. You went from uniform to normal. Group think also might be a problem of they all chase the same development goals. Its just moving the standard average up however no one else would consider it progress.Ok no problem.... Answer me this and convince me otherwise.
If I have a 100 players that would be SL2's anywhere else USofA, and segregate them into their own league. Zero exposure to the world outside their pond. Would that group's SLs not divide into the range of 2 thru 7...? Within that group of 2's some will be weak (remain 2, 3), some will be better then that (>2's = 4~5), and there will be a portion that will be better than the last group (>4/5 = 6~7).
We both know that's true. That's how math works. Other than intervention by some outside higher authority that would for some reason mandate they all remain as SL2's, the group will spread based on win/lose against each other.
Who was instructing that 16-year-old phenom? Pretty incredible story. I know people debate the talent issue in pool, but I've heard of similar meteoric rises that completely defy normal expectations and timelines for reaching certain skill levels.It depends on your aptitude and your work ethic.
A player who lived in this area for a while started to play pool when he was 16. Within six months he had run 7 racks in a row (100 points of straight pool) without a miss. That would put him at APA 10, if there was a 10.
On the other hand, you can look around at a lot of teams and there are 3s who will probably never make it to 4 and have been playing for 20 years.
I would say that I was at APA 4 level in less than a year after I started to play. I think that's a reasonable goal for anyone who is willing to put in the time and has some aptitude for the game. I think you will also need to get some decent instruction.