"Friendly" Scotch Doubles
Every Saturday we play a "friendly" game of scotch doubles. Oh, we do play a race to 4 for $20. But we flip coins to determine who are partners. But...I also created a rule that after the losers pay off, they have the OPTION to re-flip for new partners. Sometimes you get the same partner of course. But at least it doesn't force one player to always get stuck playing with the worst player of the bunch. Doing it this way, rarely does anyone get stuck more than around $40-60. Quite a few times both sides are fairly even and the losing team stays partners and they give it another go.
I do agree about not coaching your partner too much. I've found that weaker players especially do much better if you let them shoot the shots and leaves that they are comfortable with, or you might tell them to shoot a certain english on the cue ball that they would never do on their own, causing them to miss horribly. LOL There are also very decent players that have big egos. They simply NEVER want to take advice from anyone else!
One guy left in a fit recently, because he won and refused to even flip for the break in the next set, and we were going to keep the same partners. When he wouldn't flip for the break, I said, okay then I want to flip for new partners. That's when he realized that he was being a jerk. We don't play to win at all costs. Most of us are friends and like to play for a little something to make it interesting. We don't allow a "dream team" of the best two players to dominate the game all night long. :thumbup2:
Every Saturday we play a "friendly" game of scotch doubles. Oh, we do play a race to 4 for $20. But we flip coins to determine who are partners. But...I also created a rule that after the losers pay off, they have the OPTION to re-flip for new partners. Sometimes you get the same partner of course. But at least it doesn't force one player to always get stuck playing with the worst player of the bunch. Doing it this way, rarely does anyone get stuck more than around $40-60. Quite a few times both sides are fairly even and the losing team stays partners and they give it another go.
I do agree about not coaching your partner too much. I've found that weaker players especially do much better if you let them shoot the shots and leaves that they are comfortable with, or you might tell them to shoot a certain english on the cue ball that they would never do on their own, causing them to miss horribly. LOL There are also very decent players that have big egos. They simply NEVER want to take advice from anyone else!
One guy left in a fit recently, because he won and refused to even flip for the break in the next set, and we were going to keep the same partners. When he wouldn't flip for the break, I said, okay then I want to flip for new partners. That's when he realized that he was being a jerk. We don't play to win at all costs. Most of us are friends and like to play for a little something to make it interesting. We don't allow a "dream team" of the best two players to dominate the game all night long. :thumbup2: