Help with Pool Experiment / part 5 (14.1)

[David Marcus]

Need your help again...part 5

I would like to test a theory with the help of my fellow AZers. My theory is based on the premise that ranking a player as an A,B or C is at the very best subjective depending on where your own playing level is and just as importantly how you "perceive" your own playing level to be.
I would also submit that depending on where in the country or in the world that you play weighs in to your "regional ranking" system. Is an A player in Chicago the same as an A player in the South or vice versa?
Thirdly the question is whether you can accurately judge a players level simply by watching a brief sample of them playing or practicing?
I'll be very curious to hear what each of you think. Please watch the video below and post on this thread the level of player/players you think you are watching. Please try to stick to straight whole letter grades for the sake of this exercise.

In this particular instance I'm also hoping for some constructive critique of position/pattern play as it applies to Straight Pool.

Thanks in advance for your assistance in this experiment.

http://youtu.be/ZheRls4dBjc

 

[qbilder]

Look like C level to me. They can each make a few balls & have a fair idea of how to move from one shot to the next, but lack the expertise & finesse to execute. They also both seem to have trouble making decisions, or recognizing which pattern to go after. They are thinking three balls ahead, not patterning the entire rack. Either guy can pocket balls fairly enough and could run through some racks if their position placement and patterning were more advanced. I say C level. I think a B level player would be running 10-30 balls/inning consistently with an occasional 50 or 75 run, and an A player having no problem with 50-100 ball runs. Above this & you have short stop or pro level players.