For the people that have a table at home... how much has it improved your game and do you practice as much or less than you thought? I think by having a table at home to practice on, which I love to do, I have a couple or 3 levels to jump. Have to wait and see if these levels will follow me to tournaments or stay at home.
Home table
- Thread starter Jason Robichaud
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it helped me a whole bunch.. and saved me cash too ..
I cant walk past my table without playing a ball. I put it in my living room. So going from the computer room to the bedroom, computer room to kitchen, bedroom to kitchen, etc. i always have to pass the pool table.
I am such a victim of my own table I have a crappy cue I leave out at all times so i can pick it up and run some balls while passing.
It's helped a lot. I no longer have nightmares about anything.. it's all just dreams of runout patterns.
I am such a victim of my own table I have a crappy cue I leave out at all times so i can pick it up and run some balls while passing.
It's helped a lot. I no longer have nightmares about anything.. it's all just dreams of runout patterns.
I used to play some in high school and college, but had played very infrequently in the 16 years or so since then. When I moved to a house in the burbs with a basement I decided to get one, over my wife's protests of "after a few months you'll never use it." I got my table a year ago, and play almost every day. Smartest move I ever made. I find it incredibly relaxing to practice after a long day of work and putting the kids down. If you're at the stage of life where you're trying to adjust to being stuck at home, young kids, can never go out, etc, a pool table is a great buy.
3 kids at home 8,6,4... so going out to practice wasn't an option. Wife bought me a Alberta Billiards table. Plays good with tight pockets. Didn't know much about table maker and was a little nervous. Looking forward to hours of play.
Had some good wins over Tony Ruberto, Matt Krah without much practice. I just didn't have the next set of gears and nerves for wins over hill/hill lose to Tony Crosby (after being up 8-3) or being tied with Mike Davis at 4-4 and lose 9-4. I was up 5-0 on Joe T at turning stone awhile back and froze, lost 9-5 (sucked a$$). Hoping this will help with the final push or at least a couple games closer.
Just wish I got a table when I was 15 instead of 35!!!
Had some good wins over Tony Ruberto, Matt Krah without much practice. I just didn't have the next set of gears and nerves for wins over hill/hill lose to Tony Crosby (after being up 8-3) or being tied with Mike Davis at 4-4 and lose 9-4. I was up 5-0 on Joe T at turning stone awhile back and froze, lost 9-5 (sucked a$$). Hoping this will help with the final push or at least a couple games closer.
Just wish I got a table when I was 15 instead of 35!!!
I love mine and it has helped I was locked in as a 7 in eightball and nineball in APA from Vegas for 3 years before finishing new house and setting up a Diamond Pro 9 footer.I have been out of work all this year and play most days now but have cut back some lately, it's boring to play the nineball ghost more than two or three hours. My friends say the pockets are to tight and don't come over much, and honestly they are not tight to me anymore. I guess you just learn to play the center of the pocket and forget that there tight after a while. I'm still a seven in nineball on the verge of going to an eight maybe this week, I had 3 break and runs Thursday night and those move you up real quick in APA. I want to be a nine but not on paper because the 23 rule makes it where a nine does not get to play much. Try wrighting down scores playing the ghost nineball for ten games and one point per ball two for nineball and see what you average, max is 100 so 60 is good 70 is real good above 90 is pro level. It gives me desire to focus on each shot but I ain't hit 90 yet.
Have fun--Leonard
Have fun--Leonard
Having a table at home is fantastic. It allowed me to develop my own aiming system which took me from a low to mid C, to an A. I would recommend either shimming the pockets, buying rails that are tighter, and or buying practice pro pocket reducers. Believe me having tight pockets will make you feel better about pocketing balls, and make everything else seem a whole lot eaisier.
Dammit, Hal. I was gonna use the laundry reference!Hal said:
But one thiing has happened re: playing at home- I can do some amazing sheeeat, but nobody is there to see it. So does it matter?
Yes, I Posted The Same Thing 2x. I Like It Here In My World.
I have had a table for about eight months now and play and or practice at least five days a week. I feel that it has improved my game alot. I was a APA four for quite a while and shortly after buying my own table have moved up to a strong five with most of the six and sevens in our league commenting that I should be moving up to a six real soon.
Gary
Gary
Aside from jumping up two skill levels (APA) in one year, the best thing I can attest to with having my own table at home is that I rarely ever watch television anymore. To me, that is a good thing.
Also, the comments about "it makes doing the laundry easier" hits close to home as I am always shooting while in between washer/dryer cycles. And, like another poster stated, I can't help but shoot a few balls whenever I walk by the table. Me being retired, I find myself shooting for an hour here, a few minutes there, another couple of hours here and another few minutes there. If I added it all up, I'm probably shooting pool an average of five hours a day, and that's just at home, not counting league and tournaments.
All in all, I'd have to say that buying a table for home is as wise of an investment as I've ever made. Not one day goes by (that I'm at home anyways) that my table goes without being used. It is the source of great pleasure.
Maniac
Also, the comments about "it makes doing the laundry easier" hits close to home as I am always shooting while in between washer/dryer cycles. And, like another poster stated, I can't help but shoot a few balls whenever I walk by the table. Me being retired, I find myself shooting for an hour here, a few minutes there, another couple of hours here and another few minutes there. If I added it all up, I'm probably shooting pool an average of five hours a day, and that's just at home, not counting league and tournaments.
All in all, I'd have to say that buying a table for home is as wise of an investment as I've ever made. Not one day goes by (that I'm at home anyways) that my table goes without being used. It is the source of great pleasure.
Maniac
I have played the ghost race to 7... haven't done points. I will give a try and post results.
Home Table
I use to have a 9 footer half in the living room and half in the dinning room, loved it. Wife would be watching TV and I would be hitting balls. We moved and now have it in a converted garage (ceiling, carpet etc.) and I don't
use it as much. Too far off the beaten path I guess. Course just knowing it's there is nice. And, I don't think I would want to be without it. I would say a table at home is without a doubt a benefit to ones game.
I use to have a 9 footer half in the living room and half in the dinning room, loved it. Wife would be watching TV and I would be hitting balls. We moved and now have it in a converted garage (ceiling, carpet etc.) and I don't
use it as much. Too far off the beaten path I guess. Course just knowing it's there is nice. And, I don't think I would want to be without it. I would say a table at home is without a doubt a benefit to ones game.
82 my first try or best of 10 won 7-3. Took ball in hand after break 3 times and was hooked on 2 of them so could have been 62 depending on your rules.
I think that having a table at home can help your increase your speed significantly. I know that it has helped me tremendously or it did anyway.Jason Robichaud said:
I have had a table for the last 9 years or so and it helped me a lot when I actually played on it. For the first 6 years or so I played at least an hour a day on it and it helped a lot.
Unfortunately, these days, I don't get to play on it nearly as much because of other commitments (mostly work). However, it is still nice to have to play on when I can.
I highly recommend having a home table if you have the room.
You are playing good and that is the way we play the ghost in North Carolina, ball in hand after the break whether you take it or not is your choice if you can see the lowest number ball. If you took ball in hand every rack you could have shot better, maybe 90's. Keep us informed.
Leonard
Leonard
No Doubt . . .
You will improve if you PRACTICE . . . a table at the house just makes it so much easier . . . work on the shots that give you trouble . . . one's you missed on league night . . . banks . . . and most of all speed - that ultimately improves the most. Once I worked on that my position improved greatly and I'd run a lot more balls in a row.
Hope you find the time and enjoy your new toy!
You will improve if you PRACTICE . . . a table at the house just makes it so much easier . . . work on the shots that give you trouble . . . one's you missed on league night . . . banks . . . and most of all speed - that ultimately improves the most. Once I worked on that my position improved greatly and I'd run a lot more balls in a row.
Hope you find the time and enjoy your new toy!