How late of an age can you start pool and ascend to short-stop or pro level?
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Name the players who have started playing at 40 and over who have played at a pro level? Let me make it a little easier for you, name anyone that started playing at age 30 or over that became a pro level player?
I think Wayne Pullen was in his 40's when he started, he won the USPPA Reno Open Handicapped event and is a formidable 1 pocket and rotation player now.
If you have the coordination and brains, you can do it. Along with some great instruction and/or observational skills.
You need a table at your house away from all the distractions of most pool halls... to really master the game, which is what you need to do.
If you have the coordination and brains, you can do it. Along with some great instruction and/or observational skills.
You need a table at your house away from all the distractions of most pool halls... to really master the game, which is what you need to do.
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just an update.. I still practice daily although the routine is exponentially more difficult than it was then..
In January of this year I ran 70 balls playing 14.1
and 2 weeks ago I had my first legitimate 6 pack playing 9 ball..
I'll be 43 in November. If I keep this pace I'll be as good as anybody by the time I'm 45
But he started playing in his teens or earlier. That's quite a bit different than starting in your 30's and becoming a pro.
If that is true, its an amazing feat. Wayne is a great player.
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I think you stated this same thing a few years back and Jay corrected you. Why do you repeat this same disinformation? Steve started at a very young age.
Is there any proof of his age when he started playing? Does he or has he ever played at a pro level? Why don't we ever hear of all these pro's that start playing at a later age? I guess you also believe everyone can play at the same level if they practice the same?
So, ummmm, you're saying he was a nobody before then.
The miz was running a 100 from a coke crate there are pictures from newspapers detailing his early age prowess running 100 at age nine makes him a beast. Even when he was teaching not many people wanted to tangle with miz.
here is a tidbit from the NY times
Many years later, the pool-world figure Cue-Ball Kelly, still officiating at matches at the age of 90, remembered that when Mizerak was 5 he would practice one shot for hours at a time and that “he was playin’ exhibitions when he was 6.”
Mizerak turned pro at 13, and by time he was attending St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa * a pudgy young man with a blond crew cut, going about 6 feet 1 inch and 225 pounds * he had beaten some of the country’s most prominent pros
here is a tidbit from the NY times
Many years later, the pool-world figure Cue-Ball Kelly, still officiating at matches at the age of 90, remembered that when Mizerak was 5 he would practice one shot for hours at a time and that “he was playin’ exhibitions when he was 6.”
Mizerak turned pro at 13, and by time he was attending St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa * a pudgy young man with a blond crew cut, going about 6 feet 1 inch and 225 pounds * he had beaten some of the country’s most prominent pros