I ran my first 8-ball rack at 15-or-16.
I am currently 69.92 YO
But you should consider that from 27-through-56 I did not play pool.
I am currently 69.92 YO
But you should consider that from 27-through-56 I did not play pool.
How long until you ran your first 8 ball rack?
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Don't worry about being able to run out a rack before joining a league, there are many league players that can't. It's not like league is some mysterious exclusive society where players do 4 rail banks and masse every shot in all day long.
I remember that wondered what happened the last time you were headed this way
anyways I been practicing my losing at 1 pkt in a league, so I'll be in full losing stroke whenever your in town again
Maybe as a teenager on an 8 footer with shallow 5” pockets or once on a Valley BB and probably never on a 9 footer if I can recall.
It takes at the very least a cosmo layout for me to run ANY discipline. A break and run is a completely and even more untamable animal.
And I’m 51.99 years old.
It takes at the very least a cosmo layout for me to run ANY discipline. A break and run is a completely and even more untamable animal.
And I’m 51.99 years old.
dirtvictim
Ignore the entitled they haven't earned respect
What year is this?
Is that from Boston? Boston Bowl had a pool area very similar to that. From what I remember it was open 24hrs and players would gravitate there from the other pool halls quite often late at night. I remember Rodney going through the area and playing games there, back in the start of my pool awareness in the early 90s. I even had a bit of an ego boost about my reputation in the area when a few people asked if I would be heading there to play him LOL
WobblyStroke
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How long it takes to get to your first one doesn't matter as much as how long it will take till your next one.
I have a friend who has had a wonderful stroke for a very long time but never really bothered to learn the game. He often didn't think much about a full pattern and even when he did he just preferred to put a stroke on the cue ball and make it dance rather than take a simple boring shot. Guy played for fun through and through. Back in the fall he got the itch to learn to play and started doing some runout puzzles on his phone in his spare time and actually started thinking through racks at the table in his weekly pool outing. About a month into his working on his game (maybe 10 visits to a pool hall with an uptick in his playing frequency), he ran a rack of 9ball on me and remarked: "that's my first ever 9b run", which I absolutely couldn't believe given his cueing ability and years of opportunity to at least fluke a run. He proceeded to run 3 more in that set. So many years of no runs at all in 9b to 4 in under 2hours as part of a severe jump in playing ability due to actually playing the game and not just hitting some fun stroke shots.
Progress in the game happens in pretty big jumps. A common performance curve would look more like a staircase with a series of plateaus and jumps between them rather than a steady climb of incremental increases. Having run a rack is a nice milestone but there is a lot of randomness to when that can happen. Making a jump to a level where you begin to expect and plan for runs is another ball game altogether. Sounds like you're well on your way.
I have a friend who has had a wonderful stroke for a very long time but never really bothered to learn the game. He often didn't think much about a full pattern and even when he did he just preferred to put a stroke on the cue ball and make it dance rather than take a simple boring shot. Guy played for fun through and through. Back in the fall he got the itch to learn to play and started doing some runout puzzles on his phone in his spare time and actually started thinking through racks at the table in his weekly pool outing. About a month into his working on his game (maybe 10 visits to a pool hall with an uptick in his playing frequency), he ran a rack of 9ball on me and remarked: "that's my first ever 9b run", which I absolutely couldn't believe given his cueing ability and years of opportunity to at least fluke a run. He proceeded to run 3 more in that set. So many years of no runs at all in 9b to 4 in under 2hours as part of a severe jump in playing ability due to actually playing the game and not just hitting some fun stroke shots.
Progress in the game happens in pretty big jumps. A common performance curve would look more like a staircase with a series of plateaus and jumps between them rather than a steady climb of incremental increases. Having run a rack is a nice milestone but there is a lot of randomness to when that can happen. Making a jump to a level where you begin to expect and plan for runs is another ball game altogether. Sounds like you're well on your way.
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Ive always thought about positioning even before I started taking it seriously. It's been enjoyable to have a home table that's for sure.
My table pocket rattles with much speed so I'd say learning to play slow has helped, but also lead me to under shoot positioning on the next ball being short. Usually ended up in a risky shot
My table pocket rattles with much speed so I'd say learning to play slow has helped, but also lead me to under shoot positioning on the next ball being short. Usually ended up in a risky shot
If I were to hazard a guess, I'd say on the first day...lol. Keep in mind I had been playing club level snooker for 8yrs before taking up 8 ball league on a barbox for a shot to go to vegas.
I did play money ball on the snooker tables back in the earlier years. Of course you're actually playing full rack rotation and getting paid on the 5, 10 and 15. If you think snooker pockets are tough. You should try them with 2.25" billiard balls...lol
Keep up the hard work, and join a league sooner rather than later. You don't need run out power to enjoy yourself
I did play money ball on the snooker tables back in the earlier years. Of course you're actually playing full rack rotation and getting paid on the 5, 10 and 15. If you think snooker pockets are tough. You should try them with 2.25" billiard balls...lol
Keep up the hard work, and join a league sooner rather than later. You don't need run out power to enjoy yourself
I had a straight in shot the other day. I turned it into a 4 rail bank!
