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Right after I turned 20. I'm 22 now. I had picked up a cue before that as a kid but not seriously.
I started playing so long ago that the balls were square. We just kept hitting them until eventually they turned round on their own.
Seriously i started playing full time in 1961. I was 14
And by seriously I mean it was always in a pool room. Quite an education all around for a 14 year old.
Seriously i started playing full time in 1961. I was 14
And by seriously I mean it was always in a pool room. Quite an education all around for a 14 year old.
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Perhaps that is why my Dad bought the table for our garage, to keep me playing at home while I finished school.
first played around age 13 at a friend's house who had a table,
but didn't play seriously until I got a home table, around age 50
my dad was a fantastic player, probably an A-player, who used to hustle to make ends meet in the 60's.......but since my parents divorced early, didn't get much playing time in with my dad..........
according to mom, she divorced dad cause he never had a steady job......
Please don't blame anyone.
Society & it's dictates are sometimes the issue. In a different time & place matters would probably have been different.
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Rick
Kobachi
Scarred but Smarter
Around 13 years old. Our church had a teen center with a table. We would show up with stacks of baseball cards. Nobody had money so it would go something like this (early years woofing):
"I'll put up a George Brett rookie to your Cal Ripken rookie"
"You're crazy! Your Ripken and a Pete Rose third year!"
"Rack 'em"
Damn we were young degenerates.
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"I'll put up a George Brett rookie to your Cal Ripken rookie"
"You're crazy! Your Ripken and a Pete Rose third year!"
"Rack 'em"
Damn we were young degenerates.
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My family first got a pool table when I was 8. Enjoyed playing with my dad. Can't say it playing seriously, but I played as much as I could. Tought myself how to bridge and such. Still remember when I first hit a "stop shot". I remember realizing all of a sudden, "Wait, you mean I can control how the cue ball moves?!?!?!" Was always the best player through high school. Was shocked when I got to college and realized there were a number of players even better than me. College years is when I really started playing "serious" pool.
I stared late at 13 yrs. old... but... it was my Dad that introduced me to the game & I will always remember those times with Him.
How about you guys?
Look at the kids middle finger (in red). It wraps around that shaft...
'Double jointed' or ligament damage. Or... just very young & flexible...
Something I'm too old to even remember.
A year and a half ago, at the age of 47. Some friends had a cookout and I showed interest in their pool table. Soon after I got recruited onto their league team.
We had a pool table at our frat house, so it lasted about 4 months. And I was a mean stick carom player on the playground when we were in elementary school.
So happy to have found this game. But I do wonder now what mighta been if it had been earlier in life.
We had a pool table at our frat house, so it lasted about 4 months. And I was a mean stick carom player on the playground when we were in elementary school.
So happy to have found this game. But I do wonder now what mighta been if it had been earlier in life.
You're a young man. Keep at it.