You might know more about 1 pocket than I do (almost everybody does), but this sounds like a major oversimplification to me. Some BIG differences between 1 pocket and other games:
- you must play safe or two-way on virtually every shot
- you must control the speed of both the cue ball and object ball on virtually every shot
- you must accurately estimate the movement of more than two balls on many shots
- the object of many shots is just to get an object ball on your side of the table and the cue ball safe
- the game is often won or lost on the difference of an inch or two in a ball's position after your shot
- multi-rail banks and kicks are common
There's more.
If you have the basic fundamentals of pocket billiards it is easy to transition to becoming a One Pocket player. [...] The basic difference between One Pocket and other forms of Pocket Billiards is the strategy and learning the shots
Patrick when I say that you must have the basic fundamentals of Pocket Billiards, I am saying that you must at least be a B-player.
I will break down as follows:
:Basic Fundimentals
1. you must play safe or two-way on virtually every shot.
2. you must control the speed of both the cue ball and object ball on virtually every shot.
3. you must accurately estimate the movement of more than two balls on many shots
Strategy:
1. the object of many shots is just to get an object ball on your side of the table and the cue ball safe
Learning the shots:
1. multi-rail banks and kicks are common, along with thin long cut shots.
2. the game is often won or lost on the difference of an inch or two in a ball's position after your shot
Everything above can be learned by some one who is perceptive and willing to watch good players play.
Just my opinion.
