Table size. I play all games from 12ft tables to sometimes to 7ft pool.
BC21 is kinda right but there is aspects that his thinking is not taking to account.
Table size on big table (12ft) our brain have less guidance. Because there is more dead space between rails. Our brain uses rails compared to balls judge shots. Not always but often when there is more cut than almost straight in..
On 7ft tables it is way easier to judge things right than bigger tables.
Also it is easier to get right position on 7ft tables because you need move cueball less distance. All around playing in 7ft tables is way easier than 9ft.
Everything adds up. Little more shorter distance on pocketing, little more easy to get cueball right. 7ft pool table also pockets have more % from total rail length of table and it is a lot more. It adds up to close to rail shots more and more.
There is definitely a difference in shot perception between a small table and a big table. It's not too much between 7 and 9 foot tables, but definitely between 7ft and 12ft tables.
That's why in an earlier post I wrote that a shot might "LOOK" different on different size tables, but if the cb-ob distance and the ob to pocket distance is the same (and of course have equal pocket size and depth), then the shot is actually the same on any size table it fits.
Position play is what makes the 7ft table easier to play. Too many players think it's mainly because of easier/closer shots, but when you really start paying attention, you see that it's poor position play that ruins a runout on the big table.
For instance, if the ob is 2ft from the pocket, but you leave the cb 7ft away from the ob, you make the shot a lot harder than it should be. Leaving the cb with 2 to 4 feet away makes it an easy shot, exactly the type of shot that you would nail on a 7ft table. Playing more Mosconi style (getting the cb closer to the ob, within a couple of feet if you can), really brings shots into more manageable territory, like playing barbox shots on a big table.
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