My league practice rules - Winner sits down!

Billy_Bob

Billy_Bob

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I've been having practice at my house for my league 8-ball team.

I thought I would change the rules a bit...

The winner of each game sits down, the loser of each game remains at the table and breaks for the next round.

Last night, our weakest player remained at the table all night and got the most practice! (Instead of the strongest player holding the table all night and the weakest player sitting and watching most of the time.)

This is a good solution for me. I can feel free to play my best game, win, and still give plenty of table time to the weaker players. (Previously, I was losing on purpose so the weaker players would get more practice and experience with breaking, but I didn't think this was the best thing for me...)
 
Billy_Bob said:
I've been having practice at my house for my league 8-ball team.

I thought I would change the rules a bit...

The winner of each game sits down, the loser of each game remains at the table and breaks for the next round.

Last night, our weakest player remained at the table all night and got the most practice! (Instead of the strongest player holding the table all night and the weakest player sitting and watching most of the time.)

This is a good solution for me. I can feel free to play my best game, win, and still give plenty of table time to the weaker players. (Previously, I was losing on purpose so the weaker players would get more practice and experience with breaking, but I didn't think this was the best thing for me...)
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I wouldn't sound as good if you were the weakest player setting it up so you could play all night. LOL

Vary good gesture. True team spirit.
 
Instead of doing that, why not just switch both players every game. That way, everyone gets an equal amount of table time, you won't hurt the stronger player's games, and the weaker players still get a decent amount of practice.
 
Just another little fillip you can add is that after the 8-ball is sunk, let the opponent try to run his remaining balls for a draw (standard rules for the teenagers in my basement).
 
Update: We had our first league tournament last night. Our "weakest" player won 3 matches out of 5 and had 43 points out of a possible 50. This was his first league tournament and we are all very proud of him. (BCA 8-ball.)

So I guess my experiment of letting the losing player remain at the table works. We are practicing on my table (which has pocket reducers) and our weakest player loses *every* single game when playing the other team members. So he remains at the table all night. I was worried that this might destroy his confidence, but to the contrary, he was all smiles last night and beaming brighter that the sun. (Our team won the match too...)
 
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