Naming the pockets
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if your opponents' making you call the money ball, i dont think youre in too much trouble
I have a friend I play with that always uses Golf designations to call pockets. I have kind of taken to it occasionally without even realizing it. Golf pockets are 1-6, shooting back to the one hole first.
Great idea, Dunn. If you were playing One Pocket you would only have to name two of them. One could be 'Sally' (in memoriam), and the other Mary Jane.
"Which pocket is yours?".
"I've got Mary Jane. You have Sally."
It would certainly give new meaning to the term "ball banger". :smile:
"Which pocket is yours?".
"I've got Mary Jane. You have Sally."
It would certainly give new meaning to the term "ball banger". :smile:
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Ummmmm
Tramp,
Which ones ? just the favorites? B-4 my ex lassooed me, I got around.
not a "womanizer" mind you more like a Ladiesman. I was King of the short-term relationship. Now I'm just an over-the-hill feminine admirer !
I don't play1-pocket, but if I did I'd name her Christine.
Then there was Beth, Janet, Mary-Lou, Laurie,......................:wink:
Hope I defended my character to the feminine side of AZ :smile:
Tramp,
Which ones ? just the favorites? B-4 my ex lassooed me, I got around.
not a "womanizer" mind you more like a Ladiesman. I was King of the short-term relationship. Now I'm just an over-the-hill feminine admirer !
I don't play1-pocket, but if I did I'd name her Christine.
Then there was Beth, Janet, Mary-Lou, Laurie,......................:wink:
Hope I defended my character to the feminine side of AZ :smile:
Now we know what your username means. :grin:
Lol
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Actually my name means something else, but that is funny! :embarrassed2:
:lol::lol:
Actually my name means something else, but that is funny! :embarrassed2:
As touched on above, when playing Golf the pockets are numbered 1-6. The right pocket in the kitchen is #1, and the numbers go around clockwise. It definitely makes discussing a game easier to envision.
If I get you right, #1 and 2# are in the kitchen and the numbers raise clockwise.
I like that system, but I was just thinking that using a letter or something else would be easier than a number as we use the numbers for the balls.
-Jon Birger
Interesting idea, although 99.9% of the time it seems pretty obvious which pocket someone's referring to when he says "six in the side". If I'm banking I'll always point to the pocket too. But I'm just playing with friends for less-than-lunch money.
If I had to number them I'd vote for 1-6 with one beginning at the lefthand corner of the kitchen and increasing clockwise around the table (six at the righthand corner of the kitchen).
If there were seven pockets we could name them Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey. And of course you know who Snow White is.
If I had to number them I'd vote for 1-6 with one beginning at the lefthand corner of the kitchen and increasing clockwise around the table (six at the righthand corner of the kitchen).
If there were seven pockets we could name them Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey. And of course you know who Snow White is.
Seriously, though, I don't see a compelling need to add just one more complication to an already complicated game. Kind of like the requirement to mark your pocket for the 8 ball in APA, which was picked up in some international tournaments for a while.
Here's hoping Number 51 was that gal drinking the beer.
As seen in the picture, this is how the pockets are designated in golf. In that game, you're always playing your opponent very defensively, so you must know which pocket they're shooting for. The score board shows which pocket they are on (with tallying marks or numbers - writing "upper left corner" or "right side" is too cumbersome), so the pocket numbering system is crucial in order to avoid mistakenly selling out a pocket.
I'm not saying you *have* to use this system when calling your shot in 8-ball (or other games), but if both players know this pocket numbering system, then there's absolutely no confusion, so it's not a horrible idea.
I use this pocket numbering system almost every time I'm describing to someone a shot I had during a match, or when quietly explaining to a friend how I'd shoot a shot in a game that we're watching on the sidelines.
I'm not saying you *have* to use this system when calling your shot in 8-ball (or other games), but if both players know this pocket numbering system, then there's absolutely no confusion, so it's not a horrible idea.
I use this pocket numbering system almost every time I'm describing to someone a shot I had during a match, or when quietly explaining to a friend how I'd shoot a shot in a game that we're watching on the sidelines.
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Here in Germany they call the pockets all relative to standing at the head of the table as you are breaking. So you have head right and head left, foot right and foot left and left and right middle pockets. So even if you are standing at the foot of the table and are shooting to the far left pocket as you are standing, it is still head right. I am of course translating from German as they actually would say Kopf rechts(head right) Kopt links(head left) fuss rechts(foot right) fuss links(foot left) and Links mitte( left middle) and rechts mitte(ride middle)
I normally have a ton of names for the pockets when I rattle a ball...
It is also an ok system, in my opinion not as good as numbers, letters or names, because it depends on where you stand. Still it is pretty much how we do it too, if calling "double" is not enough.
What do you call if you stand close to or above a side pocket heading to the other side pocket and want to sink a ball in one of the side pockets (after one or more rails)? fuß mitte - kopf mitte/ (schwanz - nase)?
-Jon Birger
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My brother and I agreed to number the pockets. It lasted a few weeks, but then we dropped it. It is usually so obvious what the intended shot is, we rarely call an audible. If a ball falls in an unintended pocket, we own up to the mistake and forfeit the inning. We still call banks, kicks and combos.
On the whole, numbering/naming pockets is not a bad idea. For strangers or for money, it might avoid a few arguments.
On the whole, numbering/naming pockets is not a bad idea. For strangers or for money, it might avoid a few arguments.