In other sports location of scoring matters.
However pool has never adopted a numbering system for the pockets.
Why is having a numbering system for the pockets important? Maybe it could create new and different games.
In Ice Hockey there are five locations to score through and each shot requires a different skill.
However because pool does not number the pockets, they just use side and corner, it confuses people. After learning how 14.1 is played, the rear two pockets are more accessible for pocketing and frequently shot towards, those areas is over represented in the data, people like to poke the back pockets in 14.1 more than any other game.
This interests me for analysis on balls pocketed. I am interested in discussing the most common situations that come up for newbies and leave local hustlers looking like pool gods.
However pool has never adopted a numbering system for the pockets.
Why is having a numbering system for the pockets important? Maybe it could create new and different games.
In Ice Hockey there are five locations to score through and each shot requires a different skill.
However because pool does not number the pockets, they just use side and corner, it confuses people. After learning how 14.1 is played, the rear two pockets are more accessible for pocketing and frequently shot towards, those areas is over represented in the data, people like to poke the back pockets in 14.1 more than any other game.
This interests me for analysis on balls pocketed. I am interested in discussing the most common situations that come up for newbies and leave local hustlers looking like pool gods.
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