One Pocket Bug, bit me hard

[Pushout]

I was told a long time ago to play some Straight pool or 9 ball just to keep your normal stroke tuned. Playing nothing but One Pocket can weaken your 9 ball game a bit.

 

[dabarbr]

I was told a long time ago to play some Straight pool or 9 ball just to keep your normal stroke tuned. Playing nothing but One Pocket can weaken your 9 ball game a bit.

This is very true. I have always believed that straight pool is the best overall practice game for most but it also has a different rhythm than nine ball.

Nine ball is best to to keep your stroke tuned up because it gives us all the different strokes that pool has to offer.
Nine ball presents us with bigger draw shots, more banks (except one pocket), steeper cuts, longer shape shots and other various things that straight pool and one pocket games do not give us on a regular basis.

A good mixture of these three games is whats needed.

 

[JDB]

You'll just have to look down on me, because i'd rather have a dead rat in my mouth than play one pocket! Sorry guys I just don't see the appeal. It is great for action, but even when I'm winning, I'm bored outta my mind!
One day I was playing this guy $300 a game, I'm up six games, and if you looked at me slumped over in my chair, you would've thought my dog had just died!
Jeremy

I am with you on this one. It is a lot like watching paint dry... much fun!

 

[bamadog]

One pocket is the finest game one can play on a pool table.
For those who play it, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation is possible.

 

[3RAILKICK]

One pocket is the finest game one can play on a pool table.
For those who play it, no explanation is necessary. For those who don't, no explanation is possible.

Deep. Sounds worth a try on that assessment alone.