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We know pool is not that much a physical game and height is not that important, but i always been interested in how much the players are tall.
Unfortunately i never met a player...
How tall is efren reyes? I heard he is like 5-10 or 5-11, i always estimated him at like 5-7 or 5-8.
Corey Deuel? How tall is earl strickland?And tommy kennedy? I heard he is 5-4.
Please only for good height appreciator... I'm only 5-8 and i was estimated almost 5-11 by a guy...
Thank you

Ps sorry for my poor english.
 
Slh...I think Efren is closer to your height! :grin:

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com

Slh said:
We know pool is not that much a physical game and height is not that important, but i always been interested in how much the players are tall.
Unfortunately i never met a player...
How tall is efren reyes? I heard he is like 5-10 or 5-11, i always estimated him at like 5-7 or 5-8.
Corey Deuel? How tall is earl strickland?And tommy kennedy? I heard he is 5-4.
Please only for good height appreciator... I'm only 5-8 and i was estimated almost 5-11 by a guy...
Thank you

Ps sorry for my poor english.
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Scott Lee said:
Slh...I think Efren is closer to your height! :grin:

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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I was just with the Phillipinos, Effren Reys; Jango Bustamente, Ronnie Alcano, Dennis Orcullo and Roberto Gomez at the SEA games. Ronnie Alcano is just over six feet the rest of them are all about 5 Ft. 8 inches or so. I do think height and ability to reach over the table are an advantage but the number of really great shorter players from the Philippines shows its not the most important thing. Rubilen Amit the current womens 10 ball world champion was there and she is about 5 ft 5 inches at best and just a great shotmaker.

Focus on your stroke, forget the opponent.

Here's to great shot making in the new year.

Thaitom
 
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I'm 6'2", and it's often an advantage to be able to stretch a great distance over the table. It's also tough on my right knee and hamstring to play pool for a long time because I'm not flexible at all in general, and I have to bend down much further than a shorter person on each shot, which stretches my right hamstring just a little further than is totally comfortable, and puts pressure on my right knee in a way that doesn't bother me at the beginning of the night, but it gets sore after a long session.

I wish pool tables were a little higher. I'd still be able to stretch just as far to reach a long shot, but I wouldn't have to bend as far to shoot an ordinary shot.

-Andrew
 
thank you, but the point of this treath is not to clarify if height is an advantage or a disadvantage...
 
I was getting ready to play in the Eastern States Nine-ball Championships, in the early eighties. The night before the tournament started, in the room next to mine, they had a contest. Who is the shortest player? Out of thirty-two entrants, they had eight contestants,in the contest. Boston Shorty, finished third. I think, Howie Pearl, won the contest.

Short players have every advantage, in the game, except, their reach.

Believe me!

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The Filipino's are generally at the optimum height for playing pool. I truly believe that the player in the range of 5'-8" tall has a small advantage at the current (standard) table heights. I also believe this plays a small role in their success.

I am 6'-4" and I've been examining my stance & such lately. For sure, my height is a disadvantage (not making an excuse) and results in a a slightly jacked-up cue position, where the 5'-8" player can play level very comfortably. My only resort is to bend with both knees to get down to level (no snooker stances for me).

Sure, I may have an advantage for reaching shots, but a bridge mitigates that pretty quickly.
 
Slh said:
We know pool is not that much a physical game and height is not that important, [...]
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Height is VERY important: if you're on the tall side, try playing with your legs straight and your back bent, then with your knees bent, and see how different your stroke is from one position to the other. That's because your torso isn't at the same angle, your shoulders move, everything moves, and your stroke may changes enough to make you miss precise shots.

As for being physical or not, I don't know, I played from 3pm to 11pm yesterday, and today I feel sore in my legs and my shoulders just like I had worked out too much :)
 
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that as far as short players, Alex Pagulayan, is my hero. He overcomes the difficulties of being short, 5'3" I believe, better than any other short player I have seen or heard about.
 
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