Playing fast is so popular to viewers. Is it still possible to play consistent, fast high level pool?

pwd72s said:
Think it was Rodney Morris who said that he thinks fast, so he plays fast...
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I play very fast probably at times too fast, I think 14.1 or one pocket may require extra thought , However rotation tells you what you must shoot next,
So what takes so long ? IMHO
 
IMO.....You can get a good idea of a persons pace of play before ever seeing them hit a ball.....Listen to their pace of speech.....If they have that slow southern drawl....most likely not a very fast paced player.....If they are a fast talker....I would not expect a slow pace of play.
 
Willie Mosconi was known as a fast player for his time. His movements certainly weren't fast, I prefer to think of him as an efficient player. He didn't have a lot of wasted motion or pauses. When you decide your pattern at the start of an inning and you stay inline, why would you want to think before shooting? Stay with the plan and execute.

Your entire inning at the table should seem to be one continuous motion. It can't be if you are overthinking every shot. Usually all you get out of thinking between shots is misses. If not the ball, the pattern. When you break the pattern then you have to decide how to get back on the original pattern or you have to develop a new one. Once again, plan your entire pattern, then execute.

Except for straight pool with all the breaks involved, a run in pool shouldn't require thought during the run.

Hu
 
Dunnn51 said:
From the past,...... Jimmy Reid, Mike Siegel, and a lil slower Johnny Archer. Didn't Kid Delicious play a sporty pace?
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I saw KD play in person once. He was slowwwwww imo, took forever to shoot what looked like hangers. Coulda been a stall tactic idk but he was kinda brutal to watch.
 
I don't remember details, but a while back I watched a video with Chris Melling playing in a speed pool tournament. He walked up to each shot and barely took a practice stroke or two before pocketing every ball. It may have been that each player's times were added up and compared to see who won, but like I say, I can't recall the format.
Agree with the comment about Earl. He doesn't waste time during his runs, and will even complain during his match commentaries about other players taking too long between what he considers to be "easy" shots.
From what I remember Justin Bergman has to be the slowest player I've watched. I could go out and cut the grass, come back in and he would still be walking around the table figuring out his pattern. But he's top 50 in the world and I'm posting here.
 
Soufi is the fastest player I’ve seen, and he also has the McCready side-arm delivery. 779 FR, so he can play a little:

 
garczar said:
Hi-run on a 10ft. is Crane and he was average speed based on the few vid's i've seen.
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Babe told me.back in the 70s that he has many practice runs over 400 on ten foot tables. What's your impression of Crane's high run?
 
Salvas was more of a speed pool player. I didn't really take him seriously as a player. He was a fast player first, good player second. Shaw and Filler are great players first who play fast. Huge difference.
 
Sometimes when I am jawing balls in practice I will either draw back the cue as I am planting the bridge and fire or at most one stroke and fire. Usually firing hard too so half the people in the hall are looking around to see who has lost their mind. Usually straightens out my stroke in a couple racks though.

Hu
 
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