Playing the ghost... skill rating?

nineballsafety8 said:
Good evening all,
So I was just curious if anyone has made the correlation to playing the ghost and a players speed...?

Say a race to 7, as that seems like the most common race. Taking ball in hand after the break (regardless of ball made on break or not)

In the above race to 7... how well would an A, B, C, and, D level player do?

And just for arguments sake, lets assume that whatever player is playing plays 5 sets and the scores are averaged (to take out the luck factor)


Curious as to what you all think the scores would be for each skillset.

And also... where does the threashold of "pro" lay... is A, A+?

And what is a shortstop?

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Quite a few threads like this out there. There is a pretty common old ranking method I always use, seems to fit.

In a 9 ball rack a D would make 1-3 balls before messing up.
A C 3-4 balls
B 5-7
A 8-9

Maybe be a ball off here and there but that's a pretty good average.
I took a video of myself playing 3 or 4 racks of 9 ball, I made a one mistake in every one of those racks, usually just missing the ball by a little bit, and I view my game as a B+.
 
dr_dave said:
Have you tried the BU Exams yet? If and when you do, please post your results (and videos if available) on the AZB BU thread. I think the pressure involved with posting scores and video publicly is good practice for other pressure situations.

Good luck,
Dave
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dave is there a handout(pdf) that has all the setups for the BU test??
that you could pm me or provide a link??
or do i have to go thru the video explanations??
thanks in advance
 
bbb said:
dave is there a handout(pdf) that has all the setups for the BU test??
that you could pm me or provide a link??
or do i have to go thru the video explanations??
thanks in advance
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All of the handouts (PDF files) you need are available on the BU Exams page. Although, it is good to watch the intro videos first.

Good luck,
Dave
 
I was in the same boat.

nineballsafety8 said:
Dr. Dave,
Thanks for the info, I have actually already done several of the tests that you mentioned. I am aware of my skill, and I feel that while the tests are quite useful, it doesn't seem to make much sense to me.

According to Fargo, APA 8-ball, APA 9-ball (as I have yet to do the full BU score), I would sit in the A-/A category...

However, It seems that any time that I play competively, I can't seem to finish well. Maybe I have performance anxiety? LOL

I know that if I am practing, running drills, etc... I am calm collected, and play what I consider to be very good pool... but put me in a tournament settings and my confidence plummets and my consistency goes out the window.

I feel like an A- player that performs at a B-/C+ level under pressure...

any advice?

By the way... this is only under tournament conditions, if I am gambling I don't have issues with nervs, as I know that if I lose a set, and I can still battle back to win.
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I was in the same boat and this is what u figured out. It's not so much the pressures as it is doing different things. It's like when a nine ballerPlays one hole and misses shots he would never miss.

It's all about focus. Maintaining focus but even more important, what you are focusing on. You have to figure out what to focus on when and recognize when you are failing to do so under pressure and learn how to correct it. Over time you will be able to focus on the right things regardless of what you are doing.

Jaden
 
I found the writings of Bob Henning and Tom Simpson to help me a lot with the mental aspect of the game and felt they brought my level of competition up in both gambling (always cheap) and tournaments. That's nothing against the other sources recommended here, I'm just not as familiar with them.
 
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