I have heard that it is better to practice on a larger 8 or 9 foot table before playing on a barbox. Any thoughts anyone?
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I guess my first question for you would be, what are you practicing?
What I mean by that is if you are practicing shot making, then I would think that the larger tables would help. I very rarely play on bar boxes, but the last time I did it felt like I was playing on a kiddie table.
If you practice is more devoted to position, patterns, shape, etc, then practice on a bar box. Playing 8 ball on a 9 footer is much less congested than a bar box and therefore wouldn't be as much of a help if you plan to practice position etc.
I'm sure there will be better opinions following, but this is just this bangers $.02
What I mean by that is if you are practicing shot making, then I would think that the larger tables would help. I very rarely play on bar boxes, but the last time I did it felt like I was playing on a kiddie table.
If you practice is more devoted to position, patterns, shape, etc, then practice on a bar box. Playing 8 ball on a 9 footer is much less congested than a bar box and therefore wouldn't be as much of a help if you plan to practice position etc.
I'm sure there will be better opinions following, but this is just this bangers $.02
I was literally going to say the same thing, so I'm sorry to say that you are on the same wavelength as I am.
I have heard that it is better to practice on a larger 8 or 9 foot table before playing on a barbox. Any thoughts anyone?
While it sounds logical to think that practicing on a bigger table will make you more accurate on the bar box I have found that to play great on a bar box I do my best if I practice on a... wait for it.... bar box. I own a 9-foot gold crown and if I jump straight from that table to a bar box the angles are messed up abit and it takes abit of adjustment to get used to the smaller table.
My best bar box pool I ever play is in Vegas after a week of playing exclusively on the box.
Now that said practicing on a box and then trying to go to a 9-foot is about 10 times as hard as vice versa. But in the end if you want to get good on a single type of table then actually putting your practice time into that type of table will reap the most rewards.
The only table I ever played on that truly helped my bar box game alot other then an actual box was a 2-shot table with snooker cut pockets and tiny balls like they play on in Australia and England. Those things will make you unable to miss on a bar box, which can be witnessed by many players from Australia who come over to the VNEA and shoot the lights out each year.
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I try to never play on a barbox unless it's a tournament, or I'm actually at a bar.
Gotta agree..It never helped me going from a nine footer to the bar box. It always seemed to screw up my angles and speed control. Lets face it...making balls on a bar box table for a good player isn't the problem. Getting position on a bar box is where the challenge lies and I don't think playing on a nine footer before hand is going to help you with that.
I like going to Tucker's. He's got a couple tables with tight pockets. Won't take 2 object balls at once. Cuts need to hit the heart with pocket speed.
So I'll try to shoot once a week up there on the 9ft with tight pockets. Then going back to the bar box I feel much better about trying to pocket balls on harder shots. First 2 hours or so I'll play as well as I have, often running out if I get a decent shot on the 1 ball. Feels like you can't miss!!!
Then you readjust to the bar box, knowing you can get away with a little here and there and start cheating pockets again and the 9ft sets you straight on your next trip, lol.
So I'll try to shoot once a week up there on the 9ft with tight pockets. Then going back to the bar box I feel much better about trying to pocket balls on harder shots. First 2 hours or so I'll play as well as I have, often running out if I get a decent shot on the 1 ball. Feels like you can't miss!!!
Then you readjust to the bar box, knowing you can get away with a little here and there and start cheating pockets again and the 9ft sets you straight on your next trip, lol.