Room size for a 9 ft Brunswick Goldcrown

[Dubois]

First of all I would like to thank all of you for your answers. It's really great to have so much feedback on my "problem".

Before I've build my new room, I had a 7 ft pooltable in my 12,5 x 19 ft garage.
Playing on this table was sometimes very frustrating because the lack of available space on the sides. So I used the very short cue (47") very often.

Today I've made a construction of wood matching the exact dimensions of a 9 footer and placed it in the center of my room.
Using my 58" cue, I've come up a little short for good comfortable play when the cue ball is frozen to the rail lengtwise. Still, I have some space left for stroking and it's only a matter of beiing aware of the wall behind me.

Playing with my 55" cue is much better and I think using this cue only for those shots frozen to the rails would not get me frustrated.

 

[Island Drive]

Hello,

I'm a new member on this forum, living in Belgium and i've found this magnificant poolforum via google.
I have a question regarding my new home pool room.

Having an available room size 16,4 x 18,5 ft, with no obstructions, i read that this normaly should be no problem with an 58 " cue but i'm not quite sure....

I also read a lot on this forum about this issue but now i'm planning to buy a table myself i want to make sure i'm making no mistakes to buy the 9 ft Goldcrown.

So, please let me know if i should go fot the 9 ft or better surch for a smaller table.

When my pool room project is complete, i will post some pictures.

Take the outside dimensions of the top rail from side to side plus 58'' twice to get your totals, do the same with your end to end measurements. If you want to make sure, get a large piece of cardboard, go to a room with Gold Crowns and have a friend hold it behind you to get the feel from either direction to know if your cramped. Some players stances require more room than others.

 

[Derek]

Personally, I would prefer to cheat the other way if I had to, leaving more room at the foot end. In my experience that's where I'm more likely to need it. For one thing, all the balls are down at that end to begin each rack.

Good point. I just had breaking on my mind but there is no reason to be breaking from off of the head rail.

 

[Dubois]

Well, after playing for some weeks now I can tell the space I have availible is more than enough.

When the ball is frozen to the rails you really don't need much backswing.
I can play with my 58" cue and never have to change to a shorter cue, so just perfect!

I'm very satisfied with my choise for a 9-footer above a smaller table.
For those who might be interested, a nice pic of my room.

 

[TX Poolnut]

Your figures are pretty much right, only 3" from the playing surface to stroke. The thing is, unless you are playing a tournament it will be fine. Only with the cue ball frozen to the rail and shooting straight away would it come into play and with the cue slightly elevated as it usually is you actually have about 5". I think the value of having a 9 footer over a smaller table is too great to let such a little and rare inconvenience stop you. I have played in pool rooms where you had to use a shorter cue at times and it hardly came up and when it did made very little difference.

I knew one guy who had the table shifted almost against a wall and just practiced on three sides. You have to do what you can sometimes. having your own table to practice on is big. You go to the pool room to match up or league in dead stroke. I hear the sour grapes all the time by people who don't have a table how they would rather play in the pool room and would get board. Yea, right, there is nothing like having your own 9 foot table at home you can use any time.

I can attest to the fact that having a 9' table at home is awesome. From the table time I have saved by having a table at home, it has EASILY paid for itself.