And talking and playing with their phone. Its a social outing for most and that's cool. I played it a while and got to where i actually hated league nite.
Slow play
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Slow is one of the biggest reasons the mainstream public gets bored to death watching it for the first and last time. Pool will never become more than it is now. New young promoters are needed to speed the game up a lot. You get 30 sec and no more. Anyone that can't figure a shot out in 30 sec needs to play some other game, like chess. Johnnyt
Got that right.........
Utter nonsense.
JC
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I agree. The public will not embrace pool even with a shot clock. Slow players only annoy the hard core pool lovers.
This is why they serve absolutely no purpose and should be rounded up and shipped out on boxcars.
JC
I have very slow player on my team. He will literally stand in one spot staring at the table for 5 minutes. I probably get more frustrated than his opponent. No idea of official rules. I usually can’t take it any longer and say something. It’s just not fair to anyone
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It's pretty common for a rack of bar table 8 ball to take longer than 10 minutes. Sometimes there are bad clusters and the innings go way up. It really has nothing to do with either player playing slowly. It has to do with the circumstances of that particular rack, and both players desire not to sell out.
That said it's just as common for a game of bar table 8 ball to take 3 minutes or less with a wide open layout. That variability in games is one of the things I like about 8 ball bar box.
KMRUNOUT
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Pool players I swear will complain about absolutely any damn thing
Played with a guy who couldn't be bothered to wipe the salt off his beer,
Which it wasn't even on his, was half his and half mine, the same way yet been telling the girl to do it for months
"I just want to hurry up and play pool"
Played with a guy who couldn't be bothered to wipe the salt off his beer,
Which it wasn't even on his, was half his and half mine, the same way yet been telling the girl to do it for months
"I just want to hurry up and play pool"
APA has "time guidelines":
Unfortunately, these are only guidelines and there's no clear distinction between average and special shots.
- Average Shot = 20 seconds
- Special Shooting Situation = 45 seconds (maximum)
Unfortunately, these are only guidelines and there's no clear distinction between average and special shots.
I don't think there is any such thing as "slow play". Slow play is another's excuse for losing.
Surely you have watched pro’s play one pocket. That is often a slow thinking game. Only slightly slower than watching paint dry.
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I never really paid much attention to the effect of slow players much until a few years ago, when I was playing in a 3 man league with 2 slow players. Both are good and would get out most of the time. Played with them for about 2 years.
One of the slow players dropped out and we brought on another regular player and another player to sub on occasion.
I was surprised when the matches took 45 minutes to an hour less time to play when it was me, the new player and the sub shooting.
One of the slow players dropped out and we brought on another regular player and another player to sub on occasion.
I was surprised when the matches took 45 minutes to an hour less time to play when it was me, the new player and the sub shooting.
One of the hazards of tournament play - you cant always know when you are gong to play your next game. In double elimination in particular you can be back to back or can have the longest wait. Both of these can work with you or against you depending on how you are playing in the moment and on the day. Yes, it can be annoying. But thems the rubs.
"What do we want?"
"Longer races"
"What do we want?"
"Faster play"
"What do we want?"
"One Pocket"
"What do we want?"
"9ball, multi ball breaks, run 'em out, winner breaks, see him squirm in his chair"
A shout out to pool lovers:
Granted, the above are not consistently the same voice but please learn to fall back in love with the game.
"Longer races"
"What do we want?"
"Faster play"
"What do we want?"
"One Pocket"
"What do we want?"
"9ball, multi ball breaks, run 'em out, winner breaks, see him squirm in his chair"
A shout out to pool lovers:
Granted, the above are not consistently the same voice but please learn to fall back in love with the game.