Straight Pool (14.1) Handicap System?
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There is some information on Bob Jewett's site that has been helpful to me for 14.1 handicapping. Follow this link,
http://www.sfbilliards.com/misc.htm
http://www.sfbilliards.com/misc.htm
The tables don't have any other info with them. You need to also look at the info about the NPL handicapping system (mostly for 9 ball) and an article I wrote on 14.1 handicapping back in 2003:pool said:
http://www.sfbilliards.com/NPL_info.txt
http://www.sfbilliards.com/articles/2003-06.pdf
The hard part, as mentioned, is setting the initial ratings. You need to reserve the right as LO to make adjustments in the first month or so. Also, you might want to adjust the players 5 rating points per match in the first season to even things out faster.
Play to your handicap...
I was a proprietor during the 70’s and I used a simple system where players had to pocket as many balls as their handicap to win a match. It became the standard players used to handicap casual and money matches as well as league and tournament play. Most matches took about an hour or less to finish.
The best players…and we had at least half a dozen…played to 100. If you were matched against a top player…and your handicap was 45…you would have to pocket 45 balls before your opponent pocketed 100. Matches started by scoring the handicap on the wire…so this example match would start with you leading 55-0…and both needing to reach 100 to win.
Another example…if you played your friend…where your handicap was 45…and your friend was a 35…you would begin play with your friend holding a 65-55 lead going to 100.
After a while I didn’t have to do much because the players found their levels over time…and policed each other…you couldn’t escape your level if you played enough…
I really enjoyed watching matches that started out 85-0…
Player handicaps were posted and updated weekly. Cheers…
I was a proprietor during the 70’s and I used a simple system where players had to pocket as many balls as their handicap to win a match. It became the standard players used to handicap casual and money matches as well as league and tournament play. Most matches took about an hour or less to finish.
The best players…and we had at least half a dozen…played to 100. If you were matched against a top player…and your handicap was 45…you would have to pocket 45 balls before your opponent pocketed 100. Matches started by scoring the handicap on the wire…so this example match would start with you leading 55-0…and both needing to reach 100 to win.
Another example…if you played your friend…where your handicap was 45…and your friend was a 35…you would begin play with your friend holding a 65-55 lead going to 100.
After a while I didn’t have to do much because the players found their levels over time…and policed each other…you couldn’t escape your level if you played enough…
I really enjoyed watching matches that started out 85-0…
Player handicaps were posted and updated weekly. Cheers…
Go to my site (link below) to see how I do my League. It seems to work pretty well. You can download the handicap chart.
Mike_Mason said:
We had an in-house league a few years ago and it worked on a similar system. Values were arbitrarily assigned at the beginning, and the adjusted based on match results. I think they were moved up, or down by 5 balls depending on margin of victory. If you opponent needed more than 10 balls to get their number, you moved up by 5 and they moved down 5.