the diamond tables got me again

9' Diamonds with their standard pro cut pockets are very challenging.

You better have excellent aim, stroke and speed control to run out in 10-ball, even occassionally.
 
I practice on a 9' Diamond with "pro-cut" 4" pockets. No better table to practice on in my opinion. I play for about 4 hours, then go down to a local watering-hole and clean house. Going straight from that table to a bar box Valley with bucket-sized pockets is almost cheating. I'll tell you what though, if you're not used to a Diamond, it might demoralize you and may make you rethink your choice in hobbies.
 
chevybob20 said:
The speed off the rail is very fast. The angle that you would normaly play on a position is too large when planning on coming off the rail on the next shot. This leads to having to dink balls around the table to prevent over rolling positions.
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Knowing how to "kill" the ball off the rail with reverse English is a very useful thing to know.
 
My biggest problem is my aim has been off lately and those diamonds really emphasize it! Wish I could figure out what the hell im doing wrong. Im usually a really good ball maker, but lately, ugh, Im scared to shoot ducks cause I think i'm gonna miss! almost ready to give that cte a shot. lol
 
My take

No question about it: Diamond plus Simonis means tough table. That's why the U.S. Open grooms its golf courses to the maximum difficulty. Nothing wrong with testing the player's ability to shoot accurate shots.
 
A real player can adjust in a reasonable amount of time, and more and more pool halls and tournaments will be getting these so play on them when you can. when you learn the tables you can work your stroke all you want.
 
Diamond Tables

Since I posted the first time I asked some folks what they thought and I think a large part of the problem is the way the tables have been altered.
Theres nothing better than a Gold Crown that plays right and theres nothing worse than one that doesn't. I guess I'll just have to put a couple thousand hours in learning how to play on the Diamonds. I do like that they are tough and require good angles and speed . As a real kick in the pants I played on a couple of 7 foot Diamond Pros in a tournament tonight and dogged around the first match but then I caught my gear and played great a couple of sets I was amazed at how well you can control the cueball for it being a bar table. I guess old and crabby is the answer.
 
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