At the Billiard Den last night a fellow walked in with some information about the Performance Pool Tour he is trying to upstart in Texas that was developed by Tim Miller aka "The Monk".
The basic concept is that you compete against a single player each week, competing for points. Each player that registers is previously given a deck of cards that all have printed shots on each card. Each card is worth a certain amount of points according to the difficulty of the shot. Before the match begins the players pick 5 cards randomly from their deck and they exchange two cards. The scoring is based on your number of attempts, etc. You can qualify for a regional and national tournaments, and theoretically there should be a lot of money involved by the end of it.
I was curious to see if any of you have participated or heard about this concept. I have signed up and am looking forward to it, I think it's really a smart smart concept as it is competitive practice. The Monk developed these shots over a 2 year period with the idea of practice and improvement as the basis for the shot selections. You are really competing against yourself and aren't wasting your time when you compete against a significantly lower level player than yourself.
http://www.monkbilliardacademy.net/pptposterwdollaramnts.html
We have set this up to make our own segment or division at the Billiard Den on Friday nights which makes it convenient for everyone.
Thoughts?
The basic concept is that you compete against a single player each week, competing for points. Each player that registers is previously given a deck of cards that all have printed shots on each card. Each card is worth a certain amount of points according to the difficulty of the shot. Before the match begins the players pick 5 cards randomly from their deck and they exchange two cards. The scoring is based on your number of attempts, etc. You can qualify for a regional and national tournaments, and theoretically there should be a lot of money involved by the end of it.
I was curious to see if any of you have participated or heard about this concept. I have signed up and am looking forward to it, I think it's really a smart smart concept as it is competitive practice. The Monk developed these shots over a 2 year period with the idea of practice and improvement as the basis for the shot selections. You are really competing against yourself and aren't wasting your time when you compete against a significantly lower level player than yourself.
http://www.monkbilliardacademy.net/pptposterwdollaramnts.html
We have set this up to make our own segment or division at the Billiard Den on Friday nights which makes it convenient for everyone.
Thoughts?
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