This Really Bothers Me About TV Billiards
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sometimes the audience is made of pple of the street. couple of years ago when the wpba had an even at twin river in rhode island they werent getting enough paying spectators to fill the seats for the tv matches so they had folks out giving away free tickets to the casino patrons. and steve does tell the crowd to show excitement-really how else can you do that if not by clapping? start the wave?
brian
Im with you.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this one. I've seen Steve tell crowds to whoop it up whenever possible, and be especially loud if you want to get on the old teevee.
Next time I'm at an event, I'm totally bringing my rainbow wig and my John 3:14 sign so I can show the world that I'm a WPBA superfan. If anyone has the number for Morgana the Kissing Bandit, PM me. Maybe we can get her to run down to the floor between racks.
First you will need to find some commentators who KNOW WHY!!!
I think the snooker audiences are the sh**!Which is just.... WEAK!
I caught a women's match last week while I was on the tread mill. Straight in 6-ball, a foot from the pocket, and the crowd erupted like she'd jump spun kicked a combo.It was WORSE than a laugh track, and VERY stilted and canned.
You want "better" image of pool, put and "educated audience" together, LET THEM APPLAUD for the shots that impressed them. The great safeties, break outs, kicks etc. Let them gasp at a near scratch or whistle over a monster break, and "ooooh" when someone gets a bad roll, and let the commentators EXPLAIN WHY!!!
He says something very close to that and you interpret that as instructions to softly clap after each shot????
A couple of days ago, I watched an old WPBA match which seemed to me to have more clapping than I had ever seen before. They were clapping for short, simple shots, missed safeties, everything. Then the camera accidentally caught the official standing off to the side with twirling his hand to encourage the applause. Of course, Mitch then reminded the TV audience (for the hundredth time) what a very knowledgeable crowd it was.
On the other hand, I once saw Johnny Archer make a simple shot, the audience applauded, and Johnny turned around and climbed all over them for it. "You people are clapping for everything, Knock it off, why don'cha." Priceless.
On the other hand, I once saw Johnny Archer make a simple shot, the audience applauded, and Johnny turned around and climbed all over them for it. "You people are clapping for everything, Knock it off, why don'cha." Priceless.
Maybe if the shooter would over-react by taking a deep bow with each applause.
Golf clap for the gimme shots and safeties. Full hand clap reserved for game winning shot, spectacular shots. Everyone do the wave when the tv is panning the audience.
We can call this protocol, world players appreciation, or all players appreciation. WPA or APA, your choice.
We can call this protocol, world players appreciation, or all players appreciation. WPA or APA, your choice.
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The guy in the headset has probably never played a game of pool in his life. He's trying to promote pool to people who don't have a clue about how to play and the clapping after sinking a ball sitting in the pocket with ball in hand makes the uneducated audience think the shooter just did something great.
ESPN is better than nothing as far as promoting pool, but just slightly........
James
Actually the best line i've heard from a Pro, was back in 07??? it was a Texas Holdem Billiards event, basically a TV ring game, and Johnny Archer was at the table and missed a ball and the crowd went into thier "fake" cheer, and Archer responds with " funny how they clap and cheer even when you miss "
which is more true than anything...
I mean atleast when I'm watching bowling and someone miss's a spare they dont go buck wild clapping and cheering.....
I get a kick out of when someone makes or misses a shot and the audience isn't sure if they should applaud. You hear like 3 or 4 people half-clapping in the background. Funny to me.
In one of the matches on last week with Jasmin O. and Pan (I think), not only were they clapping on misses but here was even one rack where the audience applauds on a push-out and then applauds again when the incoming player gives it back back to the player that had hit it.