Three games for your consideration.

mnorwood

mnorwood

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I know that many purest will not appreciate these videos. However, I am the kind of enthusiast that believes that variety is the spice of life. I also like to present pool and carom in alternative ways to newcomers. Every time I show someone three cushion they become overwhelmed with the complexity of the game. Below are links to three games that would be good to show a beginning player.

Open Cue Ball Three Cushion

Optional Cushion Billiards

Object Ball Carom Billiards
 
I think Open Ball has been done before, I believe it's actually how Hoppe made his high average ever. But always good to have fun with it.
 
optional cue ball

Marcus, Thanks for those great vidios! Hopefully there can be an awakeing of this option so that amature players can learn the game more quickly then the standard method of playing and perhaps some tournaments for amatures in the future can use these methods. I know from my expierence with new players that they seem to become more interested in the game with the optional cue ball rule.-------- According to information provided by the Chicago Billiard Museum in 1941 The Natoinal Billiard Association Of America held the National Tournament with the optional cue ball rule. Four out of eighteen players averaged over 1.00, WIllie hoppe won with a 1.10. In 1942 he won with a 1.251 average. A pocket billiard player , Ralph Greenleaf a worlds champion finished fourth with a 8.80. In 1944 the optional cue ball rule was in place and eight out of ten players finished with an average over 1.00. Welker Cochern won that year with a 1.350 average. Those averages were great considering the equiptment they used back in the day. For more detailed information on this rule go to the Chicago Billiard Museum website.------By no means am I suggesting that the USBA change their rules for professional tournaments but maybe in some way this rule for amature tournaments just might pave the way for future growth. How about a handicap system that 3.00 to 4.00 players get one miss 2.00 to 3.00 players get two misses under 2.00 get three misses. Maybe something like that?
"shoot straight with angles"! Dan Bennicas
 
What about straight rail, balk-line, and cushion caroms?

These are the games that new players play (and experienced players still play) in Europe.

I have found that straight-rail is challenging enough for most players to master, and it is still a rarity to see someone establish and maintain a high-run nursing pattern...doubly so on the super-fast Simonis 300 cloth used on most carom tables.

Actually for balk-line and straight-rail, I wonder if Simonis 760 may be a bit fast...

Anyway, I agree with you about starting a new player out in 3-cusion is a pretty bad way to grow the game. The real hope is to get young players into the simpler carom games...
 
Yep, in Europe to begin to learn carom, straight rail is the norm, the basis.
Many european "old bones" consider than you have to reach a general average of 7-10 on 150 points prior to move definitively to the 3 cushion discipline, because you have more chances to progress, to reach the 0.7 average( Personnally, I tend to agree to this tradition : it s'easy to reach 0.500... But to reach >0.800 on 35 points is sooooo hard....)
Now in France, for the beginners the federation tries to introduce the 4 ball game ..
May be it's'a good idea, 'cause straight rail is much harder for absolute beginners...
I would love to travel to korea to see how they do do have so many players over 1.0 general average on 3 cushion. Any idea/infos about how they introduce the players "properly" to 3 cushion ?
 
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