What constitutes a players speed?

[Fatboy]

Whenever I am in the pool hall and I hear people talking about how so and so is really good. The first thing I always think of is.... I know the guy plays pretty good but I don't think I have ever seen him string more than 2 racks before. Ya all around their game is alright but it's nothing that would suggest they are great. This happens all the time where I play pool, I very seldom think ya that player is really good, Is this because I watch a pro match every night when I go to bed and I hold everyone to those standards? I just have a hard time thinking someone is really good unless they are actually REALLY good. Everyone else to me is just ok I guess. Their are like 6-7 really good players where I live though.

So what does it mean when a player is really good?

It relates to just how much meth or speed they can do before they crash. OK bad joke,

It is just a pool term used to describe how good one plays. The word "Speed" dosent really fit or make sence in the purest defination of the word "speed". but since all good pool players had a mis-spent youth, they missed the grammer class. I missed spelling. So we use the word "speed" in our own way. Therefore dont let the word "speed" throw you off, it is synominous with "level" or "Standard of play"; as they say in the UK of snooker players(a more presice description IMO). Hope this helps.

cheers,
Eric

 

[Fatboy]

A D player would think a B player is great

B players are great.......to rob:thumbup:

 

[highkarate]

I would speculate that Efren probably played Dennis for money in the past, probably beat him, and maybe even spotted him, so that gives Efren a little bit of psychological advantage over Dennis. If they played an all around competition with several games, who would you bet on to win??

From what I've heard, when these 2 have matched up in the past few years, Dennis has won. Even playing one-pocket. I'd still probably bet on Efren if they play one-pocket, but any other game goes to Dennis. Too hard to fade a big break like his, even for Efren. Especially when the guy can runout perfect behind it. But as far as "speed" goes, not a lot of guys who could catch up to these 2.

 

[grindz]

Whenever I am in the pool hall and I hear people talking about how so and so is really good. The first thing I always think of is.... I know the guy plays pretty good but I don't think I have ever seen him string more than 2 racks before. Ya all around their game is alright but it's nothing that would suggest they are great. This happens all the time where I play pool, I very seldom think ya that player is really good, Is this because I watch a pro match every night when I go to bed and I hold everyone to those standards? I just have a hard time thinking someone is really good unless they are actually REALLY good. Everyone else to me is just ok I guess. Their are like 6-7 really good players where I live though.

So what does it mean when a player is really good?

I'd say somewhere between the 11 and 12 ball ghost. JMO

td

 

[SlickRick_PCS]

Whenever I am in the pool hall and I hear people talking about how so and so is really good. The first thing I always think of is.... I know the guy plays pretty good but I don't think I have ever seen him string more than 2 racks before. Ya all around their game is alright but it's nothing that would suggest they are great. This happens all the time where I play pool, I very seldom think ya that player is really good, Is this because I watch a pro match every night when I go to bed and I hold everyone to those standards? I just have a hard time thinking someone is really good unless they are actually REALLY good. Everyone else to me is just ok I guess. Their are like 6-7 really good players where I live though.

So what does it mean when a player is really good?

Fargo, the game

 

[backplaying]

Isn't it interesting that there are many "great" players who' ve never done that?
Myself included.

I know, I heard Busty say the most racks he has run was 7, in the tar interview with Johnny, and Johnnys was 13. These sets ran out was on the same guy about 20hrs apart. He had beat the guy two sets in a row and they raised the bet and played a race to 21. The other one he was playing another guy a 5 ahead and was 2 games up and missed the 1 and never shot again.I told him he had to be the unluckiest guy I had ever seen and I wouldn't want to ride in a car with him. Well, maybe some of that will rub off on me!