Which One ???

[HawaiianEye]

Strongly disagree. Even at pro level, some play the patterns much better than others. Even at Fargo 780+, there are more than a few mediocre pattern players.

Not everyone "sees" the table the "same" and some people are more confident and successful with patterns that other people find more difficult.

Just like many people are afraid of "inside".

I LOVE inside.

 

[Mensabum]

Knowing "when" to play a safety is just as important as being able to play a safety.

Players frequently pass up "lock up" safeties that would give them BIH and better odds than attempting to make "circus" shots when they can't guarantee control of the cue ball.

BIH is like the old saying, "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush".

Being able to "read the table" and determine your odds, based upon your skill, is the key to deciding when to play a safety or go for the shot.

Circus shots will get you broke.

 

[Mensabum]

Not everyone "sees" the table the "same" and some people are more confident and successful with patterns that other people find more difficult.

Just like many people are afraid of "inside".

I LOVE inside.

It has its uses

 

[sjm]

Not everyone "sees" the table the "same" and some people are more confident and successful with patterns that other people find more difficult.

Agreed, but just as many, even at pro level, have a subpar runout rate because they play the position angles less than efficiently.

 

[ShootingArts]

Knowing "when" to play a safety is just as important as being able to play a safety.

Players frequently pass up "lock up" safeties that would give them BIH and better odds than attempting to make "circus" shots when they can't guarantee control of the cue ball.

BIH is like the old saying, "a bird in hand is worth two in the bush".

Being able to "read the table" and determine your odds, based upon your skill, is the key to deciding when to play a safety or go for the shot.

Agree, but do have to add in the skills and abilities of the other player too. Brings up the old "play the table or play the player" thing. An extreme, I used to play a very tall, very thin, stoner without a nerve in his body. He could cut balls perhaps better than anyone I have ever seen.

When I was flush, we would draw the rest of the room as railbirds. I figured trying to cut with him was excellent exercise for my cutting game and the bets were small. When the roll in my pocket was more like the old pasteboard beer coasters I would bring my meager banking skills into play and force him to try little gravy one pocket style banks. For whatever reason, maybe just because he cut so well, he had never learned to bank at all! It was a guaranteed win to bank and force him to bank where trying to match him cutting was a toss up at best.

Hu

 

[ShootingArts]

Not everyone "sees" the table the "same" and some people are more confident and successful with patterns that other people find more difficult.

Just like many people are afraid of "inside".

I LOVE inside.

I love inside for several reasons. One is that it is the right spin for the shot but the second reason is that it intimidates even some pretty good players.

Back when the world was square with only slightly rounded corners I bought into the idea that inside was harder to pocket balls with than outside. I knew it was true, "everybody" said so. One night I said horse hockey or words to that effect and started playing inside as often as outside. I also revamped my mental game, nothing hard about inside. It opened up new areas of my game. It also gave the bar room bangers of my current level the idea I was better than them overall when the only difference was I no longer feared inside.

Hu

 

[riedmich]

Is it better to be a shot maker or a person that knows how to play safety’s real good ??

Watch pool videos from pros, you'll understand that both is important.