why a 9' table

fasted71465

fasted71465

Fast Ed
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I have played on a bar table all my life. I had one at home for many years and I thought I wanted a 9'. I got one a few years ago and I like playing on it but, everywhere I go play has only bar tables. I wish I could have both. Should I sell my 9' and get a Diamond 7'.
 
fasted71465 said:
I have played on a bar table all my life. I had one at home for many years and I thought I wanted a 9'. I got one a few years ago and I like playing on it but, everywhere I go play has only bar tables. I wish I could have both. Should I sell my 9' and get a Diamond 7'.
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The equipment you play on is not what makes your game better, it's the countless hours you put in behind the cue ball that does that....no matter what table you practice on;)
 
I enjoy shooting on a 9ft 10 times more than I do on a 7ft.

Preference:
9ft
8ft





7ft
 
fasted71465 said:
I have played on a bar table all my life. I had one at home for many years and I thought I wanted a 9'. I got one a few years ago and I like playing on it but, everywhere I go play has only bar tables. I wish I could have both. Should I sell my 9' and get a Diamond 7'.
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I bought myself a nice 8 footer & had the table modified to play a little tighter. I feel that it gives me the best & worst of both worlds.
 
I've been shooting on a 9 foot lately and when it comes time for the bar league I play in, those tables seem so small and every shot is almost in before its actually In. I'd say keep the 9, if you ever have plans of going big in the pool world I think the skills you'll attain on the big table can help you get there.
 
while a 9' is better for your long shots and when you have to let the cue ball go when u get out of line; however, it is not the same game as playing on a 7', especially a table that plays slick and tight, too. when i was a youngwhipper snapper, i to thought that a 9' player could play the same speed or even better on a 7'. after i had my handed to me by some players who i knew i could beat on a 9', well i changed my tune. i learned to respect the humble bar box and when i found fast slick bar tables i actually prefer the 7' table.

don't get me wrong. when u get to a certain speed u can play on the floor and use a broom stick and u would still be a champion, but for most of us, anyone below a shortstop, tread lightly to the country bumpkin who has never seen a 9' table.

i learned on an 8' so my love is for them even thougn they are harder to find.
 
Txstang1 said:
i dont think a bar table player can best a 9 foot player on a 9 foot table,
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So then, how does that thought process hold up when a 9ft player is playing someone on a 7ft....the 9ft play loses then to the 7ft player? The point I was making, is that practice is what makes a player better, not the table they practice on.

Glen
 
realkingcobra said:
So then, how does that thought process hold up when a 9ft player is playing someone on a 7ft....the 9ft play loses then to the 7ft player? The point I was making, is that practice is what makes a player better, not the table they practice on.

Glen
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and i disagree. I would think the 9 ft player will play equal or better speed on a 7ft than vice versa. therefore i think 9 foot tables are the best table to hone your skills on.

After practicing on my fast 9 foot table, all the shots are easier to me on the bar box.

just one mans opinion.
 
Take two players who've only every played one size table. A 9ft player and a bar table player. The bar table player NEVER beats the 9ft player on a 9 footer. The 9ft player SOMETIMES beats the bar table player on the bar table.

It's the difference between NEVER and SOMETIMES.

NFL vs Arena football. Great athletes in both leagues, but the number of NFL players that could play in the arena league and the number of arena players that could play in the NFL.

dave
 
Txstang1 said:
and i disagree. I would think the 9 ft player will play equal or better speed on a 7ft than vice versa. therefore i think 9 foot tables are the best table to hone your skills on.

After practicing on my fast 9 foot table, all the shots are easier to me on the bar box.

just one mans opinion.
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I think Keith Macredy would disagree with you on this one, see...there's one BIG advantage a bar table player had years ago, that the 9ft player never came across...and that was the over sized cue ball. I can't tell you how many players I use to rob on a bar box in a pool room because of that cue ball.

My point was that you can shove a pool table into a corner, leaving only 2 sides available to shoot from...and still get better and better with practice, reguardless of what size the table is, if you're working to control your stroke and cue ball control, banks, combo's and so on....
 
realkingcobra said:
My point was that you can shove a pool table into a corner, leaving only 2 sides available to shoot from...and still get better and better with practice, reguardless of what size the table is, if you're working to control your stroke and cue ball control, banks, combo's and so on....
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I always wondered about concept, there were times i thought to try it.
 
here's a 9 ft'r
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JohnPT said:
Going from a 9' to a 7' would be taking a step backwards imo.
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I have only played on a 7'er a handful of times...and today was one of them.

Granted, I played a few hours on a sweet- tight gold crown (c/o azbro John burns. Thanks, John) last night, but that time on the bar box was way easier. Bar box is to 9'er as arithmetic is to calculus, I say.
 
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