Why do women usually get a game?

[MuchoBurrito]

Because physical strength DOES matter in pool.

Not as much as in Rugby, but it still does matter. I don't know if the strength difference alone accounts for the disparity though.

In golf, chipping and putting stats on the LPGA tour are worse than those on the PGA tour. And you wouldn't think that there's any advantage to being a little stronger when you're only talking about putting the ball, and yet the men chip and putt better. Why is this?

I honestly don't know, but my working hypothesis (I have not seen the research on this though), is that men, in addition to being stronger, are generally better coordinated and have generally better athletic instincts regarding HOW to use their bodies. I think the evolutionary reasoning is somewhat obvious, selection pressures on males often emphasized things like balance, coordination and athleticism in order to fight, hunt, perform other demanding labour tasks, etc. These selection pressures would never have applied to women quite as much. Therefore I see no reason to think that males, on average, are NOT inherently (in general, of course there are also exceptionally athletically gifted women too) better coordinated and so forth than women. Again, on average, this doesn't say anything about any individual man or woman.

 

[j_zippel]

It's simple.



Far less women play then men. If 5% of the population has some aptitude to really play pool well, you're going to have a lot more male players that can compete and very few female players. Think about it for a minute. Look around the next time you're at the pool hall. It'll be filled with guys playing that don't have a clue what they're doing, just out having a good time with buddies. The serious players are far and few between. Now realize that there is only a small fraction of women that play compared to the men...the really serious and talented women are practically non-existent at the local level.



But don't think that there aren't women that can sweep in and kick all ya'lls butts in local tournaments. At the highest level of play, the women start to thin out so much that they're simply not competitive, just like all of you wouldn't be competitive playing against pros.



It's just a numbers game, that's all. There are plenty of women out there that have the potential. There just simply aren't enough women playing that we're able to find them in numbers even beginning to approach the number of competitive male players.

Bingo! I was thinking the exact same thing


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[PoolChump]

I agree

Bullshit! Strength has nothing to do with it.
Jason

Pool has NOTHING to do with physical strength and have EVERYTHING to do with technique/timing.

 

[PoolChump]

Physical Features

This came up in a convo at my fri night tourney, why do women get a game spot? In the Midwest it seems to be a common practice for this. In a game where physical strength doesn't matter, and is all hand eye coordination with mental logic what difference does gender make? Why not handicap chess tourneys also?
The women that were involved in our convo had no reason for needing a spot and would prefer to play even based on skill.

A woman will usually get a game spot for some attractive quality. Men are weak.