Why is the APA so frowned upon?

[loggerhead12]

If you're just sitting around waiting to play, you're doing it wrong.

You should be:
- scoring someone else's match
- discussing with your teammates how you'd play a shot (with 2-3 active tables there is *plenty* of opportunity to learn/teach, as new shots come up every 30 seconds or so)
- helping with timeouts

Being bored is a choice.

 

[BadBeef67]

I think the APA is great in normalizing ball in hand rules for casual pool.

And while slop can be annoying (when you're on the wrong end of it), I don't think it's as big of a deal as people think. I see it happen only occasionally among better players and weaker players aren't running out in fewer than maybe 5 innings anyway.

Also how a player reacts to a sloppy shot. A respectful wave to your opponent acknowledging "That wasn't what I meant to do". Opposed to fist pumps and hollering "Gotta love that APA BABY!".

 

[Lowell]

Also how a player reacts to a sloppy shot. A respectful wave to your opponent acknowledging "That wasn't what I meant to do". Opposed to fist pumps and hollering "Gotta love that APA BABY!".

Yeah I just give a quick wave if it's a particularly bad slop