WPBA event live on YouTube

[jax_joe]

I watched about an hour of the last 6 ladies. They need a 25 sec shot clock on every single streamed match. That will instantly make it significantly better to watch.

Ultimate Pool has the right idea, imo.

BS

 

[jax_joe]

I watched some too - they were on a 40 second shot clock; one extension per rack (except hill-hill rack; then they get two.) I like UP too, but it's not like they were taking forever.

Yet if you caught them explaining it on the stream, they aren't too strict with it. "It is just to keep things moving along and not to penalize the players".

40-45 seconds is a good clock. Don't need to force players to run around the table like rats.

 

[MattPoland]

They would pause the clock at 10s if the player was already down on the shot.

 

[iusedtoberich]

I didn’t see a clock once. I watched the last match of the night the night before the final day.

 

[muskyed]

I didn’t see a clock once. I watched the last match of the night the night before the final day.

I've been to a few of their shoots, and a lot of times they will send someone over to time them if their match is running slow. They just keep an eye on it and if a table or two starts running long, a timekeeper will come over and sit by the table to time them. They all know what is happening and expect it if their match starts running long. It's funny watching how quickly they can get back on track. I don't remember, but I think the final couple of matches they actually run a clock, not sure on this as a lot of times I left before that.
From what I remember seeing, the staff does a very good job of keeping things running smoothly.

 

[sjm]

I've been to a few of their shoots, and a lot of times they will send someone over to time them if their match is running slow. They just keep an eye on it and if a table or two starts running long, a timekeeper will come over and sit by the table to time them. They all know what is happening and expect it if their match starts running long. It's funny watching how quickly they can get back on track. I don't remember, but I think the final couple of matches they actually run a clock, not sure on this as a lot of times I left before that.
From what I remember seeing, the staff does a very good job of keeping things running smoothly.

Yes, although 40 seconds seems too long for my taste, the truth is that the WPBA has always been serious about stamping out slow play.

Back in the day, they even had a system for the matches that were not on the shot clock. First, they arranged to have a few volunteer "shot-clock operators." The rule, if I remember correctly, was this: If a race to nine was scheduled for two hours, unless nine racks had been completed by the one-hour mark, the rest of the match was played with a thirty second shot clock, with one of the volunteers using a stopwatch to oversee the match. It kept things on schedule, in part because the players did what they had to in order to stay off the shot clock.

 

[MattPoland]

I didn’t see a clock once. I watched the last match of the night the night before the final day.

They didn’t put it on stream.

 

[muskyed]

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It's usually some person that sits in their area with a special stopwatch. Would be hard to see them as on the video they would be slightly out of frame.

 

[bobbydee]

I’ll be there tomorrow with my daughter.

I think I saw you. Was she pretty young? I love this event. Was there Friday through Sunday but left right before the final match.

 

[bobbydee]

Also if the others are playing slow they put a ref with a clock at that table.

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