Eight Pool Billiard i need some good ideas for one and two player billiard games.?
i recently bought a pool table and all i know how to play is eight and nine ball. i need some ideas.
Strait pool is a great game... all 15 balls are fair game and you can play a race to 25 or 50 or 100... if you have alot of time on your hands play a race to 500.
also a fun game is what ive heard only called "polish pool" when instead of shooting the cue ball into an object ball you shoot an object ball off the cue ball and into a pocket.. it is a great way to learn cue ball control and teaches you to avoid scratching.
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wpba's spec link. so i guess wpba uses bca's specs, like a lot of tournaments out there.
apa doesn't seem to have equipment specs in their rulebook. u can download their rulebook here, but i didn't see anything on equipments. i think many apa matches are played on bar tables, so i'd imagine the pocket widths can vary greatly from venue to venue.
as far as an uniformed world standard on pool, i think you're right that there isn't one. however, a lot of tournaments seem to adopt the bca/world pool-billiard association (wpa) specs, so i suppose the bca spec is the unofficial global standard for pool. i found an article written by mike shamos that talks about the different pool rules by different associations, but he didn't seem to talk about equipment specs (at least from my quick scan of the article). you can read it yourself if you like.
i think it'd be hard to establish a global standard for pool, since this means all the players from americas/asia/europe/africa/middle east will all have to agree. gonna be a while.
btw, i wouldn't be putting yourself down as a beginner. your body, especially your arm, eyes, and visual-spatial part of your brain, know a lot more than you think. but the corner pocket is easy to measure; just try squeezing two balls side-by-side into the pocket. if it won't fit then it's pretty tight. but you know this, i'm sure. i'm kinda weird with tight pockets; if it's tight then i fire my shots harder. crazy, i know. also, i think it's very hard to learn to trust your body to make the shot for you. when you make up your mind on which shot to take you can try to let your body take over. max eberle has an interesting technique to hone this trust: after you get down & line up your shot, close your eyes and fire away. you'll be surprised on what your arm can do when it's free of your eyes. keep in mind though that this technique is what i'd call the “feel” technique, basically things you do to increase your feel of the shot. if you're a more mechanical type of player (emphasis on routine & repeatable techniques, like a machine) this may not work well for you.
as a side note, the wpba tournaments seem to have tightened the pockets over the years. in the earlier years (mid 80's to around '08, or at least the matches i've seen on tv during this time period), the pockets were gaping maws. (at least 5″ pockets, maybe bigger.) recently (late 2008 and on) the pockets seem tighter, probably around the 4.5″ range. i guess the powers that be are finally starting to trust the lady pros' abilities to play good on tv. ]]>
November 15th, 2011 at 9:09 pm
wpba's spec link. so i guess wpba uses bca's specs, like a lot of tournaments out there.
apa doesn't seem to have equipment specs in their rulebook. u can download their rulebook here, but i didn't see anything on equipments. i think many apa matches are played on bar tables, so i'd imagine the pocket widths can vary greatly from venue to venue.
as far as an uniformed world standard on pool, i think you're right that there isn't one. however, a lot of tournaments seem to adopt the bca/world pool-billiard association (wpa) specs, so i suppose the bca spec is the unofficial global standard for pool. i found an article written by mike shamos that talks about the different pool rules by different associations, but he didn't seem to talk about equipment specs (at least from my quick scan of the article). you can read it yourself if you like.
i think it'd be hard to establish a global standard for pool, since this means all the players from americas/asia/europe/africa/middle east will all have to agree. gonna be a while.
btw, i wouldn't be putting yourself down as a beginner. your body, especially your arm, eyes, and visual-spatial part of your brain, know a lot more than you think. but the corner pocket is easy to measure; just try squeezing two balls side-by-side into the pocket. if it won't fit then it's pretty tight. but you know this, i'm sure. i'm kinda weird with tight pockets; if it's tight then i fire my shots harder. crazy, i know. also, i think it's very hard to learn to trust your body to make the shot for you. when you make up your mind on which shot to take you can try to let your body take over. max eberle has an interesting technique to hone this trust: after you get down & line up your shot, close your eyes and fire away. you'll be surprised on what your arm can do when it's free of your eyes. keep in mind though that this technique is what i'd call the “feel” technique, basically things you do to increase your feel of the shot. if you're a more mechanical type of player (emphasis on routine & repeatable techniques, like a machine) this may not work well for you.
as a side note, the wpba tournaments seem to have tightened the pockets over the years. in the earlier years (mid 80's to around '08, or at least the matches i've seen on tv during this time period), the pockets were gaping maws. (at least 5″ pockets, maybe bigger.) recently (late 2008 and on) the pockets seem tighter, probably around the 4.5″ range. i guess the powers that be are finally starting to trust the lady pros' abilities to play good on tv.
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