When I was 18, I joined my first 8 ball pool league. I didn’t know anybody at the time so I was teamed up with 3 crotchety, yet likable, old men and one middle-aged woman. I still remember their names: Reggie, the brothers Jack & Don, and Tia. We made an unusual group, but got along quite well. From these 4 teammates I learned a lot about how to play pool, and plenty of valuable 8-ball lessons. Today I’ll start with Reggie.
Reggie was perhaps the craftiest, and oldest, of the lot. He was a sharp old coot who was limited mainly by his aging and frail limbs, and his large thick glasses. He was very dangerous in his sweet spot, which was dissecting short-to-mid-range patterns. Now, you might think to yourself “Hey, anybody can be dangerous in that area!” and you’d be right, but until you settled down to watch Reggie in action, you’d fail to understand quite what I’m getting at.
Reggie’s game could sort of… build up potential, like a river held back by a dam. Leave him long and green and he’d swing away without much accuracy or gusto. His vision was bad enough, and those huge glasses awkward enough, that he had quite a bit of trouble locking in on any long-range targets. And he never, ever (well ok, maybe once in hundred times) chose to play safe. That meant that he suffered dearly if his opponent managed to keep him down table from all his shots. Yet all the while he waited for a good shot, that river boiled and churned behind its dam waiting for a chink to appear.
He never really wasted much energy hemming and hawing over the long-ball. He’d just step up and fire, and sit down again if he missed. He saved up all that ...
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Once in a while (actually a great while) I would get lucky and have a chance to run the table. Most of my shots were, however, out of control and just luck. I never developed a strategy because I always knew I was going to miss somewhere. I would love to develop a sure shot strategy.
I wanna see some more pictures of pool playing, maybe some tournaments or any kind of recent competitions but thanks for putting this sight up. its the best. I have a better understanding of pool playing. I can’t wait for more articles.
Thanks for your comments. As this site moves forward, I’ll be including photos where I can. Some will come with the pool hall reviews. Others… well others will have to be created or donated. I don’t think I have anything current, lol.
As the community grows, I’ll be happy to set up gallery of some sort if people are interested in sharing aspects of their local pool hall or themselves playing pool. I’m open to possibilities.