You’re right, Vester is a strong 5; Donny has a really quick stroke and very narrow stance at times which may attribute to his inconsistency. He still appears to be a shot maker.
I honestly can't believe these guys are a 5 and a 6. They both shoot like 4's or even 3's. Maybe it's a bad night, but it's clear in the stroke. One guy loves powering it while popping up, and the other just has a weak stroke, IMO. Classic SL3.
No offense, but you're the second amateur pool commentator that has their picture in the corner. Why? Just add the audio. Seeing you on the screen, not only doesn't add anything, it somewhat of a distraction. In pro pool videos (heck, any other sport), the commentator is not on screen the whole time.
err, its not distracting at all and does not harm the commentary. I suspect you have a face for radio and a tad jealous of the silky voice and boyish good looks. Just sayin,,,,PS, I was not paid by PDN to mount this defense.
JB did really well in this one. As others have mentioned, shot selection could use a little work, more time learning the tangent line, and recognizing that double hit and letting that inform his decisions (and the same work all of us lower level players need in the draw shot consistency).
My local BCA adjacent league doesn't have the 23 rule but would still like to see more videos like that about team management and whatnot! We play a round robin format where you play one game at a time against a random opposing player from the other team instead of races, and total team handicap for the day determines the amount of games each team needs to win in total. It's always a balancing act of starting a lower player to have less total games to win and hoping they steal a few, or start the best players and need to win so many games you're there until almost midnight.
I really like the Championship stuff. My local pool hall redid their tables earlier this year with Championship Tour cloth and K66 cushions and they play great now.
Our team that qualified for vegas in 8 ball broke up because of the 23 rule. We qualified in the fall session last year, and in the entire next year before we actually went to vegas, every single person on our team went up at least 1 skill level. I went from a 3 to a 5. We had to win the final vegas qualifier only playing 4 people and forfeiting the last match every time. Of course we couldn't add anybody to our roster that originally qualified last fall. I like APA but it's a bad feeling when you actually improve seeing it hurt your team.
I went through almost this exact same thing. It's such a catch-22. Help your players improve and you're out. Let them stay stagnant and not only do they get frustrated with the game, but you're not getting in.
Absolutely. I miss way more than I want, that's for sure. All we can do is try to learn and improve. Glad you're enjoying the content. Working on some new things. Hope they go well.
@@nutronman if you watch his progression through his turns at the table you can see his confidence start to dwindle. He starts out shooting strong and later missing weird shots. I'd suggest he reset every once in a while.
@@pdn when Matt and I practice before a Masters he usually kicks my butt except when I’m really on. I tell him to pretend he’s playing me when he’s playing a match. You are right and I will pass it on to him that he needs to reset.
@@pdnthere is Ultimate Pool in the USA now as well. League just recently started in my area, and there have been a few Open tournaments in the last few months
Just played my first ever league match a few months ago, definitely relate to the nerves here. Stick with it Sarah, once you get the rust off those first few nights it's so much fun (most of the time lol). Also are these tables this common in your area? Have never once seen an 8 ft valley in the NYC area, mostly 9ft brunswicks + diamonds and the rare occasional bar box
Hey, Ayden. This place is the weirdest place I've ever played pool. 8 footers everywhere, mostly Valley. There isn't a pool hall in town. Before moving here, I never saw an 8 foot table. I'd love to have access to a room with Diamonds that wasn't a 2 hour drive (Hard Times, Sacramento)
@@pdn I have been learning the game on a pretty basic 8 foot table in my apartment building (pretty dirty cloth/balls but good enough to get some basic practice in on), but yeah have never seen a pool hall or bar with an 8 footer. My BCA/ACS league is on 9 foot super super fast diamond tables and that place has a couple 7 footers in the back that a small APA league uses. My team just had our matches this past week on their two tables with tournament cut pockets which was a good challenge, luckily I found myself shooting okay that day or would have been a long night lol. Hope the game continues to grow in your area and you get some diamonds a bit closer to you!
Sarah pool is a great game! It's also very difficult. It takes a long time to become proficient. So well done on your first ever APA match! Did you know you were entiltled to two timeouts per game played? You received none. You should ask your team mates why they didin't help you.
She was reminded of her timeouts prior to the match. I usually don't offer them to a first time player. Just want them to have a baseline experience first. Then I tend to use every timeout they have for a few matches so they can see the difference. Just a preference thing.
@38:40 if he had cut that 8 to the corner was there not a concern for a natural bank scratch to the corner or scratch in the side? BK2 to break and a KODI butt with a 314 rev2 shaft. SL 4/5 8b/9b
