philip guagliardo
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- Jun 27, 2005
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first of all one pocket is the game period ! but lets talk about todays nine ball . when nine ball was invented it was a great game of shooters showing their talent making hard shots and putting pressure on your opponent rolling difficult shots out for him to make a decision whether to shoot or not . I use to see top players making great shots and breaking down opponents . today if you get out of line , you just play safe and hook the guy ! and better yet , you get a reward sometimes when you miss hooking the guy . where he has to make a kick shot and sell out ! before there were no real rewards if you hooked a guy he had an option to roll out a shot that challenged his opponents ability . the pressure of the game was far more difficult before ! if you could'nt shoot , you went home broke ! today I see more players relying on safeties more than shooting . I see a lot of players ducking the hard shots . not that they cant make them , but its the smart way to play today . well , for me the thrill of watching two good nine ball players is basically gone . the pressure of you must make that hard shot or lose is gone ! watching another player really break a guy down is gone is mostly gone ! I know a lot of players will disagree with me . but I liked old fashioned nine ball ! watching guys like jimmy mataya and pittsburgh billy shooting off the end rail breaking their opponent down was something to watch ! nine ball was a game to show your shotmaking ability not a game to show how good you can duck when you get out of line ! well I guess today is today and yesterday is long gone . I'll never like todays nine ball . thats why one pocket is the greatest game ever . the game has never changed .
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