Kiss Pool

[Fatboy]

I was just reading the Willie Joplin interview from several years ago. It is great and we are fortunate enough to live in the age that things like this dont disappear.



In the interview, he talked about kiss pool and I got to thinking about it. I vaguely remember playing it a couple times in the 80's. Now that I started playing 1P, practicing kiss pool sure will be a big help for my game. Once in a while I misjudge how much of a ball to hit and sell out a shot instead of locking up who i'm playing. Its a very big swing and has cost me lots of games, where I say"I just needed the hit the ball a little/less or more of the object ball and I would have put the CB where I wanted to"

I have been practing putting the CB where I want with a ball on the spot with BIH behind the line, I'm good at that now, but in some situations I miss judge just by a hair and thats a disaster.


I firmly believe playing kiss pool is very important to guys like me(my speed), I can play good but I make too many mistakes a player of my level shouldnt make, which really cost me. Playing kiss pool is going to be alot more fun than shooting drills and lots of different situations will come up. I'm really looking foward to playing it. It will help me a lot with judgment. after playing rotation games for 25 years rolling the CB off a ball wasnt something I practiced, Artie couldnt figure how someone my speed couldnt carom off a ball and put the CB in a specific spot. I told him the truth, I never practiced it. I have alot to learn, with Willie's Kiss Pool thats going to be my tool to learn from. I just wish I read that article before and could have thanked him.

Its a shame we lost a great member of our pool family, I spoke to him on one occasion and he was such a nice gentalman. I'm going to continue his legacy and play "loop"-pool spelled backwards or kiss pool.

sincerly,

Eric P

My deepest condolences to his family, friends.

[senor]

I haven't read the article, so I'm not sure if Kiss Pool is the same thing I've jokingly heard of as Aggie Pool or Polish Pool. If that it the case, that's definitely not a bad game to practice.

The first two games I learned to play were one pocket and carom pool. Of course I played 8 ball and 9 ball first, but I was just bangin balls. Before I could run 3 balls I could string 10 caroms. That game right there will teach you about the cue ball and also encourage you to use your imagination often.

[SJDinPHX]

I haven't read the article, so I'm not sure if Kiss Pool is the same thing I've jokingly heard of as Aggie Pool or Polish Pool. If that it the case, that's definitely not a bad game to practice.

The first two games I learned to play were one pocket and carom pool. Of course I played 8 ball and 9 ball first, but I was just bangin balls. Before I could run 3 balls I could string 10 caroms. That game right there will teach you about the cue ball and also encourage you to use your imagination often.

As you well know Senor, knowing where your cue ball is going, (for sure) after contact with an object ball, is one of the finer points that most good player's do quite well.

Whether you are playing a carom billiard on the 9, in nine ball, or playing a simple safety in 1 pocket...having confidence in where you will strike the second ball, is the key to most successful outcomes.

It is all about speed,(how hard you hit the first ball) and the ability to judge the bounce, swerve, draw, etc., in order to hit the ball you are caroming into, in the proper spot.

It takes a lot of experimenting, and practice (or screw-ups) to begin to feel comfortable with caroms. But once you learn it well...it can be one of the most rewarding part of any discipline.

Sounds like Willie's "kiss pool" game, would be a great place to start learning.

[beatle]

so right dick. these kind of shots are the ones that ultimately give you the big edge. it separates those that sell out from those that dont.

[Cowboy Dennis]

I haven't read the article, so I'm not sure if Kiss Pool is the same thing I've jokingly heard of as Aggie Pool or Polish Pool. If that it the case, that's definitely not a bad game to practice.

The first two games I learned to play were one pocket and carom pool. Of course I played 8 ball and 9 ball first, but I was just bangin balls. Before I could run 3 balls I could string 10 caroms. That game right there will teach you about the cue ball and also encourage you to use your imagination often.


We played a game like this(kiss pool) back in the late 70's to early 80's. We called it Indian pool. Don't know why. It taught me how very difficult it is to scratch.

[Fatboy]

As you well know Senor, knowing where your cue ball is going, (for sure) after contact with an object ball, is one of the finer points that most good player's do quite well.

Whether you are playing a carom billiard on the 9, in nine ball, or playing a simple safety in 1 pocket...having confidence in where you will strike the second ball, is the key to most successful outcomes.

It is all about speed,(how hard you hit the first ball) and the ability to judge the bounce, swerve, draw, etc., in order to hit the ball you are caroming into, in the proper spot.

It takes a lot of experimenting, and practice (or screw-ups) to begin to feel comfortable with caroms. But once you learn it well...it can be one of the most rewarding part of any discipline.

Sounds like Willie's "kiss pool" game, would be a great place to start learning.


Great post!!! thats exactly what I was thinking when I started this thread, I just didnt express it very good. Soon as I get back to Vegas in a day or 2 I'm going to start playing it. I needed something new to practice anyways. I'm curious how many I can run playing this game.

[Skin]

Great post!!! thats exactly what I was thinking when I started this thread, I just didnt express it very good. Soon as I get back to Vegas in a day or 2 I'm going to start playing it. I needed something new to practice anyways. I'm curious how many I can run playing this game.


Eric, this is a good topic. Try practicing Aggie pool (kiss pool) at perfect pocket speed when trying to make a run. You'll gain a lot in cb control, stroke control, and in making the right decision on how execute the shot when you can strike the ob in more than one place to get the cb where you want it.

One-pocket life ain't easy for ex-9ballers!

Skin