Tough to beat.Ī+: Touring Pro – the best. They run out easily and very often.Ī: A professional quality player who can compete with and occasionally beat all but the best players. They are very skilled in nearly all facets of the game. This group of players could be classified as semi-pros or top amateurs. They can run out from nearly anywhere at anytime.Ī-: Another big jump is required to break through to the “A” level. However, they usually lack consistency.ī: A solid, advanced player – these players can run out fairly regularly, but lack a little consistency.ī+: Players at this level are often mistaken for lower level A players when they are playing well because they play a very tough, well-rounded game. A B- is a good player who is quite capable of running a rack of Eight Ball or Nine Ball.
They tend to dominate their level of competition.ī-: This is perhaps the biggest hurdle, as a good number of players peak at the C+ level. This is the first major milestone.Ĭ: An average player – describes a large section of pool enthusiasts with experience whose games perhaps have leveled off, or that only play occasionally.Ĭ+: Above average player – this group plays a very acceptable game of pool. Here’s an alternative and more-detailed interpretation of the A-D scale from Capelle’s “Play Your Best Pool” (p.386):ĭ: A beginner or someone who plays so infrequently that their game remains in the beginner category.Ĭ-: A below average player – this denotes a player with some recognizable skills who has definitely risen from the ranks of beginners. Here’s a simple interpretation of the A-D scale from the online glossary:Ī: a good player capable of running most racks and/or playing lock-up safeties.ī: a decent player capable of running racks and playing effective safeties periodically.Ĭ: an average player who doesn’t run racks very often and doesn’t have much of a safety game.ĭ: a novice player who makes many mistakes, can’t run even an easy rack, and never even considers playing safe. Top 100 Pool Maxims, Sayings, and Quotesįor more information, see “ Player Ratings” (BD, December, 2020).Top 100 Tips, Tricks, Secrets, and Gems.
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