Thanks for bringing us all the content that you do. Not sure how I found your channel but I'm glad I did. Your game and mine are very similar. I don't play in a league, but I play everyday at home and I try to hit a pool hall or somewhere with a table on the weekends for something different. You do a great job at comentating, and it's nice to see amateur players for a change. I've been playing for about 35 years, although the first 25 or so wasn't as consistent or as dedicated. If I'm ever in the Detroit area, I might try hitting you up for a couple games. Keep the videos coming. If you stay with it, I can see this channel becoming a big deal. Also, hang in there and don't give up, I can see that sponsorship happening pretty soon.
brooooo.... I appreciate this a TON! It's easy to feel like I'm never going to get anywhere on youtube but, comments like this keep me motivated! Def hit me up if you come to Michigan! Thanks for the support!
Ya Know Count 1. Ya Know @ 0.38 Response: I never know. 2. Ya know @ 1:01 Response: unfortunately I do 3. @ 1:08 Response: I disagree 4. @ 2:04 Response: …… 5. @ 2:16 Reaponse: alright lil Timmy 6. @ 3:20 Response: I do know 7. @ 5:23 Response: Good on ya mate 8. 5:39 Response: Haven’t we all brother 9. 6:06 Response: me too Alright I give up…. Ya know 🤷🏽♂️
Rack 1: scratching off that 6 was because you didn’t commit to a position for the cue afterwards. We are ALL guilty of that scratch because we don’t pay attention closely enough early in our matches. Rack 2: I think I would have played your 2 cutting up the long rail towards the side pocket. You didn’t have a runout, nor did he. But you could have started by moving your balls into better positions and force him to open the table. Rack 4: (20’ mark roughly). Play the 2 into the side come off the long rail. 4 into lower left corner stunning to left long rail. 6 into top left corner with a soft stop shot. 1 into top right, 8 into to left. Simple, natural pattern. You made a REALLY GOOD shot on that 2 into top right, unlucky on the position off the 1. Rack 5: 😂😮 look, it was just funny because you were just being mortal. Nice cut on the 8! Rack 6: rotten luck on the 8 Rack 7: call their captain BEFORE he hits that push. You should call him on it. Overall you played well, and surely are on your way back to playing to your ability!
Awesome! Great insight on the racks. I'm def starting to come back around but, still grinding it out. My pattern play suffers a bit when my stroke isn't right!
Just realized for what ever reason that the solid number + 8= the corresponding number and color. Example 1+8=9 ball yellow 2+8=10 blue. Might help out when trying to figure out what ball is on the screen when doing commentary
Thanks for replying I’m on the verge of getting my own synergy shaft just need to save a little more $$. How does it play I see the action draw that you put on the rock nice. I was thinking about the 314 shaft but not sure.
@@surge_uk LOL - the official ruling on moving an object ball is that the opponent gets to move it back. So, if the shooter were to try to take advantage of that rule, the opponent could also movie it back to where "they THOUGHT" it came from. ;)
Love your videos brother! Almost had my first break and run tonight in 9 ball as a 4. Missed my shape on the 9 by just a bit but I’ll get it next time! Keep up the awesome content!
I have to wear slides right now because I had to have part of my right foot amputated and can’t wear shoes right now, but I typically play better in sandals anyways, I play better when I’m more comfortable. Shorts, loose fitting short sleeve shirt and sandals lol
according to the APA "Push shots will not be called in this amateur League. Even the professional players cannot agree about what is and isn't a push shot. In general, you can lessen your chances of being accused of shooting a push shot by hitting the cue ball into the object ball at an angle, or by elevating the butt of your cue about 30 degrees. "
Hey Josh ! On the first rack on your key ball the 1 you stunned it , if you rolled it probably would’ve had a better roll for the 8 ? I rewound and looked at it …but you prevailed .
@@Amateur_Pool I wasn’t trying to critique, just commenting on what I seen or kinda like “what would I do “ but after the fact . because who knows what the hell I would’ve done !
I dont know about flipflops , i see a very small difference on shoe i wear. I usually wear a running shoes, days i wear sneaker which is flat bottom and heavy , i stay down more on the shot and wearing shoes with thicker soles, my draw is better, lol. I am a 5 playing for 6 years now, more i play i hope i dont see these differences, with better stroke, Nice videos , we hardly get to see APA matches , keep it up Josh
Thank you Harry! As an avid pool watcher myself, I felt the same way. Got tired of seeing perfect play all the time and thought other people might like watching amateur matches also! That was the birth of this channel! Thanks for the support!
What is it that you want to know about? The table? Or plays awesome (never played on a diamond that i didn't like). The stick? It's a cuetec true wood 2, and i love it so far. Been using it for about 8 or 9 months now.
In his defense, if the cue ball is frozen to the object ball, you can shoot through the cue ball and it's not a foul. But he didn't check to see if it was frozen, so who knows. Way to power through it boss
Greetings from Thailand ( UK ex pat) enjoy your vids. Im starting to play alot of pool and (slowly) getting better. One thing i see in your vids is a lot of skill level (SK) mentioned which you never hear about here. It seems a good way of assessing someones ability but i have no idea about it, is it a techinical assesment or not how exactly to you make that assesment
It’s a pool league (APA) designation. In 8 ball, skill levels run from 1-7. The higher your skill level the more games you must win in a head-to-match. For 9-ball, it’s a “points system”. Each ball is worth 1 point in a rack, with the 9 ball worth 2. Total rack is worth 10 points. The match is not decided by who drops the most 9s, but who accumulates the most points. Skill levels are from 1-9 in 9-ball. A 1vs5 match would be 12 points needed versus 38 points needed. Then there’s a scoring system for each match as “team level” match. Same in 8-ball. What Josh is doing is showing his level against another league player so the viewer has an idea if the opponent is new, decent, good or equally good to give some context to who he’s playing.
speaking of push fouls.. the high ranks on teams should be helping lower players on this.. I had a new player push through 3-4 shots in a row one time and their high rank just sat there... the problem was eventually, this player was pushing through on shots that had over 8" between the cue and the object ball... couldnt very well call a ref to watch every shot this player took lol... I just wish everyone was honest.. I dont know why it's so hard for people to be honest really... oh well /shrug... I had an issue with anger/frustration in my match last night and I had when that happens cause I'm generally a really happy person that just goes with the flow. It definitely caused me to lose my match. Hey Josh, keep up the entertaining content sir!
Thank you Rae Rae! I agree about the higher SL informing the lower SL players. Every member of my team knows what a push foul is, and how to avoid them!
I usually take their captain aside and advise him to correct his players when they do that . I let him know that I don't want to make a big thing of it on league night , but it's for his own benefit . If I know that the captain knows better and is just letting it go, I remind him that I hope I'm there to see it when it bites him on the ass if they get to Tri-Cups or Cities . That usually gets their attention. I've been lucky enough to witness exactly that a few times and it is very gratifying !
APA's so ridiculous. Why does a simple scratch on a missed 8 lead to a loss? You put in all the work to run out, and then just a scratch loses the game, despite the opponent doing nothing. It makes no sense lol
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Thanks for bringing us all the content that you do. Not sure how I found your channel but I'm glad I did. Your game and mine are very similar. I don't play in a league, but I play everyday at home and I try to hit a pool hall or somewhere with a table on the weekends for something different. You do a great job at comentating, and it's nice to see amateur players for a change. I've been playing for about 35 years, although the first 25 or so wasn't as consistent or as dedicated. If I'm ever in the Detroit area, I might try hitting you up for a couple games. Keep the videos coming. If you stay with it, I can see this channel becoming a big deal. Also, hang in there and don't give up, I can see that sponsorship happening pretty soon.
brooooo.... I appreciate this a TON! It's easy to feel like I'm never going to get anywhere on youtube but, comments like this keep me motivated! Def hit me up if you come to Michigan! Thanks for the support!
Ya Know Count
1. Ya Know @ 0.38
Response: I never know.
2. Ya know @ 1:01
Response: unfortunately I do
3. @ 1:08
Response: I disagree
4. @ 2:04
Response: ……
5. @ 2:16
Reaponse: alright lil Timmy
6. @ 3:20
Response: I do know
7. @ 5:23
Response: Good on ya mate
8. 5:39
Response: Haven’t we all brother
9. 6:06
Response: me too
Alright I give up…. Ya know 🤷🏽♂️
Lmaooooo.. that's hilarious, ya know 😂
Rack 1: scratching off that 6 was because you didn’t commit to a position for the cue afterwards. We are ALL guilty of that scratch because we don’t pay attention closely enough early in our matches.
Rack 2: I think I would have played your 2 cutting up the long rail towards the side pocket. You didn’t have a runout, nor did he. But you could have started by moving your balls into better positions and force him to open the table.
Rack 4: (20’ mark roughly). Play the 2 into the side come off the long rail. 4 into lower left corner stunning to left long rail. 6 into top left corner with a soft stop shot. 1 into top right, 8 into to left. Simple, natural pattern. You made a REALLY GOOD shot on that 2 into top right, unlucky on the position off the 1.
Rack 5: 😂😮 look, it was just funny because you were just being mortal. Nice cut on the 8!
Rack 6: rotten luck on the 8
Rack 7: call their captain BEFORE he hits that push. You should call him on it.
Overall you played well, and surely are on your way back to playing to your ability!
Awesome! Great insight on the racks. I'm def starting to come back around but, still grinding it out. My pattern play suffers a bit when my stroke isn't right!
On the rail try and use a little top outside english on long on the rail shots. In practice of coarse.
Good tip
8:35 oh the silence... 😂
Lol.. we're just not gonna talk about that scratch! 😆😂🤣
Loving the commentary, especially when you’re highlighting the various spin etc you’re adding to each shot to get shape on the next. Ya know. ;-)
Lol, thanks man!
how could you look up local pool tournaments? is there any place to look that up online? love the videos! makes me want to play!
There's usually a public Facebook group for your area. Our area has a few of them. I would try that
I never played APA. I play TAP league here in Pennsylvania I bounce from a 5 and 6. I'm inconsistent because I don't play or practice much.
Ya, it takes a lot of practice to stay consistent
Just realized for what ever reason that the solid number + 8= the corresponding number and color. Example 1+8=9 ball yellow 2+8=10 blue. Might help out when trying to figure out what ball is on the screen when doing commentary
Lol... i know that but, trying to do math while I'm talking is hard, ya know.. 😆😂🤣
Question?? What shaft are you using??
Ahh, saw your other comment first. Love my stick and shaft. Shaft is 11.8mm cynergy (cuetec)
Thanks for replying I’m on the verge of getting my own synergy shaft just need to save a little more $$. How does it play I see the action draw that you put on the rock nice. I was thinking about the 314 shaft but not sure.
I like that you have honest commentary on both sides of the table. You and your opponent.
Thanks! I try to be as fair as possible, with some biased towards myself, of course, LOL
Nice game but should have called your foul at 4:56
No foul there.. apa, as with most amateur leagues, are cue ball foul only. Hitting the 7 with my stick is not a foul.. i appreciate you watching!
wow thats crazy. wish I lived in USA and could play that as I'd be moving problematic balls out the way every visit :) have a good one@@Amateur_Pool
@@surge_uk LOL - the official ruling on moving an object ball is that the opponent gets to move it back. So, if the shooter were to try to take advantage of that rule, the opponent could also movie it back to where "they THOUGHT" it came from. ;)
ah awesome. so cool to see different countries and leagues rulesets. keep being cool man youve got a new fan@@Amateur_Pool
@surge_uk 😊 Thank you, surge
Just took a dab and you gonna say, "he's got a tan"
Bro I'm cryin lmao
Lmaooooo
Do y’all play on 9fts?
Not for apa league play.. it's all on 7ft tables
Tough 3rd rack but you came through it like a BOSS!
Grinded it out! Appreciate you, James
Appreciate the commentary. Do you play in any other leagues besides APA?
I have not, not right now.. used to play BCA and VNEA
Love your videos brother! Almost had my first break and run tonight in 9 ball as a 4. Missed my shape on the 9 by just a bit but I’ll get it next time! Keep up the awesome content!
Nice job! You'll get it next time. Thanks for the support!
I have to wear slides right now because I had to have part of my right foot amputated and can’t wear shoes right now, but I typically play better in sandals anyways, I play better when I’m more comfortable. Shorts, loose fitting short sleeve shirt and sandals lol
Geez, that's rough man! Hope you heal up quickly
according to the APA "Push shots will not be called in this amateur League. Even the professional players cannot agree about what is and isn't a push shot. In general, you can lessen your chances of being accused of shooting a push shot by hitting the cue ball into the object ball at an angle, or by elevating the butt of your cue about 30 degrees. "
Hey Josh ! On the first rack on your key ball the 1 you stunned it , if you rolled it probably would’ve had a better roll for the 8 ? I rewound and looked at it …but you prevailed .
Ya, I get out of line a lot... I don't always make the right choices either... GOTTA LOVE THIS GAME! Thanks for watching
@@Amateur_Pool I wasn’t trying to critique, just commenting on what I seen or kinda like “what would I do “ but after the fact . because who knows what the hell I would’ve done !
@@gman5051 exactly.. there's always different ways to play it. I'm just saying that i take the hard route sometimes, unplanned, lol 😆
Just played Greg last night. Good dude, good shot.
I play in flip flops all the time ..but I agree with shoes … better foundation for sure !
:)
Love the commentary I love playing in the APA
Thanks, Chester
I agree shooting pool in flip flops is weird. Glad I am not the only one who thinks that way.
I don't even know why! LOL
I dont know about flipflops , i see a very small difference on shoe i wear. I usually wear a running shoes, days i wear sneaker which is flat bottom and heavy , i stay down more on the shot and wearing shoes with thicker soles, my draw is better, lol. I am a 5 playing for 6 years now, more i play i hope i dont see these differences, with better stroke, Nice videos , we hardly get to see APA matches , keep it up Josh
Thank you!
Amateur player here. Love watching pool videos. You post great content. These are more fun than watching pros cause this is way more relatable haha
Thank you Harry! As an avid pool watcher myself, I felt the same way. Got tired of seeing perfect play all the time and thought other people might like watching amateur matches also! That was the birth of this channel! Thanks for the support!
Can you tell me what you think about it and how it plays???
What is it that you want to know about? The table? Or plays awesome (never played on a diamond that i didn't like). The stick? It's a cuetec true wood 2, and i love it so far. Been using it for about 8 or 9 months now.
Josh I like your commentary, all about pool , English ,position and so on , reminds me when Earl strickland host a pool match , thanks
Ya man.. when i first started doing this, that's kind of what i thought of, Earl commentating matches.. thanks for watching!
In his defense, if the cue ball is frozen to the object ball, you can shoot through the cue ball and it's not a foul. But he didn't check to see if it was frozen, so who knows. Way to power through it boss
That's true, if they're frozen. Appreciate the comment, Travis
40:09 LMAO!!!!!! 💯
LOL - it's true... I've just stopped calling the foul unless I call a spotter.
Fred always called Lamont his son a big dummy! You are correct!
Lol... yup
Wearing flip-flops shooting pool is weird!
THANK YOU! lol
Who’s the SL 7 in this match?
The host, Josh Powell. It says it in the description if you ever need to know.
@@djamo1969 thank you
It's me... Although, sometimes I don't play like it, lol - Thanks for watching
Thanks!
Fred Sanford, "you big dummy," Yes it was him.
LOL
Great win Josh! 1-3 in my league but keep shooting myself in the foot! Have no luck! Should be 3-1. Keep up the good work!
League is tough for me.. hard to stay in it, mentally. I seem to focus a little better in tournaments
Great 1st rack!
Thanks, James!
Josh who said that 'pretty OK'
That one is mine, as far as i know. An original :)
Mr. Miagi Karate Kid I think it was Pretty OK too
Yup, Sandford. Sandals, not for me. I don't even manage tennis shoes. I wear steel toed boots pretty much 365 days a year.
Oh, shit... you're a man's man, for sure! Lol... thanks as usual, bird mun
You win so much I secretly finding myself hoping someone beats ya! lol
Lol, keep watching, I've posted plenty of losses.. in fact, got a couple coming out soon as well, lol
Keep up the good work brother still enjoying the videos.
Thank you sir!
The odds are much lower of winning if your the first person trying to get out in 8 ball. It’s not a bad thing.
:)
nice match, Josh.
Thank you!
For those of use not familiar, while you are rambling about the push foul. Explain what it is please!
The definition for a push foul is when the tip has prolonged contact with the cue ball.
@@Amateur_Pool thanks you just earned a subscribe.
little timmy would put top on that shot
Lmaooooo 😂🤣
Greetings from Thailand ( UK ex pat) enjoy your vids. Im starting to play alot of pool and (slowly) getting better. One thing i see in your vids is a lot of skill level (SK) mentioned which you never hear about here. It seems a good way of assessing someones ability but i have no idea about it, is it a techinical assesment or not how exactly to you make that assesment
I'm referencing the apa league skill level.. it's their own handicapping system
It’s a pool league (APA) designation. In 8 ball, skill levels run from 1-7. The higher your skill level the more games you must win in a head-to-match. For 9-ball, it’s a “points system”. Each ball is worth 1 point in a rack, with the 9 ball worth 2. Total rack is worth 10 points. The match is not decided by who drops the most 9s, but who accumulates the most points. Skill levels are from 1-9 in 9-ball. A 1vs5 match would be 12 points needed versus 38 points needed. Then there’s a scoring system for each match as “team level” match. Same in 8-ball. What Josh is doing is showing his level against another league player so the viewer has an idea if the opponent is new, decent, good or equally good to give some context to who he’s playing.
The footwear comments are Hilarious !!
🤣
Does anyone scratch more than Josh?
@@paultrumphour3808 I'm very itchy! 😂
Guy in my area, flip flops 9 months out of the year in the midwest, and he's like a 700 fargo...plays pros for big money, 1k or more races😂😂😂
Lol... should be illegal 😁
Very obvious foul at 9:30 he should have admitted that one.
Yup
what about 4:58
@@surge_uk just responded to your other comment on this also.. apa plays cue ball foul only.. hitting another ball isn't a foul in this league
speaking of push fouls.. the high ranks on teams should be helping lower players on this.. I had a new player push through 3-4 shots in a row one time and their high rank just sat there... the problem was eventually, this player was pushing through on shots that had over 8" between the cue and the object ball... couldnt very well call a ref to watch every shot this player took lol... I just wish everyone was honest.. I dont know why it's so hard for people to be honest really... oh well /shrug... I had an issue with anger/frustration in my match last night and I had when that happens cause I'm generally a really happy person that just goes with the flow. It definitely caused me to lose my match. Hey Josh, keep up the entertaining content sir!
Thank you Rae Rae! I agree about the higher SL informing the lower SL players. Every member of my team knows what a push foul is, and how to avoid them!
@@Amateur_Pool same!
I usually take their captain aside and advise him to correct his players when they do that . I let him know that I don't want to make a big thing of it on league night , but it's for his own benefit . If I know that the captain knows better and is just letting it go, I remind him that I hope I'm there to see it when it bites him on the ass if they get to Tri-Cups or Cities . That usually gets their attention. I've been lucky enough to witness exactly that a few times and it is very gratifying !
From a break and run to a break and none.
From hero to zero! LOL
Yep big dummy 😂😂😂 redd foxx from my town STL. Been watching a lot of your matches good stuff
Thanks, my man!
Columbus Josh. Just cause u live somewhere dosen't mean that has to b your team. Im a Michigan fan😊😊 GO BLUE
Cut it out! You must not be from Columbus, you just live there now? No way could you be raised in Columbus and be a Michigan fan? 😁
You know 😂😂😂
😁😂
You are right my brother - sandals are gross - we have a guy on our team that wears Jesus sandals on a regular basis!
Lol.. sandals have their place. Just maybe not the pool table
APA's so ridiculous. Why does a simple scratch on a missed 8 lead to a loss? You put in all the work to run out, and then just a scratch loses the game, despite the opponent doing nothing. It makes no sense lol
Lol... it's frustrating when it happens
That’s the way all leagues used to be 30 years a go when I started playing
Tryna see what black shorts skill level is haha
Lol... i think a 3 or 4 😁
1st time I've ever commented during a video! 😂😂
Sweet! Might set up a premier video and watch live when it posts.. can comment in real time