Pocket Facing Angles Why Not Parallel Azbilliards Forums I've seen a table with fairly small pockets and parallel facings and it seemed to play easier than a table with more standard pockets. i think the best kind of pocket would be about the same effective size from all directions and be insensitive to speed. Does anyone have accurate info about what angles new tight pocket setups are running? i know bca says corners 142 1 deg. i am pretty sure from watching matches and still pics that tight setups are more parallel, maybe 140 or even less. but would like some level of certainty. thanks.
Pocket Facing Angles Why Not Parallel Azbilliards Forums I read on here that the desired angle between the facings of a corner pocket is 12 14 degrees (the point of the pocket makes a 141 or 142 degree angle). why is this angle not 0 (or 135 at the point)?. How do pocket angles affect shot making? in this informative video, we’ll break down the important role that pocket angles play in shot making within billiar. However, i believe the op was asking why aren't pocket facings designed by the table manufacturers to be parallel? i'm sure several companies tried parallel facings in the hundreds of years tables existed. At a glance, the second pocket looks bigger. but this is why you can't just give one size to describe a pocket. you have to measure the opening at the 'mouth' and the 'throat'. plus how much shelf the ball has to clear before it can fall into the hole.
Pocket Facing Angles Why Not Parallel Page 2 Azbilliards Forums However, i believe the op was asking why aren't pocket facings designed by the table manufacturers to be parallel? i'm sure several companies tried parallel facings in the hundreds of years tables existed. At a glance, the second pocket looks bigger. but this is why you can't just give one size to describe a pocket. you have to measure the opening at the 'mouth' and the 'throat'. plus how much shelf the ball has to clear before it can fall into the hole. In my opinion, the size of the pocket is not as important in regards to the difficulty of the table as the cloth and the rails. i've played on 4.75 inch pocketed tables with dirty rails that were tougher than 4.5 inch pockets. Your pocket facing angles are a very underrated factor in how easy tough your pockets play. they can easily be measured with a protractor. anything more than 142° would be considered quite tough, particularly on a tight pocket table. It contains an illustration of facing angle and how it is related to pocket mouth and throat measurements. also included are typical values over a wide range of tables. If a ball is rolling parallel to the long rail 1 4 inch off if it, the ball will not drop. that's just not right. it's not only about the size of the pocket but the angle of the pocket facings. a ball can hit that same position on the facing coming from 3 8 or 1 2 inch but angling it just that bit & it will drop.
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