How do you test and compare pool tables?

Section 31 on Disc V of the Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP) demonstrates in detail how to calibrate yourself for how an unfamiliar table plays. The shots included in the check-out procedure include:

1. lag shot
2. maximum spin reaction
3. stop shots
4. draw shots
5. maximum throw
6. multiple-rail position shots
7. rolling-CB kick reference check and adjustment (see link below)
8. sliding-ball bank reference check and adjustment (see link below)
9. Plus System and Corner-5 System benchmark shots (see link below)
10. slow-roll “roll-off” checks

See also:

• procedure for checking out how a table kicks and banks
• shot for testing speed of table and cushions: NV L.82 – Straight-Back Bank SPEED REFERENCE Useful for All Pool Games

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