Post by Deleted on May 17, 2014 11:58:58 GMT
One of the things that I think our game needs is a place on the web that better describes what Bar Billiards is and how it's played. We of course have a lot of great websites maintained already for various leagues and associations, and they hold a lot of important and relevant information for the players themselves. However, it came to my attention that there is nowhere for the "new" player, nowhere that explains what Bar Billiards is for someone who has never seen or heard of the game before. One question I've always asked of people is "how will the game grow if nobody has the ability to quickly know what the game is" Other games like Darts and snooker (once small little communities like ours) don’t have that problem, yet it's a big problem we still face.
A good example would be this. A couple of guys go into a pub somewhere in England, and see a Bar Billiards table not knowing what it is. So they Google it on their phone, and they can probably find mention of it, but not how to play it. How better would it be if, for example, one of the first things they saw was an instructional video on Youtube showing them clearly how to play. They may be inclined to give it a try.
.......and now we have exactly that, a 20 minute video of some guys and a gal having a crack at the game and learning the rudiments !
The film was shot in the Pembury Tavern, Hackney - a place I have been to and gave a report on my visit (see under Bar billiards in London).
