u/AffectionateRow1174

Is English blackball the “easiest” cue sport? *I don’t mean this with any disrespect* I recently went on holiday and was able to play on English tables and found it to be the easiest cue sport variation I’ve played in terms of being able to run multiple balls in row and/or runout. I am in no measure a great player…(I’ve played for a year maybe and mostly play for fun). I think at the highest levels it must be as difficult since everyone you play is so good, but just the equipment itself seems to take the easiest components of each cue sport and make it into one. It’s a small table so the long shots are very manageable, and unlike USA bar-box tables the cueball is smaller than object balls so blockages/obstacles don’t come up as much. The cues have smaller tips which make it generally easier to apply English and control the cue ball, and IMO makes it easier aim shots. I know rounded pocket corners are seen as “harder” than American corners, but I found on the small size table it makes it so that’s wider angle shots can go (especially side pockets). Idk, just curious if anyone else found blackball/english pool to feel a bit like child’s play compared to other cue disciplines?