Comments on: Exercises from the P.A.T. (Playing Ability Test) http://www.billiardcoach.com/home/2008/05/02/exercises-from-the-pat-playing-ability-test Billiard instruction, tournament tales, and top notch products. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:55:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Biddle http://www.billiardcoach.com/home/2008/05/02/exercises-from-the-pat-playing-ability-test/comment-page-1#comment-4823 John Biddle Wed, 31 Mar 2010 18:17:08 +0000 http://www.billiardcoach.com/home/?p=7#comment-4823 Mike, I agree with you that the IPATs are great. I've got detailed reviews at my site. I'm mailing you a scoresheet you may find useful. I put it together because I thought the scoring methodology in the books was hard to understand and overly complicated. I precomputed everything and made it all into a look-up table for each exercise. Just find the page for your book (Start, L1, L2, L3), find the column for the exercise you just did, and the intersecting row for the points you made to get your score. Way easier, and much faster. They're going to include something like this in the next edition of the books. Mike, I agree with you that the IPATs are great. I’ve got detailed reviews at my site. I’m mailing you a scoresheet you may find useful. I put it together because I thought the scoring methodology in the books was hard to understand and overly complicated.

I precomputed everything and made it all into a look-up table for each exercise. Just find the page for your book (Start, L1, L2, L3), find the column for the exercise you just did, and the intersecting row for the points you made to get your score. Way easier, and much faster. They’re going to include something like this in the next edition of the books.

]]> By: admin http://www.billiardcoach.com/home/2008/05/02/exercises-from-the-pat-playing-ability-test/comment-page-1#comment-3675 admin Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:32:06 +0000 http://www.billiardcoach.com/home/?p=7#comment-3675 Craig, Yes, the exams must be done on a 9 foot table but the exercises and ungraded practice tests can be done on any table. To keep score comparisons meaningful on a worldwide basis, 9-footers are required. The PAT series is still an excellent personal benchmark for yourself, just don't get a big head if you beat Hohmann's score because you're on a smaller table. ;-) Of course I'll make time to meet with you in Rugby and will bring the books. Thanks! Mike Craig,

Yes, the exams must be done on a 9 foot table but the exercises and ungraded practice tests can be done on any table. To keep score comparisons meaningful on a worldwide basis, 9-footers are required. The PAT series is still an excellent personal benchmark for yourself, just don’t get a big head if you beat Hohmann’s score because you’re on a smaller table. ;-)

Of course I’ll make time to meet with you in Rugby and will bring the books. Thanks! Mike

]]> By: Craig http://www.billiardcoach.com/home/2008/05/02/exercises-from-the-pat-playing-ability-test/comment-page-1#comment-3673 Craig Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:49:34 +0000 http://www.billiardcoach.com/home/?p=7#comment-3673 I assume these need to be done on a 9 ft table. Would you bring a set of books to Rugby for me? Also, I would like to schedule an hour or two with you in Rugby. I assume these need to be done on a 9 ft table.

Would you bring a set of books to Rugby for me? Also, I would like to schedule an hour or two with you in Rugby.

]]> By: Fieldhammer http://www.billiardcoach.com/home/2008/05/02/exercises-from-the-pat-playing-ability-test/comment-page-1#comment-33 Fieldhammer Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:23:42 +0000 http://www.billiardcoach.com/home/?p=7#comment-33 Dan, Thanks for reading my blog and commenting on the PAT books. They are really great benchmarking tools and good for diagnosing trouble spots in your skill set so that you know what to practice. I've got books for sale for $28 each. If you'd like, you could paypal or call me to order. -- Dan,

Thanks for reading my blog and commenting on the PAT books.

They are really great benchmarking tools and good for diagnosing trouble spots in your skill set so that you know what to practice.

I’ve got books for sale for $28 each. If you’d like, you could paypal or call me to order.

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