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| OHCC LIVING | JUNE 2023 | 47 "One Pocket" – Chess on Pool Table Many pool players find One Pocket to be the most rewarding pocket billiards game of all. It is often likened to chess on a pool table. It is a game that players often graduate to after building a foundation of pool skill in other games. It has less ball running, yet much more head-to-head maneuvering than typical pool games. It's often played by older players who have honed their skills over the years. Playing One Pocket is guaranteed to improve skills that carry over into other pool games – skills such as banking, safeties, speed, finesse, and most of all, cue ball control. RULES (simple) 1. Lag for break, breaker chooses pocket #3 or #4 before breaking. a. No special requirement for breaking. b. Alternate breaks in subsequent games – it's an advantage. 2. One point per ball, all balls are the same, no shots are called. a. 8 points wins the game. 3. Any ball sunk in your pocket counts, by either player. a. You must sink a ball in your pocket to shoot again. b. Balls sunk in the other four pockets are spotted, after your turn. c. If you sink a ball in the opponent's pocket, it comes back up if the cue ball does not remain in play (scratch or off table). 4. Scratches & fouls – spot one of your balls, you can go negative. a. Scratch - ball in hand behind the line. b. Sink your ball and scratch – ball comes back out plus a 1 ball penalty. c. No safeties – if you sink a ball in your pocket, you must shoot again. d. Cue ball fouls only – but move an object ball accidentally and opponent chooses to replace it or leave it where it is. Want to see supreme examples of one-pocket wizardry? Some of you will remember pro Max Eberle from his appearance here in 2014. Max has four videos (five to six minutes each) in which he runs ALL 15 balls into that one pocket. Running eight balls to win a game is excruciatingly difficult. I never have done it. To then go on and run the remaining seven balls is simply astonishing. Google "Max Eberle one pocket 15 ball run." Watch and be amazed as he does it four times. Billiards Each week you have opportunities four times each week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday to exercise your body and keep it fit. We hope you will join in the fun and fitness! Your first class in FREE so you can try the class and see how it works for you before joining. We look forward to seeing you at the Chair Yoga exercise classes three times each week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:15 am in the Abravanel Hall in the Ocean Hills Clubhouse. Come between 10:45 am and 11:15 am to register and pay $5 for each class. The dues per year are only $5 for 2023 and you need to leave a $5 check made out to the O H Senior Fitness Club and leave it at the front desk. Our instructor is fully qualified and a professional Yoga Instructor. Her name is Cheryl Todd and she will be at the desk in the lobby to check you in between 10:45 am and 11:15 am to have you sign the attendance sheet and pay $5 before the Chair Yoga Class begins. Then she will be on the large stage at 11:15 am so you can easily see her movements from your chair in a sitting position. You stand behind the chair for a few minutes, before class ends, so you can practice standing poses to practice improved balance and posture. Tuesday, we have a different professional Yoga instructor, Tatis Cervantes-Aiken, who lives in Ocean Hills Country Club. She has her class from 8 am until 9 am in the Majorca Room in the Clubhouse. Please bring a mat for her Chair to Mat class and join the other people who exercise with Tatis. This class is absolutely free because she is a resident and does not charge for her class. We recommend that you come early as on 15 people can exercise in the room. Contact Carol Farrell, Secretary and/or Barry Farell, VP at phone number (760) 842-8352 for information or check the website for The Senior Fitness Club for more information. Senior Fitness Club