Give your children the gift of the swimming pool.
Pool/Billiards is a great game! It can be enjoyed at the highest skill levels up to the first player and all skill levels in between. It is a game that mothers and fathers with sons and daughters can play for a lifetime.
The game will start to get more fun the more you improve. It’s really fun when you can run some balls and strategically move the cue ball around the table. Fortunately for beginners, they will start to see dramatic improvements with a little practice.
But what about younger children? They also want to play. Shouldn’t they also be able to enjoy the game?
Does this sound familiar?
You are invited to a family gathering in a house that has a pool table. At some point, the cover comes off and a game breaks out. Soon people are choosing partners, playing pool and having a good time.
And then the kids want to get involved. They see that you have fun and they also want to play.
You don’t want to exclude them, but the fact is, as soon as young children start trying to play at an adult-sized table with adults, it really isn’t fun for either the adults or the children.
For adults, any flow to any game goes out the window. And for the kids, they can’t hold the club properly because they’re not tall enough and probably won’t sink any balls because of it.
Do you want to get some perspective on how a child feels trying to play pool at an adult table? Take a stick and try to play on your knees. It is almost impossible to play if your shoulders are slightly higher than the table.
An adult size pool table is approximately 32″ tall. To comfortably shoot and pocket balls, your rear elbow should be a minimum of 36″ off the ground when preparing to shoot.
The best way to start teaching your kids the game of pool is to start with a mini pool table.
With a miniature pool table, your children will be able to start learning and enjoying the game at an earlier age. The clubs will be shorter and lighter, so you will have a lot more control with them.
You will be able to teach them how to hold the club correctly, how to bridge and how to stroke their shots and they will be able to learn correctly from the beginning.
Your children will be able to see what it really feels like to play billiards on a table more suitable for their height. They won’t be overwhelmed by the size of the table or the equipment.
Mini pool tables come in all different sizes and many of them have received rave reviews. The best thing about some of the best is that you will also enjoy playing it with your children.
If you are a pool player with children and you hope that one day they will show some interest in learning and playing, don’t wait for them to grow into an adult size table.
Get them started early with a mini pool table. They’ll learn to play at a young age, they’ll have a lot more fun at a table that’s more their size, and by the time they’re old or tall enough to play at an adult table, they’ll already have a pretty good idea of how to play.
Mini pool tables are a great gift for children. Surprise them this year with the gift of the pool!
Now that you know how to get your kids to play at a young age, don’t forget about the big kids on your playing list. They also have a wish list.