The poker I consider smallball is the poker I play in shorthanded games... to me it's just being more aggressive with lesser hands than your opponents are willing to be aggressive with. I play smallball when games get down to 4 or 5 players, and I tend to dominate them.

One key aspect is that you respect it when your opponents are agressive. When the pot gets big enough to be a danger to your stack, you revert to playing solid "good fold" kind of poker.

It is a breakable strategy, but when your opponents figure you out (and most wont, believe me) you just switch it up.