I have seen some amazing shots on television (mostly on the ESPN Network) where a professional trick ball shooter hits the cue ball in a way that’s not seen by a lot of people, including myself. I’ve been fascinated by how these people make these shots. Although, it’s possible to do, but there’s a very
The Guide to Rack the Billiards Balls Do your billiards balls move about when after taking the rack off before you begin a game of pool? Or, have you wondered where each of the balls go in what order before the break? This has happened to me several times in the past until a friend
The use of the billiards chalk is to decrease the amount of slippage from the tip of the cue stick when it strikes the cue ball. According to Wikipedia, the chalk was invented by William A. Spinks. Since he’s the inventor, he might as well be called the “Master” of the cue chalk as well.
To the astute billiards player, certain words like scratch, side-pocket, and rack-em apply to the game of billiards. However, to the novice player hearing these words, these can seem confusing. Since there are a lot of billiards jargon, I’ll cover the three that are mentioned earlier: scratch, side-pocket, and rack-em. The word “scratch” means when
As I was venturing into a pool hall some time ago, I was looking for something outside of billiards that I can talk about and found this painting named, The Night Café that has been done by Vincent van Gogh. In this painting, van Gogh tells the tale of a real-life bar owner, Joseph-Michel Ginoux
8 Ball Pool is a free type of video game that you can download for your mobile device that you can play and enjoy. I have played with this game on my Galaxy Note 4, and I would say that I enjoyed playing this kind of 8-ball against a “Guest”. Though it’s not as fun
Nine-ball (or 9-ball for short) is an alternative version to the traditional 8-ball game in playing billiards. This is the type of pool game that I am not too experienced in playing with. I tried to play it at one time, and I never played it ever since. Maybe I had fun, then again, maybe
Now, here’s a version of billiards that I just saw today (well not in person). I was trying to find another type of game relating to billiards, and I found this. It’s called Carom Billiards also known as “The Pocketless Pool” as the table has no holes on the table to sink any of the
I know that we are responsible people, but there are some times that we aren’t careful for whatever reason. Some common courtesy are quite simple to follow such as cleaning up after oneself by putting the cue sticks back on a cue rack after finishing a game. Here are some common pool room etiquette that
I have always wanted to know about the history of pool (billiards) for quite some time. Yes, the game is fun and can be challenging at times. Yet, there’s a history to how the game of pool “came to be”. Like, I was thinking to myself, “Where did the word ‘billiards’ come from?” As it