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- Australian pool cues are designed for Australian pool played on a 7' x 3'/6" table. These cue are usually 57" in length, Ash shaft, feature 9mm to 10mm leather cue tips and weight from 17oz to 18oz.
- American pool cues are designed for American pool played on a 9' x 4'/6" table. These cue are usually 58" in length, Maple shaft, feature 13mm to 14mm layered cue tips and weight from 20oz to 24oz.
- English snooker cues are designed for world wide snooker played on a 12' x 6' table. These cue are usually 58" in length + support an 6" extension, Ash shaft, feature 10mm to 12mm leather cue tips and weight from 18oz to 19oz.
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A striking ? Split Cue with a quality Ash Shaft, Hand Spliced Rosewood Butt, Barometric Brass Joint and a 9.5mm Elkmaster Tip. The ferrule is brass and the cue comes with a 6” Mini Extension. It is 57” in length and available in 17oz, 18oz and 19oz
Cue Length | 145cm (57") |
Shaft Length | 108cm (42.5") excluding tip and 2cm for protruding male joint |
Butt Length | 37cm (14.5") |
Shaft | Ash |
Tip | 9.5mm, brass ferrule |
Butt | Rosewood with Rosewood mini extension |
Decoration | Natural and red veneers |
Joint | Barometric Brass |
Butt End Joint | Yes, quick action |
Weight | 17oz, 18oz, 19oz |
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A 50/50 split Ash shaft with painted Hardwood butt and Hardwood splice with coloured veneers. The cue has a brass joint, a brass ferrule and a 9.5mm tip. Length 57" and available in assorted weights.
Cue Length | 57" (144cm) |
Shaft Length | 72.4cm (28.5") excluding the protruding male joint and tip |
Butt Length | 71.4cm (28") |
Shaft | Ash |
Tip | 9.5mm, brass ferrule |
Butt | Hardwood |
Decoration | Natural and yellow front splices |
Joint | Brass |
Butt End Joint | No |
Available Weight | Assorted |
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Handmade in Thailand from the best quality wood and materials. It has a distinctive 12 point butt design with Ebony, Maple & Rosewood inlay splices with a quick-release joint. It has a 9.5mm tip and brass ferrule. Length 57" and available in 17oz, 18oz and 19oz weights. Supplied with soft cue sleeve.
Cue Length | 57" (144cm) |
Shaft Length | 72.4cm (28.5") excluding the protruding male joint and tip |
Butt Length | 72.8cm (28.5") |
Shaft | Grade A hand-selected Ash with enhanced grain |
Tip | 9.5mm, brass ferrule |
Butt | 12 point design with genuine Ebony, Maple & Rosewood inlay splices |
Decoration | Ebony, Maple and Rosewood |
Joint | Brass 'Quick Action' |
Butt End Joint | Yes |
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A 3/4 split Snooker Cue with a hand-spliced 4-point Rosewood and Maple butt. 3/4 split with a unique Bakelite & brass joint. 9.5mm tip, brass ferrule and leather buffer. Length 57” and available in 17oz, 18oz and 19oz weights. Also includes a 6" ebonised mini butt extension.
Cue Length | 57" (144cm) |
Shaft Length | 107.1cm (42") excluding the protruding male joint and tip |
Butt Length | 37.3cm (14.6") |
Shaft | Top grade hand selected Ash with enhanced grain |
Tip | 9.5mm, brass ferrule |
Butt | Rosewood |
Decoration | Hand spliced Rosewood and Maple 4 point splice |
Joint | Brass Bakelite joint |
Butt End Joint | Yes |
Available Weight | 17oz, 18oz, 19Oz |
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A 50/50 split cue, featuring an Ebony butt, Cocolobo Splice and a shaft made from a single piece of the finest straight-grain Ash and matched grain.
This cue is from our Heritage range and is made from the finest materials. Hand-made in Thailand it has Hand-spliced Ebony butt with Cocobolo front splice, a 50/50 split with quick-release joint and matching grains at joint. 9.5mm tip, brass ferrule. Length 57” and available in 17oz, 18oz and 19oz weights. Supplied with soft cue case.
Cue Length | 145cm (57") |
Shaft Length | 72cm (28") excluding tip and 2cm for protruding male joint |
Butt Length | 72.7cm (28.6") |
Shaft | Grade A hand selected Ash with enhanced grain |
Tip | 9.5mm, brass ferrule |
Butt | Hand spliced genuine Ebony with Cocobolo front splice |
Decoration | Cocolobo Splice |
Joint | Brass, 'Quick Action' |
Butt End Joint | Yes |
Weight | 17oz, 18oz, 19oz |
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A 50/50 split snooker cue with an Ash shaft a Birds Eye Maple front splice set against contrasting 4 point red veneers. It has an Ebony butt and hand spliced Maple splices. The cue has enhanced grain with the grain matched at the joint. A quick-release brass joint, 9.5mm Elkmaster tip and is 57" long. This cue is supplied with a soft cue sleeve.
Cue Length | 57" (144cm) |
Shaft Length | 104cm (28.5") excluding the protruding male joint and tip |
Butt Length | 72.7cm (28.7") |
Shaft | Grade A hand-selected Ash with enhanced grain |
Tip | 9.5mm, brass ferrule |
Butt | Hand spliced genuine Ebony |
Decoration | Ebony splices with Maple and red veneers |
Joint | Brass 'Quick Action' |
Butt End Joint | No |
Available Weight | 17oz, 18oz, 19Oz |
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Handmade in Thailand. This 3/4 split Snooker Cue has a hand-spliced Ebony butt with a single Cocobolo front splice and a natural thick veneer. 3/4 quick release joint. 95mm tip, brass ferrule. Leather buffer. 57", 17oz. Supplied with a soft cue sleeve and 6" mini extension.
Cue Length | 144cm (57") |
Shaft Length | 109cm (42.9" excluding tip and protruding male joint) |
Butt Length | 35.6cm (14") |
Shaft | Grade A selected Ash - Enhanced Grain |
Tip | 9.5mm, brass ferrule |
Butt | Genuine Ebony |
Decoration | Cocobolo |
Joint | Brass 'Quick Release' |
Butt End Joint | Yes |
Weight | 17oz, 18oz, 19oz |
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This cue is handmade in Thailand from the best quality wood and materials. It features a hand spliced genuine Ebony butt with 4 thick Maple upper splices, Ebony splices, and 4 Burwood lower splices. It has a 9.5mm tip, brass ferrule, and a quick action joint. Length 57" and available in 17oz, 18oz and 19oz weights. This cue is supplied with soft cue case and 6" mini extension.
Cue Length | 57" (144cm) |
Shaft Length | 104cm (45") excluding the protruding male joint and tip |
Butt Length | 40.7cm (16") |
Shaft | Grade A hand selected Ash with enhanced grain |
Tip | 9.5mm, brass ferrule |
Butt | Hand spliced genuine Ebony |
Decoration | 4 thick Maple upper splices, Ebony splices, 4 Burwood lower splices |
Joint | Brass 'Quick Action' |
Butt End Joint | Yes |
Available Weight | 17oz, 18oz, 19Oz |
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Hand-spliced Rosewood butt with 2-point Rosewood front splice with blue and natural veneers. 50/50 split with matched grains at joint. 9.5mm tip and brass ferrule. Length 57”. Made in China
Cue Length | 145cm (57") |
Shaft Length | 72cm (28") not including 2cm for protruding male joint |
Butt Length | 73cm (28.7) |
Shaft | Grade B enhanced Ash |
Tip | 9.5mm, brass ferrule |
Butt | Hand spliced Rosewood |
Decoration | Blue and natural veneers |
Joint | Brass, Barometric with matched grains at joint |
Butt End Joint | - |
Weight | 18oz |
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Learning to win again ?? making 8ball great once more
After we have not played for a while we sometimes get lazy to win. We lose the initiative to go out to win and it becomes a burden upon us. In occasions like these w need to step back from the normal and refocus.
Prepare well
When we prepare well we increase our chances of making that vital shot. Make sure that if you’ve been away from it all for a while or if you not been playing well that you get down to the practice room. Try out all the shots which bother you, after all there’s no need in practicing the shots you can manage already.
Commit to win
Make a commitment now as you read this that you will win x amount of games next time you play. Don’t suddenly expect to win every game right-away.
It will all take time but one things for sure, each game will make you a better player.
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You can advance your billiards skill level, almost overnight, by simply selecting the right cue. Many different companies such as Cuetec, Lucasi, and McDermott, are dedicated to making the best cues possible. A large amount of research and technology goes into their cues, to give even beginning players the winning edge. Boost your confidence level by
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Using the correct speed
How hard do you hit the object balls into the pockets?
Sure, it looks good to hammer them home into the pocket but what if you miss?
the balls have the tendency to go everywhere, making it a real possibility for the opponent to take control.
There are 3 main reason to use just the right amount of speed on a cueball:
1) To stay in control of the game. Scattering every ball just aint being in control
2) Should you miss, you park the balls over a pocket and then you will also block that pocket for your opponent
3) These ??locked pocket’ balls offer a ??get out of jail’ shot should you run out of position.
Make them play the game your way
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As I also play the game of golf I have transferred some of the ideas from the driving shot to the Break shot in pool, which I feel is very much like a good golf swing on the driving range. The movement of shoulders and hips make the biggest success by shifting body weight. This is what you should master to have an explosive break. Like so many of the different aspects in pool, a good break can mean the difference between winning and losing a game. The aspect of control however is more important than power, as if the cueball finishes in a tough spot this may ruin your chances at that inning, or worse the game. Try to leave the cueball somewhere near the center of the table when it finishes.
If you hit the cue ball just like you would on a break shot but without any of the object balls you will see that the cue ball will travel a great distance. The energy that the cue ball uses to travel that distance is the energy that normally is received by the pack. You must learn to increase and channel this energy to maximize energy transference to gain maximum spread.
Aiming
You must aim for a full ball contact into the pack in order to maximize energy transference otherwise the cue ball will still hold some of the energy after impact.
Achieving compression of power in the Break shot
Try to think of the break shot as if you were compressing a lot of power into it as you go through the downswing, with your hips and shoulder in the action.
Setting up the balls
DON’T POLISH THE BALLS
I cannot over emphasize this enough. Whatever you do don’t polish the balls too much as a little dirt actually helps each contact. I’ve played in some bars where they polish the balls every day, try getting a decent break on a table like that, the balls just can’t spread properly because of bad contact between them.
Some points to consider whilst setting up the balls:
* New balls will break better than old ones
* All balls must be touching to maximize energy transference
* Different types of cloth will effect the movement of the balls after the break
An old trick to pot a ball used to be to move the triangle forward an inch when setting up in order to have a greater chance to pot a ball. This can work on some tables but I always win by skill and never cheat.
Placement
The placement of the cue ball and your bridge is vitally important in order to gain more energy into the break. The nearer the pack the more energy can be transferred.
Weight Of The Cue
There is a physics equation for kinetic energy, which explains that a heavier cue does not make the break better.
In the equations most basic form, if you:
* Double the mass you double the energy
* Double the velocity you quadruple the energy
Timing
The cue ball must be hit at the moment that the cue is traveling fastest (at the bottom of the pendulum swing. Think about that Golf swing again)
Body movement
You may have seen the nine ball players throwing themselves at the cue ball whilst breaking. Although this movement creates more power in the break it will also increase inaccuracy.
Placement for striking hand
Try to hold the cue a little nearer the butt to maximize energy.
Can the break be too good?
Sometime we can spread the balls too well, but not potting anything, so leaving the opponent to clear up. Its something to keep in mind.
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Thinking ahead ? shots
Make a definite plan of how you will take on the game. Think several shots ahead. Most pro’s will tell you the whole game
has already been played out in their mind before the play a shot.
Start off by thinking two shots ahead then three and so on. This way you can change to this new way of playing without going the whole
distance in one go.
Some of the benefits of this way of thinking are:
* Greater awareness of the table
* Thinking of a correct order in which the balls should be potted
* It help you think of a game plan which you will play against your opponent e.g. more defensive game etc
I never ran a rack until I played the game this way. I remember the first time I made a complete clearance of all 8 balls in competition, Wow!
Make them play the game your way.
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The most important thing if you want to become an ace in billiards is the accuracy. As there is really a very small margin of error while playing with a formidable opponent, you need to think before any shot you take.
The billiard drills can teach you how to get into the mind of your opponent. The constant practice will hone up your skills as an accurate billiard player. These billiard drills are actually a plan about playing a series of successful shots in order to have the larger share of the score. The plan is to hit the balls in such as way that the cue ball is well placed for your next shot. In professional billiards this is regarded as the single most element of success. Being a beginner you can learn to play billiards like a professional, if you can spend sometime everyday on the practicing the billiards drills.
The billiard drills can provide with the special tips, help you to be patient and relax while you are in a shot. But the last word is always the practice. The more you practice, more you improvise on your skill. Once you are sure about your techniques, practice them and you can see yourself succeeding in this skill.
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Practice makes perfect. And that is true for billiards as well. As you know full well, it is not just about hitting the ball with the cue but a substantial set of subtler skills that makes a billiard player a true master at his game. Hence you need to practice if you wish to compete and show those casual friends of yours where they stand. A fine set of billiard drills can be utilized by you to improve your skills
Concentrating on the cue ball
For most new players, the object ball takes up more of their attention than the cue ball itself. End result? A bungled shot. Line up a series of object balls in a horizontal line across the table. Try and hit each ball absolutely straight after lining up the cue ball with it. If it deviates from the rectilinear, you did not stroke straight and lost concentration.
Perfect Shot control
Set the cue ball and the object ball a little distance away from the rail, in a straight line. Try to hit the object ball with a perfect kill shot and make the cue ball follow the object ball into the corner pocket. Neither should touch the rail.
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Does thinking about indoor games evoke memories of endless sessions of pool and snooker with your friends? If you are an avid fan of billiards or snooker, you must know about the different types of balls used for the different games. A game of carom is never played with the ball used for American style pool game.
Lets take, for example, the ball sets used for snooker games. The standard snooker balls measure 52.5 mm in diameter, however some balls also measure 52.4 mm. They have no standard weights, however, they usually weigh around 3 g. On the other hand, for a game of three-cushion, straight or balkline, you need balls that are 61.5 mm in diameter.
If you specialize in the game of Russian pyramid, you need to use a different set of billiards balls (with 68 or 72 mm diameter) from those used in Bumper pool (balls with 52.5 mm diameter). The blackball (British-style pool) uses 4.76 cm cue balls and 5.08 cm object balls, while the American-style pool uses balls with 5.715 cm in diameter.
Do you know how the balls where initially manufactured? They were fashioned out of ivory from elephant tusks. However, today phenolic resin is the most common material used for manufacturing these balls.
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Billiard practice drills are practice modules to impose better perfection and control over the game of the players. Before start playing with billiards drills-practice module, you should better set you own goal for the year, otherwise the repetitiveness of the practice drill module may hamper on play style.
The popular billiard drill practices are:
When the ball is thrown on the table, in any order, you should run 100 balls consecutively.
You need to run 100 balls without making a miss without allowing the cue ball in touching a rail.
Running three successive sets of 13-ball exercise without a single miss
Running three successive sets of 12 ball exercise without any miss
Running one set of the 14-ball exercise without making a miss
Scoring a 16 or higher in the 8-ball mid term exam
Scoring a 16 or higher count in 9-ball-mid ??term exam
Shooting 100 stop shots, keeping apart 3-4 diamonds into pocket of the corner without making any miss
Delivering 20 successful stun shots without making any miss
Delivering15 uninterrupted 2-7-2’s, connecting the diamonds, and stopping the cue ball within a CD diameter of the center of the table
Shooting all lessons from the Lesson in order with maximum five misses
Shooting 25 sets of the 4-ball exercise without making any mistake in the session
These practice drills will ensure a consistence in performance and ideal technique for the beginners as well as for the average players. We cannot count the masters for their practice skill because they are genius and genius designs his own way to practice.
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Given that it has become the most popular and widely played type of cue game, it would be easy to assume that snooker is also the oldest one, but this is not the case. The creation of billiards pre-dates snooker quite considerably ?? going back as far as the 1300s and the reign of Louis XI in France. However, despite not being the original cue game, there is no question that snooker is now the most famous one.
The birth of snooker
Snooker is believed to have been invented in India around 1875, and was developed by officers serving in the Devonshire regiment, as they amused themselves while unable to go outside due to the monsoon rain. The credit for devising crucial aspects of what we think of as snooker ?? including the different coloured balls ?? has gone to Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain, who also gave the new game its name, having described someone who failed to pot a ball during a game as a ??snooker”.
The snooker tables
In these early days the game was not played on the specialist snooker tables that we would recognise today, as it was seen merely as a novelty variant of billiards. The development of proper snooker tables did not begin until the game reached England, towards the end of the 1800s. It was the existing billiard table manufacturers who spotted the potential of providing alternative equipment for this new game, which led them to begin producing snooker tables, even though at this stage the game interested only a handful of the British public.
The beginning of competitive snooker
While the fact that snooker tables, cues and balls were available in shops in the UK at the turn of the 20th Century was a vital step towards the game becoming more popular, it was still seen as a game for the upper class. It took the brilliance of two brothers ?? Joe and Fred Davis ?? to bring the game to the attention of the working classes, alongside the creation of a World Championship tournament for the game. The Davis brothers dominated the snooker tables for more than 50 years, with Joe in particular going down as the first really legendary practitioner of the game thanks to his astonishing achievement of winning 15 World Championships in a row; a feat even later dominant forces in the game such as Joe’s namesake Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry would be unable to match. Joe Davis possessed a level of skill and technique that set him apart from all other players in this era, and he could be said to have been the first real star of the snooker tables.
The role of television
The peak years of popularity for snooker came in the 1970s and 1980s, and television was to play a crucial role in transforming it into one of the most popular games in Britain ?? and a new generation of players into household names. The combination of the show Pot Black and the decision to televise the World Championship in the new medium of colour television saw the popularity of the game skyrocket. Colour television made the game easy for viewers to follow, and the arrival of charismatic players such as Alex ??Hurricane’ Higgins and Jimmy ??The Whirlwind’ White saw snooker reach a wider audience than ever before.
Aside from making celebrities of these players, and providing millions of television viewers for the World Championship, this also had a beneficial effect on the game at the grassroots. More youngsters than ever were playing the game, either at youth clubs, snooker halls or on snooker tables at home, and this enthusiasm increased with the arrival of Steve Davis as the dominant figure in the game. Davis claimed the World Championship six times during the 1980s, although his most oft-remembered final ?? and perhaps the most memorable moment in snooker for many people ?? was his defeat to the underdog Denis Taylor in 1985, which was watched on television by a remarkable 18.5 million people in the UK, despite finishing at 12.30am.
The popularity of the game continued throughout the following decade, as snooker tables became a fixture in many homes throughout Britain and millions of viewers tuned in to watch the World Championships. A series of finals involving the game’s new top player ?? Stephen Hendry ?? and Jimmy White, who was a firm public favourite, helped to maintain audience enthusiasm into the new millennium.
The present day
The new century saw new players emerge to battle on the professional snooker tables and thrill the watching audiences, with perhaps the most charismatic and mercurial being Ronnie O’Sullivan. The Englishman belongs to a tradition that began with Alex Higgins in the 1970s and continued with Jimmy White, of hugely entertaining, gifted but inconsistent players that the British public have adopted as favourites. However, while Higgins’ talent burned out amidst his demons and Jimmy White was to fall agonisingly short of claiming the ultimate prize, O’Sullivan has managed to keep his personal problems in check sufficiently to win this title on a number of occasions.
Now in the new decade, it is players such as Judd Trump who are attracting audiences to watch snooker on television or live, and youngsters to pick up snooker cues and learn the game. While Trump may have become the latest in the line of flair players so beloved by fans of the game, there are a number of other top players ?? including Australia’s Neil Robertson ?? who have made a major splash. If the game has lost some of the appeal it had for audiences in the 1970s and 1980s, the new Head of World Snooker Barry Hearn is aiming to restore it to the position it held then. He has introduced more tournaments, and fewer frames, in a bid to shake up the game and make it appealing to modern audiences in search of faster-paced entertainment. These changes may divide opinion amongst snooker purists, but if they ensure the continued popularity of the game into the digital era, it is unlikely that many will be complaining.
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Cue sport involves balls of different sizes, colors, coatings and patterns etc that determine friction coefficient, resilience and hardness. Earliest pool balls were made of clay, wood and later ivory but contemporary balls are manufactured by plastic materials that are not prone to chipping or cracking.
In carom billiards, balls are not numbered and 61.5 mm in diameter. Here four/three balls are played with two red object balls and one white/yellow cue ball for each player. American style pool balls are larger than British pool balls and are widely used worldwide. These are 2.25cm in diameter with 0.005cm tolerance, colored and numbered. Typically there are nine-ball or eight-ball games played by fifteen balls in pocket billiards. In a British style blackball game 5.08 cm object balls and 4.76 cm cue balls are used but without any numbering. Twenty two colored balls of same weight and of 52.5 mm diameter (tolerance 0.05mm) are played in snooker.
In Russian Pyramid and Finnish Kaisa games, all-white numbered object balls are played by yellow/red cue balls. These balls are 68 mm or 72 mm in diameter. Bumper pool requires eight object balls and two special balls of approximately 52.5mm diameter. Also there are some special training balls for beginners and novelty balls like Blacklight, Boble ball, Tag ball etc.
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Practice is the sole means to excel in the game of billiards. Billiard players should note that the practice techniques should be accurate so that it can help them in perfecting and improving the overall game.
First of all, billiard practice techniques are categorized into two parts-pool specific and game specific. Let’s start with pool specific methods. Here you have to keep your head down when you are shooting the pool. Your eye should aim direct over the shooting pool cue so that you can take the right sight down the stick’s shaft. It will help you to see right down the shot path and then aim.
Remember to follow through your own shots when you are playing. Take strokes that are long and smooth and allow the cue tip to follow through the cue ball. Avoid small choppy strokes. It will help to make your own shoots much straighter. You require to chalk the cup tip before each shot as it offers better grip and stops miscues. Concentrate and avoid all types of distractions to give your best.
The game specific tips says to avoid the bank shots as they are difficult than cut shots, plan your shots as 8 ball game is more of positioning your shots. Opt for hard break shots that provide you advantage to shoot balls on break. You can try to hit the cue ball from the side of the game table. Try to place cue ball in a better spot that helps you to make the next shot easily. Moreover, observing experienced players will help you to select particular shots.
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Billiard drills will help you practice your billiard moves and hone your billiard skills. Hence, if you want to become a perfect billiard player then you have to practice drills to be able to improve your shots and the techniques of playing the game.
For practice drills you can improve certain shots namely cue ball concentration, cross table speed, short area draw, short position draw, long and straight, aiming, follow shots, squirt and masse shot. Most skill shots require a lot of practice.
In practice drill sessions you will get a fair opportunity to practice the shots and understand the technicalities involved in the game. For instance if you wish to perfect your skill then you can aim for killing the perfect cue ball. You can aim the first ball in the string and hit the cue ball through a straight shot.
All the above mentioned shots have their special and particular techniques which you have to master before you can become a great billiard player. The short position draw is another shot in which you need to hit the shorter ball in the string. Once you become an expert then you will be able to execute the drill without hitting the cue ball on the bottom cushion.
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Billiards lighting can be regarded as one of the vital parts of this stylish game. The table lights are not only used for providing sufficient luminosity on the table but it also helps to create a warm ambiance for the players. The lighting can be used both for mood and function.
Billiards lighting is available in a vast array of designs, materials and styles. Billiards light shades are available in chrome, brass, glass, fiberglass and different other materials. You also will have the choice of different shapes and sizes available.
There are quite a few companies out there which provide their customers with the option of having customized billiard lights. The lights are available in both traditional and contemporary styles to suit every ones requirement. Some of the well-known and popular types of billiard lightings include classic Tiffany style, Stained glass fixtures, Hand crafted designs, hand painted designs, single light pendants, hood type lights, bar type lights, hanging lights and many more.
Billiards lighting can be artistically used to create a dramatic effect on the billiard game room. Whether you want a traditional or a contemporary look, billiard lights can be used experimentally and creatively to make the perfect ambiance.
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I’ve been using Tallisman cue tips for around 2 years now. I’ve found that I get a much better contact with the tip now, improving accuracy and consistency.
The tip itself which I use is a ??soft’ tip. I use the soft tip as I personally feel it reacts better. It’s all personal taste though. I now feel that I get the consistent hit which I have sought after.
Talisman Billiards is owned by Tony Jones. He has clearly done his research when manufacturing a pool cue tip. Tony also sells other billiards accessories.
I play pool but does anyone ever use these on a snooker cue or carom cue? What are your views?
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Mel Larsen recently spoke to us at Billiardclick.com about his unique hand crafted one-off cue cases.
Each case is carefully sculpted by hand into a shark. The quality of the materials and workmanship is clearly unsurpassed. He is currently on number 32 of 100. Each case has a unique look about it making them highly desirable collectors items.
There will only ever be 100 made.
The picture above is from a cue case he did for Mike Massey. He has made 4 for Mike Massey altogether.
Just imagine walking into a pool hall with one of these.
Next part coming soon!
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Becoming a professional billiard player is not only a matter of talent, practice and expertise. This requires promoting a talent. If you want to promote yourself, if you want to be professional, you need to know few strategies of the game beforehand.
Following are the essential tips for becoming a professional billiards player ??
Tip # 1 Practice. The first tip definitely is your dedication, sincerity and hard work. World champions like Francisco Bustamante and Efren Reyes are known to practice for long hours, sometimes stretching even 10 to 12 hours.
Tip # 2 Not only practicing, you need to study the other professionals as well. Make yourself acquainted with the world champions, with their playing style, their special talent, their game plan, their career plan and their lifestyle. Make yourself one such a holistic plan.
Tip # 3 Now you are enough prepared to make your appearance. Join pool league. Develop a network. Test yourself at regional and local levels.
Tip # 4 At the next level, take part in high profile matches. Contests like World 8 Ball Championship or ESPN’s Ultimate 9 Ball Challenge will definitely build your image as a professional. If you win, then you definitely are.
Tip # 5 Last but not the least, be an opinion leader. Master your game and reflect your wisdom in your lifestyle and living.
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Chalking your cue tip should be an every shot occurence. The reason being that when we do not chalk the tip it becomes easy for the fibres within the tip to become impacted. When they are impacted then it becomes very hard for the tip to ??grip’ the cueball. The chalk holds the fibres open and stops them from fusing together.
Different types of chalk can offer slightly different effects. Some chalk has larger particles than others. If the particles are too large it may result in ??layering’ which is unwanted. Layering is when too much chalk is held in microscopic layers upon the surface of the tip. This can lead to poor contacts and miscuing.
Chalk is very much a preference item, but once you get a brand you like then stick to it. The consistency of using
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There are different types of billiards or pool table that are used for the game of billiards. The table could of any shape ranging from round to L-shaped and multilateral. You simply need to know the methods of maintaining the table. According to the cleaning experts a pool table must be cleaned with the help of a vacuum cleaner. The plain vacuum cleaner will not only remove the chalk and the powder marks but also clear the table of the excess dust that gets accumulated due to the game.
However, if a vacuum cleaner is not readily available then you can definitely opt for a pool table brush which will serve the purpose temporarily. A brush must be available in a game room since it is capable of getting rid of the dust left behind by the chalks and the talcum on the pool table. If you want the table to be absolutely free from dirt then it is recommended that you use both the soft bristle brush and the vacuum consecutively. Moreover, to get the maximum output you must brush it near the pockets and from one end to another.
It is always safe to use the brush that came with your table while purchasing the product. You need to vacuum the cloth and iron it properly to get the maximum performance out of it. Finally to avoid such circumstances covering of the pool table with a cover is highly recommended.
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Want really jaw dropping visual effects for your pool table. Check out OpenPool. Its an open source pool table projection mapping system. Looks like magic! Project images onto a pool table that interact with what is going on at the time. Uses a ??Kinect’ and a projector to achieve the effects. I certainly would love to have this. I would however love to have this work as a pool trainer/ball position predictor. I’m sure its possible to do with this equipment and it would open the market up further for something like this. Imagine hitting into a pack and it displaying possible projections based on how you hold the cue etc.
Still interested? Its open source and its here:
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Everyone would love to run an 8ball rack every game. Although its unlikely to happen every single game we can at least increase our chances, increasing our winning margin in the process.
Strategy no.1 ?? Not leaving an open shot for your opponent
Every shot you play in a game has two purposes. The first purpose being pot a ball and the second to make sure that you have not left an opportunity for the opponent should you miss. Its a sort of yin/wang of the pool world.
When you fully commit to a shot without at least an idea of safety then you are leaving the gate open for your opponent to win. I’m not saying that we can manage to play every shot with safety but the greater the amount of shots played that way then the greater our chances of winning. You’ll see the safety shot a lot more toward end-game when players are trying to give it their all not to lose, but why not play these shots from the start. It will always force the opponent to think, taking them out of their confident zone.
Make them play the game your way.
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Antique pool cues are crafted out of the finest of woods and carved meticulously to maintain the perfect balance and size. When they were made, sophisticated machines were no where in picture, naturally each antique pool cue is an ode to engineering.
First billiard cues saw the sunlight in 17th century. When players hit the ball with the plain wood, they felt the need of control. Then the tips were introduced in 19th century by Francoise Mingaud. In 1845, Brunswick made the first cue of billiard for itself. These cues were carved out of maple, ebony and rosewood. European antique cues are very popular and preferred. France and Germany set their standard in making cues by using exotic woods and stylish makes.
There are certain key features that boast of their being antique. First of all, their handles. There would be intricate work. Many high-profile and sophisticated cues come with expensive inlays made of gold, silver or mother of pearl. Their packaging and presentation is impressive as well. They come wrapped in silk like material.
These beautiful billiard props are good collectibles. The antique pool cues enhance your social value when collectors put them in their billiard room for display.
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When Daryl Peach (the first Englishman to win the 2007 World Pool-Billiard Association World Nine-Ball Championship) or Allison Fisher (an Englishwoman from Sussex, who won the Women’s Pool-Billiard Association Orlando Classic in 1995) and many more championships since, demonstrate their skills on pool tables, they add to the lore of what is already a truly historic game.
Billiards, as pool is also known, began most likely in France during the 15th Century. Initially played as a lawn game similar to croquet, it used stone balls that were shoved by players using a wooden stick known as a mace. This had a shaped head at one end to do the shoving and was called a ??billiart’ by the French and this, some believe, is the derivation of the name ??billiards’.
Adapting an outside sport for all weathers
The game moved indoors and was played on a wooden table with a green cloth to imitate grass. To prevent the balls from falling off, the table was edged with wooden borders called ??banks’, since they resembled the grassy banks that surrounded the original outdoor game. This spawned the use of the term ??bank shot’, to mean when a player purposely plays into the bank for a rebound.
The first recorded billiard table belonged to King Louis XI of France in 1470. At that time playing the game well could make political careers and there is evidence that billiards was played not just by royalty but by people from all walks of life. Even Shakespeare referred to it in Anthony and Cleopatra. In 1674, Charles Cotton published his billiards rulebook ??The Compleat Gamester’ [sic] in which he reported that most towns in England at that time had public billiard tables, demonstrating the game’s growing popularity.
By this time, players had begun striking the balls with the mace handle since it was difficult to reach the balls with the head when they had rolled close to the banks. The handle was called the queue, meaning tail, giving rise to our modern term ??cue’. Stone balls had also long given way to wooden ones.
Development of pool tables and game equipment
The game reached America in the 1600s and quality Pool tables began to be crafted there by American cabinetmakers in the 1700s. Even George Washington was a player and it is recorded that he won a match in 1748. Up until the 1870s the prominent game was four-ball billiards played on a table with four pockets. This progressed to 15-ball billiards, which formed the basis of our modern game of pocket billiards with a six-pocket table.
During the 1800s a number of improvements were made to the equipment. Chalk was employed to increase the friction between the cue end and the ball. A certain Captain Mingaud, while languishing in a French prison, became obsessed with the game and invented a leather cue tip to enable players to add spin to the balls. English visitors to the US then taught Americans how to apply spin and this became known as English spin, while in the UK it is called ??side’.
Pool table design
In 1826 John Thurston invented the slate table bed to overcome the tendency of wooden tables to warp. Later, in 1845, he patented cushions made from vulcanized rubber, then a recent invention from Goodyear, along with cork and leather to replace and significantly improve upon the original wooden edgings. The two-piece cue made its appearance in 1829.
During this period of improvement, the table itself evolved from not having any fixed dimensions to one with a ratio of 2:1 between length and breadth. From that point, in around 1850, pool tables as we know them began to take the form we see today.
Wooden balls gave way to ivory but were very expensive and had to be carefully cut so as to have the nerve of the tusk running through the centre of the ball. This used to be filled with ebony, which is why the spot ball is so designed. By the middle of the 19th Century ball manufacturers began to run out of ivory, despite elephants being slaughtered in their thousands. Around that time, John Wesley Hyatt invented the plastic ball ?? in 1868 to be exact. Initially he used a nitro-cellulose compound that had the unfortunate habit of catching fire when struck. However he moved on to ultimately develop the modern billiard ball made from Bakelite and phenolic resin.
Pool in the 21st Century
Nowadays a pool room means a room where pool is played, but back in the 19th Century, a pool room was a place for betting on horse races. Punters were kept amused during quiet periods by playing on pool tables thoughtfully provided for their amusement. The term ??pool’ derives from the pool bet, meaning a collective bet, but despite it being applicable to many games it ultimately became attached solely to pocket billiards.
Pool tournaments were held regularly from 1878 onwards and the game became so popular that it received wider coverage during the American Civil War than news of the war itself. However, after the end of World War II, pool fell out of favour in America and almost died out until the film ??The Hustler’ with Paul Newman was released in 1961. Pool rooms opened almost overnight to accommodate renewed enthusiasm for the game only for it to die down again as the effects of the Vietnam War and related social concerns took hold.
Once again Hollywood came to the rescue with the release of ??The Colour of Money’ in 1986 starring Paul Newman and Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise performed all his own trick shots apart from one when he ran out of practice time and professional pool player Mike Sigel took it instead. The movie reinvigorated the game and helped make it the international sport it is today.
Alongside well-known European, American and Australian players such as Daryl ??The Dazzler’ Peach, Mika ??The Iceman’ Immonen and Earl ??The Pearl’ Strickland, players from Asia are making the game truly international. Efran ??The Magician’ Reyes from the Philippines and Chao Fong-Pang from Taiwan are just two of the many new names now on the circuit. Pool today is an exciting, fast-moving game that is well-established and thriving alongside its sister game snooker, which is reputed to have been invented by bored army officers in India in the 1870s.
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A cue is the most vital element in the game of Snooker and it is essential to own your snooker cue if you are actually looking forward to develop your ability in playing the game. While you are buying a cue you will get a variety of choices. Choosing the right type of cue is very important when you wish to excel in the game. Bought cues may come with a cue tip pre-installled. make sure that this tip is suitable for you before playing. Some cheaper cues will install an extremely poor variety of tip on the cue while custom cue makers will often ask which type of tip you prefer to be installed.
The standard length of a cue is around fifty-eight inches and the recommended weight should be not more than seventeen ounces. Snooker cue tip vary in sizes but 10 millimeters is taken to be the standard size. Although experts use 9mm and 11mm tip sizes, it is best to learn the game in a 10mm tip size. At the end of the cue a ferrule remains attached so that it can prevent the tip from splitting.
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If you are playing Snooker then it is very important for you know about the cue tips. There are different types and fittings of cue tips available in the market.
Hard tips are really good to use but it ??s a players personal preference which tips are best.
Here are some very popular cue tips,
-Elk Master is a fine tip made by Tweeten and it is regarded as the most popular soft cue tip across the globe. This is one of the most popular tips for snooker.
-LePro is one of the most popular cue tip used across the world. This is a medium hard tip.
-Moori is a type of a layered cue tip. This cue tip manufactured from pigskin. This is the choice of the professionals. It is available in all types such as hard, medium, and soft. Layered tips give a different feel and consistency of shot.
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Russian pyramid is popularly known as pyramid or Russian billiards or Russian Pool. Though name is quite same but the rules of the game differ from the conventional western game of billiards.
There are different variations of Russian pyramid played. However, the most common of them are Free Pyramid or American Pyramid, Combined Pyramid or Moscow Pyramid and Dynamic or Petersburg Pyramid. All three games are played with white balls which are racked on the table in the shape of pyramid. The opening player hits this pyramid with the cue ball.
Thumb rule for all three games is that all eight balls must be pocketed in order to win the game. But in case of American pyramid, the players can use any ball as the cue one. However, in Moscow and Petersburg pyramid only one ball can be used as cue. After scoring when the player pockets the ball, he or she must remove one white ball from the table. In Moscow Pyramid, the cue ball is placed in baulk and player needs to pocket the balls only in far corner and side. And in Petersburg pyramid, the cue ball can be placed at any part of pool table by the player, but cue ball may not be pocketed.
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If you want to taste the classic fervor of billiards, then artistic billiards is the one you need. The artistic billiards or fantaisie classique is a type of carom billiards originated in Western Europe.
This tests how well you can handle difficult shots with 76 pre-set shots. The perfect execution of the most difficult shot has 11 point, where 4 point is given to the perfect execution of the least difficult shots. Thus total of 500 points you can score in 76 shots.
The shot-making techniques of this game require you to have high skill, patience, analysis, logic, and artistic talent. There are definite postures exclusively for artistic billiards, not found in other types. Few of the most used game techniques are masse, force draws, jumps, force follows, kicking etc.
There are around 20 cues available. You can choose one from them depending upon the shot you require. For a tip, try masse with short and light cue that has a flat, hard and wide cue tip. Each shot is given three chances to perform.
So if you want to test how special you are, and how well you understand this game, go for artistic billiards. It would be the ultimate assessment of your talent and skill
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You’d think that a maximum break in snooker would be 147, after all its well known for those who watch the game that this is what they call a maximum. For those of you who are not yet in the know about this then the maximum possible snooker break is actually 155. A 155 is possible after a free ball situation, thus giving you the possibility of potting 16 reds (free ball counted as one) and 16 blacks plus the colors.
Has this happened before? Well not on record anyway, but some have come close.
Tony Drago has achieved a 149
Jamie Burnett has achieved a 148
Jamie Cope has also been witnessed scoring a 155 break in a practice session in 2005.
Whichever way you argue, the maximum without foul is 147 and the free ball situatuion can give you an attempt at 155. Good luck!
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The game of artistic billiards is as interesting as its name. If you wish to play artistic billiards, your shots require absolute precision. This game demands a player of great caliber as the shots are taken from pre-determined positions. There are 76 pre-designated shots and they are categorized according to their difficulty of execution. As a player of artistic billiards, you do not have the choice of taking a shot from a position of your choice.
If you are one of those who have a knack for hitting the bulls eye every time, you can take a shot at artistic or fantasy billiards. Accuracy and precision rule the roost in the game. There are a total of 500 points up for grabs. Depending upon the difficulty level of hitting each shot, points are assigned to each of the shots. For a comparatively easier shot, a maximum of four points can be scored. If you manage to take a clean strike at the most difficult shot, you gather 11 points in your kitty.
Your cue is your tool to success. A player can use a maximum of twenty different kinds of cues, each of them designed to hit from a particular position. With a whole range of improvised shotmaking techniques in your armor, you can emerge as a successful player.
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Massè
The art of the masse deserves a whole book by itself and will be difficult to
condense into just one short chapter. The masse shot is basically to make the
cue ball curve , by striking down onto it, to produce a desired path in order to
contact/pot an object ball that otherwise would have been difficult or
impossible to hit/pot using a normal shot. Great care must be taken in
undertaking these shots as damage to cloth , cues and even the table can occur.
Masse 1
In the diagram we can see that the object ball is not with in the cue balls visual
path . We can use Masse to overcome this problem and curve around to make
the pot. The 1st example is one of the easier Masse shots (if there is such a thing) as the object ball is over the pocket and it should just take a tap from the cue ball to pot it.
Remember to use a firm but not hard hit. The idea cannot be expressed fully
with words as it is more of an artistic interchange , but it is helpful to think
about it like this: Masse is created by squeezing the cue ball against the table
so that it slides outwards, then after friction takes effect on the cue ball the roll
starts from the spin generated, then it continues this path to the target.
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Practice Games
Ask around and see where more serious players go to play pool. You will probably find that these are places with the best tables. To begin with it may be an idea to go at a time that is quiet so you can get plenty of practice in. Take a friend with you and build up your confidence to play others. When you feel ready try to visit at a busier time. Try to play others, watch and learn from how they play.
Joining a Pool Team
A brilliant way of improving your skills is to join a team. When doing this consider what stage you are at and what you wish to gain. In the beginning it may be an idea to find a team that likes to win but does not take it too seriously. You can have a lot of fun while improving your game. If you want something more competitive in the future you can alway look around for another team to join and with your new skills they will all be queing up to take you on!
Have fun!
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Pool Tips for Absolute Beginners ?? Article 1
Pool Cues
This is a matter of preference and a very individual thing. I would advise that you begin by using a ??house cue’ until you get a feel for the game. Once you feel you are progressing visit a sports store and try out their cues. If you are playing with friends have a go of their cues to find out what you like. You can also visit websites and check out what they have to offer. If you find a cue you like it always pays to shop around to get the best deal.
Chalk
You should also make sure you have a supply of chalk to put on your cue tip. The rule of thumb with this is to chalk up after every shot. This will reduce the likelihood of bad contacts and increase your accuracy in the shots you make. Be consistent now, it will pay off in the long run.
Invest in a Good Instructional book
This kind of book should be dipped into when you want to improve a certain area of your game. Invaluable knowledge can be gained from a little reading now and then.
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Antique pool cues are crafted out of the finest of woods and carved meticulously to maintain the perfect balance and size. When they were made, sophisticated machines were no where in picture, naturally each antique pool cue is an ode to engineering. First billiard cues saw the sunlight in 17th century. When players hit the ball
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