Choosing The Best Shot

Imagine this; You are the captain or coach of an 8-ball league, and your lower skilled player is shooting solids. Choosing The Best Shot - Billiard Shot Planning For The Novice It is likely that...

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Billiard Stance Tips

Billiard Stance Tips The Pattern of the Number 3 in Billiards: Three Fundamentals: Head/Eyes= Aim Hands/Cue = Stroke Pelvis = Stability Three Fundamentals: Head/Eyes/ guiding Hands/Cue/ over Pelvis into Stance Head, Eyes, Elbow, Eye-of-Grip, Bridge, Cue, all in Line Sighting, Stroking, Shooting The Break Channel swinging elbow power and body weight transference from right to left foot through the bridge hand / Hit the cue ball with a flat cue / Swing with the elbow in line and a loose grip on the cue, tightening on impact / Hit the dead center of the cue ball at maximum cue speed. The Head The head is so important. Your head is where your eyes are. The reason I think people miss most often is not because they fail to cue the ball where they want it but rather that they fail to sight the shot correctly in the first place. With the collaboration of Matthew West....

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Billiard Break Shot Control

Billiard Break Shot Control "It's not all the power you can muster, but all the power you can control that really makes the difference in 8-ball and 9-ball." How to Control Your Break Shot A good...

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Basic Tips for Playing Consistent Billiards

Too often we have the tendency to over-analyze our shortcomings at the pool table, and we overlook the simple, basic helpful hints that can help us play the game on a more consistent basis, and to avoid...

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3 Ball Perfect Position

Practice is very important. You can have all the knowledge about the game, but if you can't implement it, it does you no good. Practicing develops muscle memory which increases your consistency. The main reason people don't practice is because it is work. Here are a couple of practice games that are fun to play - either by yourself or with a friend or two: The idea behind this game is to perfectly run three balls in rotation. First take any three balls and throw them on the table. With cue-ball in hand line up on the lowest numbered ball to pocket it and get position on the next lowest number ball. This first shot is critical, because not only should you pocket the first ball and get position on the second ball, but the position you get on the second ball should be "perfect." In other words, the angle on the second ball should be such that on your second shot you easily make the ball and get position on the third ball. You should have...

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My Playing

My Playing Pool, but im much better now. Billiards Game 1 Part 1 Billiards Game 1 Part 2 Billiards Game 1 Part 3 Billiards Game ...

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Another Shot

This trick is accomplished with practice, where you place the cue from the position I am, down on the right, as in the drawing, more or less there, the further to the right more effect, put chalk to cue,...

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