Billiards & Pool: Page 2

Ever wonder what happens after you hit the cue ball or after the cue ball hits the object ball? Here are some of the dynamics involved when hitting the cue ball and object ball. This video tutorial breaks it down for all of you billiards beginners. Learn how to use pool and billiards shot dynamics.

Need to get a ball down the rail in that pool game you're losing? Well, check out this cool billiards video tutorial to see how to do the running rail pool shot. This is a valuable trick to know, using a little English, so pay attention.

Here is a basic technique in pool cue stick grip, stance and stroke. Reinforceable basics for beginners and advanced players. These are great tips to use before you walk into the billiard room. So, watch this video tutorial to see how to use proper pool cue stick grip, stance and stroke to get the shots in like they are supposed to be.

Here is the set up and description of a 9 ball break that you can use to control the rack. Make the 1 ball in the side pocket while keeping the cue ball near the center of the table. After watching this billiards video tutorial, you'll be able to do the 9 ball control break in a pool game.

Your opponent has scratched and left you with the 8 ball in the corner pocket -- your only option is to bank. Here is a situational trick shot you can learn to defeat this problem. Watch this billiards video tutorial to see how to do a one rail 8 ball trick pool shot.

Here is the Pool Hall Junkies trick shot. If anyone saw this movie, they were out the next day attempting this pool shot, but nobody could do it. This video tutorial will show you how to do the Pool Hall Junkies rail trick shot with ease. A four-year-old could do it.

If you like the movie The Hustler, you've probably tried all of the tricks so you can be a pool shark too, but you can't seem to get the frozen rail shot. If you have seen this before, it's a 99.9 percent chance it was not a legal shot. This one is! Watch this video tutorial to see how to do the frozen rail shot trick from The Hustler.

The 8 ball and the cue ball are touching, trapped by the rail. What do you do? You play like The Hustler, that's what. This is a different set up for the 8 ball shot used in the movie The Hustler. This frozen rail shot is the legal version of this shot. So, learn how to do the 8 ball shot with The Hustler movie trick, to be the best pool shark you can be.

Need to know how to hold your pool stick? Well, learn these effective finger positions to elevate your game to a new level. Open bridges are for limited use only! Have you ever seen a professional pool player with an open bridge only?

Watch to learn five different shots that will allow you to sink three balls at once in different pockets.

This drill helps improve your cut shot, which is important when an object ball is close to the rail.

Learn some shots that will help improve your position play in pool.

Learn how to transfer English during a bank shot in pool. English is very important when considering and setting up a bank shot.

This drill helps improve your 9 ball game. It helps you control the cue ball and practice rail shots.

Learn how to perform well under pressure and with distraction and improve your effortlessness and fluency in pool.

The stop shot is a very foundational skill involving being able to stop the cue ball and pocket the ball. This drill is very helpful for beginners.

Practice this drill as a warmup. The object is to pocket a spot ball without allowing the cue ball to touch the cluster or a rail.

Practice the fan drill in order to improve your control of the cue ball. The object is to sink the balls in order and leave the cue ball within one ball of the object.

Snooker is played on a 12-foot table. It is similar to pool in that it has numerical balls; it also has red balls to pocket. The idea is to alternatingly pocket red balls and colored balls.

A drill that helps you develop the ability to force your opponent to make a low percentage shot when just the money ball is left on the table.

A discussion of what to consider when buying a pool table. When on a budget, you can still get optimum playing conditions for about $2000.

Learn what the tangent line is and how to use it to improve your pool game by sending the object ball where you need it to go.

A discussion of using follow in combination with sidespin. This helps you place the cue ball for your next shot.

Watch to learn how to play a hanger (a shot that has a high margin of error) and cheat a pocket in pool. This video is meant for beginning pool players.

Watch to learn how to cut shooting frozen to the rail and pocket a ball that is frozen to the rail.

Watch to learn several methods of successful and precise breaking in 8 ball and 9 ball.

A drill to practice one and two rail pathways. The idea is to pocket the object ball and make the cue ball travel through the gates.

A discussion of an important part of aiming and preshot routine.

Learn how to make this shot from Byrne's Standard Book, Paul Gerni's triple bank shot.

This is a modified and slightly easier version of Vernon Elliot's cross corner bank shot.

To hit this shot, you must use right hand English with a tip of top and a firm stroke. It is harder than it looks.

To hit this shot, you have to thinly cut the object ball using high left English with a soft stroke.

Learn how to develop your own stroke and improve your technique in pool.

Watch to learn how to aim bank shots well in pool. This video is geared toward beginner and intermediate pool players. Because a bank shot is an inconsistent shot, don't spend a majority of your practice time working on it.

Learn how to aim a cut shot in pool and learn what the effects of English are on this shot.

Watch to learn how to do stop shots and stun shots in pool by making the cue ball stop and stun at the right time.

A drill that teaches stun control, draw control and simple pattern recognition. The object is to pocket every ball without touching a rail.

Learn some correct ways to grip a pool cue that are comfortable but still good for your technique.

Watch to learn some good ways to practice pool by yourself. This video is intended for beginners.

These are drills on the pool table that can only make your billiards game better.