Will pool video games will help you play billiard in reality?
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Video games can sometimes help with strategy.  For example, it can give you ideas for how to run out a rack, pattern play, etc.  For the actual execution of the stroke, it does nothing whatsoever.  There are only three things that you as the shooter can control at the pool table: Angle, Speed, and Spin.  So, as I tell my students, "Cover your A.S.S."  The angle of the shot is already prescribed.  Spin is where your cue tip will contact the cue ball.  Speed control is actually more than 1/3 of your pool game.  All a video game will do is give you someone else's idea of what "slow" and "fast" means.  If I had to guess what percentage a video game helps your real game, I'd say around 5%.  There's nothing wrong with playing computer games, but don't make a mental link between them and the real thing.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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My buddy, eightbraker, makes some great points.  At least one snooker and one carom table would be good to have.  There should be several TV's playing pool-related videos, maybe some tournament footage, instructional videos, trick shots, etc.  There should be pool posters, photos and other memorabilia on the walls.  I love it when the owners of a pool hall show that they have respect and passion for game by showing some old images of the great players of the past and present.  Full bar, with essential bar food, but no main course meals.  A pro shop would be nice, but more for accessories, like extra chalk, tip tools, scuffers, gloves (if you're into that), books, magazines.  I don't think the pro shop needs to be a cue supplier or repair center.  I think billiard retail stores should cover that.  Cues, cases, balls, and all of the bigger things should be handled by retail stores.  It should be open very late.  You did say "ideal".  I know there are bar times, but I never go to bed that early.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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because most people are unemployed and playing billiards could pass the time.
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First of all, hats off to you for acknowledging the superiority of BCA rules.  I wish more people like you lived in my hometown.  Anyway, Tony makes some good points.  The BCA website is always a good starting place.   I also agree that Robert Byrne is a great BCA HOF author.  Phil Cappelle has some great books available on strategies for the various pool games.  Larry Schwartz has a book titled "The 8-ball Handbook for Winners".  Also check out the writings of George Fels.  He has a great book called, "A Smarter Way to Learn Pool".  It may not cover what some would consider "advanced" techniques, but much of what he says is very similar to the way I teach my own students.  We differ on a few points, but then even I differ on a few points with my BCA Master Instructor.  As a BCA instructor myself, of course I'm going to recommend that you find a certified instructor in your area.  I know that you asked for web links, but I'm always a little skeptical of "hints" and "tips" posted on line.  Often the advice given isn't really tested and probably works for only the author and a few other like-minded people.  Best of luck.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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It  can de done in friendly games.I would not advise it \nin PROFESSIONAL  games, its too risky.
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Simon Buckingham has written a great article at SnooHoo, telling us the basic difference between pool and snooker. Such information is often assumed known, but many professionals will fail to accurately distinguish between the two. So, here are the major differences between these two amazing cuesports.\nPool and snooker are two similar sports which both entail using sticks called cues to pocket balls of different colors into six holes on the sides and corners of a rectangular table. Yet these two sports go a long way to illustrate the difference between the old organized world and the new unorganized world.\n\nSnooker is a sport from the age old organized tradition. You are much more likely to get dressed up when playing snooker, often in a dinner suit and bow tie. You play snooker on a long table of well over two meters in length and a meter wide. You hit the balls gently, relying on their smooth passage across the slate-bedded table to reach their destination pocket.\n\nBecause the table is so large, success (known as "break building": an unbroken series of pocketing the balls) depends upon using spin to position the white cue ball for potting the subsequent ball. There are set rules which are strictly adhered to, for example, if you accidentally tap a snooker ball with the end of your cue you "foul" and forfeit your shot.\n\nSnooker is played at a thoughtful, leisurely pace and some time can elapse between shots. One frame between average players can take up a good hour. \n\nThe contrast between snooker and pool is clear. Pool represents the unorganized world. You can play in any clothes that you find comfortable. The pool table is much smaller, just over a meter in length and less than a meter wide. The pockets are larger relative to the size of the balls. Paradoxically, even though the pool table is smaller, you tend to hit the balls harder because the cloth on the table (which can be and often is blue or red as well as green) is more coarse. The rules are less strict, insofar as the acceptance of minor mistakes when setting up a shot tends to be greater. The pace of pool is quicker: you don't need complicated implements such as "spiders" which are supplementary cues that let you reach areas of the snooker table in order to play shots that human size would otherwise preclude.\n\nGames between good pool players can be over in 10 minutes. There is less break building because the table is small enough for the good players to pot a few balls and win. \nPool is a sport which is much more attuned to today's quicker, faster unorganized world than the more organized world of snooker. Our goals remain the same: personal prosperity (potting the balls) and the infrastructure of the world (the table) is smaller and more accessible. As with the world, pool games are played at a faster speed, the rules are fewer, innovation rather than strategy much more important. The entry barriers are lower: people who have not played pool or snooker before can pick up a short pool cue and have a go and pot something. \nNew beginners could be playing snooker a long time before they pocket a ball. The start up costs for the pool equipment are lower, and the ease of carrying around a pool cue greater.\n\nWith its smaller table and wider pockets, pool is like technological capitalism, giving its players both the opportunity and the opportunity to pursue that opportunity.\n\nThe image of the pool player in the movie "The Hustler" contrasts with that of the gentleman in his country mansion playing snooker. As someone once said, "The best things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle". Rack up those pool balls, and play on, play on.
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I found a definition of billiards from Encyclopaedia Britannica,\n"any of various games played on a rectangular table with a designated number of small balls and a long stick called a cue. The table and the cushioned rail bordering the table are topped with a feltlike tight-fitting cloth. Carom, or French, billiards is played with three balls on a table that has no pockets. The other principal games are played on tables that have six pockets, …" [1]\n\nEnglish Billiards is played with only 3 balls. 2 whites and 1 red ball.  \nYou can find some information at the following link, look down the page for the title 'English Billiards".  It also provides some information on snooker.\nhttp://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Billiards-Snooker.htm\n\nThe rules of billiards can be found here\nhttp://infohost.nmt.edu/~billiard/house_rules/english_billiards.html\n\n\nJust in case you do not know what a 'cue' ball is.  It is the ball you have to hit with your stick or cue.\n\n\nSnooker has 1 white ball, 15 red balls, and 6 coloured balls.  The 6 colours being Yellow, Green, Brown, Blue, Pink, and Black.\nThe white ball is the 'cue' ball.\nThe red balls are worth 1 point.\nThe coloured balls are worth Yellow - 2 points., Green - 3 points, Brown - 4 points, Blue - 5 points, Pink - 6 points, Black - 7 points. [2]\n\nThe page I gave with English Billiards also has snooker information, you need to go to the title of 'Snooker' on the page:\nhttp://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Billiards-Snooker.htm\n\nMore snooker rules can be found here:\nhttp://www.billiardworld.com/snooker.html\n\n\nPool is usually played with 1 white ball and 15 coloured and numbered balls.  There are a few varities to snooker, including 8-ball, 9-ball, etc.\nYou can find the rules to these different varieties from the following web page.  You will have to click the link on the left that says 'GAME RULES' and selct on of the items in there.\nhttp://www.bca-pool.com/play/\n\n8-ball is probably the most known game, and its rules, objectives, etc can be found here:\nhttp://www.epa.org.uk/wrules.php
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It depends on the game you are playing, but there are two very popular games played on the standard pool table.  Eight ball features15 balls one being the black eight ball, seven solids and seven stripes.  The object is to sink all of your balls (either solid or stripes) in any of the six pockets before sinking the eight ball.  A player may continue shooting until he misses a ball.  If a shot cannot be made, then it is to the players advantage to "hook" his opponant leaving the cue ball in a spot where a shot is difficult or impossible, thus regaining control of the game.\n\nNine ball is played with the balls numbered 1 through 9.  The object is to sink each ball in numerical order, sinking the nine ball last.  Each ball is worth one point, the nine is worth two.  In competative pool, players have to reach a certain number of points before their opponant. In tournament play it often goes by games won-like the first to win eleven games, as opposed to recording points.  A player may win the game early if they sink the nineball using the numbered ball they are hitting.  For example if I am shooting the one ball, I can hit the one into the nine and pocket it, winning the game.  Strategy is important in nineball, along with cueball control.  It is a great game to play to practice banking, hooking, and cueball control.\n\nBesides these two games there are other variations that can be found, and many bars have their own house rules. In an unfamiliar place it is a good idea to check what the rules are before play.
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I think you're referring to the "diamond system"\n\nRobert Bryne's "Bryne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards" covers the system in the billiards section. \n\nThe simplest system I know is a no-english system. \n1. Find out where you need to hit the third (long) rail. \n2. Subtract that number from the number from where the cue ball will leave the long rail (that is where your cue stick crosses the rail). \n3. Divide the result by two. That is where to hit the first long rail. Use center ball. For running english add 1/2 diamond. \n\nWalt Harris sells four books with systems galore. Look at www.billiardsatlas.com \n\nUnfortunately, the best book is longer in print; Raymond Ceulemans "Mister 100."
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WHAT DO THAT HAVE TO DO WITH VOLLETBALL, THAT POOL GO TO A POOL HALL PLAY:-)
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depends on your leagues ranking system.  what is the scale from 2-7? how many higher or lower ranked players than you are there?  the ranking program might factor in overall skill level of the league when ranking its members.  by what margin did you win the 7 games and by what margin did you lose your 2 games?  the ranking program might also consider this information.  if you broke and ran all you games and just barely lost the 2 games by 1 ball then you might move up sooner than you wanted.  \n\nbest advice is just to play pool and learn all you can about pool.  hopefully you are playing pool for the enjoyment of it and not to scam people in your pool league by dumping just enough games to keep a lower handicap until the league finals come around.
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Yes, I play pool. You need to find a cue that has a good tip and feels good in your hand. Plan on spending a couple hundred dollars for a solid cue, most cues you get for under 100 dollars are just glorified bar cues. Plan on spending a couple hundred and look at btrands like Mcdermott, viking and some other quality brands, then you know youre getting a good cue.
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if you are talking about yahoo pool, go click on the cue stick to aim for position, then set your power bar ready, click on the cue and drag it, let go.. and see the ball rip apart ! cheers !
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you will find many simillar game here\n\nhttp://www.bigfishgames.com/downloads/action-arcade/games.html\n\nincluding diner dash 2,cake mania,shopmania,roller rush
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Pool tables are smaller in size and have bigger pockets. Pool only has red or yellow balls with one black ball - snooker has 15 red, and 1 yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black ball. \nThe cues used are different too: pool cues are heavier, thicker and have bigger tips.\nThe rules are also (obbviously different) - most notably: you are allowed to 'jump' balls in pool when you arent allowed in snooker; pool you get two shots for a foul - while in snooker you get 1 plus penalty points (or the opportunity to make the opponent retake the shot); pool you try and pot the same colour balls before potting the black - whilst in snooker you must pot a red and then a colour and then pot the colours in sequence.
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The exacting requirements of billiards are met today with balls cast from phenolic resin. \n\nHistorically, balls were often made of clay, and even ivory for a period. \n\nIn the mid-ninteenth century, in an uncommon show of accidental environmentalism, the billiard industry realized that the supply of elephants (their primary source of ivory) was limited. They challenged inventors to come up with an alternative material that could be manufactured. John Wesley Hyatt answered the call by inventing cellulose nitrate in 1870, branded under the name celluloid, the earliest industrial plastic. Subsequently, to fix the problem of cellulose nitrate instability, the industry experimented with various other synthetic materials for billiards balls such as bakelite and other plastic compounds. \n\nEventually phenolic resin became the industry standard and is virtually the only billiard ball material used today
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It depends on your location.  When I joined the APA, I walked into a billiards and asked about their league nights and the different leagues available in my area.  I'm sure you can inquire at any pool hall or local pool bar.