How To : Play pool shots that will win you the game
Learn the pool shots you need to defeat any opponent, such as the bank shot and the slice. Play pool shots that will win you the game. Click through to watch this video on videojug.com
Learn the pool shots you need to defeat any opponent, such as the bank shot and the slice. Play pool shots that will win you the game. Click through to watch this video on videojug.com
Here is a basic description of stop shots, follow shots, draw shots and how English has an effect on the ball. This billiards video tutorial will show you how to perform stop draw and follow pool shots, if you think you can handle it ...more
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. Part 1 of 2 - How to Aim bank shots in pool. Part 2 ...more
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.
In this video, we learn how to play pool by making a side pocket cut shot. Thin cuts into the side pocket require the cue ball to travel 8 or more feet. The best way to do this is to pocket the 7 into the side pocket, then run the cue ball down to the short rail. After this, d ...more
Richard Buccola has been playing pool most of his life, and enjoys teaching it to others Trick shots in the game of pool are often associated with hustling, or sharking. During the mid-20th century pool halls were often given an unfair reputation as dangerous, seedy dens of si ...more
Making fancy pool shots that send balls careening around the table may be impressive, but more often than not it's making short, easy shots consistently that will win you the game. This video will teach you an easy drill that you can use to improve your short-range cue control ...more
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. Part 1 of 2 - How to Stop or stun action on a cue ball in pool. Part 2 of 2 - How to Stop or stun action on a cue ball in pool.
Learn to play Kick Pool and add variety to your billiards game. Although difficult to play, this is a great skillbuilder game if you're trying to improve your kick shots. Kick pool, which is set up by racking the set like 9-ball, is a scoring game, and games are won by scoring ...more
This pool shooting video shows an inside cut angle and how to bank off the rail to pocket the ball. An inside cut will give the ball left-spin, a natural left English, which will increase the rebound angle allowing you to set up a wider variety of rebound shots. Bank inside a ...more
Leah D'Emilio, from Mahalo, becomes a hustler for a day: a pool player, that is! Leah takes a lesson on how to play pool with 3-time national champion Max Eberle. From how to pick the right cue to the various forms of hand bridges, Max takes us through some helpful hints as we ...more
This pool shooting video demonstrates the proper stance for a power break, or shooting the cue ball at the triangle form at the beginning of a game. Your feet should be wide apart, body weight forward, make several practice shots, and a strong shot with straight follow through ...more
Pool is an amazingly challenging game that one can spend a lifetime mastering. If you're bored with it, however, and want to try a new game on your pool table that uses the same skills, this video will show you one. It explains the rules to a game called Carom Pool, which is a ...more
Learn another drill to practice your bank shots in pool.
Learn some shots that will help improve your position play in pool.
Follow along with this short but informative video that teaches you how to hit the rail first for position of the next shot. When playing pool, if you can plan ahead and use rail shots like this, you can take the game. Hit the rail first for position in pool. Click through to ...more
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 ...more
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Controlling the cue ball in a game of billiards is very important for standard and safety shots. Get expert tips and advice on pool tables, cues, and skills in this free video. Part 1 of 11 - How to Control the cue ball in pool. Control the cue ball in pool - Part 2 of 11. Cli ...more
Want a new pool game? Learn how to play nine ball in this free video series about the rules, special shots, and more! Part 1 of 18 - How to Play 9 ball pool. Play 9 ball pool - Part 2 of 18. Click through to watch this video on expertvillage.com Play 9 ball pool - Part 3 of 18 ...more
Making shots is the name of the game in billiards. Get expert tips and advice on pool cues and billiards tables in this free video. Part 1 of 10 - How to Make basic shots in billiards. Make basic shots in billiards - Part 2 of 10. Click through to watch this video on expertvil ...more
Positioning in all important in billiards. Get expert tips and advice on pool cues and billiards tables in this free video. Part 1 of 10 - How to Set up basic positioning shots in billiards. Set up basic positioning shots in billiards - Part 2 of 10. Click through to watch thi ...more
Some shot in billiards can be more difficult. Get expert tips and advice on pool cues and billiards tables in this free video. Part 1 of 10 - How to Set up more advanced shots in billiards. Set up more advanced shots in billiards - Part 2 of 10. Click through to watch this vid ...more
80-ball is one of the many great games that you can play of your pocket-pool table, and involves all the layers of strategy of it's more mainstream pool game brethren. This video for 8-ball beginners will give you tips for evaluating and recognizing problems in different kinds ...more
This drill helps improve your 9 ball game. It helps you control the cue ball and practice rail shots.
This tutorial shows two different ways to shoot a combination in pool where one element is a couple of balls that are frozen together. You can shoot the cue ball so that hits the lone ball, then deflects off the rail to hit the frozen balls, or you can do it in two shots. Usin ...more
This pool shooting video demonstrates two different ways to pocket a ball. In the first, the cue ball hits the object ball in and is deflected away from a scratch. In the second, the cue ball hits another ball in order to tip the object ball into the pocket without a scratch. ...more
In pool a combination shot involves shooting the cue ball at one ball in order to hit and pocket another. Approach a combination shot by visualizing imaginary aiming lines and finding the imaginary center of a ghost ball next to the first ball you want to hit. The cue ball sho ...more
This pool shooting video demonstrates how to hit the object ball when an opponent's ball is blocking the shot. Simply visualize an imaginary ball at the rail to achieve the proper angle, moving the object ball away from the opponent's. Use the kick shot mirror image when shoot ...more
In this example the left English is used to create an angled kick pool shot. In other words, the cue ball is hit off center in order to cause the object ball to deflect off the rail at a wider than normal angle to hit a blocked ball. Create an angled kick shot in pool using En ...more
If you think pool only involves "four ball, corner pocket", this video is for you. Impress your friends with this simple video. Learn how to make a rail cut shot with natural English. Make a rail cut shot with natural English in pool. Click through to watch this video on colos ...more
Learn how to transfer English during a bank shot in pool. English is very important when considering and setting up a bank shot.
This video demonstrates good technique for planning and executing a pool shot, beginning with the 90 degree rule or the 30 degree rule. First visualize the aiming and impact lines, then the tangent line where the cue ball will go. Decide how fast to shoot depending on how far ...more
This pool shooting video shows how to use a parallel line to bank the object ball off the rail and into the pocket. Visualize a line between the two balls and the line parallel to the midpoint of the first line will be the aiming line. Shoot a bank shot in pool with a parallel ...more
A pool shooting tutorial. Using a slight right English in this example, the cue ball bypasses an obstacle ball and kicks off the rail, sending the object ball into the pocket. The use of reverse English reduces the rebound angle as the object ball is deflected off the rail whi ...more
This video demonstrates the "Right English" technique in shooting pool. It involves hitting a cue ball to the right of the center, causing the ball to deflect to the right, a fundamental technique for any billiards player. Shoot a Right English shot in pool. Click through to w ...more
This video shows tips on how to avoid hitting the near rail when shooting pool in order to put the ball into a corner pocket. Aim away from the rail that near the ball, toward the inner wall of the pocket. However, even if you accidentally hit the near rail, hitting the ball a ...more
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.
This pool shooting tutorial demonstrates how to pocket an object ball that is frozen between a rail and the cue ball. A right English technique on the cue ball will transfer as a left English on the object ball, freeing it from the rail and helping it go into a pocket.
This video shows how to use "Left English" when shooting pool. This simply means hitting to the left of the center of the cue ball, which causes the cue ball to deflect off the rail to the left, a fundamental technique for any billiards player. Shoot a Left English shot in poo ...more
A discussion of an important part of aiming and preshot routine.
Learn how to aim a cut shot in pool and learn what the effects of English are on this shot. Part 1 of 2 - How to Aim a cut shot in pool. Part 2 of 2 - How to Aim a cut shot in pool.
Here is one method of banking a pool shot, which is usually called the mirror bank or ghost table trick shot. The first thing you need to do when you walk into the pool hall, or billiards room, is to measure the table. Then, just watch this video tutorial to see how to do the ...more
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.
Ever wonder why you were a quarter inch off your shot or why you just were not aiming right? In this video tutorial are some reasons why and how to correct them. See how to fix the parallax error in your pool shot. If you're looking in the wrong place on the pool table, it cou ...more
Here are some aiming tips when hitting a pool cut shot. This video tutorial will make you the best billiards hustler around, so pay attention. Pool sharks practice, they aren't born that way. Learn how to aim for a cut trick shot in a game of pool.
It's quick and easy, but this video does the trick. Watch and learn how to make the straight-on draw shot in your pool game. Make a straight-on draw shot in pool. Click through to watch this video on colostate.edu
Once again, David Alciatore is here to show us another great pool shot. Watch and learn how to make a basic jump shot.
This billiards video tutorial will show you how to make the impossible looking pool shot. If it looks impossible, it probably is, or is it? Anything is possible is a pool game, so learn how to shoot properly, like a master, like a pool shark, a hustler. Make sure you put that ...more
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 bi ...more
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.
Learn how to make this difficult razor sharp cut shot in pool.
This video shows you how to setup the pool balls so you can pocket five balls in one shot.
This pool shooting video demonstrates the best way to use the rails to deflect a frozen cue ball toward the object ball. To unfreeze the cue ball you can deflect it off the opposite rail, then it will deflect off the rail near the object ball and gently knock it into the pocke ...more
In this tutorial, we learn how to increase accuracy while playing pool. First, place the Q-ball on the head spot of the table, then you freeze an object on the opposite and shoot the Q-ball into the object ball and make the ball come back in the same path. You will want to bal ...more
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.
This video teaches you how to sink 3 balls in one shot with a setup shot.