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Thanks for posting this. One Pocket is the American Pool game I enjoy watching. I prefer a video because I can stop it and decide what ‘my’ next shot would be and then compare it to the pros. I don’t know the game that well so interesting to figure out their strategy. I play ‘golf’ on the...

Enjoyed this video. Thanks for posting. It’s always a positive to try new billiard games.

The numbers are the value of the balls in Snooker (points): no ‘one’ because the reds are one point. When measuring balls I find it a lot easier to line up six balls. Measure the total length then divide by six. It’s not perfect but the margin for error is a lot less and it’s ‘good...

True. There is also a part two to this. The few times you are down on the table and have doubts, stand back up, rechalk, etc. Top snooker players always repeat the pattern. It is similar when trying to make an awkward bridge over a ball, pocket, etc. Don’t adjust the bridge hand while it’s on...

I likely take 15 to 20 or so seconds between shots on a Pool table. 20 to 25 when playing Snooker. Decades ago I was taught to stay down until the balls stop moving. Stand up ‘immediately’ grab the chalk. Back up a step and assess the table while chalking. Decide. Down and shoot. No time for...

The top billiards player in the world ( in history?) , Ronnie OSullivan , puts spin on every shot... yes 100%. Earl Strickland, perhaps the best American Pool Player ever ( at least up there) puts spin on ‘almost’ every shot. They are both natural talented players. I have a fraction of their...

I play billiards and hike or cycle just about everyday. I dont have any issues but these activities are like meditation...I chill out, mumble to myself, get rid of any bits of rising stress. On the practical side I have found it more motivating to make up my own games, unique rules, than...

I can miss a draw shot at 3 feet. I have an inner voice telling me not to try a draw shot on a BIH but I often don’t listen to my own advice.

I live in Calgary. In the local ads, a Snooker table comes up for sale about once a month or so. Usually listed at about $1000. 10’ tables a bit more common. Like Pool tables they likely sell for half that or are given away. I can sink a snooker ball all the way down my long long rail...the...

You are basically looking for a Chinese 8 ball table which is more or less a 9’ snooker table with 3.5 official snooker cut pockets. There is a slight difference in rail height but I’ve played Snooker for decades and can’t tell the difference. I don’t doubt there were 9’ snooker tables but...

This is a great question. I’ll address ball in hand in general. It depends very much on who I am playing. If a good player then I need ‘to go for it’. Use the opportunity to win the game. If just a decent player, especially in 8 ball, then I just need to leave the table with the advantage. I...

I’d have to play for a couple weeks to know it’s really bad (other than some obvious flaw). I use a Snooker cue for both Snooker and American pool. If I pick up an American pool cue it always feels like an unrefined club for the first couple games: blunt tip that it’s awkward for aiming...

Excellent commentator . One of the few Welshmen I can understand. All around nice guy. Might have made a couple million on the table but that’s total career winnings in ranking and sanctioned events. It’s Hard to make a the big dollars until breaking into the top 16 which he never has done...

I never practice. I also don’t practice fishing in the backyard or ball hockey or playing my guitars. At 66 I have fun. I may be the 399th best snooker player in the world and no real desire to move up to 350. In Anerican Pool it would be even less incentive...who cares who is 98th? Over the...

Reverse the question. Why do you use any of those? There’s a snooker tournament final tomorrow. Even the loser is going to win more money for 4 hours of playing than top American pool players using ‘wraps’ are going to make in a season. Those ‘things’ add no value to performance except in the...

Good ‘stuff’ The key to a good safety game is not to see safeties as a second alternative to potting a ball. It’s a proactive strategy that should be looked at with every visit to the table. No need to pot something like a hanger first...leave it and play safe if it it gets you back to the...

Great project. Thanks for the steps along the way. I have about an extra dozen sets of balls. I can never resist buying them at the thrift store for a couple dollars each. Now when my wife asks why?...I can come up with another reason. re using old pallets. I find it easier to use a...

This more or less describes our afternoon league at the pool hall. The exception being we don’t allow younger players who may work other shifts. No desire to watch them on their cell phones or hear about video games. I must live in a different universe from some posters. The seniors I play...

Elk master. 10 mm Snooker tips. Bought a box of 50 In the late 1990’s. Got them at a thrift store for $2 or so. Have anoher 2 decades of tips left. Works out to about 5 cents a year. I’m a typical Snooker player. Sticking with the same cue and same tips for years. It’s the same with my fly...

We play on full size snooker tables using wooden skittles. We never play for money. We just have fun. Too complicated to get into all the Rules. However, be flexible and adjust to suit your needs or skill level. One rule we do have is the shooter is his own ref. Nobody comments unless he...