I'm so confused.
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Try the "carom billiards" section of the forum. Very informative.
Wikipedia?
Marissa:
Try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_cushion_billiards
Scroll-down to section 3.5, "Three-cushion billiards." Lots of links in there to follow.
Hope this is helpful!
-Sean
Marissa:
Try this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_cushion_billiards
Scroll-down to section 3.5, "Three-cushion billiards." Lots of links in there to follow.
Hope this is helpful!
-Sean
Here are the basics. One person uses the yellow cue ball as their cue ball, and the other person the white one. On your turn, you must do two things:
1 Hit both of the other balls in either order.
2 Hit 3 or more rails with your cueball before contact is made with the second ball.
When you do this successfully you score a point and shoot again. When you miss it's your opponents turn. You play to a number of points agreed to before the game begins.
The most common 3 cushion shot is to hit the first ball and then 3 rails and then the second ball, but you could hit 4, 5, 6 etc rails in between and it's still good. You can also hit 3 or more rails before making contact with either ball and it's still good (very common when the two object balls are very close together). You can also hit some of your required rails before contact with each ball, as in rail first into the back of the first ball and then around several more rails until contact with the second ball. As long as 3 or more rails are hit before contact with the second ball it's a legal shot, no matter what order the ball contacts and cushions are done in.
1 Hit both of the other balls in either order.
2 Hit 3 or more rails with your cueball before contact is made with the second ball.
When you do this successfully you score a point and shoot again. When you miss it's your opponents turn. You play to a number of points agreed to before the game begins.
The most common 3 cushion shot is to hit the first ball and then 3 rails and then the second ball, but you could hit 4, 5, 6 etc rails in between and it's still good. You can also hit 3 or more rails before making contact with either ball and it's still good (very common when the two object balls are very close together). You can also hit some of your required rails before contact with each ball, as in rail first into the back of the first ball and then around several more rails until contact with the second ball. As long as 3 or more rails are hit before contact with the second ball it's a legal shot, no matter what order the ball contacts and cushions are done in.
The quick answer is, you strike your cue ball, and the goal is to hit both other balls, and to hit at least 3 cushions before hitting the second ball. The most common shots hit the first ball and then go 3 rails or more into the second ball, but sometimes they hit one or more rails before contacting the first ball.
-Andrew
What has been said is correct. However, in the 1st two shots of your video you posted, Blumdahl hit 3 rails 1st (short, short, long) then the 1st object ball. If he would have hit the 2nd ball with or without a 4th or 5th rail it would have counted and he would have continued shooting. Efren then came to the table and shot what they call a "tickie", this is where the rail is hit 1st, hits a ball that is generally close to that rail, then the cue ball goes back to the same rail he hit 1st (that is 2 rails), then it moves forward and hits the 3rd rail out of the corner before hitting the 2nd object ball to complete the carom. So it hits the short rail, ball, short rail again, then the long rail then the 2nd ball. Efren made it an continued shooting.
You can see that this is a game of creativity and there are many ways you can make a billiard - the more knowledge you have, the more creative you can be and increase your options.
To me this is similar to one-pocket as far as being creative with shot selection and speed control, but a lot more elegant.
Hope this helps a little.
Dave
It might just be my lack of exposure to the game, but I really think this game is the toughest of all.
I think that if one masters this game, then all other games should come easily.
I think that if one masters this game, then all other games should come easily.
It's actually a pretty simple game to learn how to play. That's where the fun begins. As someone else said, it may be the toughest game of all to play well. I'm sure you could find the rules online somewhere. Good luck after that. It can be very frustrating to have ten or twenty turns in a row and not score.
Ten to twenty turns w/o a point? Sounds like I need to give you 2 on the wire to 15
. Johnnyt
That's a bit of an oversimplification, but there's a lot of evidence to support this. Efren learned to play high-level 3-cushion early in his playing career, and he says in interviews that he views that as a big reason for his superb cue ball control in pool games. Torbjorn Blomdahl, arguably the best 3-cushion player in the world, is a top-notch 9-ball player as well even though he doesn't focus his practice on that game.
-Andrew
Like Andrew Manning, I disagree with this statement. Three cushion definitely will help one develop a complete stroke set, and will develop one's angle management skills with the cue ball, but it doesn't do that much to fully refine the speed control or object ball control needed to succeed at pool. Three cushion also doesn't develop the defensive approaches and instincts needed to succeed at pool.
Still, playng three cushion will greatly help your pool game, and you'll fall in love with three cushion, too.
People often say "three or more cushions" must be hit. Taken literally this would not allow tickies, and, in fact, I have encountered "house rules" where tickies don't count. However, the official rules say "three or more contacts with the cushions". There are shots where all three contacts are on a single cushion. It's easy for beginners to be confused. (And then there is the question of whether kisses count.)
Mark
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Amazing 3c billiards
If you want to see some amazing 3C trick shots, look up Semih Sayginer. Some of the shots that he does are incomprehensible (sp?).
If you want to see some amazing 3C trick shots, look up Semih Sayginer. Some of the shots that he does are incomprehensible (sp?).
Sweet Marissa
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Is there a video where someone is teaching how to play the game?
Compare the all-time record for consecutive 3-cushion points to the 14.1 run record and you get a sense of the different degree of difficulty for the 3-cushion discipline.
For years the 3-cushion high run was 25 and is now 31. Depending on who you ask/believe, 14.1 high run is 526.
Scott <<== once ran a 3
For years the 3-cushion high run was 25 and is now 31. Depending on who you ask/believe, 14.1 high run is 526.
Scott <<== once ran a 3
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Try "forcefollow" from YouTube
Hello Marissa!
Try "forcefollow"'s instructional video about this very topic:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=767g3WqJ2pc
Please note that he is a very dry speaker devoid of good "voice over" skills (sounds like he's reading from a script), but the information he offers is actually good.
Hope this is helpful!
-Sean
Hello Marissa!
Try "forcefollow"'s instructional video about this very topic:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=767g3WqJ2pc
Please note that he is a very dry speaker devoid of good "voice over" skills (sounds like he's reading from a script), but the information he offers is actually good.
Hope this is helpful!
-Sean
That's true to some degree but 3-cushion has actually helped my defensive game immensely, particularly in safety plays on the first shot after the break. Many times the best shot on the first shot of the game is a safe where you have to bring the cueball several rails to a small spot on the table, while navigating through a certain path to hide it from the 1-ball (or whatever the lowest ball on the table is). Learning the angles and the diamond system in 3-cushion CERTAINLY helps with your cueball placement on defensive shots and when playing shape on big stroke shots IMO.
Here's a very good video by a very good player originally from Chicago, Bill Smith. It goes over many of the basic shots so you can get an idea: http://www.veoh.com/browse/morelike/v17188684fwejYAT6#watch=v17021267eGxDt9a5.
Welcome to the dark side
Dave