New to the Sport

[justnum]

I checked caromcafe.com and saw how three cushion is played.

Is that pretty much it for how to learn the game?

I have watched it and it was very much difficult to understand anything.

What would you recommend for the novice interested in playing.

 

[dmgwalsh]

I checked caromcafe.com and saw how three cushion is played.

Is that pretty much it for how to learn the game?

I have watched it and it was very much difficult to understand anything.

What would you recommend for the novice interested in playing.

I am new to the game, too. Others suggested Robert Byrne's books and there is also a pamphlet by Harry Sims for beginners. There is an instructional on 3 cushion out of Europe with a guy named Roux, I believe that demonstrates many shots to practice.

 

[billiardshot]

This a forum for Virtual [sp?] 3 Pool. the below link about False Diamond discussion.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...s&start=620&gbv=2&ndsp=20&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=N

Also checkout the Korean 4 Ball post in this section

 

[Bob Jewett]

...What would you recommend for the novice interested in playing.

I think by far the best place to start is Byrne's "New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards." The second half is about 3-cushion, and he is pretty good at explaining things. The Sims book mentioned above is nearly impossible to get, and a better book would be Willie Hoppe's "Billiards As It Should Be Played," which was originally published in 1941 but is still in print (and available for about $10 on Amazon).

The best carom site available is probably www.kozoom.com which has streaming videos of tournaments from time to time and a bunch of competition and instructional videos.

3-cushion can be described simply: each player has a cue ball and there is a neutral red ball. On each shot, the shooter tries to make his cue ball contact the two other balls with the restriction that his cue ball must make at least three rail contacts before hitting the second object ball. If you do that you get one point and shoot again. Games are to a given number of points, such at 50 points or best of five sets to 15 points.

As simple as the game is to describe, it turns out to be very complicated to play, and after 100 years of championship competition, players are still discovering new shots or better ways to play old shots.