Billiards Teaching｜How much do you know about basic billiards playing? A must-see for beginners

Billiards has a long history, originated in England, belonged to the gentleman aristocracy of a sport, the world’s first public billiards room opened in London in the early 19th century. After centuries of evolution, billiards has developed into a competitive sport with a wealth of skills and strategies. In the earliest days, there were only two white balls on the table, then the French found it lacking in challenge, added a red ball and improved the game, and then the British developed it into the now popular drop shot.
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Now the billiards from different angles have different classification methods, can be categorized from the country, the number of billiard balls and billiard ball striking skills: ① according to the pocket or no pocket: pocket billiards, billiards, Kailen
② by country: French billiards, English billiards, American billiards, Chinese snooker billiards ③ according to the rules and playing style: snooker billiards, 8-ball, 9-ball, 14-1 billiards, 15-ball points, 3-ball Kailun, 4-ball Kailun of which snooker is the most prevalent and officially recognized, has become a competition.
English billiards also includes two major categories of English proportional billiards and snooker billiards. It is mainly popular in Britain and mainland Europe. British proportional billiards, also known as three-ball pocket billiards, is a basic type of billiards, is one of the world’s official billiards competitions.
American-style billiards, also known as American Pool, is an important genre of table billiards, widely popular in the Western Hemisphere and eastern Asia. American billiards can be subdivided into 8-ball, 9-ball, Chicago, Poole, and Bowling. A white cue ball is used to hit the 15 sub-balls and try to hit them into the six table corners and pockets along the edge of the table.
English snooker, also known as ten-hole billiards, has more dribble routes with the addition of four feeder pockets in the center of the table and the rim, which makes it both easier to score and to form a snooker. Snooker billiards uses one white cue ball, 15 red cue balls and six different colored balls. During the game, players are required to hit the red balls into the bag first (1 point each), and then hit the yellow, green, brown, blue, pink and black colored balls into the bag in turn (worth 2-7 points respectively). Until all the balls are hit into the bag and the score leader wins.
Chinese Eight Ball is a type of billiards game that evolved from American Eight Ball. In the game, 16 balls are used, including 1 mother ball, 7 full-color balls (#1-7), 7 fancy balls (#9-15), and 1 black 8-ball. Each player chooses a full-color or fancy-color ball, and wins by hitting all 7 balls of his side into the bag first, and then hitting the black 8 ball into the bag.
01 Shellac, also known as talcum powder, is used to coat the club head to enhance friction between the club and the main ball. Talcum powder is usually pressed into square talcum powder blocks.
02The wooden tool used to hit the main ball.
03Extension A short stick added to the end of a cue to increase the length of the cue and to help the player hit the main ball when it is away from the player.
04 A racking bar used to support a cue with a brass X-shaped head wood. When the player’s non-club hand arm is not long enough, the club can be rested against the racking bar to stabilize the main ball.
05 Tripod resembles a racking pole but has an arched head and a larger head that can be racked over the other ball for swinging at the ball.06 LocatorA device with an angular snap ball opening or a semi-circular snap ball opening. It is used to determine the exact position of the ball, with the help of which the ball can be placed back in its original position exactly after wiping it in the middle of the game.
07 Triangle Frame A triangular frame used to line up all the red balls into a standard square triangle before the start of a match.
To learn how to play pool, you have to understand the terminology and rules, and familiarize yourself with the lingo so you can learn faster and easier. It starts with the tee shot, in an eight ball game, the player starts by hitting away 15 balls. This is the first shot. You can hit the mother ball in a straight line or at a variable angle. If the white ball falls off the table or into a pocket, it is a free shot, and the rules for free shots are set before the start. Usually, when the white ball falls off the table or into the pocket, the other player gets a free shot. To play a free throw, place the white ball in the teeing area. The teeing area is between the bottom edge of the table and the teeing line, which in snooker is a semicircle.https://www.tiktok.com/@spk.billiard?_t=8qRRRnXP4N8&_r=1