Billiards Basics

Are you new to the game? Not sure what you need for your pool cue or even what pool cue you should buy? You've come to the right place. We have a number of billiards articles just for you, going over some of the basics of pool and billiards.

  1. Top Ten Training Articles

  2. Beginner’s Guide to Pool Cues

  3. Five Fastest Ways To Improve Your Pool Game

  4. Should I Use a Low Deflection (Squirt) Shaft?

  5. How to Hold the Pool Table at a Bar

  6. Drilling for Diagnoses

  7. Understanding Cue Ball Deflection and English

  8. What The F&#k Are You Looking At? (A Guide to Aiming)

  9. How Pool Cues are Made

  10. Tips To Find The Center Of The Cueball

  11. How to Buy the Right Pool Cue

  12. 5 Things To Do For An Important Match

  13. How to Change a Pool Cue Tip

  14. Through The Center Of The Table

  15. How to Shoot Straighter: Correcting the Vertical Axis Perception Error

  16. Luck O’ The Irish: Dealing With Lucky Players

  17. Loosen Up: How Too Much Tension Can Affect Your Game

  18. How To Play Pool - The Fundamentals

  19. Mastering “Squerve”

  20. How To Calibrate Your Speed and English

  21. Taking Shape at the Table

  22. Drills for Precise Draw Shots

  23. Playing the Percentages

  24. All Part of the Routine

  25. Different Kinds of Position

  26. A Mental Training Program

  27. Old Dogs and New Tricks

  28. Accuracy is Everything!

  29. Take the Wiggle Out

  30. Cheating the Pocket

  31. Vol.1: Instruction 2 - KEEP IT SIMPLE

  32. Tip Drill Troubleshooting: Why Isn’t The Cue Ball Coming Straight Back?

  33. Keeping Angles

  34. Vol.1 YOUR DUTIES

  35. Getting on the Right Side of a Ball

  36. Pool Glossary of Terms (Gambling Edition)

  37. Learning the Draw Shot

  38. The Art of the Comeback

  39. Floating Elbow

  40. Approaching the Shot

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