Are Billiards and Pool the Same Thing? (Snookers and Carom too?)
Is it Pool? Or Billiards? If you're just as confused as I was when I first started shooting pool, it's totally normal.
Are billiards and pool the same thing?
Category: Pool 101
Have you ever gone to a pool hall or bar and realized, "Wait, these balls are different sizes and weights?". I know I had been shooting pool for years until one day at a dive bar I noticed that the...
Racking the balls in 9-ball is simple. Most people may not know at first, but that's totally normal. You place the balls like a diamond using a rack with the 1 Ball at...
Did you accidentally make one of your opponent's balls in and you’re wondering what happens next? The short answer: As long as you hit your ball first and did not scratch, there is no...
A lot of new players who play pool or billiards will hold the pool stick (or cue) incorrectly. This is an easy mistake to make because it is not obvious to newcomers. Holding a pool stick correctly...
The most popular American pocket billiard games is hands down – 8-ball. The rules of the game are pretty simple. The first person to make all of their assigned groups (Solid or Stripes) of balls...