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Skills8-Ball Strategy: How to Win More Racks
8-ball strategy that wins racks: choosing groups wisely, key-ball planning, breaking clusters and knowing when to play safe.
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Skills9-Ball Strategy Beyond Making Balls
9-ball strategy: push-out tactics, two-way shots, smart combos on the 9 and the three-foul rule explained.
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Skills9-Ball Break: Side Break, Break Box and 9 on the Spot
The 9 ball break explained: the side break and wing ball, breaking from the box, the 9 on the foot spot, the three-ball rule, soft and golden breaks.
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SkillsOne-Pocket Strategy: Break, Safeties and Moves
One pocket strategy for newer players: what each ball is worth, the standard break, when to shoot or duck, safeties that win, and playing the score.
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SkillsHow to Play Straight Pool: Strategy and Patterns
How to play straight pool well: the safe opening break, choosing break and key balls, insurance balls, clusters, safeties and how to practice 14.1.
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RulesKelly Pool Rules (Pea Pool)
Kelly pool rules: the shake bottle, secret numbered peas, rotation play and scoring for the classic bar game.
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RulesPool Table Golf: Billiards Golf Game Rules
Pool table golf rules for the billiards golf game: classic BCA golf with hickeys, stroke-play golf, scratch penalties, around the world and strategy.
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RulesLast Pocket Rules: How Last Pocket 8-Ball Works
Last pocket pool rules in plain words: the 8 must go in the pocket your last ball went in, what counts as a loss, and how to plan for it.
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RulesBar Rules for 8 Ball Pool: House Rules and How to Play
Bar rules for 8 ball pool: how to play, the house rules most bars use for scratches, slop and the 8 on the break, ball in hand, 3-ball, what to agree on.
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RulesRing Game Pool: How Money Games Work (Is It Gambling?)
How a ring game in pool works and pays, sets, races and spots, money-game terms and etiquette, and a neutral look at whether pool is a gambling game.
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