How to Play Pool

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Learn how to play pool and how to develop your pool shooting technique and finesse in this free billiards video series.

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Tags: play, table, games, stick, pool, billiards, cue, better, eight-ball, shot

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Summary: Pool is a game of technique, geometry, and finesse. Developing a mastery of billiards technique, and learning the rules and game play for billiards is paramount for beginner pool players. This series has almost everything for beginners to intermediate pool players, for those who need to find out what pool is exactly and for those who need to hone their billiards skills.

In this free online video series, learn how to play pool from expert billiards player Michael Lamendola. Michael will teach you the basics of pool as well as some advanced techniques to develop your pool game. He will teach you the first steps of pool to help you get started including: how to choose a pool cue (stick), how to use a pool cue, how to hit the cue ball, how to lag (to choose who goes first), how to rack the billiard balls, and how to break. Our expert will also demonstrate how to make a straight cut shot, how to make a bank shot in a billiard game, how to make a kick rail pool shot, how to make a combo shot in pool, how to make a jump shot in a billiard game.

Our expert billiards player will teach you how to play 8 ball, including 8 ball rules; how to play 9 ball, including 9 ball rules; how to win 8 ball; what happens when you scratch in 8 ball or 9 ball. He will demonstrate how to play cutthroat pool, how to play carnie ball, and finally how to make trick pool shots.

About the Expert

Expert: Michael Lamendola is a professional actor, and has been a competitive billiards player for over 15 years.

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