Learn how to play pool and how to develop your pool shooting technique and finesse in this free billiards video series.
Learn how to play pool, including eight-ball, nine-ball and cutthroat pool, and pool table etiquette, from a billiards expert in this free instructional video series.
Learn how pool tables differ in bars versus a pool hall from a billiards expert in this free instructional video series.
Learn how to break in a game of pool from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to call safety, legally, when playing pool from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to chalk a billiard cue from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to choose and use a pool cue from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to establish eight-ball rules in a pool game from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to finesse a pool shot and enhance your pool game from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to hit the cue ball, including hitting a straight shot and using English to make a pool shot from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to lag to decide who in pool from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to make a bank shot in a pool game from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to make a combination shot in pool; how to line it out and make it from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to make a jump shot in from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to make a kick rail shot in pool from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to make a pool cue bridge with your thumb and forefinger from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to straight cut in a pool game from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to make pool trick shots using English and geometry from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to make trick pool shots from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to play the pool game carnie ball from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to play cutthroat pool from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to play eight-ball from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to play nine-ball, including how to break, from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to play pool games such as rotation from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to play nine-ball pool, including how to rack the billiard balls from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
Learn how to rack pool balls from a billiards expert in this free instructional video.
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.
Expert: Michael Lamendola is a professional actor, and has been a competitive billiards player for over 15 years.