The Cue Ball: How to Play Pool for Beginners

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The Cue Ball: How to Play Pool for Beginners
On behalf of expertvillage.com, my name is Richard Buccola and I am going to introduce you to Pool 101. All right I am back here and one of the first two things we are going to learn today is the cue ball. This is the ball that you actually hit into the other balls and I didn’t bring any of the other balls up because I am actually just going to try to spend some time with how we are going to execute hitting the ball. There are different ways of hitting the cue ball so that you could have the end result giving you the position you need for the next shot. You have center ball, follow-up, drawback, right hand English, left hand English and you even have a shot called marsay where you actually spin the ball around another ball, if need be. The next thing I want to talk about too is the cue. The cue is what you use to actually hit the ball and it has a felt tip and it usually we chalk it up so there is a bump in the shot. When I come back, we will talk more about that.

About the Expert

Expert: Entrepreneur and investor Richard Buccola owns several popular restaurants in Astoria, Queens, NY. He has been playing pool most of his life, and enjoys teaching the game to others. Read More


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