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A pool table may be a home for sport at its core, but it can also be a relaxing refuge after a long day at work, a shared pastime for families, an excuse to catch up with a friend and so much more. To ensure you end up with a table you love, it’s important to first read our pool table buyers' guide. Regardless of your budget, preferences, or space constraints, you'll learn how to pick the perfect table for your needs. You'll also walk away knowing how to check the quality of any tables you' … read more

Amateur players who aren’t very familiar with pool always try to shoot shots that are the easiest for them to aim and to make the ball. This is why so often you see a player who has ball in hand and immediately sets up their next shot for a 2 foot straight in shot that’s easy to make. The problem with this strategy is that even though playing ball in hand straight in guarantees that you’ll make the ball, most of the time it doesn’t set you up for the second shot.Not planning ahead usually cuts s … read more

In every pool hall, bar, or home with a pool table there are balls, cue sticks, and of course, chalk. Everyone knows you’re supposed to use chalk when playing pool, but not everyone why you put chalk on a pool cue. So, to shed some light on this mystery, here are the reasons that you should use chalk during your games and the right way to use it to avoid those pesky miscues.Why Use Chalk?To understand chalking you need to understand the relationship between the ball and the cue stick first. The … read more

One of the coolest and most useful shots to use when in a jam, the bank shot is a shot worth mastering which takes both skill and knowledge to execute. For any beginner looking to learn about banking, check out the banking lesson to learn the basics of aiming a bank shot. This lesson will cover some of the variables that come into play when banking balls.Once you have the basics of bank shots down, you’re going to want to know about a few variables that affect a bank shots trajectory. Since pool … read more