Effective Pool Techniques

A technique is a kind of performance that enables a player to be skillful enough to defeat the opponent and put the entire game on your advantage. These techniques are helpful enough to put yourself on a winning spree. For instance you are playing an 8-ball counting the strike on your side. By using these different techniques, you put your cue ball in positions where you have a clear shot of the object balls or better yet hinder the opponents turn to score. To know these techniques will be one of the greatest weapons you could use on the pool battlefield.



Arranged alphabetically are some of the commonly used techniques in pool gaming.



Draw



To do this, the player must hit the cue ball just below the center surface leveled vertically. When this technique is used, the angle from which the cue is withdrawn is narrowed against the object ball. This is also known as the backward spin.



English



Hitting the center of the cue ball on its left or right sides can produce a side spin which is known as the English. The purpose of this technique is to change the angle after hitting the rail. Also, the player can amend the position and route of the white ball after the impact of the cue.



Follow



When a cue ball hits an object ball at a fast spin without even stopping after point of impact, that's called as the follow. Once you use this shot, you can widen the departure angle of the cue ball from that particular object balls. With its incredible fast spin, it can increase the path rate.



Force draw



The intensity of this draw causes the white ball to halt no less than a few seconds then spin at a backward motion.



Jump shot



In cases of snooker matches, a jump shot is not allowed. But in pool, it becomes legal when you strike the cue at the top middle part, driving it down and causing it to make a rebound on the tables surface. This will be very effective if the opponents ball is blocking your shot directly or sideways.



Masse



With an intense amount of spinning action both vertical and horizontal, the cue ball can perform a sharp curve without even touching the rail or other balls. To perform this, the player must elevate his shooting arm and point it downward on the cue. Though this is a very tricky shot, most pool halls discourage the use of it for it damages the billiard table felt.