Introductory tutorial and resource guide for learning how to play and excel at pool and billiards.

Ignore the contact point and aim at the object ball's edge using one tip of English, aligned with both hands one tip off center ball. Now leave your bridge hand in place and pivot the cue stick to center ball with your stroking arm only. Now you are a

To play 8-ball pool, set the cue ball on the small dot or triangle in the lateral center of the felt, then use the triangular rack to set up the remaining balls. If you go first, strike the cue ball with your cue stick, aiming for the racked balls.