I'm not a professional nor am I qualified to call myself an expert in pool, but every tip is welcome, right? Also, I haven't got the use of a scanner at the moment, so I can't illustrate my ideas with pictures, but I've got a few links on the bottom of the page, where you can get more tips. Anyone wishing to share his own playing tips, or anyone with a comment on mine or on anything else please mail me! 1. HAVE FUN!. This sounds pretty logical right? Well, alot of people never heard of this. It all depends on how you want to play the game, if I want to just have fun, I'll go to a "two- bucks-a-play" table. But if I want to play seriously, I'll go to a real poolcenter, and play for hours, sometimes even an hour or six, straight. ;) 2. ALWAYS AIM YOUR SHOTS. Sounds logical too, right? Well, alot of people don't do this. As a rule, I always try to aim every shot, I'll aim an easy one, a hard one and an inpossible one. After you've played a long time, you start to aim automatically, but still I try to aim those easy shots! 3. HOW TO AIM. This is my personal way of aiming. A friend of mine taught me this method a few months ago. At the moment he taught me, my game was bad. My game then turned from bad to terrible. But after a few more hours playing, I got the hang of it. Now I feel like I can pot any ball, any day! Look at figure 1 (I don't have a scanner, but I do have paintbrush! :)). It doesn't matter where you hit the #2 ball, the #3 ball will go in the "pocket". You can shoot from any place the three cue balls are placed. Now using this information, we have a way to aim balls. If you would remove the #2 ball, where would you have to hit the #3 ball to let it go in the pocket? Right, if you let the cue ball hit the #3 ball in exactly the same place the #2 ball was, the #3 ball goes in the pocket! So any shot you play, you just imagine a ball touching the ball you want to pot, and in a straight line to the pocket!

Best Of... We spell no trouble with a capital D
The Register-Guard, Oregon - Feb 25, 2005
... and after casually walking up and offering to shoot a game or two ... 11, to be precise - not to mention the billiard and snooker tables. ... Like Barry Mann, Best of ...

Brown knows how to make snooker funky
ic Liverpool, UK - Feb 25, 2005
... the world, earned £20,510 from the game last year ... something here that could help drag snooker from its ... of their brand encapsulated in somebody like Steve Davis ...

FOOTBALL: HOTLINE
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - Feb 24, 2005
... Could we hear about something else, like the grand ... Ronald Waterreus had such a good game for Rangers. ... Paisley, said: 'Why are none of snooker's ranking events ...

Praput surprises Geet in quarters
Indian Express, India - Feb 24, 2005
... In fact, he travels all the way to Bangkok for snooker competitions for ... lost but I am feeling good that my game is back in all respects of the game like I used ...

MBSA announces Cisk sponsored international tournaments
Maltamedia Daily News, Malta - Feb 24, 2005
... The KMS would like to congratulate the MBSA on its ... was then asked by the International Billiards & Snooker Federation to ... of March on a best of 5 game basis for ...

Ronnie the master looks the form bet
Barking & Dagenham Recorder, UK - Feb 24, 2005
... "When you play guys like John and ... "I have confidence and belief in my game and I ... predicted of him since he was a youngster practising at Ilford Snooker Centre. ...

The Malta Billiards and Snooker Association announces the Cisk ...
di-ve.com, Malta - Feb 23, 2005
... The KMS would like to congratulate the MBSA on its ... was then asked by the International Billiards & Snooker Federation to ... of March on a best of 5 game basis for ...

How Twickenham teed up Yachvili
Telegraph.co.uk, UK - Feb 22, 2005
... If, like me, you are a member of the obsessive ... must have spaghetti Bolognese the night before a game and Ben ... kicking tee - an item akin to a snooker player's cue ...

Quotes of the week
BBC Sport, UK - Feb 21, 2005
... Before the game there was all this stuff about anti ... Snooker commentator Clive Everton pays tribute to Ronnie O ... I stripped naked and dived in like Mark Spitz. ...

Larry's Blog: An Editor in England asks What's On the Tellie?
Advanced Imaging Pro (press release), UK - Feb 21, 2005
... I followed the Snooker finals. ... I saw some rugby, too. Now, I like to watch rugby, but I take umbrage that it is a game that the British invented. ...