billiards

• billiards - an indoor game
• history of billiards - invented in china and europe (france, england, italy, spain)
• history of billiards - earliest reference in was in 16th century Europe
• history of billiards - developed from games that the main feature is propelling a ball
• equipments of billiards

  • table
  • cue
  • balls
  • chalk
• equipments of billiards - table - made of mahogany and synthetic material
• equipments of billiards - table - large rectangle wherein the length is twice its width
• equipments of billiards - table - has a bed made of polished slate, covered by felt
• equipments of billiards - table - felt is a woven woolen cloth
• equipments of billiards - table - cushions rim the inner edge of the table
• equipments of billiards - table - cushions is the angled rails made of hardened or synthetic rubber
• equipments of billiards - cue - made of polished wood or synthetic material
• equipments of billiards - cue - 40 to 60 in long tapered rod
• equipments of billiards - cue - used to strike the ball
• equipments of billiards - cue - small end that makes contact with the ball is fitted with a plastic fiber or ivory reinforcement and leather cue tip is cemented
• equipments of billiards - balls - made of ivory, belgian clay, plastic
• equipments of billiards - balls - diameter is 5.7 to 6 cm
• equipments of billiards - balls - carom billiard use larger balls
• equipments of billiards - chalk - a small cube form
• equipments of billiards - chalk - provides friction to make spins easier
• equipments of billiards - chalk - applied to cue tip which allows player to strike the ball and create a spinning motion
• equipments of billiards - chalk - spinning motion is english (american) or spin (british)
• forms of billiards - carom - or french billiards
• forms of billiards - carom - a carom or billiard is a point wherein player strikes cue ball to hit the 2 object balls
• forms of billiards - carom - 3 cushioned billiards is a variety of carom billiards
• forms of billiards - carom - 3 cushioned billiards, carom is scored when cue ball touches a cushion, 2 object balls in succession
• forms of billiards - carom - 3 cushioned billiards , if player scores then they are given another shot
• forms of billiards - carom - 3 cushioned billiards, a player loses a turn when they miss a shot
• forms of billiards - english - scores depends on strokes and sequences made
• forms of billiards - english - losing hazard or loser is a stroke, cue ball is pocketed after contact with another ball
• forms of billiards - english - winning hazard or pot is a stroke, object ball is pocketed after contact with another ball
• forms of billiards - english - cannon or caron is a sequence, cue ball hits 2 object balls in succession
• forms of billiards - english - a player must learn skill in performing pot or caron
• forms of billiards - english - a player must avoid making a losing stroke to score and continue playing
• forms of billiards - snooker - snookered is when a player loses his turn when they cant hit the ball bc it is blocked
• forms of billiards - snooker - snookered is where the game took its name
• forms of billiards - snooker - process is to pocket a red and colored balls alternately
• forms of billiards - snooker - when red balls is pocketed, they stay in the pocket
• forms of billiards - snooker - when colored balls is pocketed, they are put back on their respective spots, as long as there are red balls
• forms of billiards - snooker - player cotinues to play until 6 colored balls are left, which is pocketed acc to order of their value