Blackball was chosen because it is less ambiguous ("eight-ball pool" is too easily confused with the international standardized " eight-ball"), and blackball is globally standardized by an International Olympic Committee-recognized governing body, the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) meanwhile, its ancestor, eight-ball pool, is largely a folk game, like North American bar pool, and to the extent that its rules have been codified, they have been done so by competing authorities with different rulesets. The term "blackball" is used in this glossary to refer to both blackball and eight-ball pool as played in the UK, as a shorthand. Similarly, British terms predominate in the world of snooker, English billiards, and blackball, regardless of the players' nationalities. However, due to the predominance of US-originating terminology in most internationally competitive pool (as opposed to snooker), US terms are also common in the pool context in other countries in which English is at least a minority language, and US (and borrowed French) terms predominate in carom billiards. The terms "American" or "US" as applied here refer generally to North American usage. The labels " British" and " UK" as applied to entries in this glossary refer to terms originating in the UK and also used in countries that were fairly recently part of the British Empire and/or are part of the Commonwealth of Nations, as opposed to US (and, often, Canadian) terminology. ![]() Dave keeps this site commercial free, with no ads.The term " billiards" is sometimes used to refer to all of the cue sports, to a specific class of them, or to specific ones such as English billiards this article uses the term in its most generic sense unless otherwise noted. various brackets from CSI (at the bottom of the page)ĭr.three balls in a line with 3/8″ gaps (to minimize spin transfer and aiming errors during test shots).targets ( circular and rectangular) (for marking desired CB position, for “target pool” position drills, and for measuring position accuracy).iPool (interactive computer vision and project system with cool artistic visual effects).BWise (interactive computer vision and projection system).ARPool (augmented-reality computer vision and projection system).table projection systems (for diagram overlays):.nice collection of diagram sizes and types from Bob Jewett.for printing onto Avery sticker label sheets (6873 – 8 per sheet 2″x3.75″) ( Word, PDF).table diagrams (printable) – blank and gridded for instruction, practice, or documentation:.free Windows software for diagramming and measuring shots.Draw Your Rock Android app shot diagramming tool.ChalkySticks online shot diagramming tool.Billiards the Game online shot diagramming tool.squirt template (for measuring CB deflection with the help of a video camera). ![]() rail and table ruler (for measuring throw, squirt, and swerve amounts and rebound angles).racking templates (see the bottom of getting a tight rack).kick and bank angles ( approach angles into the rail, and rebound angles away from the rail).ghost ball template (for visualizing and practicing aiming, ghost ball center, line of centers, and tangent line).ghost ball target discs (for marking ball target positions on the table or rail).distance template (and another and one with combined, extra-fine scales) (e.g., for measuring stick and ball positions and speeds with video).diamond ruler (for measuring between diamonds).cut angle and aim training template (with clock-face numbers and object-ball contact-point illustrations). ![]()
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