2) pick up the triangle rack and place all the 15 balls in there.

How to line up pool balls. Balls number 2 and 3 are to be. You then need to place the 8 balls in a row on the pool table. Next, place any stripe and any solid ball in the bottom corners.

The ten ball is placed in the middle of the triangle. All the other balls can be placed at random. Hold your left hand with your index finger and thumb extended outwards, palm.

The rest of the balls should be placed as randomly as possible. Ten ball is played with (you guessed it) 10 object balls, number 1 through 10, plus the cue ball. Fill in the rest of the rack with the other balls randomly.

Again, this method relies heavily on what you already know well — how to aim balls into the center of the pockets. A good drill to get the hang of this phenomenon is to place a coin hanging just a hair off the side cushion of the pool table. Align all bank angles and lines using the bottom of the pockets.

In this scenario, the goal is to carom the cue ball off the rail, and have it return to strike the object ball. It will help you play the ga. Set up the cue ball and object ball equidistant from the rail.

If we take the rifle aiming analogy, for example, we would aim the center of the cue ball to the center of the object ball and through to. Once you have got the balls tight in a perfect diamond. In this pool lesson i am going to show you 10 steps that you should do before every shot, no matter how easy or difficult it is.