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The Best Beginner Pool Cues of 2025 (Reviews)

Billiards or pool is an amazing sport and an interesting hobby. It is loved by many and for some, it’s almost an addiction! It may look like an ordinary game of poking a ball with a long stick, but, playing this game does not come easy. Playing pool requires a lot of concentration, patience, and…

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What Does It Mean For The Cue Ball To Be Sliding?

A very important part of improving your cue ball control is understanding the difference between when the cue ball is sliding and when the cue ball is rolling/spinning. When the cue ball is rolling or spinning, instead of sliding, it doesn’t follow the tangent line perfectly. I covered this in my last article How does…

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Master Billiard Chalk Review (April 2025)

Master Billiard Chalk – Available on Amazon Pros Cons Master Billiard Chalk is the industry standard for pool cue chalk in the United States. Tweeten Fibre Co. manufactures Masters chalk in Chicago, Illinois. Tweeten Fibre has been in the industry for over 100 years. They were founded in 1912 and have been making high quality…

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What Is The Difference Between Billiards and Pool?

In the United States today, if you walk into a pool hall, bar, or rec center, you will probably see people playing what’s known today as pool. However, pool wasn’t always called pool. Before it received the name, it was referred to as pocket billiards. Now, billiards and pool are commonly used interchangeably but that’s…