how to determine a snooker cue is good or not?
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Don't think it matters what make your cue is, yes it helps to buy quality. But what i recommend is go to a local dealer, they should let you try out your new cue on a practise table. When i last bought my cue i was in the shop for 4 hours trying out lots of cues. REMEMBER IT HOW YOU FEEL NOT HOW MUCH IT COSTS!
629699
Just away to grade the quality of used golf balls.  There is not a set standard for the grades.  The more A's is just away for one company to try to give the impression they have a better grade \nwww.mygolfballstore.com
993537
No bet!\n\nENIGMA! ENIGMA! ENIGMA! ENIGMA!\n\nI now have one of your questions figured out, that I was originally wrong about, before the voting started. LOL\n\nYou asked:\n\nWhat happens in 8 ball (world standard rules)?\nYour opponent shoots at and successfully sinks one of YOUR stripes, then shoots another stripe and misses the pocket. \n\nWhat do you do? \n\nI say:\nYou shoot solids now, since he has now taken over stripes, because you failed to claim a foul when your opponent pocketed your stripe and then also shot a stripe.\n\nYeah, I know! too late.  LOLOLOLOL
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Jerry's answer isn't completly accurate. \nFirst of all handicaps are not for bragging, handicaps exist so that you could play anyone in the world no matter how good they might be and potentially beat them. It basically levels the playing feild. Secondly, it isn't just the difference between your handicap and you fellow competitor's, there is actually a system to the whole thing. On the scorecard you will notice that each hole has a handicap rating; the number 1 handicap hole on the course has been determined by a USGA course commitee to be the most difficult, and of course the 18th is the easiest. If I were playing you,and my handicap is a 3, then I would "get" strokes on the 1,2,and 3 handicap holes; I would indicate this on the scorecard with little dots in each corresponding score box. Since you are a 19 handicap, then you would actually get strokes on every hole on the course, and that last stroke would appear on the number 1 handicap hole, in effect giving you 2 strokes on that hole. The reason it is done this way is so you can competivly play either stroke play or match play against anyone. So since you have 2 strokes on the number one handicap hole you could double bogey it and it would still be a net par for you.\nFor a complete breakdown on handicaps in Golf I highly recomend you vist USGA.org and order the official handicapping book... it's really cheap, like a couple of bucks, and it could save you a bet or two out on the course in the long run!
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I sometimes wonder why some people even bother to answer decent questions like this one if all they can do is hurl insults and display their excessive ignorance.  Some folks made some good points thus far.  I wouldn't spend more than $150 on a cue stick as a gift.  After owning many cues myself, I can say from experience that if this is a starter cue, don't spend too much.  I say this because, it's very rare for someone's very first cue to be the one they play with for life.  You really don't know what you want in a cue until you play with all shapes, sizes, weights, etc.  So for a first cue, it would be a fine gift idea.  You can get years of use out of a good cue, and then you can decide whether you may want to upgrade someday, depending on how much you play.  You should always test out a cue before you purchase.  Having your own cue will help with your consistency as a player, particularly after you have reached a certain skill level.  It's just one less variable to have to adjust for.  House cues at pool halls can be anywhere from very good to outright dreadful.  They are often mistreated and warped.  After knowing what makes a cue good or bad, you will be able to adjust for these problems when you pull a house cue off the rack.  The tip is by far the most important part of the cue.  A good player can play just as well with a decent house cue as with a $1000 custom work of art.  Having your own cue is more than just owning a nice piece of wood.  The cue is the tool you use for this game, and it may be a cliche', but it really becomes an extension of your arm.  Best of luck.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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The game of snooker was invented by a Britain, Colonel Sir Neville Chamberlain of the British Army garrisons of India. The game is believed to have came about as a mix of other billiard games, mainly english billiards, this new billiard sport of snooker surfaced around 1875.\n\nThe term snooker was used as a derogatory term for the first year recruits of the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich in England. For many years the game was known as 'Snookers Pool' and was played with a smaller number of balls and to very different scoring rules than the game we know today.\n\nIt wasn't until the Early 1900's that the game evolved to the game it is now. Played by the army officers and aristocracy stationed in India the game grew in complexity and in its parts. The game of snooker has pretty much stayed the same since
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You know, it's interesting how often people want to get so hung up on semantics.  I think most people realize that the asker meant to say "pool" and not "snooker".  Also, "billiards" does not necessarily refer only to carom games.  Relax people, this isn't the Christians Vs. the lions.  Incidentally, I notice a lot of arrogance on the part of snooker players towards pool players.  If pool is so much easier, then why do so few snooker players excel at pool when they try to make the switch?  Alison Fischer and Karen Corr are two notable exceptions, of course.  I'm not trying to start an argument, as I have a great deal of respect for snooker.  Both games stress different skills.  Snooker requires very precise pocketing skill.  Pool (depending on the game) utilizes different techniques to move the cue ball, such as cheating the pocket and running balls along the cushion.  In fact, my favorite pool game, 14.1 continuous, shares many things in common with snooker.  In straight pool, you have to master short position, breaking up clusters, precise safety play, etc.  In any case, the best place to find game rules would be the BCA website.  They are the North American representative of the WPA.  So, they use world standardized rules.  Best of luck, and just have fun, don't listen to all the negative talk.  M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.
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Opinions are going to vary on which cues are best. In that price range I think Players,Lucasi,or Action would be good choices. Most cues will be available in 18oz and 13mm tips would be standard. I suggest going with a cue with a maple shaft, which all of the above would have. I'm not a fan of the cuetec, or scorpion cues with the graphite shaft. Each to his own I guess. Good luck.
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click and drag on the cue stick
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Simon Buckingham has written a great article at SnooHoo, telling us the basic difference between pool and snooker. Such information is often assumed known, but many professionals will fail to accurately distinguish between the two. So, here are the major differences between these two amazing cuesports.\nPool and snooker are two similar sports which both entail using sticks called cues to pocket balls of different colors into six holes on the sides and corners of a rectangular table. Yet these two sports go a long way to illustrate the difference between the old organized world and the new unorganized world.\n\nSnooker is a sport from the age old organized tradition. You are much more likely to get dressed up when playing snooker, often in a dinner suit and bow tie. You play snooker on a long table of well over two meters in length and a meter wide. You hit the balls gently, relying on their smooth passage across the slate-bedded table to reach their destination pocket.\n\nBecause the table is so large, success (known as "break building": an unbroken series of pocketing the balls) depends upon using spin to position the white cue ball for potting the subsequent ball. There are set rules which are strictly adhered to, for example, if you accidentally tap a snooker ball with the end of your cue you "foul" and forfeit your shot.\n\nSnooker is played at a thoughtful, leisurely pace and some time can elapse between shots. One frame between average players can take up a good hour. \n\nThe contrast between snooker and pool is clear. Pool represents the unorganized world. You can play in any clothes that you find comfortable. The pool table is much smaller, just over a meter in length and less than a meter wide. The pockets are larger relative to the size of the balls. Paradoxically, even though the pool table is smaller, you tend to hit the balls harder because the cloth on the table (which can be and often is blue or red as well as green) is more coarse. The rules are less strict, insofar as the acceptance of minor mistakes when setting up a shot tends to be greater. The pace of pool is quicker: you don't need complicated implements such as "spiders" which are supplementary cues that let you reach areas of the snooker table in order to play shots that human size would otherwise preclude.\n\nGames between good pool players can be over in 10 minutes. There is less break building because the table is small enough for the good players to pot a few balls and win. \nPool is a sport which is much more attuned to today's quicker, faster unorganized world than the more organized world of snooker. Our goals remain the same: personal prosperity (potting the balls) and the infrastructure of the world (the table) is smaller and more accessible. As with the world, pool games are played at a faster speed, the rules are fewer, innovation rather than strategy much more important. The entry barriers are lower: people who have not played pool or snooker before can pick up a short pool cue and have a go and pot something. \nNew beginners could be playing snooker a long time before they pocket a ball. The start up costs for the pool equipment are lower, and the ease of carrying around a pool cue greater.\n\nWith its smaller table and wider pockets, pool is like technological capitalism, giving its players both the opportunity and the opportunity to pursue that opportunity.\n\nThe image of the pool player in the movie "The Hustler" contrasts with that of the gentleman in his country mansion playing snooker. As someone once said, "The best things come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle". Rack up those pool balls, and play on, play on.
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here you go: http://www.billiardworld.com/snooker.html
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Why cheat? Simply practice and learn how to play the game properly!\n\nI don't use any aids and have a rating around the 1500 mark, and in all honesty players in the 1100s are terrible! Clearly all the cheating is not helping you at all.\n\nWith practice you will soon get the hang of making pots - that is the easy part. Then you need to learn how the white is going to move after it hits the ball depending on how you hit it. From there you can begin to learn how to ensure you always end up in position for another pot.\n\nKeep your shot selection simple - only use spin when you absolutely have to for example - and learn to trust your own judgement. Most pots I miss occur when I have second thoughts and try to line it up better! If you are having to try and use "trick shots" then you are never going to win, and if you play someone who makes a series of "impossible" shots against you then you know they are cheating (just like you are) - generally those people are terrible at safety play, so I just snooker them and let them foul repeatedly until I win anyway lol\n\nSome people also pick their opponents carefully, because when you play someone ranked lower than you you risk losing 20+ points if you lose, but maybe only gain 1 or 2 when you win.\n\nBut hey - it's just a game. Enjoy it, and don't let defeats spoil your enjoyment.
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Far as I know, neither 8-ball or 9-ball are snooker games...
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155 is the highest possible. If you opponent breaks and makes a foul shot which leaves you snookered. You can then take a colour as a free ball. This counts as 1 point like a red but you can then take a colour after it. This effectively gives you 16 red. So 16 reds, 16 blacks and all the colours would make 155.\nNot sure if it's been done but it is possible.
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Hey shooter whats up? I can't say that I have a particular favorite brand of pool cue. I currently own four different cues from four different makers. I use them all from time to time. They are McDermott , Viking , Falcon and Brunswick. Oh, I also use a McDermott jump, break stick. I like them all and they all feel very comfortable to me. These are the things that they all have in common , 19 ounces , 58 inches long , 13 millimeter hard tips, wood to wood joint construction and irish linen wraps. And I use a padded triangle tip on my break cue. If I had to pick just one to keep it would probably be my McDermott only because it was my first. Take it easy shooter , talk to ya later.
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whatever someone is willing to pay for it.. but truly take it to a billiard shop and ask them. expect them to be low by about 20% as they would need to make profit on it also
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7 rails on Billiards table OK..shoot very hard into a long rail about 1/4 the length of the rail from the corner. Shooter should about 2 feet away from that rail, aim towards the corner (use a bit of running English or the Cue will never make the length)....Cue ball will go 7 rails and strick the 2 balls at corner opposite the one you originally shot towards.... The shot is called a natural because if you have the skill to shoot it (like a train on tracks) you can't miss...