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Created by: a.protic
Number of Blossarys: 5
A massé shot involves a steep curve or complete reversal of cue ball direction without hitting any rails or other balls. It is done by striking the ball with a cue stick from a steep angle, and thus ...
Diamonds are the markings usually inlaid into the surface above the rail cushions, used as target or reference points. Normally, there are three equally spaced diamonds between each pocket on a pool ...
A shot in which the cue ball travels backwards after striking an object ball. It is performed by striking the cue ball below its equator in order to make it spinning backwards.
Follow shot is a shot in which the cue ball is struck above its equator, in order to cause the cue ball to travel forward after it contacts an object ball.
Object ball refers to any ball other than the cue ball, or in a narrower context, any ball that can be legally potted in a given moment.
In eight-ball and related games, "open table" refers to the situation in which neither player has yet claimed a group (solids or stripes) of balls. The table normally stops being open when a player ...
Skittle is an upright pin, which looks like a miniature bowling pin, or a mushroom-like object, present in certain billiard games. Depending on the game, there may be one skittle, or several, and ...