The history of Pool is interesting and rich. Though the words ‘billiards’ or ‘pool’ are used indistinctly, the two are quite different. The game has been loved by the royals and commoners alike. The game moved indoors to a wooden table and a green cloth to imitate grass along with a border. The balls were tossed on the table and hit with wooden sticks known as “maces”.
Pool is a categorization of cue sports played on a table consisting of six pockets in which the balls are struck. Every pool game has a distinct name, some of the most popular games include eight-ball, nine-ball, ten-ball, seven-ball, black ball, one-pocket, and bank pool.
The early term pocket billiards is used interchangeably and preferred by some pool authorities around the world but it includes a variety of games like billiards, snooker, Russian pyramid, and kaisa which are not exactly the same as pool games.
What we call Pool today, originated from two prolific English games that came to the United States in the 19th century. English billiards was the first game and the second more popular game was pyramid pool. In the 20th century, new games came into play and some of these older games had to give way to the most happening Pool games that we play now.
The World Pool Billiard Association (WPA) has established a set of rules for Pool that you need to follow.
We will illustrate some important tips and tricks for beginners and intermediate Pool players. Let’s begin.