All about Billiards

The word ‘billiard' derived from the French word billiard- one of the wooden sticks used to strike the balls or bile- one of the billiard balls. Originally Billiards was played as a lawn game; the more modern variants of billiards are widely recognized as being a French version of traditional billiards games. It is traditionally played in Canada and the United States. Billiard tables originally had flat vertical walls for rails, and their only function was to keep the balls from falling off the table.

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Origin of Billiards: One of the earliest and most recognizable forms of billiards originated in 15th century France. Billiards was enjoyed by politicians, scientists, and celebrities alike and it was incredibly success as mentioned in Shakespearian plays. Until the late 17th century players used a mace to strike the ball. Following the turn of the 19th century, the game really took off in England and the equipment as well as the rules quickly evolved to a level that we would now consider more familiar. In the first half of the 19th century Chalk and leather cue tips were introduced in order to improve the friction when striking the ball and afterward to be able to spin both the cue ball and the contact ball. Following the industrial revolution, the two-piece cue was introduced. The dominant game of billiards in Britain from about 1770 until the 1920's was English Billiards. The British billiard tradition is still carried out in a billiard game called Snooker.

Equipments:

All pocket billiard games take place on a special table with six pockets.
Set of billiard balls and a cue stick.
Each pool game occupies different number of balls but all of them use one cue ball.

Game Rules:

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Lag for Break is a procedure used for the lag for the opening break (nominating the player to commence the game). Each player holds his ball behind the head string on either side of the head spot, the balls are shot simultaneously to the foot cushion and rebound to the head cushion end. The player, whose ball is closest to the head end cushion, wins the lag.

The balls have to be racked in a triangle with the apex ball located on the foot spot.

Only the tip of the cue stick is allowed to strike the cue ball. Striking the cue ball with any other part of the cue stick is a foul.
Every time a player fails in sending a ball into a pocket legally, his turn at the table end and the other player's turn begun
.The moment the tip of the cue stick contacts the cue ball on the opening break shot, the pool game has officially begun.
The opening break shot is taken with the cue ball in hand behind the head string. According to the specific rule games the object balls should be positioned. The player who wins the lag strikes first, the game is considered to have commenced once the cue ball has been struck by the cue tip and crosses the head string.
A ball is considered as a pocketed ball if as a result of a legal shot; it drops off the bed of the table into the pocket and remains there. A ball that rebounds from a pocket back onto the table bed is not a pocketed ball.It is a foul if a player shoots when at least one foot is not in contact with the floor. Foot attire must be normal in regard to size, shape and manner in which it is worn.

It is a foul if a player shoots while the cue ball or any object ball is in motion (a spinning ball) during the match will result in loss of the match by forfeiture.