SCRATCHING ON 8 BALL FULL FORCE ALONG

The game of billiard became popular in the early 1900s, in the USA. These sixteen balls include a cue ball, and fifteen object balls. 8-ball also known as solids and stripes, eight-ball is a pool billiards which is played on a table having six pockets, while sixteen billiard balls are used.

The last possible scenario is that you scratch on the 8-ball shot. If, however, a player scratches the cue ball and sinks the 8-ball (or drives it off the table), the game is A few weeks ago, I received a message on Facebook Messenger from my father in law to play a game of '8 Ball Pool'.3. The opposing player takes over, ball-in-hand anywhere on the table. If a player scratches on an 8 ball shot, but fails to pocket the 8 ball, it is considered a foul.

So I texted him, outside of FB Messenger, and asked if he invited me to play a game. I thought it might be spam. If you get the 8-ball before your opponent does, you win.I wasn't expecting a game request to come on my phone's Facebook Messenger app. So the 8-ball shot is like the winning shot.

We played all the time on the clock.Even when I wasn't working, I was playing. Though we weren't supposed to play on the clock, we did. My favorite days to work were Saturday mornings because the place was mostly empty, so we'd play pool on one of the tables close to the register. We played a bunch of games together, and by the way I initially won a majority of the games, it was clear I initially knew something he didn't.Back when I was in college, I loved playing pool so much that I got a job at the school's recreation center, which had 16 pool tables. Points were scored by pocketing balls, scratching the cue ball.He said that yes he did, so I played him and I quickly became addicted.

I learned that while you do need physical skill to actually make shots, much more of the game was strategy. Though I was the typical arrogant young kid who knows it all, I did learn a lot from these guys. Others just wanted to play. Some just wanted to try and a few bucks off of the 'rich' college kids (I went to a state school because tuition was cheap). Often times, some old sharks would come in and play us. Actually, often times I would play pool in lieu of studying for an exam (but still somehow graduated with honors).I had a couple buddies with which I would often put in eight hour sessions We'd play all day long.We got pretty good.

There is no time limit on an individual shot or in between turns. But even just playing a video game on my phone, I still get a good adrenaline rush from running the table (winning the game in a single turn).The Facebook Messenger version of '8 Ball Pool' lets you take a turn, then it passes it back to the other person. My life has had many journeys that have taken me away from the game, and I've only played a few times since college.

That right English will cause the right spin on the ball to 'grab' the rail and therefore reduce the angle with which the cue ball comes off the rail after cutting the 8 ball. Therefore the cue ball is going to hit the rail after the 8 ball and come off that rail with a fair amount of speed enough to bring it to the side pocket or the corner pocket on the top and top left of the screen shot.Therefore, this shot needs to be adjusted to add some English, where the cue stick will strike the cue ball on the right side, such that the stroke will put right spin the cue ball. The cue ball will keep most of its momentum. This shot needs to be hit fairly hard to get the 8 ball to the pocket, because the cue ball is 'cutting' the 8 ball, which won't transfer much momentum on contact. In real life, on a real pool table, the cue ball is going to curve before it hits the object ball, so you have to aim a bit further right to account for the curve to the left on a long shot.Below, a shot is lined up on the 8 ball in the 8 Ball Pool Miniclip game.

As such, the aim would need to be adjusted left to compensate for the amount of curve to the right.In the 8 Ball Pool app, when the cue ball is sitting up against the rail, you can still put backspin (bottom spin or draw) on the ball. On a real pool table, in real life, the cue ball would curve to the right (with right English) on its way to the 8 ball, hitting the 8 ball in a different location than it would hit on the straight line. The path from the cue ball to the 8 ball stays the same straight line.

Double Contact with Cue Stick TipIn the 8 Ball Pool app, when the cue ball is directly touching another ball, and you hit that other ball head on, the shot happens just fine. The bottom half of the cue ball is below the rail and cannot be struck by the cue tip.Note: Draw is not really needed in the shot above, the screen was just taken as a rudimentary visual example to illustrate the point. That's not realistic, as the rail is at the center of the cue ball, leaving only the top half of the cue ball accessible to hit.

Scratching On 8 Ball Full Force Along

I can hit with full force along the width of the table and the ball will bounce back and forth five to six times. This shot will work just fine in the game but in real life its a 'push' foul.See this link for more information on pool shot fouls Shot StrengthI haven't been on a table in a while, but in the 8 Ball Poll app, you can hit shots very hard and not have unfavorable results. In real life, you'd probably hit the cue ball perpendicular to the object ball's path to the pocket.In the picture below, the cue ball is touching the object ball and the position to hit the cue ball with the cue stick tip is in the center. Since the cue ball is already touching the object ball, the draw is instant and there is virtually no time for the cue tip to get out of the way as the cue ball comes back from the draw.You really need to hit the very top of the ball, but even that may still be a push. If you hit the cue ball in the center you will push the cue ball which is illegal.If you hit the bottom of the ball, you'll likely draw the cue ball back onto your stick, or end up getting under the cue and popping it off the table as part of a shaft foul.

You can't lift the back of the cue handle up higher than the tip of the cue. You can only move the stick left or right to aim a shot. In the game there is no change to your accuracy with the strength of the shot.In the 8 Ball Pool game, there is no vertical angle on the cue stick. I also know that in real life, the harder you hit the ball, the less accurate your stroke becomes. I don't think I could get it to do that in real life but again, its been a while since I've played on a physical table, so maybe I could. If I hit it that hard in real life, it would likely fly off the table upon hitting the first rail, especially with top spin.In the shot below, the cue ball was hit with full power, using a cue that had a power rating of 5/10 bars, and the cue was able to cross the table six times.

Learn to Think Multiple Shots AheadThe most basic advice that beginners don't fully understand is to always be thinking about the next shot(s). If I was playing with a few people and was off to the side waiting for my next turn to get back into a game, I'd be playing this app!I am still an amateur when it comes to strategy, but here are the pearls I'd bestow on anyone, especially a beginner willing to listen. Because the games are so fast in the app and the physical limitations (getting tired, not physically accomplishing a properly lined up shot due to a bad stroke) are removed, the amount of strategic experience you can get in short amount of time is unparalleled.I wish I had had this game available when I was in college (15 years ago). My biggest reason for loving it is that you can really work on your strategy. You also can't jump one ball over another, which is possible to do (though hard to do legally) on a real table.Regardless of the differences between the 8 Ball Poll app game and a game on a real pool table, I absolutely love the app.

You need to learn to control where the cue ball ends up.The goal is to be able to decide where can you 'leave' the cue ball after the current shot such that the next shot is set up for an easy shot.When you think ahead, you can leave yourself with easier shots than if you just slam the balls into the pockets and try to figure out what to do when the cue ball finally comes to a rest, wherever that may be.