Skill Hit

Skill hit is a useful skill that can help you to have a better control on the cue ball's path through hitting different part of the ball. It's the most neccessary thing that players need to learn, because it can do a lot of assistance in the game. As it's hard to hit the ball on the side, top and bottom, so the area that players can hit is limited in the small surface that towards the player, which can be classified into 5 parts, top, bottom, center, left and right. The five small circle symplify the five parts. The center one will be the regular hit, so the introduction will be about the other four.

First, let's try to hit in the top part, it will make your cue ball continue moving as the same direction and lose a little speed after it collides the object ball. This kind of hit is called a topspin ball, it also sometimes can avoid the pot of the cue ball, let's see the following video.

 Second, hit the bottom part can produce two practical effect. One is the plain ball, which will make the cue ball stop immediately after it collides the object ball;  the other one is called back spin ball,  which will make the cue ball go almost exactly the opposite direction after it hits the object ball. Let's see the video show.

 Finally, it's about the hit on two sides part. Side spin ball can make the path of the cue ball be a curve instead of a straight line. It's pretty useful in the certain situation, for example, if there exists a ball between the cue ball and the object ball, and jump ball is too risky to do during the snooker, players will usually use side spin ball to make the cue ball move in a curve to avoid the collision on the ball that blocks the straight line path. And when a side spin ball bounce the cushion, it will also have an unexpected effect, let's get into the video and find it out. 

So many skills in your head! Why not call some friends and go to a pool place close to your house and have fun?