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What Makes Billiards SO “Cool”?

Billiards is super cool!  There’s no denying it. We have come up with a list of products, ideas and items to prove to everyone  why  we play pool and  why you should too ! Some of these items are just plain cool, while others are cool and also help improve your game! Trick shots, anyone? The first and most important section to our list is the trick shots! Artistic pool is a sport that requires significant skills and lots of practice.  Trick shots in pool is a unique organization of the billiard balls in a way different from a regular pool play.  In trick shots, pool balls may jump over, through or in objects, be lined up and shot a specific way, used to hit other balls etc.  If you have never seen trick shots, please watch these our two stars videos;  Could it get any cooler than this?? Billiards and a Beer? Yes please! How many other sports can you play and drink? Ta Da! We have a leg up on the rest of the sports! “Billiards a...

Top 10 Health Benefits of Playing Billiards

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Here are the Top 10 from Health Fitness Revolution Slows aging in men –  Beer and billiards have become a staple for socializing among men and with good reason! According to a recent study from the University of Copenhagen, drinking beer while playing a game of pool with friends can help keep older men active due to the exchange between active activity and passive activity during a round of pool. This can help combat the aging process by providing the elderly a casual activity that still utilizes the use of their muscles. Helps build focus –   Playing pool requires a great amount of focus and concentration. Your ability to focus on a given objective is essential in achieving happiness and attaining goals. In billiards, players must focus on their targets (the cue ball and the target ball), the angle of their own cue, the angle the cue ball will move in once it is hit and if the cue ball will strike the target ball. Burns calories –  There is a surprising amo...

Top Reasons to Love Pool and Billiards

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Like No Other Love (A Bad Rap) The American Pool Hall was once an exclusive realm of men who behaved indecently. These individuals smoked cigars and drank beer while they growled and spit tobacco. Young truants cleaned the tables and floors and racked the balls for a new game, while they learned pool hustling and miscreant behavior. Revived, Reborn (The New Chic) From misbegotten days, gambling and brawling legends abound, building mystique. Odds are small you've heard of Ping-Pong hustlers getting fingers broken. Have you seen a shady-looking character thumb through $100 bills at a Chess club? Pool's seamy side and portraits of misspent youth are still an attraction for hustlers and rebels. Despite its sour reputation, however, pool revived to become the pastime of the 1990's and then the 21st Century. Pool, now chic and the darling of the media, is exciting, fun and "in". Nearly every other TV or magazine ad shows people enjoying a cool time, play...