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Billiard (Pool) Lesson 8
Natural angle (Cue path)
After learning how to shoot straight shots, one should know about the natural cue ball path. This is the most important knowledge of this game. In my experience, you don't need to use a lot of english to play this game. If you know and understand the natural path of the cue ball, you will achieve all kinds of positional shots almost 80% of the time. Time to time, you will require to use english on cue ball to alter the natural path of the cue ball.
With a good knowledge of cue ball travelling after contacting an object ball and speed control one can easily master this game.
Therefore, a lots of practice is also the key part of this game. With good practice one can get the feel of cue ball speed. With a good feel of cue ball speed one can easily control the cue ball.
Few examples (drawn figures may not be 100% accurate):