Are you one of those who pay attention to the design of the billiard balls or do you conform if they just roll? There are billiard players that if they do not compete with the Aramith Pro Cup are not calm and others are already good to play with the cheapest ball game in the market.

The world of billiards is filled with curious unknowns, myths and difficult questions. Why sometimes the white ball is white and in other occasions it suffers chickenpox? Why are snooker tables so big? Why did the Americans list the balls, and the French and the English did not?

Professional billiard players would not be the same without their nicknames. The motes identify the character of the billiard player. Where do these "bad names" come from? It is not easy to know exactly the origin of each one, but nevertheless some some are quite clear. In this week's article we review the nicknames of 20 Professional Pool players and why they are called like that.

In the history of billiards there have been billiard players who have not only bothered to play but also to solve problems that all players suffer. Consequently, they have created great billiard inventions that help us to train or compete better.

A legend says that it was Strickland who invented jump shots in one of his best days. Out of jokes, no one knows for sure who or when the art of tipping the cue 45 degrees to make the white ball jump was discovered . But the fact is that this shooting technique has been perfected a lot in recent decades, has served to win world championships and has caused the industry to manufacture all kinds of specific cues.

By the creators of “50 cheap billiards excuses” and “20 thoughts that make us fail”, today is the turn to review the 30 greatest snares of the billiards. In other words, what annoys us the most, what rabies gives us and what we most hate billiard players. Whether in the heat of the championship or during training, there are a number of situations that get us out of our squares. Admit it, you have also lit yourself sometime for the moments that come next.