Assessment 1.

(100 points)

Billiards (8 ball pool)

Billiards began in fourteenth century where there is a misunderstanding between
Europe and English people whether who was the first to invent the sports. Later on
French found a strong evidence proving the game originated in France. The word
“billiard” is derived from two French words, “billiart” and “bille”.  The two words
mean “stick” and “ball”.  Put them together, and you get stick-ball or pool.  At
first, the game was played outside, but during the winter it got too cold so the game
was moved inside onto large tables. The game is played individually or by partner
it is played by using the cue stick to stroke the cue ball so that it hits the object
balls and potting it in succession. The players is to choose whether to play stripes
or solids, where if the players pots one object ball the players is granted another
shot. The basic rules are, only the cue sticks are allowed to touch the ball, if the
players scratches the cue ball it will be counted as foul, if any balls jumped out of
the table it we be called as foul, 8 ball must be the last one to be potted, If a shooter
commits a foul three times in a row without making an intervening legal shot, the
result is a loss of game. I choose the sport because it is fun to play billiards and
here in our place there are a lot of billiard tables you can play with. I also chose
billiards because when we are in highs cool I was accidentally chosen to represent
our school in competition of billiards. I did not win but it gave me an experience in
playing tournaments of billiards even though I am not good at billiards. I choose
billiards because it is somehow hard to learn, me and my friends play billiards for
fun to relax and bet our allowance. It is special because it does not require that
much physical effort, it needs a lot of practice and experience and it is very fun to
play, it requires a lot of imagination, and it also gives a lot of pressure when
playing the game which makes the game more exciting