Dalilis, Marinel Faith M.

BILLIARDS:
- any of various games played on
a rectangular table with a
designated number of small balls
and a long stick called a cue.
Before we continue…
Are billiards and pool the same?
NO. They are not the same.
 Billiards
Pocket Billiards Carom Billiards

Snooker Pool

English
9 ball 8 ball
Billiards

Straight
10 ball
Pool

Bank Pool
Pocket Billiards
- is a billiards game
played with a white
cue ball and 15
consecutively
numbered colored
balls on a rectangular
table with six pockets.
Carom Billiards
DIFFERENT TABLES FOR CAROM BILLIARDS
 HISTORY OF BILLIARDS:

Many countries—among them France,

England, China, Italy, and Spain—have
been credited with the invention of the
game, but, in fact, nothing is really
known about the origin of billiards.
 It may be inferred that it developed
from a variety of games in which
propelling a ball was a main feature.
They were discovered in the 15th century
and was played by kings in those times. It
was practiced in Europe and at first was
played as an outdoor game and soon
became an indoor game with wooden tables
and green cloth to simulate the grass.
15th Century
WOMEN AND POOL
In the 1920s, the
poolroom was an
environment in which
men gathered to loiter,
smoke, fight, bet, and
play. The atmosphere
of the poolroom was
very forbidding and
women had trouble
being accepted there.
 Nonetheless, women have been
enthusiastic players since the game was
brought up from the ground in the 15th
century. For 200 years, women of
fashion have played the game.

 In the past, it was very difficult for a

woman to develop billiard skills because
of lack of support. As these situations
changed, and continue to change, we
can expect women to equal or even
exceed men in ability and take the game
to new heights.
 Ruth McGinnis
(The Queen of Billiards.)
TOURNAMENTS:
From 1878 until 1956, pool and billiard
championship tournaments were held
almost annually, with one-on-one
challenge matches filling the remaining
months. At times, including during the
Civil War, billiard results received wider
coverage than war news.
 EQUIPMENTS
All billiards games require the
basic equipment of a table,
cue sticks, and balls.
 BILLIARD TABLE
The traditional mahogany billiards table is still in use,
but tables are now generally made of other woods
and synthetic materials. It has a bed usually of
polished slate covered by a woven woolen cloth,
sometimes referred to as felt. Angled rails of
hardened rubber or synthetic rubber, known as
cushions, rim the inner edge of the table.
 CUE STICK
he cue is a tapered rod of
olished wood or synthetic
material, ranging in length
om about 40 to 60 inches
100 to 150 cm). The small
nd of the cue, with which
he ball is struck, is fitted
with a plastic, fibre, or
ivory reinforcement to
which is cemented a
leather cue tip.
 BILLIARDS CHALK
Chalk in small cubes is
applied uniformly to
the cue tip permitting
the players to strike
the cue ball off center
on purpose in order to
impart a spinning
motion, called “side”
in Great Britain and
“English” in the
United States.
 BILLIARDS BALL
The billiard balls,
formerly made of ivory
or Belgian clay, are now
usually plastic; they each
measure from about
21/4 to 23/8 inches (5.7
to 6 cm) in diameter, the
larger balls being used in
carom billiards.
Efren Manalang Reyes
Greatest pool player of all
time.
He still holds the record as
the first pool player to win
World Championships in
two different disciplines.
Achieved more than 70
international
championships until now.
He won the Derby City
Classic championship 14
times and World Pool
League championship
twice.
 POOL RULES
Each billiard games has
different rules, but we will
focus on the rules of Pool.

Dalilis, Marinel Faith M.

Let’s watch the Rules of Pool
 EVALUATION

Dalilis, Marinel Faith M.

INSTRUCTION: Answer the following questions and write
it in a ¼ of pad paper. (READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY! NOT
FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS MEANS WRONG.)

1 - 2) Are pool and billiards the same?

Justify your answer.
3 - 4) Why should women be accepted to
play billiards?
5) What became famous than war news
during the Civil War?
6) Give one rule of Pool from the video given.
7) TRUE or FALSE. When playing billiards, you
must hit the eight ball first.
8) MATCHING TYPE:
Write the letter of the correct
answer. CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY.
A. 15th Century
B. Cue
C. Rules of Pool
9) D. Carom Billiards
E. Pocket Billiards
F. Efren Reyes
G. Cue Stick
H. 16th Century
I. Canon Balls
10)