With the improvement of the national economy and the development of billiards worldwide, the sport has thrived in China, with billiard halls popping up like mushrooms after the rain across the country, and more and more people are developing a liking for it. What types of billiards are there? How do you choose a billiards table? How do you select a cue? What are the rules of billiards? What are the different playing styles? Below, our editor will provide a detailed introduction to the knowledge of billiards.

What is billiards?

Billiards is a sophisticated indoor sport that is widely popular internationally, involving the use of cues to strike balls on a table and rely on scoring to determine the winner of the match.

Snooker has become widely diverse, including Chinese 8-ball, Russian pocket billiards, English pocket billiards, Carom billiards, American pocket billiards, and snooker billiards. Snooker is the most prevalent and has become a competitive sport. Billiards is also known as table tennis (in Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau) and cue ball (in Taiwan).