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How to do English in billiards correctly

You have already learned the main effects of billiards, now you will learn how to do the English correctly, without having a headache.

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Before doing this exercise you must know how to do the side effects in billiards or English.

Now we are going to do the following exercises.

English and effect compensation

In this exercise you are going to pocket all the billiard balls with the left English (the blue dot).

And then do the same with the right English (the red dot).

It is a little complicated because when you apply these effects the cue ball will not go straight but will go a little off its shooting line, causing you to miss the ball.

That’s why you must compensate (adjust the shot more to the right or left), which you will achieve with trial and error.

If you make a mistake, continue on the ball where you are.