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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Position as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
Position is a term that is used as a shorthand for position play. In position play, the shooting player works hard to ensure that the position of the balls, chiefly the cue ball, after a shot, is as optimal as possible to ensure that the next shot can be made with as much ease as possible.
That was the perfect position for his next shot on the 8.
The position definition was entered on 3/19/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:49:46 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: position play, cue ball control, cue power, play the cue ball, taking care of whitey, shape, position for more on the meaning of position.
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