or
click image to search using:
or
click image to search using:
|
|
Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Shortstop as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
A shortstop is a billiard player who is considered an excellent player but is not quite at the same level of the very best player in his or her sphere. Shortstop, of course, is a term used relative to who the player is compared to. For example, a local shortstop is one of the better players on the local scene. In a professional sense, a billiard player shortstop is one who often finishes in the money, which is usually the top three, but never actually takes first place in the tournaments.
Still a shortstop Jim, I see?
The term "shortstop" is considered to be a slang term related to skill level. The shortstop definition was entered on 3/15/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:49:57 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to skill level. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: short stop for more on the meaning of shortstop.
|
|
The entire cue sport glossary is available via RSS/XML. Click to view the billiards forum rss feeds. To use the billiard terms glossary, you can click the letter that corresponds with the word, term, or phrase that you are looking for. You can also search through the categories by clicking below. If you can't find the billiard term that you are looking for, please take a few seconds to suggest a billiard term here.
There are not yet any comments. Please post one below. All comments are moderated.
Billiards is a tough sport to master, and so we've put together a series of billiards tutorials for all levels of play from beginner to advanced.
You may also need our billiard table service & repair directory.
Thanks to the magic of YouTube, we're able to bring you the freshest billiards content available in video format. Click the video to watch, or visit our video section.
The Billiards Forum went live late in 2005 and has grown significantly from a green and organge v0.5 beta version to a fully-featured v2.0 beta.
Billiard RSS Feeds
