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Safety Play and Defensive Billiards

Pool playing tips for safety play and defensive billiard play.

Safety Play and Defensive Billiards

Welcome to the safety play and defensive play billiards and pool playing tips. Once you have mastered cue ball control and position play, you will be able to more effectively play safeties and introduce a defensive element in to your game. These pool playing tips focus on that safety and defensive pool technique.

Pool playing tips for safety play and defensive billiard play.

Thanks for visiting the safety play and defensive play billiards and pool playing tips. We hope you have enjoyed the tutorials on defensive billiard play and safeties. If you can master these, your game will rise to a whole new level

Safety Play and Defensive Billiards

  • Title: Safety Play and Defensive Billiards
  • Author: (Billiards Forum)
  • Published: 4/4/2008 1:24:00 AM

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Safety Play and Defensive Billiards Comments

  1. Mickey MullenMickey Mullen from Casper, WY on 10/16/2012 12:07:43 PM

    I am playing in a VFW league of 8 ball. The 8 ball rules we are playing under say:

    "absolutely no safety."

    Having played position play or shape all my life at least 60 years I find this not in compliance with a good game of pool.

    Because of this rule, I am stymied after playing defensively all my life.

    What is your take on the "no safety play" rule?

  2. KirksterKirkster from Milwaukee, WI on 10/25/2015 12:50:39 AM

    I'm new in the BCA league and it's been hard for me to change my thought process on passing up a safety shot to hide my opponent. When I try, I either hit the ball too hard or something else worse happens. I'm still accustomed to looking for my break out ball while playing 8 ball!

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