Saturday, July 24, 2010
Carom billiards is the overarching title of a family of billiards games generally played on cloth-covered, 5 by 10 feet (approximately 1.5 × 3 m) pocketless tables, which often feature heated slate beds. In its simplest form, the object of the game is to score points or "counts" by caroming one's own cue ball off both the opponent's cue ball and the object ball(s) on a single shot.
History of carom billards
Straight rail, sometimes referred to as carom billiards, straight billiards, the three-ball game, the carambole game, and the free game in Europe, is thought to date to the 1700s, although no exact time of origin is known. It was known as French caroms, French billiards or the French game in early times, taking those bygone names from the French who popularized it.
History of carom billards
Straight rail, sometimes referred to as carom billiards, straight billiards, the three-ball game, the carambole game, and the free game in Europe, is thought to date to the 1700s, although no exact time of origin is known. It was known as French caroms, French billiards or the French game in early times, taking those bygone names from the French who popularized it.
Example of carom billards
This is an example of carom pool. Semih Sayginer is also one of the famous carom players. These are the trick shoot that includes masse and many tricks that we have not seen.
Masse is actually a french word if im not wrong.It stand for a very strong type of spin.
In Singapore, we seldom see carom billards.It is not common seen as not many people know the rules of carom.However now i have shared a simple version of carom,hope you will enjoy it. In singapore, 8 feet and 9 feet pool tables are commonly seen. Theres also such things as snooker.
Signing off,
Gavin
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