The Ultimate Billiards Accessories

There’s been lots of buzz, folks, about some of the latest billiards accessories. How about a chair ensemble for your pool décor? This gorgeous set is a mere $1154 US retail. Or choose Mr. Billiard’s Platinum Accessory Package for just $617, marked down from $729.

While I make some recommendations below for your stocking stuffers and alternative Chanukah gelt, there’s one set of ultimate billiards accessories that have never gone out of style (and here at About.com are free of charge)—great strokes taken at the pool table. No billiard instruction is complete without this feature.

Beneath are links to some of my favorite accessories and teaching tools—and a free tip on how to be…

• On The Level… A Free (And Easy!) Billiards Tip

• Nancy Cote’s “Pool Ungloves”, which yield better stroke and bridge feedback

• Doug Walters’ Pool Tables 101 to teach better table selection and maintenance

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