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Three-Ball Usage - Playing Three-Ball As An Assessment

Let's See How Good You Are

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Three Ball is fun and makes for an easy assessment of your skills

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Three Ball is a fast, furious and fun pool game. It comes to mind as one of my recent lessons writes back to me…

"Good lesson Matt; we will get together again soon. I need to focus on more practice!"

I'm pleased to proscribe challenging pool drills and exercises to strengthen my students, but I can also give a nod to the fact that you want to belt balls in the pockets and have fun. I understand.

Why not rack for Three Ball and assess your level of skill? It takes only minutes to play ten racks of Three Ball.

1. If you can knock all three in with just four strokes or less 80% of the time (8 wins from 10 racks of Three Ball), you are ready to attempt 10 more racks while shooting the balls in numerical order.

Give yourself a fighting chance and allow for combinations or caroms off the lowest numbered ball, just as in Rotation Pool.

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