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Strategy for Blast Billiards
This deceptively simple game can teach you much

By Matthew Sherman, About.com

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Blast Billiards is a simple game but you can learn basic billiards theory in a fun manner playing it. The main thing to note is that you can simply see the effect of a full hit down to a very thin cut on any object ball.

Strike the cue ball so that it hits the object full and it dies dead… and the speed of the cue ball is almost wholly transferred to the object ball. Stroke a shot thinly by comparison, and the ball wobbles slowly down table while the cue retains most of its speed.

The Trick Blast and Extreme Blast series requires some planning ahead:

1. Play simple shots to avoid trouble

2. Use the cursor to line up on the object ball, not the cue ball, which happens to simulate the real pool experience

3. Don't play to sink a ball each time—you can set the cue ball up for a subsequent shot instead

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