How do you become a professional at a sport like billiards?

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It's really a combination of elements that make a professional billiards player. You will find certain things that nearly all of them have in common. First, you need to start at a fairly young age, early to mid teens at the latest. Most pros have started well before that. Second, you need to have an abnormally high level of instinct and natural talent for the game, something that you really have no control over. This is actually the main reason why professional players don't always make the best teachers. They really don't understand why everyone they try to teach can't do everything that they can do. The pros often try to teach other people to develop the unique quirks and compensating errors that they've perfected for themselves. Third, you need to be able to devote a large portion of your time to practice. This can be difficult for all but the very best professionals. Since the average touring pro really doesn't make that much money, either from winnings or endorsements, they often need to have some alternate form of income. This can take time away from practice. So you see, only if you have the financial means to support yourself could you devote the time for practice necessary at the professional level. You really have to be honest with yourself. Do you really possess the natural ability to become a professional and are you willing to sacrifice everything else for the game? Most of us hold billiards very near to our hearts but we also want to have a life away from the game. Best of luck. M.D.-BCA Instructor/Referee.

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enter amatuer competitions at your local pool hall.
The more you play the better you are. Once you win a few amatuer comps..you will get appraoched by a sponser.

How do you shoot the ball on pool?

Practice, practice, practice

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I am a pro player and it took me 20 years to do it you have make your mind up and if that is what you want to do you are going to have practice at least 2 hours a day everyday for a while. Check out upatour.org and look at the touring pros I am on the first page.
C.J. Bailey

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Practice Practice Practice,

But Good practice helps, in pool, poor practice only turns bad habits into ingrained muscle memory. Buy a book or a few how to tapes on developing a good "stroke". Once you have a solid smooth stroke you can learn to play well.

How do i know when I need new Rails? I mean, is there a certain test i can do to check for DEADness?

you can become a pro by the way "Straight..." sez. Or make your living as a non-sponsored professional eaking out a living day to day gambling and entering some of pools bigger tournaments and doing okay. It's a tough industry. I know personally people like Efren Reyes and two-time defending boys 14 and under national champion Austin Murphy and "pro" pool player Tony Chohan. Both ends of spectrum and its tough either end. To do well in local and national tourneys you must practice, play and gamble because gambling puts an entirely different type of pressure that hones your skill.

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Pool is so far from everyone they think all you have to do is practice... thats not even half of it!! 90 % of pool is all in your head!! the 10% is the technique.

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You basically have to admit to yourself that you are going to have no life, because to become a pro at billiards you have to practice ridiculous hours and sacrifice some much of your personal time. And guess what, there will ALWAYS be someone that's better than you. I'd try something else, something that would benefit society.

Pool should be for fun.

If You think pool means?

you can call yaself a pro when ever ya like but there is a circut goin round nearly every country to join just make sure ya can play first

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quit your job and start playing ...

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go to the philippines and learn from the masters of billards

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