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Longrail Billiards
The Long Rail Journal
The Long Rail Journal

Notes from the table.

Honest writing from a licensed pool & snooker coach on aim, stance, stroke, cue ball and the small things that quietly cost serious players frames. Nothing dressed up. No filler.

How to Rack 9-Ball: The Diamond, the Rules, and a Tight Rack

How to rack 9-ball properly: which balls go where in the diamond, what the rules actually require, and how to get the tight rack that makes breaks work.

How to Play 9-Ball: Rules, Racking, and How to Win

The complete rules of 9-ball explained plainly by a coach: the rack, the break, the push out, fouls, scratches, and how the game is actually won.

Aim or Stroke? How to Tell Why You Actually Missed

When you miss, you can't tell if it was the aim or cue delivery, so you blame the aim and chase systems. A coach explains how to tell the difference, and what a stroke fault looks like.

Cue Ball Control for Beginners: Stop, Follow, Draw

The cue ball is the whole game. A coach explains stop, follow, and draw in plain English, the drills that build them, and why control problems are often delivery problems.

Pool Practice Drills: A Coach's Structured Routine

Most pool drills are thirty random exercises with no logic. Here's a structured practice routine a coach would actually give you, and how to know which drills you need.

How to Get Better at Pool: A Coach's Honest Guide

Why practising more hasn't worked, the four things every pool game is built on, and how to find the one fault that's actually holding your game back.

Why You Keep Missing Shots You Should Make

Missing easy shots and running hot and cold isn't a personality trait. It's an undiagnosed fault you can't see. A coach explains where inconsistency really hides.

How to Aim in Pool: Why Aim Isn't Your Real Problem

A coach explains the main pool aiming systems in plain English, and the simple test that tells you whether aim is even what's costing you frames.