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

Question

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

Answer 1

go to the philippines and learn from the masters of billards

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

Practice, practice, practice

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

quit your job and start playing .........

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

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

Answer 10

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.

Answer 11

gett goood