Show behind the 8 ball the national billiard association ol of america says it is generally generall y conceded that the 8 kall is the most difficult for the player to see clearly in the execution of his shot this because it is black naturally the edges of the ball bail or in fact any part of the boll ball do not stand out as clearly as colored therefore professional players if possible avoid being forced to play the 8 ball because it is more difficult to see clearly in reality this fact was what started the no now common say ing behind the 8 ball used in the players vernacular in the sense that being in any kind of a difficult point on the table many times calls for the remark that tha t one is is behind the 8 ball in other words they use this to explain any difficult situation which may confront them in the j game |