In terms of the billiard skill level food chain, a shark is at the very top. the term pool shark may be used to refer to a player who is extremely skilled, and rarely, if ever, loses. In general, a pool shark refers to a very good pool player.
I'm not falling for any of your East Coast Sharking crap
According to ' Play Your Best Pool' a book by Phil Capelle, the definition of 'Shark' is as follows:Ī tactic that's designed to distract or throw your opponent off his game.Īlso, from the well researched movie 'Pool Hall Junkies' Rick Schroeder's character says (after his opponent talks major crap) The term pool shark has a few meanings as related to cue sports.Ī pool shark is someone who engages in (/billiard-terms-definition/sharking 'Sharking in billiards), that is, a player who distracts an opponent by means of vocalizing (talking crap) or even jingling keys during the opponents turn. Pool Shark is a billiards slang term that is a part of Skill Level Terminology.
