Billiards as a means of increasing students’ physical and intellectual abilities

Abstract

Billiards is an umbrella term for a variety of sports played on a special kind of cloth-covered table with the use of a cue and a set of billiard balls. While billiard sports do not appear to be of particular relevance or importance in terms of physical exercise, in fact they do have numerous advantages for both physical and intellectual development. Billiard sports, being relatively undemanding in terms of physical preparation, can be introduced to the higher education system as a new type of physical activities in order to provide an opportunity for universities to encourage better attendance of Physical Training and possibly lay the foundation for competitions between universities.