For a game of inconvenient remote from the player's ball is made long cue. This is the usual length of 2.4-2.5 m stick with leather label on the end.

Balloons over time were made of expensive ivory or mammoth ivory. These balls, aged, run-and strained several times over 5-6 years, are considered the best. And now they can still be found in any billiard room. Bone balls, having the best resilience and long life, however, because of the presence of many thin "veins" are subject to deformation during temperature changes. The complexity of the production of these balloons is the need for pre-drying before processing the bones for at least one year. With the advent of various bone substitutes made of steel balls benolina and different plastics.

In the development of snooker balls the size gradually increased - from 40 to 76 mm. Based on many years of playing practice developed. The most convenient size for an adult billiard balls - from 68 to 71 mm. And all of the balls must be verified, i.e. center of gravity must coincide with its geometrical center.
Currently, the balls are made of plastic diameter of 40-70 mm. The quality of their satisfaction.