"Rest" is a phrase initially associated to snooker and its accessories and regarded as a slang term. A snooker rest is a stick that has an X shaped head which supports the cue to achieve the cue ball when it's beyond a participant’s normal attain, in order that he cannot make a shot in comfort by utilizing his/her hand bridge.

It got this name because the cue stick is positioned, or "rests" on the bridge whereas the player is doing the feathering. The billiards rest is essential in a game because it is not doable for a player to achieve all places on the table.

The billiards rest has been made in varied lengths and designs. British model rests are normally completely different from the American types in form, and can take the form of the spider, the cross, the swan, goose neck, or in rarer instances the hook (typically unsanctioned).

A rest head adaptor is an attachment that can be slipped onto a rest head to give it a unique bridge.

A hook rest is just like a traditional rest, but with a metal finish that is hooked. It is mainly used to position the remainder around a ball. The hook rest is regarded as the most recent invention amongst snooker rests.

A spider is like the normal snooker rest, but it surely has an arch formed head, used to lift and support the cue tip above the highest of the cue ball.

A swan neck spider or just swan, consists of a rest which has an extended neck with a fork shaped prong at its finish; this is used to offer the player additional cueing distance above a bunch of balls. The swan neck is utilized by a participant to shoot above a ball standing in the way of the cue ball.

An extended rest is like the regular rest, with a mechanical gadget at its butt finish so that the remaining can be prolonged by up to 3 feet.

An extended spider is actually a hybrid of the spider and the swan, used to bridge over giant teams of red balls. It is much less commonly used in skilled billiards nowadays.

Different fashionable and distinctive shapes of the snooker rest have been launched, together with the Flexi Rest. The Flexi Rest is different from the others rests as a result of it isn't static. A player can bend it in between, around and over an obstructing ball in the midst of the game. Whereas it is bendable, once it has been put in the required place, it's sufficiently rigid to withstand the power and weight of a cue whereas a shot is being executed.

With the assistance of the billiards rest, a participant is ready to improve his cue action, stance, sighting and cue ball influence.

The snooker rest capabilities as an extension to the bridge hand. Nowadays many billiards and pool gamers like to make use of cue extensions, and the remainder, together with the extra cue size, makes it potential for the player to play bridge-shots in the identical method as regular shots.