Sometimes in 8-ball you need to play defense by using an intentional foul. In this situation, a good shot you can use is to knock the 8-ball in front of your opponent's ball to block the pocket.
Learn how to use sidespin to change the angle off of a rail when shooting a kick shot. In this situation, you need to get around your opponents balls in order to pocket the 8-ball.
Learn to position the cue ball using bottom spin in combination with sidespin to generate as much English as possible for the cue ball speed. This will cause the cue ball to holdup off of the rail to position for...