Welcome to

8 Ball Direct

Founded by pool players, we are passionate about the game and pride ourselves in the quality of our work, our products and customer service.

Next generation racking system.

Smart Rack™ is the result of two years design, development, testing and refinement. Designed specifically for 2 inch 8 ball pool balls, it’s simple and easy to use. It provides tighter racks more consistently.

Best Sellers.

SMART RACK

  • PRECISION: Even pressure can be applied to all 3 sides of the rack.

  • SPEED & SIMPLICITY: Quick & easy to remove once the rack is ‘set’.

  • QUALITY: Made in the UK & individually quality checked.

  • COMPACT & PORTABLE: Fold flat design, can be strapped to cue case

WHIZZA BALL CLEANING SET

  • Effortless & professional ball cleaning at a fantastic price.

  • Simply use a cordless drill to power it up.

  • Use in conjunction with our CLEAN + SHINE Professional Ball Cleaner spray to achieve a smooth high gloss finish for better ball response, better ball speed & reduced kicks.

  • See the difference, feel the difference.

TAOM V10 CHALK

  • Taom V10 professional chalk is the latest formula from Taom engineers. This chalk gives an ultimate grip with a super clean experience.

  • V10 is developed with world’s top professional players. Works with all kind of tips, hard to soft. The chalk can be used in any cue sports.

Our work.

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Don’t just take our word for it …

  • “Ultra consistent, quick and easy to use. My Rack of choice”.

    Brian Moss - Professional Referee

  • “Smart Rack is the official Rack for all our IPA events”.

    Kevin Barton - IPA Chairman

  • “Quick and simple to use. So easy to remove after racking”.

    Danielle Randle - EBPF National Ladies Champion 2019 & Women's Ultimate Series 1 Winner 2023

  • “This is by far the best racking system i've used, brilliant!".

    Matt Brannan - UKPT Grand Final Champion 2021 & European Seniors Champion 2019

  • 'Definitely gives tighter racks more consistently, very neat product".

    Richard Swaffield - IPA Pro

  • "Exactly what I want from a rack, tight consistent racks and easy to remove".

    Scott Price - Head Referee IRO - International Referees Organisation