I always wanted a pool table... It just never worked out. Dang. There is a solitaire game that teaches you how to put the proper spins on the cue ball.
Set up the table with two balls side by side right at each of the corner pockets, and two balls lined up straing in at each of the side pockets. Three balls in a line a foot apart with the middle ball in the very center of the table.
The object is to sink all 15 in the least number of shots... ball in hand anywhere behind the spot. If you play it right, you send the cue ball down to tap the ball by the side pocket and have the right spin (top right) to continue on down from the side posket hit to the corner pocket to knock in both balls there.
If done right, you wind up in position to repeat the action on the other side, coming back up the table on the other side with the result of six balls in with just two shots.
You should be near where you started, and now you put the two balls in the near corner pocket... with enough spin and power that you have a shot to aim the lower center ball to hit the remaining double in the right hand pocket. Top spin on this shot to hit the center ball so it goes in after the two blockers.
I'll stop here... you get the idea. This is a very interesting challenge. You can get ten balls in the pockets in your first four shots.
My best game ever was eight shots to sink all 15 balls.
Gauntlet laid down.