In this week's episode of "Extended Play" we head down to Las Vegas and get a few "Virtual Pool 3" tips from the 2001 "World Game" billiard gold medallist, Jeanette Lee. This should help you save face and sink that virtual eight ball.

"No need to feel intimidated, just listen to some of my tips and you will be shooting like a pro in no time," Lee says.

Understand your mistakes
To improve your pool game you must understand your mistakes. "Understand how to correct yourself," Lee says. "People can make mistakes all the time but you can't get better if you don't know how to correct it."

The good thing with "Virtual Pool 3" is that it breaks down the game. The tracking system will track all your moves, something you normally couldn't do on a real pool table.

"Practice difficult shots with the tracking off, then turn it on to see how close you came to lining up properly," Lee says. "You can also use the replay feature to see how you [can] correct missed shots."
Aiming
"We're going to start with the most basic tip: Aim," Lee says. "You want to know where to hit the cue ball and where you want the object ball to go."

"The first thing I would do is line up [the] object ball. Draw an imaginary line from the ball into the pocket," Lee says. "That will allow me to face the object ball and where I want to hit, and that's what I would call my contact point."

Set up a routine

"One of the things that I wish I had learned earlier in my career is about a routine -- preshot routine," Lee says.

The preshot routine is what you do to prepare to make a shot:

1. "The first thing I do is make a decision -- decide what I'm going to do. 'OK, I'm going to shoot this ball into the corner pocket.'"
   
   
2. "Then I picture my shot. I picture everything from the direction and the speed control to how fast or how soft I hit the ball."
   
   
3. "After I make a decision, I find the smallest target I can find. Once I find the target I get down on the shot and I trust myself. That's the most important thing: Trusting myself."

"That's my preshot routine," Lee says. "If you can discipline yourself to do this before every shot you will improve faster than any other human being."