Billiards practice table

A billiard practice platform, comprising:

• a playing surface with two side rails and a back wall defining an open-ended practice area, the two side rails parallel to each other and perpendicular to the back wall;
• a target panel located essentially parallel to and adjacent the back wall, the target panel positioned in front of the back wall, the target panel spaced apart from the back wall and not in direct contact with the back wall, thereby defining a ball capture portion located between the target panel and the back wall, the target panel having at least one arch-defining openings therethrough, wherein a user shoots a cue ball toward a target ball with the objective of propelling the target ball through the at least one arch-defining opening and into the ball capture portion;
• and
• sliding rods located internally within the side rails, the sliding rods having hooks capable of grasping a secondary target panel at the open end.