Abstract: A cue sports training device which is adapted in use to be used with a cue sports table such as a billiard, snooker or pool which has a playing surface bounded by an edge and supports a plurality of balls which may rebound from the edge. The device is located near the table. The device having a light source which emits a light beam across the playing surface, the light beam having a principal axis, the device includes an adjustment element which varys the angular displacement of the principal axis of the light beam about an axis perpendicular to the playing surface, the beam positioned such that it will be incident with the balls, wherein in use the device is positioned on the periphery and the angular displacement of the light beam is adjusted to define a desired path for a ball over the playing surface.