diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Components/PredictedRigidbody/PredictedRigidbody.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Components/PredictedRigidbody/PredictedRigidbody.cs
index 2a6e24439..715d54070 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Components/PredictedRigidbody/PredictedRigidbody.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Components/PredictedRigidbody/PredictedRigidbody.cs
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class PredictedRigidbody : NetworkBehaviour
         [Tooltip("Smoothing via Ghost-following only happens on demand, while moving with a minimum velocity.")]
         public float motionSmoothingVelocityThreshold = 0.1f;
         float motionSmoothingVelocityThresholdSqr; // ² cached in Awake
-        public float motionSmoothingAngularVelocityThreshold = 0.1f;
+        public float motionSmoothingAngularVelocityThreshold = 5.0f; // Billiards demo: 0.1 is way too small, takes forever for IsMoving()==false
         float motionSmoothingAngularVelocityThresholdSqr; // ² cached in Awake
         public float motionSmoothingTimeTolerance = 0.5f;
         double motionSmoothingLastMovedTime;
@@ -581,8 +581,8 @@ void RecordState()
         protected virtual void OnSnappedIntoPlace() {}
         protected virtual void OnBeforeApplyState() {}
         protected virtual void OnCorrected() {}
-        protected virtual void OnBeginPrediction() {} // when the Rigidbody moved above threshold and we created a ghost
-        protected virtual void OnEndPrediction() {}   // when the Rigidbody came to rest and we destroyed the ghost
+        protected virtual void OnBeginPrediction() => Debug.LogWarning($"BEGIN: {name}"); // when the Rigidbody moved above threshold and we created a ghost
+        protected virtual void OnEndPrediction() => Debug.LogWarning($"END: {name}");   // when the Rigidbody came to rest and we destroyed the ghost
 
         void ApplyState(double timestamp, Vector3 position, Quaternion rotation, Vector3 velocity, Vector3 angularVelocity)
         {
diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Examples/BilliardsPredicted/Ball/RedPredicted.prefab b/Assets/Mirror/Examples/BilliardsPredicted/Ball/RedPredicted.prefab
index 848e31b44..be6aaeb0a 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Examples/BilliardsPredicted/Ball/RedPredicted.prefab
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Examples/BilliardsPredicted/Ball/RedPredicted.prefab
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   syncInterval: 0
   predictedRigidbody: {fileID: -177125271246800426}
   motionSmoothingVelocityThreshold: 0.1
-  motionSmoothingAngularVelocityThreshold: 0.1
+  motionSmoothingAngularVelocityThreshold: 5
   motionSmoothingTimeTolerance: 0.5
   stateHistoryLimit: 32
   recordInterval: 0.05
diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Examples/BilliardsPredicted/Ball/WhitePredicted.prefab b/Assets/Mirror/Examples/BilliardsPredicted/Ball/WhitePredicted.prefab
index df1b9664d..e27f121a6 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Examples/BilliardsPredicted/Ball/WhitePredicted.prefab
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Examples/BilliardsPredicted/Ball/WhitePredicted.prefab
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ MonoBehaviour:
   syncInterval: 0
   predictedRigidbody: {fileID: 1848203816128897140}
   motionSmoothingVelocityThreshold: 0.1
-  motionSmoothingAngularVelocityThreshold: 0.1
+  motionSmoothingAngularVelocityThreshold: 5
   motionSmoothingTimeTolerance: 0.5
   stateHistoryLimit: 32
   recordInterval: 0.05