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(FAQ) How do you shoot one-handed?

(About the Author)

Knowing how to do this is not a critical playing skill. It can be a useful skill that can cause your opponent to believe you are a much better player – basically scare him a little. It is a handy skill for situations where a mechanical bridge is difficult to use. Continue reading

(CBC) Cue Ball Control (full table patterns) – Group 10, Set 11

Cue Ball Control Cheat Sheets

This is today’s set of Cue Ball Cheats. These practice setups (and others in the book and blog) help you learn HOW to apply an exact speed and spin. That precision is how to get perfect shape on the second ball – and how to string a run together. For these layouts here are the Cheats for this post:

  • Cheat: 6:00, Medium 1 speed.
  • Cheat: 12:00, Medium 2 speed.

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(CBC) Cue Ball Control (full table patterns) – Group 8, Set 11

Cue Ball Control Cheat Sheets

This is today’s set of Cue Ball Cheats. These practice setups (and others in the book and blog) help you learn HOW to apply an exact speed and spin. That precision is how to get perfect shape on the second ball – and how to string a run together. For these layouts here are the Cheats for this post:

  • Cheat: 12:00, Medium 2 speed.
  • Cheat: 12:00, Medium 1 speed.
    1:30, Soft 3 speed.

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(CBC) Cue Ball Control (half table patterns) – Group 6, Set 4

Cue Ball Control Cheat Sheets

This is today’s set of Cue Ball Cheats. These practice setups (and others in the book and blog) help you learn HOW to apply an exact speed and spin. That precision is how to get perfect shape on the second ball – and how to string a run together. For these layouts here are the Cheats for this post:

  • Cheat: 6:00, Medium 1 speed.
  • Cheat: 12:00, Medium 1 speed.
  • Cheat: 12:00, Medium 2 speed.
  • Cheat: 6:00, Soft 3 speed.

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(CBC) Cue Ball Control (half table patterns) – Group 5, Set 2

Cue Ball Control Cheat Sheets

This is today’s set of Cue Ball Cheats. These practice setups (and others in the book and blog) help you learn HOW to apply an exact speed and spin. That precision is how to get perfect shape on the second ball – and how to string a run together. For these layouts here are the Cheats for this post:

  • Cheat: 12:00, Soft 1 speed.
  • Cheat:: 6:00, Soft 3 speed.

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(FAQ) Pool Sharking, Gamesmanship, & Other Mind Games

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First of all, let’s properly describe the term “sharking”. To people who lose, their first complaint (and justification for losing) was that they were sharked. Let’s set aside that notion immediately – you were not sharked when losing against someone of superior skill. You just didn’t have enough shooting competence, plain and simple. Continue reading

(CBC) Cue Ball Control (full table patterns) – Group 7, Set 3

Cue Ball Control Cheat Sheets

This is today’s set of Cue Ball Cheats. These practice setups (and others in the book and blog) help you learn HOW to apply an exact speed and spin. That precision is how to get perfect shape on the second ball – and how to string a run together. For these layouts here are the Cheats for this post:

  • Cheat: 1:00 (1/2 ball hit), Soft 3 speed.
    4:30, (1/2 ball hit), Hard 1 speed.
  • Cheat: 7:30, (1/2 ball hit), Medium 2 speed.
    10:30, (1/2 ball hit), Medium 2 speed.
  • Cheat: 9:00, (1/2 ball hit), Soft 3 speed.
    6:00, (1/2 ball hit), Medium 2 speed.

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(CBC) Cue Ball Control (half table patterns) – Group 1, Set 9

Cue Ball Control Cheat Sheets

This is today’s set of Cue Ball Cheats. These practice setups (and others in the book and blog) help you learn HOW to apply an exact speed and spin. That precision is how to get perfect shape on the second ball – and how to string a run together. For these layouts here are the Cheats for this post:

  • Cheat: 4:30, (1/2 ball hit), Medium 1 speed.
  • Cheat: 12:00, (1/2 ball hit), Soft 2 speed.
  • Cheat: 10:00, (1/2 ball hit), Soft 2 speed.

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