The Best Damn Pool Instruction Book, Period!

by Ron Schneider

Book Overview

An instructional book on how to play pocket billiards. It covers every aspect of the game beginning with how to develop a better stroke to the more advanced techniques on how to masse or jum the cure... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0883911310
• ISBN13: 9780883911310
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Frederick Fell Publishers
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

perfect book

My father, the pool player, recommended this book.. wow.. very easy to read and learn..

The title <almost> fits

If you want to only buy one book, this would be it. If you want a second, I'd highly suggest "The 99 Critical Shots in Pool". Ron Schneider's book covers all of the basic and most intermediate methodology needed to improve your game. It's great. But... I would have liked to see more practice drills included. There a few confusing pages that could have been illustrated better. All of the explanations are a bit verbose. For example, if "firm hit" and "one tip left english" were bolded, shots would be much easier to refer to when practicing. Another example on page 55 shows that hitting the cue ball from the 1st diamond on the short rail to the 1st diamond on the long rail, the cue ball will go to the 5th diamond on the opposite rail (which is correct). But then on page 61, the same shot goes one diamond less, into the side pocket. It say to use a 'firm' hit, but attempting this shot you'll see just how 'firm' of a shot you need and how much easier it may be for you to use one tip of left english or even one tip of draw which are options not included. The shots on pages 59 and 78 are the same and could have been discussed as one concept as opposed to two shots. The "parallel shift" of the cue stick is, in my opinion, needlesssly complicated and is only useful as a conceptual tool. If you were to lay out your cue from the corner pocket as suggested, then the distance (running parallel along the table) from the cue stick to the cue ball is equal to the distance from the corner pocket to your correct aiming point. You can establish your point of aim without carefully moving your stick up and down the table and you wont look like such a dork. (Granted all that only makes sense when you see the book) My point is only that there are a few rough points to the book. It's not perfect, but it's damn close to being The Best Damn Pool Instruction Book Period.

The best Damn Pool Instruction Book Period

This is a very good instructional book with a lot of information all levels of players.

This book is great

I've tried other pool instruction books, but they never really helped me to improve my game. Then I got this one. Schneider makes everything so simple and clear that after just a few short months I am now playing at a whole new level. My friends can't believe some of the shots I make. Banking, kicking, even combinations . Plus, they can't figure out how after making one shot, I always seem to be perfectly set up for the next one. (That's thanks to the chapter on Position Play.) I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to become a better pool player.