Closed bridge After learning how to make an open bridge, it is easy to change and form a closed bridge using the idea that a closed...

One of the biggest problems new students of the game have in being able to draw the cue ball is that they are simply not hitting the cue...

If you are getting inconsistent results in your break, you have an inconsistent stroke. The key to developing a good break shot is to...

The three practice techniques I’m going to describe have helped everyone that has tried them. The first is a way to practice your setup,...

The arm with which we hold the upper part of the cue (shaft), is the arm which controls the spot where cue hits the ball. We call it the...

Many times if you missed the end of a pool match but saw the players walking away, you can tell who won or lost from their body language...

The arm with which we hold the back part of the cue is the arm that forms the catch or the grip of the cue. We should answer some...

How many times has this happened to you? You come to the table with a difficult shot. You are two balls away from winning—if you can make...

If you have followed my Cue Ball Control articles 1 and 2 you should have practiced playing position with stop shots, draw and follow....

Playing consistent pool is the result of a combination of many factors that when combined, make you a more powerful pool player. Here are...

See Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this series. In the last three articles I have covered the fundamentals and types of stance, how it...

If you look around the room and don’t see any suckers….you are the sucker! You have stripes here. You each only have one ball left and...

If you read my first article Cue Ball Control like the Pros {Part 1} and you practiced the concepts you should have seen improvement...

There are only two ways to think about the 1% of the pool players who have become run out players and tournament champions. One way is to...

Getting above the Stick: Shooting Tall Most of us have pretty good bridges for getting over a blocking ball—at least when the blocker is...

*See Part 1 and Part 2 Comfort: You have finally placed your legs beside the cue in a balanced position. It is the time to bend towards...

Have you ever wondered how the professional players have such pinpoint control of where the cue ball goes? They make it look effortless....

A chaotic system is one that shows sensitivity to initial conditions. Any uncertainty in the initial state of the given system, no matter...

If you arrive at a point in the game and find yourself losing your edge, just slow down. Take two steps back. Attempt to slow the stroke...

Pro and amateur billiards is on a swing in the right direction. That is the mindset that I want to program into the mass collective and...