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...

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....

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...

*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 cold breeze and the drizzle of rain marked a cold November afternoon back in 1997. Shadowman’s Billiard Parlor in Campbellsville,...

See Part one here. Stance part 2. In this article we will cover more about stance and how it relates to your shooting technique. In order...

Every player who has played an important match knows that feeling of having nervous butterflies. Your breathing becomes short and...

Alpha and Omega The beginning of our conversation starts with four fundamentals of billiards which are: stance, grip, bridge and stroke....

The lesson for today is The Pro Side of the Pocket. Anytime you have a ball close to the rail you want to go for the pocket based on...

The pre-shot routine is a much talked and written about phenomenon in the game of golf, and as important as it is in golf, it is also...

In this video I walk you through a trick shot and explain how to find a good playing cue. It’s important to find a good cue to make good...

Last time I described the situation where your opponent has executed a safety, placing the cue ball behind a cluster and you have to kick...

As a pool instructor the topic of jumping almost always comes up. For some students it’s the appeal of the trick shot while others simply...