Books for safeties
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Allan P. Sand's "The Safety Toolbox" is pretty good.
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Really, there is a book just about safeties? I barely see them covered in the books I've seen and very few pool instruction videos go into any type of detail about it aside from showing one or two and saying that they exist.
These aren't "books," but the following DVDs cover safety play (with many examples and drills) fairly well:
VEPS III - Safety Play and Strategy
VEPP III - Patterns and Safety Play
Regards,
Dave
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Yes, Amazon has it.
Old Nine Baller
Banned
Here's the link to it: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...=stripbooks&field-keywords=the+safety+toolbox
ONB
Bob Hennings Pro Book also covers safety play.
Curiously enough Bob has a new book out PRO SAFETIES: THE TOP 100 SAFETY SHOTS IN POOL. I have used the Pro Book for years and based on that experience I would think his new safety book is excellent.
http://bebobpublishing.com/mainindex.htm
Dave
pro skill drills from the "drill instructor" also has a book on safeties
scroll down alittle to find it
http://thedrillinstructor.us/drill.php
scroll down alittle to find it
http://thedrillinstructor.us/drill.php
In addition to what's been mentioned, Given's book "The 8-Ball Bible" has a large section on safety play.
For those interested, the following list (from the VEPS table of contents, under Disc III) lists every type of safety shot covered and demonstrated on VEPS III:
21. defensive safety shots
345. stop shot hide
346. stun over to hide
347. hide CB behind blockers
348. hide OB behind blockers
349. try to hide both balls
350. GEM: natural angle hide
351. create distance
352. kiss back for distance
353. bank for distance
354. stop on ball and create distance
355. freeze CB on rail with distance
356. stun over to freeze the CB
357. stun into a ball to freeze the CB
358. firm stop bank hide
359. stun-forward bank safe
360. stun-forward bank safe with rail freeze
361. GEM: 1/2-ball-hit equal-separation safe
362. safe relative to 1/2-ball-hit reference
363. natural-angle safe into blockers
364. combo line-of-centers stop safe
365. long bank hide and distance
366. long bank with reverse English hide off 2nd rail
367. long bank with reverse English kill and hide off 2nd rail
368. hiding to prevent an easy 1-rail kick escape
369. hiding to prevent a return safety
370. GEM: don't leave a "big" ball for your opponent
371. going rail first to hide
372. bank and stay close to rail to hide
373. GEM: using two rails to come into the line of blockers
374. multiple-rail bank to create distance and hide
375. thin a ball to create distance
376. rail-first thin hit to create distance and/or hide
377. corner hook your opponent
22. offensive safety shots
378. GEM: two-way bank shot with distance
379. two-way kick stop toward side pocket
380. two-way long shot with bad leave for opponent
381. two-way bank with hide behind ball
382. two-way cross-corner bank with pocket block
383. GEM: two-way billiard shot with distance
384. GEM: cluster breakout safety
385. kick cross-side two-way safety
386. clear, block, and hide safety
387. two-way pocket block shot
388. GEM: pocket hanger replace safety
389. billiard into pocket hanger for safety
390. multiple-rail two-way bank shot
391. GEM: miss cross-corner bank on short side for two-way shot
392. miss cross-corner bank on long side for two-way shot
23. safety replies
393. kick escape
394. swerve escape
395. jump options
396. easy jump escape
397. kick vs. jump
398. GEM: wrong-ball foul safe
399. rail-first stick and hide
400. rail-first draw to hide
401. foul 9-ball hanger in if no good options
402. kicking behind ball close to pocket
403. GEM: kick two rails for separation
404. break-up balls to prevent three consecutive fouls
405. corner-hook escape
24. ball-in-hand options
406. short stick and hide
407. solve problem ball
408. GEM: natural-angle billiard
409. GEM: natural-angle cluster break-out safe
410. GEM: close-range tangent-line cluster break-out
411. GEM: cluster break-out safety
412. play for third consecutive foul
413. GEM: play for ball-in-hand combo win
414. GEM: two-way combo win safe
Even without the DVD, the list can be useful for practice.
Regards,
Dave
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750 shots? Cmon, sounds kinda unfair for one of the parties to the transaction!
Are you implying that 750 shots/concepts is not enough material for 5 DVDs?
I've seen some DVDs that only have about 5 concepts or different types of shots!
Or did you mean that it is unfair to Tom Ross and I to sell the DVDs for so cheap, given how much stuff they have on them? :grin-square:
Regards,
Dave
I read his implication as "it's unfair to think that I can actually learn 750 shots!" That's my perspective, anyway. :grin:
Are you implying that 750 shots/concepts is not enough material for 5 DVDs?
I've seen some DVDs that only have about 5 concepts or different types of shots!
Or did you mean that it is unfair to Tom Ross and I to sell the DVDs for so cheap, given how much stuff they have on them? :grin-square:
Regards,
Dave
I think B-B means it's unfair to the opponent of a man who has the knowledge of 750 safeties.
Kinda like like showing up to a boxing match with an AK-47.
I think B-B means it's unfair to the opponent of a man who has the knowledge of 750 safeties.
Kinda like like showing up to a boxing match with an AK-47.
From what I hear BB has a vicious safety game. Very patient, leaves opponents wandering around the table muttering "hello mom I'm in jail"
I hear Jayson Shaw's new book on safeties has 250 blank pages.....
:scratchhead:...and I'm crazy about your new avatar pic
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You can read all the books you want, if you can't execute what good is it.
I am a firm believer in book knowledge.
If you want to learn how to play safe
Learn how to play 3 cushion.
Learn to hit the balls heavy,medium, light.
Learn to send balls in different directions with speed and thickness of hit.
Learn the rails, how to lenghten and shorten the cue ball track.
Learn the natural angles and how to create your own
Practice straight rail,1,2,3 rails.
etc.etc.etc.
If a billiard table is not available to you, practice on a pool table
When you know the cue ball, safety play is easy to see, just execute.
It's like Safety PLay For Dummies, just execute.
You will learn the cue ball 100 times faster playing Billiards.
When you know the cue ball, pocketing balls is the easy part.
I have seen many quality pool players humbled on a billiard table
Combine book knowledge and billiards and you are on your way.
If you live out of a book you will be as old as dirt before you get it.
It's all about the cue ball, cue ball is king.
We love the cue ball
I am a firm believer in book knowledge.
If you want to learn how to play safe
Learn how to play 3 cushion.
Learn to hit the balls heavy,medium, light.
Learn to send balls in different directions with speed and thickness of hit.
Learn the rails, how to lenghten and shorten the cue ball track.
Learn the natural angles and how to create your own
Practice straight rail,1,2,3 rails.
etc.etc.etc.
If a billiard table is not available to you, practice on a pool table
When you know the cue ball, safety play is easy to see, just execute.
It's like Safety PLay For Dummies, just execute.
You will learn the cue ball 100 times faster playing Billiards.
When you know the cue ball, pocketing balls is the easy part.
I have seen many quality pool players humbled on a billiard table
Combine book knowledge and billiards and you are on your way.
If you live out of a book you will be as old as dirt before you get it.
It's all about the cue ball, cue ball is king.
We love the cue ball
I think B-B means it's unfair to the opponent of a man who has the knowledge of 750 safeties.
Kinda like like showing up to a boxing match with an AK-47.
That's kinda what you'd think unless you were a drama queen.
Not playing billiards has been one of the biggest disapointments in my pool life. It's not common in the south, although I recently found a table at World Cup Billiards in Greenville, SC (about 80 miles away).