Does anyone know anything about this book?
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I have a copy of it. I didn't see anything new during a quick scan. I did see a few errors. He also wrote a book on fundamentals.
The bridge shown on the cover might tell us all we need to know about the "fundamentals" he teaches.
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That's the bridge you use if you want your opponent to bet higher.The bridge shown on the cover might tell us all we need to know about the "fundamentals" he teaches.
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The book is not as bad as that picture, but there are better books available for less.
Start with Byrne's three instructional books. The trick shot book and the book of pool shots are sort of optional, but there are a lot of semi-advanced ideas in the trick shot book.
Beyond those, in no particular order:
Ray Martin
Babe Cranfield for 14.1
For the mental stuff: Pleasures of Small Motions and The Inner Game of Tennis
One of Capelle's books depending on what you are interested in
Dave Alciatore's book
Steve Booth's book on one pocket
There are many pool books I would not recommend, especially the ones recently self-published. It is too easy to print trash these days.
Good list Bob. I liked also Science of Pocket Billiards by Jack. E. Koehler
Yes, many self-published books are no good. Not sure what you consider "recent", as self-publishing has been around for over 20 years. Before self-publishing, there were vanity/subsidy publishers, which are publishing companies that print about anything you pay them to print. They still exist today, unfortunately. They get their money upfront by charging the writer for X amount of books.
These types of publishers print the books and distribute them to the writer then the writer has to sell them. That is worse than today's self-publishing worldwide market platforms, because there are no online ratings that one can review, like on Amazon or whatever, before purchasing the book. You can only purchase these types of books (vanity/subsidy printed) from the writer's website, where feedback ratings and reviews can easily be controlled or completely bogus.
With that said, there are some very good self-published books available, as well as vanity published books, some older and some more recent. Bob Hennings books, Phil Cappelle books, and mine (
), are a few examples. Of course, many people don't realize these are self-published books, because a publisher's name is present. Anyone can start their own publishing company and use that name as the "publisher". It helps avoid the negative connotation that comes with "self-published".In the end, the success of the book is what really matters, not who or what organization printed or published it. If it's good, it sells. The name of the publisher means very little, since vanity/subsidy publishing is available to anyone.
Examples of good self-published publishing names... BeBob Publishing is Bob Henning, which he started when he first published his own material. The Billiards Press is Phil Capelle. Bookymonster Publications is Brian Crist. And I'm sure there are countless others out there following this same strategy.
I find it useful to search Amazon for ratings/feedback. If a book has a rating of 4.0 or higher, it's likely worth buying. If it doesn't have a good rating, you might not get your money's worth. If it has no rating at all, can only be purchased through a privately-owned website, then you won't really know if it's a good book until you buy it and check it out for yourself.
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I find that the Amazon rating numbers are nearly useless. Amazon doesn't control who rates. However, if you read the comments carefully, you can usually figure out which ratings are by the author or friends/family, which are by clueless people who don't understand things well enough to be of value, and which -- very few -- are actually useful.
I'm sure only purchasers of the products can actual rate a product. What other "control" can Amazon incorporate?
Of course, multiple ratings and reviews are much more revealing. In my experience, ratings are certainly not useless, unless the product I'm looking at only has a handful of ratings. In a worldwide market, any book (or any product for that matter) that has a few hundred good ratings and solid reviews, well... that means something to most people. For a book, those numbers of ratings and reviews aren't just a handful of the family/friends, and they prove to be a much better indicator of quality or worthiness than things like professional or celebrity endorsements. That's for sure. Lol
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I agree with Bob on the Amazon ratings/reviews. I have had several times (not books) on Amazon where I left a negative review and then I got contacted by the seller to remove it or change it to a higher rating and in exchange they would refund my money or send me a gift card or even let me get something else from their store for free. This happens all the time. I have bought many items that were truly garbage and most all had 100s/1000s of 4+ ratings.
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Lol...so you accept the bribe, rather than leave the deserved feedback?
So far when it has happened, I agree - accept the gift - and never change my review. And then I ignore their incoming messages.
How i handle'd ex's.
Heard a comedian talking about how women just really want men to listen. They want us to listen to their concerns, their worries, their dreams, their problems... but they don't really want us to respond or provide any advice or solutions.How i handle'd ex's.
So, he said he was having lunch with his ex-wife, then she started choking. He just kept on eating. Eventually, she managed to yell, "I'm choking, goddammit!" He took another bite, chewed, then swallowed. Then he said, "I hear ya."
The Book author made money. Hooking fish looking for answer to sinking more balls.
Practicing is easy answer to leading to aim.
Practicing is easy answer to leading to aim.
This reminds me of a story. My grandfather was a used car salesman for awhile probably back in the 50's. He was talking to my father about what a bad reputation his industry had but added that there are two sides to a story. People would bring their cars in to sell to him and they would do all sorts of things to hide the actual condition of the vehicle. They were no better than the used car salesmen.
Im ok with it. If it helps to stop there shady business practices and makes them think before offering something to change a review. Dont sell junk and this would never be an issue. These people are scammers.
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