Give me your list of your pick for, Best Traiing Aid, Device, Book, or VHS-DVD-CD that help your Pool game.
List Only THREE
A video review of your personal PSR's and stroke.
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I ordered Joe Tucker's 3rd eye stroke trainer. I was skeptical at first, but now I realize that I was not aligning to the center of the cueball correctly even though I thought I was. So it was definitely worth the nominal price.
Unfortunately the Third Eye Trainer doesn't seem to be available anymore. You can buy the white fork (I forget its name) that fits on the ferule and makes sure you're hitting centerball, but the clear plastic "viewer" can't be found anywhere. I even asked Joe and he doesn't have them. It's a shame because it would really help me, now that I'm looking at the OB instead of the CB.
If anyone has one for sale, let me know!
I've got a handful of books and DVDs but nothing that has benefited me much more than instructional videos available on youtube (big thanks to DrDave, forcefollow, Max Eberle, Mike Page, Brian Gramse, Mika Immonen and many others.
As someone mentioned earlier, some of my best education has simply been watching pro matches on youtube, particularly in learning How to Play Safe.
I'll give 3 but in different time periods.
When I started, the best thing was the Byrons Stadard Book of Pool/Billiards. I pretty much learned from that book and some AccuStats videos to play.
As I got better, I'd have to say AccuStats videos alone got me through, and also watching/playing better players although that's not a training aid, but I did not really have anything else when I was a C player.
At a B level, the best learning I got was from a few Bert Kinister tapes ( two in particular, the "It's A Hanger" and tapes #55 and #56) and the Joe Tucker racking video.
A level, well, we're not quite there yet even on my best night. I can go though some racks like an A player, maybe even a set, but never over a whole tournament.