Best pool learning books?

[bbb]

It's a good book but at that price you could have a whole library of other good pool books.

Why is jack white not mentioned on the cover ?

 

[bbb]

I found.... Come, Let Us to Billiards Away by Jack White and Dale Griffin (1990) to be excellent Book

new story on White https://www.recordgazette.net/news/...cle_a54fd3e2-db96-5764-8a82-90c30fefc5be.html

This the book i reference in the post above

 

[bbb]

billiardshot, Howdy;

You must have bought yours awhile ago price is now $124.98 on Amazon;

Amazon.com

hank

This

 

[Bob Jewett]

Why is jack white not mentioned on the cover ?

Here's the cover. I think you mistook the generic "we don't have a picture of the book but here is a placeholder" block of color for the actual cover. If you look closely, a lot of those fake place-holder covers on internet book sales sites say in very small print, "This is not the actual cover."

That would be Jack himself on the cover.

 

[bbb]

Here's the cover. I think you mistook the generic "we don't have a picture of the book but here is a placeholder" block of color for the actual cover. If you look closely, a lot of those fake place-holder covers on internet book sales sites say in very small print, "This is not the actual cover."

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That would be Jack himself on the cover.

Thanks bob

 

[Chicagoplayer]

Which of his books do you recommend for beginners/guys without much table time?

“Play Your Best Pool”
Or “Capelle’s Practicing Pool”

 

[EDRJR]

EDRJR, Howdy;

Not doin' ya much good in there is it? chucklin'

hank

Lot handier in there than in someone else's house.

 

[KWilliams]

"Play Your Best Pool" arrived, but I'm sending it back for a replacement. Amazon sent it in a padded mailer, and the pages got dog eared on both ends.

 

[carrymonster]

I can advise you to read the book Total Immersion: How to Swim Better, Faster and Easier by Terry Laughlin, John Delves. The drills and instructions in this book are giving me a new way to look at swimming.

 

[bbb]

I can advise you to read the book Total Immersion: How to Swim Better, Faster and Easier by Terry Laughlin, John Delves. The drills and instructions in this book are giving me a new way to look at swimming.

except that you swim in a pool
how does this relate to pocket billiards?

 

[claymont]

Jack Koehler...hasn't been mentioned yet. Good books, I bought mine off Ebay.
Koehler Books

 

[claymont]

Lots of books/dvds here:
Books and DVDs

 

[7stud]

"Play Your Best Pool" arrived, but I'm sending it back for a replacement. Amazon sent it in a padded mailer, and the pages got dog eared on both ends.

Ughh. I hate when that happens. A new book is something I look upon with reverence. Sure, it will eventually get bent and scuffed--I've already dropped my Mark Wilson book off a shelf twice and it's banged up--yep, that hurt!--but starting off with a book in pristine condition is part of the fun.

 

[SBC]

Cappelle- Play Your Best Pool

I have not read, but have heard good things about Martin's The 99 Critical Shots in Pool and both of Robert Byrne's books.

Chappelle's books are great.
Strategy in 9 and 8 ball books woukd take a decade of playing to learn.

Set goals, find some mentors and push yourself.

 

[Chicagoplayer]

I recommend Mark Wilson’s “Play Great Pool” and another book I really liked back in the 70s when I was in HS is the book in the link below by a Snooker champion from back in the 50s, named Horace Lindrum.

Horace Lindrum's Snooker Billiards And Pool by Horace LINDRUM - Hardcover - Reprint - 1975 - from J. Ruehle (SKU: 002691)

Australia: Paul Hamlyn, 1975. Comprehensive guide to these games by the master, Lindrum. B&W plates and drawings. Hints and techniques. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over…

www.biblio.com

Just bought it!

 

[Cue Alchemist]

Anybody ever read Ralph Eckert Modern Pool: Technique, Training and Tactics?
It's a decent read! Looks at all aspects, for the development in your game.