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219Dave

Pool is my therapy
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I am about to buy "Play Your Best Pool" by Capelle, but have two quick questions: Does the Nine Ball section in it pretty much cover everything from "Play Your Best Nine Ball?" Does the 8 ball section pretty much cover everything from "Play Your Best 8 Ball?" All three books come highly recommended, but I want to avoid duplication and save some cash.

Thanks in advance for the info.
 
This may not be the answer you are looking for, but I think all these books have something in there that make them worth their price. I have only read Play your best 8 ball by him but it was a great book. Buy the one that strikes your fancy now and when your ready buy another. Even if it contains similar content it should be inspirational. If you like to learn you can find inspiration in almost every book or video you can find. Good Luck!
 
I don't offer any opinion on content.

However, I would suggest that the more recent the book, the better the diagrams.
 
i have all the cappelle books and 'play your best pool' has only part of the stuff in the 9-ball and 8-ball books. it's a good book if you want a good overview of all the games and pool in general, but get the specific game books too if you really want to go deeper in a particular game.
 
219Dave said:
I am about to buy "Play Your Best Pool" by Capelle, but have two quick questions: Does the Nine Ball section in it pretty much cover everything from "Play Your Best Nine Ball?" Does the 8 ball section pretty much cover everything from "Play Your Best 8 Ball?" All three books come highly recommended, but I want to avoid duplication and save some cash.

Thanks in advance for the info.
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In short NO! I have the book, and it is a fantastic book if you have the desire to learn from a book.
 
In general I have found that if there is a book or video devoted to one *specific* subject like 8-ball, then this is the best you can get. These will cover additional stuff which I call game winning "gems".

And with myself and 8-ball/9-ball, I have found I can work on learning one or the other at a time, but not both. (Too much stuff to learn/read about - information overload!)

When mostly playing one or the other, I seem to go into "8-ball mode" or "9-ball mode".

So what has worked best for me is to work on one game at a time. Read books on that game, play mostly that game, and play in tournaments for that game only. (And not think about the other.)

Maybe other people are different?
 
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