English Billiards

HomeBrewer

HomeBrewer

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I'm posting this in the Snooker and Carom forums; hope that's not a problem.

I'm wondering if anyone here can recommend a text or video source for English billiards instruction/concepts/patterns etc.? Because I'm in New Zealand and won't be leaving for many months to come, and even then just to Australia, I've taken up the game over the last few weeks. I'm having a blast with it, but coming from a three cushion billiards background has not been quite the boon to my play I'd hoped it would be. I know I'll only get so far banging the balls around alone, and there don't seem to be many players in the more rural areas of the country to learn from.

Thanks.
 
HomeBrewer said:
I'm posting this in the Snooker and Carom forums; hope that's not a problem.

I'm wondering if anyone here can recommend a text or video source for English billiards instruction/concepts/patterns etc.? Because I'm in New Zealand and won't be leaving for many months to come, and even then just to Australia, I've taken up the game over the last few weeks. I'm having a blast with it, but coming from a three cushion billiards background has not been quite the boon to my play I'd hoped it would be. I know I'll only get so far banging the balls around alone, and there don't seem to be many players in the more rural areas of the country to learn from.

Thanks.
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I learned mostly from the book by Richard Holt. I think it's still in print ... well, maybe not. Amazon has it used for $6 delivered, but maybe not to New Zealand. It's "Billiards and Snooker (Teach Yourself)." Try billiard supply stores and used book stores.

Also, if you go over into the snooker forum, you can probably find some youtube footage of Walter Lindrum, Joe Davis, Willie Smith and others playing billiards.
 
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