Welcome to the best game available in pocket billiards! Like you, I enjoy the game but cannot find anyone who plays it in my area. Since John Schmidt no longer owns a poolhall in the immediate area, I miss seeing and playing the game. Well, I racked a lot while playing John…lol. Did I mention I racked A LOT!
Here are the titles of two books that were very useful to me. Hope they will help you.
Play Your Best Pool by Philip B. Capelle (Oct 2005)
The 99 Critical Shots in Pool: Everything You Need to Know to Learn and Master the Game (Other) by Ray Martin, Inc. IMGS and Estate of Rosser Reeves (Oct 5, 1993)
For websites that offer some good advice, I would start with these:
The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards. Great website that gives a lot of info, even technical data on billiards.
http://billiards.colostate.edu/index.html.
Pat Fleming's Creative Edge - Final Chapter: Straight Pool Breakout Shots & Nine Ball. Retrieved December 22, 2011 from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iaEWtZOPSY.
Add a Ball Drill by our own Black Jack Dave.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5CsXHyYTBo.
Ray Martin Straight Pool Seminar. Retrieved December 22, 2011 from
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8294808311951707336#.
Pool Lessons with Ralph Eckert: Reference Lines. Retrieved December 22, 2011 from
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4B9E5D76AE9F913F.
For you viewing pleasure, here are some links for great matches.
Irving Crane vs Joe Balsis (1966)
http://www.youtube.com/results?sear...l0l2288859l16l13l0l6l6l0l532l1234l0.5.5-1l6l0.
World 14.1 Tournament 2011
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=World+14.1+2011&aq=f.
Thomas Engert vs John Schmidt Predator 14.1 Championship
http://propoolvideo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=27.
Thorston Hohmann vs Allan Hopkins
http://propoolvideo.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=27.
I hope the links are not outdated. Enjoy and let me know (or others on this forum) if you want more.
