straight pool help

If you have the time Capelle has the knowledege.

If you have that kind of time. "Play your best straight pool" by Phillip Capelle has alot of knowledge. He has books on 9 ball and 8 ball that are superb.

You can get a good price of half.com or amazon.com.
 
These may or may not help you - but what the heck... someone might be able to use it... I have posted these to this forum before - maybe about a year ago... the first is about table management... the second is about choosing a break ball... this will give you an idea of how you should be thinking...I have other files that relate to break shots... let me know if you want me to repost them... or do a search on this forum and you will find them...


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dmgwalsh said:
,,,,,,,,,,,,,Johnny Ervolino commentating a Vlahos/Reyes match and he was dumbfounded at some of their choices and explained how he thought the patterns should go.:
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ervolino was the best of them all. i like sigel too.
 
Blackjack said:
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mine...draw a little on the 7, 10 in the side, 13 in the corner , roll the cb down below the 1. less cb movement,,,and the 7-10-13 lays simply, with almost nothing for the shooter to finnagle. one of the things i like about a below the rack breakshot is that it's always a short shot.
 
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I agree with everything that was said. But one more point will help. On the break shots you have to see what ball the cue ball will contact and where on that ball it will contact. How many times have you seen the cue ball get stuck on the side of a rack no matter how hard it is hit or follow along side the rack and scratch. So looking at the contact point on the object ball will tell you either to draw, follow or hit the center of the cue ball and how hard to keep the cue ball away from the rack. IMHO. High run - anywhere from 1 to 80.
 
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