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The whole Zero-X Billiards team is very excited to finally be able to reveal just some of the exciting news we've been waiting to reveal! Believe us when we say, it definitely isn't easy!

Tor Lowry has completed and is just a few weeks away from the official release date for three new pool instructional books!

Tor is currently finalizing the patterns for his new pattern play book which will be released next month. This new pattern play paperback contains (250) challenging 8-ball and 9-ball pattern puzzles!

Tor also has a new one-pocket puzzle book to be released soon, and it, too, will contain 250 challenging patterns!

Our greatest excitement (in the instructional book category) is the upcoming release of Tor's new book, entitled PKF! (PKF is an acronym for (pattern play, kicking, and fundamentals) This awesome release has been six months in the making and truly has kept Tor very busy! The new PKF will include a bonus chapter detailing the most common kicking systems, and so much more that you're going to love!

Something everybody who knows Tor well eventually realizes is that Tor often goes into this "non-stop work mode" when he's determined to create something awesome - but ultimately it's worth it, and the pool community ends up with another fantastic product!

Stay tuned for more about Tor's new book releases and of course there will be news forthcoming about Season 2016 of '14 Days - The Great Pool Experiment!'

‪#‎StayTuned‬ ‪#‎PKF‬ ‪#‎PatternPlay‬ ‪#‎Kicking‬ ‪#‎Fundamentals‬ ‪#‎PoolInstruction‬ ‪#‎14Days‬ ‪#‎TheGreatPoolExperiment‬ ‪#‎Season2016‬ ‪#‎CountDownBegins‬

Have fun.

John
 
Posted here with permission

The whole Zero-X Billiards team is very excited to finally be able to reveal just some of the exciting news we've been waiting to reveal! Believe us when we say, it definitely isn't easy!

Tor Lowry has completed and is just a few weeks away from the official release date for three new pool instructional books!

Tor is currently finalizing the patterns for his new pattern play book which will be released next month. This new pattern play paperback contains (250) challenging 8-ball and 9-ball pattern puzzles!

Tor also has a new one-pocket puzzle book to be released soon, and it, too, will contain 250 challenging patterns!

Our greatest excitement (in the instructional book category) is the upcoming release of Tor's new book, entitled PKF! (PKF is an acronym for (pattern play, kicking, and fundamentals) This awesome release has been six months in the making and truly has kept Tor very busy! The new PKF will include a bonus chapter detailing the most common kicking systems, and so much more that you're going to love!

Something everybody who knows Tor well eventually realizes is that Tor often goes into this "non-stop work mode" when he's determined to create something awesome - but ultimately it's worth it, and the pool community ends up with another fantastic product!

Stay tuned for more about Tor's new book releases and of course there will be news forthcoming about Season 2016 of '14 Days - The Great Pool Experiment!'

‪#‎StayTuned‬ ‪#‎PKF‬ ‪#‎PatternPlay‬ ‪#‎Kicking‬ ‪#‎Fundamentals‬ ‪#‎PoolInstruction‬ ‪#‎14Days‬ ‪#‎TheGreatPoolExperiment‬ ‪#‎Season2016‬ ‪#‎CountDownBegins‬

Have fun.

John

I have a feeling PKF will rival Mark Wilson's book as the best overall instructional book.
 
I have a feeling PKF will rival Mark Wilson's book as the best overall instructional book.

Don't know about that yet, haven't seen the book. I would hope that the fundamentals are exhaustively covered. I have the kicking down pat.

I do know that if I play each pattern 5 times a day, I'm looking at almost a year to complete. That's cool. I'm almost 70 whats another year. :)

John
 
I can't believe I only discovered Tor Lowry's material a few weeks ago. I watched around 30 minutes of his Secrets Revealed II and I bought his 11 hours digital download package for 29.99USD.

WOW What an investment! The whole package really made me change how I view the game in the last week or so. I'm determined to practice more than ever. I watched all of the 14-day participant videos that are on his Youtube channel and saying it has been insipiring would be quite the understatement.

I submitted my candidacy last week for this year's run and I kinda hoped that he was on here to see this post because I really, REALLY wish I will be selected.

But regardless if I am chosen or not, I am ready to be a "student of my own game" and to train myself to a higher level. I currently play 2 days a week plus tournaments but I modified my work schedule around so I can have 1h-1h15 of pure devoted training on days that I'm not already playing. I printed out the free e-book on ball pocketing drills and am ready to get better.
 
I can't believe I only discovered Tor Lowry's material a few weeks ago. I watched around 30 minutes of his Secrets Revealed II and I bought his 11 hours digital download package for 29.99USD.

WOW What an investment! The whole package really made me change how I view the game in the last week or so. I'm determined to practice more than ever. I watched all of the 14-day participant videos that are on his Youtube channel and saying it has been insipiring would be quite the understatement.

I submitted my candidacy last week for this year's run and I kinda hoped that he was on here to see this post because I really, REALLY wish I will be selected.

But regardless if I am chosen or not, I am ready to be a "student of my own game" and to train myself to a higher level. I currently play 2 days a week plus tournaments but I modified my work schedule around so I can have 1h-1h15 of pure devoted training on days that I'm not already playing. I printed out the free e-book on ball pocketing drills and am ready to get better.

Nice comment.
I have been following Tor and Zero-X since 5/2013.

I can say without any doubt that his series has had a very positive impact on beginners and intermediate players.
He travels the US and instructs on his own dime. Absolutely no charge to the student other than the student finding 14 days of free time. :)
The Kicking video has been the greatest help in my game. The information given allows for precise placement of the QB whether it be kicking, position play or safety play.

It's just a great series. Writing about it just does not do the series justice.

Tor is a great instructor

I know he has mentioned going up into Canada in the past also Europe.

Hope your selected, just be ready for some really long days of instruction. Oh, he does let you take a break for lunch. :)

Have fun

John
 
Nice comment.
I have been following Tor and Zero-X since 5/2013.

I can say without any doubt that his series has had a very positive impact on beginners and intermediate players.
He travels the US and instructs on his own dime. Absolutely no charge to the student other than the student finding 14 days of free time. :)
The Kicking video has been the greatest help in my game. The information given allows for precise placement of the QB whether it be kicking, position play or safety play.

It's just a great series. Writing about it just does not do the series justice.

Tor is a great instructor

I know he has mentioned going up into Canada in the past also Europe.

Hope your selected, just be ready for some really long days of instruction. Oh, he does let you take a break for lunch. :)

Have fun

John

Thanks!

I am ready, I hope he is :)

Dude, that 3 hour kicking video is well worth above what he is asking for it. Best video on the subject ever!
 
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Follow this link to Zero-X

http://www.zerox-billiards.com/books.html

This new Instructional book is finally completed after one year of hard work.

The introductory price is $39.95 with a free bonus.

Have fun out there. :)

John
 

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ZERO X PKF Pocket Billiard Training Manual

Now available At Zero-X

Tor's (Zero-X) PKF Pocket Billiard Training Manual arrived today.

Needless to say I was really blown away by the effort that was made in the organization, detail and color illustrations.

Due to the fact that the manual is spiral bound now I can easily take it to the table for practice.

Like some here I have all of Tor's videos and have watched them many times. Now I don't have to keep going back to the computer to watch a specific segment.

How Tor was able to put this all together in a year is way above anything I could have imagined.

The one thing that this manual is going to help with is helping other players (new or intermediate) to better understand what you are trying to help them with. It's all right there in black and white with illustrations.

It doesn't get any better than this. This text may be recognized as one of the leaders in Pocket Billiards education.

Thanks for all the time consuming hard work Tor. :)

John
 
I was very impressed with Tor's You Tube videos. If there was one topic that every pool player should review is;

Are you hitting the center of the cue ball when you think you are? Finding center might be one of the most overlooked skills that a beginner should master. Outside observation is needed here; self help probably won't work. Mirrors and cameras will help.
I knew that the You Tube videos I was watching was not a waste of time when I saw Tor helping a student with this skill.
Dave
 
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Big Book of Pattern Puzzles' is NOW AVAILABLE!

The Original Big Book of Pattern Puzzles' is NOW AVAILABLE!

The proverbial "cat is out of the bag" as Tor's latest release has kept all Zero-X Billiards team members extremely busy fulfilling orders, before an official announcement of release was even made!

This beautiful, 376 page, spiral bound, full-color book contains over 200 8-Ball and 9-Ball Puzzles! Bonus puzzles include Last Pocket 8-Ball and 9-Ball defensive patterns.

Each pattern has been carefully reproduced on a pool table with stickers marking the location of every object ball. The pattern was then analyzed and the best pattern for a run out was determined.

The ideal pattern was chosen based on how the balls connected with each other as the cue ball flowed from one shot to another - and the number of positional shots requiring precise speed control was minimal.

Along with improving your pattern play you're also going to learn new ways of playing position that you may not have thought of before. This book is filled with hundreds of shots, along with the spin needed to execute each shot - a skill meter is included with each puzzle indicating its difficulty. Also, a full explanation of the run-out is included with each run-out solution.

Get yours today from this first run which is selling quickly at:

http://www.zerox-billiards.com/pattern-puzzles

More about this exciting new release at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVods9WJIrE

Have fun out there. :)

John
 
I bought one of the 1st copies last year. The only issue I have with it is the pattern play pictures are hard to see because of small size and darkness.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk
 
I bought one of the 1st copies last year. The only issue I have with it is the pattern play pictures are hard to see because of small size and darkness.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N910A using Tapatalk

PKF Pocket Billiard Training Manual may be the text that you are pointing out.

The BIG Book of Pattern Puzzles was not published until January of this year.
The graphics are outstanding.

John
 
Zero-X is on the road again this year.

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Tor is on the road again. will be in Beeville, TX. June 3rd working with his first participant of the year.

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We're so excited! Season 2017 of '14 Days - The Great Pool Experiment' is set to begin June 3rd!

In Tor's words:

"One of the main reasons I created the 14 Days Experiment is that I saw there was a need for a training program that was similar to training programs used in other parts of the world. In China, for example, many young players will spend weeks just working on their stance and performing stroke drills. The students are then gradually exposed to other parts of the game and can't progress until they master each part of the program.

In contrast to that, in America young players are thrown into the game and are told that they only way they can get better is by playing in competition or gambling with better players. In rare cases this will produce a champion player, but the majority of players are saddled with flaws in their fundamentals, lack of understanding of cue ball control, and an inability to read patterns correctly. The 14 Days training takes these players back to the fundamentals of the game - stroke, stance, and alignment which will create a solid foundation to grow their game. Then we move on to the fundamentals of position play- using only center, center low and center high. This forces the player to develop an understanding of the actual physics of cue ball control, primarily how the sliding of the cue ball affects the cue ball's tangent line.

We use ball pocketing drills, half table pattern play and full table pattern play to tighten up the players cue ball control. Finally we move on to working with sidespin using ball pocketing drills and pattern play. By the end of the program the player has a new perspective on pool - along with a better understanding of the dedication and discipline needed to reach their goals.

In this year's 14 Days tour I'll be implementing new techniques into the program which I think will produce some of the best before and after results of any previous season. The training will be tougher than in previous years, but if the participant can manage to make it through the entire program they'll never look at pool the same way again.

We are still going through the hundreds of applications that we've received, so we'll be announcing the full list of participants shortly. But, as we mentioned in an earlier post, Joshua Lammert will be the first participant for Season 2017. His training begins June 3rd.

Please join me in congratulating Joshua and wishing him well on his upcoming journey toward becoming his personal best as a pool player.

End Quote.

John :)
 

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