The 99 Critical Shots in Pool: Everything You Need to Know to Learn and Master the Game (Other)

Decent little book to blast through looking for pointers on shots it's for American pool but the skill set transfers to all table cue sports it refreshed my brain on bank shots ect hopefully improve my game over the coming weeks but just remember it's a book and you need to practice you'll not be a pro overnight!

Awsome book for a avarage occasional player explains a lot of things i had no clue about

Rosser Reeves was one of the giants of modern advertising - his second string was pool and he shares it all here.

Very good for the regular player or novice. Some great tips and shot making hints.

Brilliant book

Love the book. Of course, with YouTube there are tons of great videos, but there is something really great about their descriptions and insights in this book. I’m a decent pool player, and have a good deal of experience already but there were many “epiphanies” here, many things I hadn’t considered. I also have begun either taking photos on my phone or just taking the book to the local pool hall to work on the different shots and also at home relax while paging through. The only negative, and it’s really no big deal, is the drawings…they use a solid black ball as object ball (usually the ball you want to sink) and other incidental balls other than the cue ball are “gray” but the book I received (paperback) it is almost impossible to tell the difference. It’s no big deal because the text and arrows, etc. make it pretty clear almost always, just wish they had used further spaced dots for the other balls. Again though, it’s a minor point. The worth it to also read carefully the first few pages, lots of great info there, but it’s hard not to just go to the actual shots. They do point out, several times, that the drawings are not to scale. That the balls are not sized quite right, but you still can use the diamonds to place balls and you get the idea. One irritation, page 76 has an object ball frozen on the cushion of the side pocket with the side pocket corner just a touch over halfway of the ball, where you should hit HARD with draw and compress the cushion so the ball goes in the side pocket. I tried many times today, and not once could I make it, and they say it’s “easy”. Oh well. Would love to hear in other reviews if anyone has made that shot successfully. am very glad I bought this book, it is a treasure trove of useful shots and necessary ones. Excellent points about all kinds of shots. It seems geared to 14.1, straight pool, but not exclusive and the rules for games are a little outdated (as far as I know, eight ball breaks, if the shooter sinks a ball can always still choose either stripes or solids) but they have also some games I never heard of which is kinda cool. If you are serious about pool, I agree with many here that this is a great book.

This book is for beginners. A lot of the shots explained are duplicated shots in different situations.. some aren’t explained well enough while some are.. the back 30-50 pages are basically useless and a glossary for words use in “American pool”. I perhaps benefited 5% in total. If you’re intermediate - professional don’t buy this book. Would definitely help someone who’s never played or just stared playing..

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Very pleased with purchase.

Muy buen libro.Lo ideal por lo menos para mi que lo publiquen en formato kindle y en español Sería lo ideal.