Complete Book of Snooker Shots

Author: David Horrix
Publisher: The Crowood Press
ISBN: 1785003585
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 339

Book Description
The Complete Book of Snooker Shots will increase your knowledge of the shots that you can play from various positions on the table and so will - with practice - improve your game. This book will help not only players wishing to increase their knowledge, but also parents and professional coaches wishing to add structure to training sessions. Enjoy increasing your understanding of the game of snooker, and enjoy improving your knowledge. Packed with hundreds of individual shots to practice, this practical guide will be of great interest to all players wishing to increase their knowledge as well as parents and professional coaches, and is fully illustrated with 350 colour images.

Amazing Snooker Trick Shots

Author: John Virgo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781921804670
Category : Snooker
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
At last--this is the book that makes the most spectacular snooker trick shot a piece of cake! In John Virgo's "Amazing Snooker Trick Shots -Secrets From the Best!" 100 trick shots are included together with full color photographs and diagrams. Each trick shot is clearly explained with step-by-step diagrams and John Virgo's trademark droll, quick-fire wit. Size is no problem as all trick shots shown can be played on any snooker table, large or small. The inspiration for John Virgo's "Amazing Snooker Trick Shots" came from the weekly trick shot segment performed by John on the iconic UK TV program "Big Break". Divided into three sections - Absolute Beginners, Trickier Trick Shots and Try 'em If You Dare!, there is something for everyone. Even if you're a beginner with some practice you'll be able to perform every shot in the book.

Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards

Author: Robert Byrne
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780156005548
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 436

Book Description
The definitive work on pool and billiards (National Billiard News) by champion player Robert Byrne Now updated throughout and expanded with new material on strategy in eight- and nine-ball, trick shots, and billiard memorabilia, Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards is the classic guide to cue games complete with detailed diagrams and photographs to help improve play at every level."

The 99 Critical Shots in Pool

Author: Ray Martin
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games
ISBN: 0812922417
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
World Champion Pool Player Ray "Cool Cat" Martin shares his secrets for playing winner's pool in this classic book, which includes an introduction by the author. Written with co-author Rosser Reeves, The 99 Critical Shots in Pool remains one of the most authoritative guides to the game ever written. Over 200 illustrations show the proper form, technique, and approach to shots such as: • The Center Ball Cheat-the-Pocket • The Hook Shot • The Seven Ball Stop Shot • The Jump Shot • The Frozen Kiss Shot • The Nudge Shot • The Side Pocket By-Pass Shot Ray Martin, a Billiards Congress of America Hall of Fame inductee, is one of only seven players in the twentieth century to win three or more world 14.1 titles. He co-wrote this book with Rosser Reeves in 1976.

Cliff Thorburn's Snooker Skills

Author: Cliff Thorburn
Publisher: Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hall Canada
ISBN: 9780131367302
Category : Snooker
Languages : en
Pages : 127

Book Description

The Pocket Book of Pocket Billiards

Author: Mike Vago
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 076116250X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 49

Book Description
From the bestselling author of "The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf" comes an original gift: a complete miniature, working pool table, plus balls, rack, cue, and bridge, packaged with a 48-page full-color book that explains how to play more than 30 games.

147 Snooker Drills and Exercises

Author: Andrew Highfield
Publisher: Crowood Press (UK)
ISBN: 9781785003554
Category : Snooker
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A new guide that helps snooker players of all standards to improve their game by presenting a range of practice routines.

Byrne's Book of Great Pool Stories

Author: Robert Byrne
Publisher: Mariner Books
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
Thirty-one stories on pool and billiards written over the past 150 years. The authors range from Pushkin to Vachss, the stories from Wallace Stegner's The Blue-Winged Teal, on competition between a father and a son, to Bill Pronzini's science fiction story, The Hungarian Cinch.

Mike Massey's World of Trick Shots

Author: Mike Massey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780964920460
Category : Pool (Game)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This informative and entertaining guide contains 16 heavily-illustrated chapters on how to play the shots in pool. It also contains tips on how to give a show and is filled with anecdotes, cartoons and examples. Also includes Mike Massey's 'Poolography' -- his 40 favourite short stories collected from his years of professional play.

Byrne's Wonderful World of Pool and Billiards

Author: Robert Byrne
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 280

Book Description
Welcome to Byrne's Wonderful World of Pool and Billiards, a medley of instruction and lore from the best-selling authority on billiards technique. Here, clearly explained and illustrated, are tips on improving your pool game ("Three-Shot Planning"), unusual shots, technique in three-cushion billiards ("Handling Tough Leaves", "Kilgore's Opposite 3 System"), and clarification of the games people play (five pins, snooker, box billiards). In his inimitable style, Robert Byrne also entertains with stories, sage advice ("How to Cope with Sore Losers"), and profiles of top players - plus one of an infamous poseur.