The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards

by Alciatore, David G.

• ISBN13: 9781402714283
• ISBN10: 1402714289
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-05
• Publisher: Sterling

Summary

Master one of the world's most popular games with the help of a mechanical engineering professor who has a passion for pool. More than 80 principles of the game, presented with 250-plus precisely scaled illustrations and photographs, offer players of all levels a thorough overview of the fundamentals of 8-ball and 9-ball, including grip and stance, basic shots, position play and strategy, bank and kick shots, and advanced techniques such as carom and jump shots. Organized for quick study, this must-have guide features extensive cross-references and is supplemented with video clips, interesting mathematical formulas, and other resources also available at www.engr.colostate.edu/pool.

Table of Contents

Figures	xi
Principles	xviii
Normal Video Clips	xxi
High-speed Video Clips	xxiv
Technical Proofs	xxvii
Chapter 1 Introduction	1	(14)
Section 1.01 Pyramid of Progress	2	(2)
Section 1.02 Terminology	4	(2)
Section 1.03 8-ball and 9-ball rules	6	(5)
Section 1.04 Using the book	11	(4)
Chapter 2 Fundamentals	15	(18)
Section 2.01 Cue stick and tip	16	(3)
Section 2.02 Grip	19	(2)
Section 2.03 Bridge	21	(4)
Section 2.04 Stance	25	(2)
Section 2.05 Stroke	27	(6)
Chapter 3 Executing Basic Shots	33	(46)
Section 3.01 Introduction	33	(2)
Section 3.02 Aiming methods	35	(6)
Section 3.03 Cue ball path-the 90° rule	41	(7)
Section 3.04 Cue ball path-the 30° rule	48	(8)
Section 3.05 Basic shot planning	56	(4)
Section 3.06 Effective pocket size and center	60	(12)
Section 3.07 Shot margins of error	72	(7)
Chapter 4 Spin and English	79	(46)
Section 4.01 Introduction	80	(6)
Section 4.02 Draw shot	86	(4)
Section 4.03 Follow shot	90	(5)
Section 4.04 English (sidespin)	95	(10)
Section 4.05 Cut-shot effects	105	(4)
Section 4.06 Rail cut shots	109	(6)
Section 4.07 Controlling the cue ball path	115	(5)
Section 4.08 English examples and advice	120	(5)
Chapter 5 Position Play and Strategy	125	(44)
Section 5.01 Introduction	125	(1)
Section 5.02 Position-play fundamentals	126	(11)
Section 5.03 The makable region	137	(6)
Section 5.04 Ball groupings	143	(4)
Section 5.05 Break-up and avoidance shots	147	(5)
Section 5.06 Safeties and defensive play	152	(17)
Chapter 6 Bank and Kick Shots	169	(34)
Section 6.01 Introduction	169	(4)
Section 6.02 Bank-shot aiming methods	173	(9)
Section 6.03 Kick-shot aiming methods	182	(4)
Section 6.04 Speed effects	186	(8)
Section 6.05 English effects	194	(3)
Section 6.06 Cut-angle effects	197	(3)
Section 6.07 Bank- and kick-shot advice	200	(3)
Chapter 7 Advanced Techniques (Shot Making)	203	(44)
Section 7.01 Combination shots	203	(2)
Section 7.02 Carom shots	205	(4)
Section 7.03 Frozen-ball throw shots	209	(5)
Section 7.04 Using throw for position	214	(3)
Section 7.05 Power break	217	(8)
Section 7.06 Two-rail kick and bank shots	225	(6)
Section 7.07 Frozen-ball bank shots	231	(2)
Section 7.08 Kick shot-vertical plane spin	233	(2)
Section 7.09 Masse shots	235	(5)
Section 7.10 Jump shots	240	(5)
Section 7.11 That's all, folks	245	(2)
Bibliography	247	(2)
Glossary	249	(15)
Index	264