Byrne's Complete Book of Pool Shots

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ISBN: 9780156027212 | 0156027216
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Copyright: 10/1/2003

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Bestselling author, Hall-of-Famer, and master-teacher Robert Byrne is back with his most impressive effort yet: an exhaustive compendium of more than 350 pool shots that will take its place among the game's classic instructional books. Ranging from tickys to double-kisses and from jump shots to diamond systems, Byrne's Complete Book of Pool Shots takes players on an accelerated trip from pool kindergarten to graduate school. Most of Byrne's expertly diagrammed shots are not widely known and many are described here for the first time-in many cases, these are the secrets of a lifetime. Players of every skill level, including the most advanced, will find their game greatly strengthened by the clever moves Byrne has assembled. For twenty-five years, Byrne's New Standard Book has been "the definitive work on pool and billiards" (National Billiard Review). This new shot-by-shot reference will enable players to reach an even higher level. They'll have to read it before their opponents do.

Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Basics
Getting Started Right	p. 2
The geometry of aiming	p. 3
Follow and Draw	p. 5
Sidespin	p. 7
Safety Play	p. 8
Cheating the pocket	p. 11
Accuracy versus slop	p. 12
Speed control-I	p. 13
Speed control-II	p. 14
Getting an angle	p. 15
Fouls
Push-shot fouls	p. 19
More push-shot fouls	p. 20
Still more push-shot fouls	p. 21
Shafted and fouled	p. 22
A double-hit foul	p. 23
Fair push shots	p. 24
Two masse shots	p. 25
How to spot a double hit	p. 26
Two deceptive double-hit fouls	p. 27
The grip-hand stop	p. 28
Fair and foul-I	p. 29
Fair and foul-II	p. 30
The cut-shot foul	p. 31
Avoiding a scratch-I	p. 32
Avoiding a scratch-II	p. 33
Foul to score	p. 34
The impossible cut	p. 35
Two optical illusion fouls	p. 36
The lift-brush foul	p. 37
Caroms
Solving and creating problems	p. 41
Cluster busting	p. 42
More cluster busting	p. 43
A game winner	p. 44
The distance factor	p. 45
Two safety plays	p. 46
Rail-first caroms	p. 47
The tangent line	p. 48
The three-ball carom	p. 49
Push-throughs	p. 50
The pull-back carom	p. 51
Pull-back limits	p. 52
Billiards
The kitchen carom	p. 55
Billiard cluster-buster	p. 56
Another billiard cluster-buster	p. 57
Rail first to control the first ball	p. 58
Rail first to control the cueball	p. 59
The thick or thin choice	p. 60
One rail to score	p. 61
Cross-table shots	p. 62
Up and down	p. 63
Two-rail diagonal	p. 64
Second-ball position	p. 65
Length of table position	p. 66
Side pocket position	p. 67
Zigzag	p. 68
Three rails in the side	p. 69
Standard three-cushion bank	p. 70
Long angle, three cushions	p. 71
Four rails	p. 72
Four rails with draw	p. 73
Four-rail breakout	p. 74
Another four-railer	p. 75
Standard five-railer	p. 76
Second-ball position, outside	p. 77
Second-ball position, inside	p. 78
Throw
Frozen cueball basics	p. 81
Combination basics	p. 82
Four applications	p. 83
The roll-off shot	p. 84
Cut-shot throw	p. 85
Frozen rail combos	p. 86
Two crucial shots	p. 87
Minimizing drift	p. 88
Two throw banks	p. 89
Two puzzles	p. 90
Sidespin
Sidespin limits	p. 93
Double the rail	p. 94
Doubling the long way	p. 95
Doubling for position	p. 96
Sidespin effects	p. 97
Doubling limits	p. 98
The "impossible" position shot	p. 99
Inside and outside sidespin	p. 100
A rail-shot trick	p. 101
Topspin
Topspin limit	p. 105
Fair and foul follows	p. 106
Cheating the pocket	p. 107
Speed control	p. 108
Second-ball follow	p. 109
Third-ball follow	p. 110
Frozen surprise	p. 111
Clearance follow	p. 112
Rail curve	p. 113
Phelan's follow	p. 114
McCleery's creep	p. 115
Cut-shot follow	p. 116
Applying the curve	p. 117
Heavy follow action	p. 118
A treacherous shot	p. 119
Thick or thin?	p. 120
Small-gap follow	p. 121
Masse follow and draw	p. 122
Phelan off a ball	p. 123
Cross-table dive	p. 124
Backspin
Backspin limit	p. 127
Two for starters	p. 128
Three practice draws	p. 129
Two more tests	p. 130
Stun and draw	p. 131
Spot-shot flexibility	p. 132
The curve-around draw	p. 133
Second-ball draw	p. 134
Frozen second-ball draw	p. 135
Angled second-ball draw	p. 136
The frozen push-through	p. 137
Elevated draw	p. 138
Frozen rail draw	p. 139
Rail draw	p. 140
Rail-draw practice shot	p. 141
Thin-hit rail draw	p. 142
Rail-first cross table	p. 143
Rail-first up table	p. 144
Rail first to frozen ball	p. 145
Small-gap draw	p. 146
Extreme small-gap draw	p. 147
Jump draw	p. 148
Second-ball draw	p. 149
Deadball draw	p. 150
Deadball safeties	p. 151
Stun
Stun practice	p. 155
Rail-first stop	p. 156
Second-ball stop	p. 157
More stun practice	p. 158
Still more practice	p. 159
The right-angle principle	p. 160
Tangent-line practice	p. 161
Useful applications	p. 162
Stun run-through for safety	p. 163
Another safety play	p. 164
An eighteen-foot safety	p. 165
Rail First
Rail-first option	p. 169
Simple rail firsts	p. 170
Rail-first follow	p. 171
Rail-first flexibility	p. 172
Standard four-rail pattern	p. 173
Frozen rail-first	p. 174
Two little-known patterns	p. 175
Draw and follow	p. 176
The basic principle	p. 177
The impossible cut	p. 178
Rail-first safety	p. 179
Two rails first-I	p. 180
Two rails first-II	p. 181
Another rail-first safety	p. 182
A second option	p. 183
Rail-first stroke shot	p. 184
Rail first to score	p. 185
Banks
Long and short	p. 189
Slide and roll	p. 190
The three-balls test	p. 191
Transfer of spin-I	p. 192
Transfer of spin-II	p. 193
Maximum angle	p. 194
Ball-induced spin	p. 195
Triple banks	p. 196
Double and triple	p. 197
The long way	p. 198
Kick-back strategy	p. 199
A stop carom and a double bank	p. 200
A moving carom and a kiss bank	p. 201
Frozen kick back	p. 202
Pocket-point escape	p. 203
Time shot	p. 204
Side Pockets
Scoring and position	p. 207
Two kiss-backs	p. 208
Around-the-table kiss-back	p. 209
Off the points	p. 210
Avoiding scratches--I	p. 211
Avoiding scratches--II	p. 212
Avoiding scratches--III	p. 213
Off the point to score	p. 214
Two escapes	p. 215
A pocket-point kick	p. 216
Time shot	p. 217
Double Kisses
Kiss-across subtleties	p. 221
Kiss-across safety	p. 222
Unfrozen double-kiss safety	p. 223
Two-rail diagonal safety	p. 224
Another two-rail kiss	p. 225
Three cushions to score	p. 226
Off the end rail	p. 227
Kiss-back paths	p. 228
Topspin curves	p. 229
The sheepherder shot	p. 230
Kiss-across surprise	p. 231
Kiss forward	p. 232
Diagonal kiss forward	p. 233
The Hustler bank	p. 234
Tickys
The primary pattern	p. 237
Variations	p. 238
The follow ticky	p. 239
Around the table	p. 240
Two rails first	p. 241
The draw ticky	p. 242
Long diagonal draw	p. 243
The "impossible" ticky	p. 244
Sink-Ins
An easy one	p. 247
An even easier one	p. 248
The draw curve	p. 249
First trick shot	p. 250
Around the table	p. 251
Simple safety	p. 252
Sink in to score	p. 253
The limiting position	p. 254
Rail first	p. 255
A great escape	p. 256
Richie's shot	p. 257
Jumps
Easy and hard	p. 261
Second-ball jump	p. 262
Ball-rail jump	p. 263
Easier and harder	p. 264
The thin-hit jump	p. 265
Falling off the ledge	p. 266
The point jump and the jump draw	p. 267
The frozen spot shot	p. 268
Lots of luck	p. 269
Pocket Points
Point the way	p. 273
Kiss back off the point	p. 274
A challenge shot	p. 275
An accidental discovery	p. 276
Escaping corner hooks	p. 277
Two 2-point shots	p. 278
A kiss-back dream bank	p. 279
Masses
The geometry of masse shots	p. 283
Degrees of elevation	p. 284
Two swerves	p. 285
Three-step aiming	p. 286
Three practice shots	p. 287
Two practical masses	p. 288
Inside forced masse	p. 289
Outside forced masse	p. 290
Reverse position	p. 291
Swerve position	p. 292
U-turn position	p. 293
U-turn extended	p. 294
Masse draw	p. 295
Frozen masse	p. 296
Frozen rail swerve	p. 297
Kiss-back masse	p. 298
The push curve	p. 299
Backward position	p. 300
Systems
Around the table--I	p. 304
Around the table--II	p. 305
Around the table--III	p. 306
Opposite three--I	p. 307
Opposite three--II	p. 308
Opposite three--III	p. 309
End rail first--I	p. 310
End rail first--II	p. 311
End rail first--III	p. 312
Selected Secrets
English and distance	p. 315
Two clearance shots	p. 316
A clearance bank	p. 317
Interference system	p. 318
Aggressive defense--I	p. 319
Aggressive defense--II	p. 320
Defensive offense--I	p. 321
Defensive offense--II	p. 322
Winning options	p. 323
A sneaky ploy	p. 324
Safe or sorry	p. 325
Choice of position	p. 326
Creating a break ball	p. 327
Insurance--I	p. 328
Insurance--II	p. 329
Run around or back around	p. 330
Time shot--I	p. 331
Time shot--II	p. 332
The Culture of the Game	p. 333
Index	p. 353
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