Pocket Billiards: Fundamentals of Technique & Play..".a profusely illustrated, introduction. Provides insight into equipment, grips, angles, rules, stances, bridges, and shots. Also covers banks and caroms, corner balls, and combination shots. With the explosion of interest in billiards, this could be a popular addition. Selected for the 1996 BOOKS FOR THE TEEN AGE by The New York Public Library. 80 pages (all in color), 5 3/4 x 8 3/16. |
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9 ball angle of ap angle of approach angle of completion angle of continuation back spin back-spin shot ball 9 ball is hit ball is played ball leaves ball will move ball will travel basic beginners billiard balls billiards game break shot carom billiards colored ball Combination Shots Corner Balls cue ball cue stick direction Eight Ball Exercise 23 experienced player fingers foot marker foot rail force forward spin Frozen Balls hand head hit the rail hitting the cue Left spin mechanical bridge middle Nine Ball object ball oppo opponent opponent's ball player continues pocket ball point of contact point of impact posi prac Practising Straight-On Shots rack red ball repeat the break rhombus Right spin safety shot second ball shoot side pocket situation Snooker solid-colored balls sport stance stop ball straight pool striped balls struck surface Tactical Tips technique tion tise turn vertical white ball