Twenty-seven amusing and enlightening tales of those who beat the odds, and those who failed trying.
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Expert advice on every aspect of playing pool for anyone-beginner to pro-wishing to improve his or her game.Pool is one of America's favorite pastimes, and it's a game everyone can enjoy. In Essential Pool, Hall-of-Famer Babe Cranfield takes the mystery out of playing well, providing encouraging, easy-to-follow instruction in everything from the basics to "playing position" for your next shot to developing a winning attitude. Topics covered include: selecting equipment; perfecting your aim, using Babe's unique "Arrow" tool; the major games and their rules;practice techniques and strategy; manipulating the cue ball using English, draw, and follow. (6 x 9, 224 pages, diagrams)Arthur "Babe" Cranfield is one of only forty-one inductees to the Billiards Congress of America's Hall of Fame and is the only player in the history of the sport to win the National Junior, National Amateur, and World Professional Pocket Billiard Titles. He lives in Syracuse, New York. Laurence S. Moy is a partner in a law firm, a former college pool champion, and an accomplished pool player in his own right. He lives near New York City.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Not at all a bad intro,
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I can recommend this book (in addition to others, esp. Play Your Best Pool and Byrne's Standard Book of Pool) for incoming players (or experienced bar players who are not well read on some of the non-obvious intricacies of the game). Essential Pool isn't as in-depth as either of the above two, but does have useful information in it. I found it best to obtain many such books and read them all, because no one instructional pool author covers everything you need to know.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A complete course, indeed.,
By Taylor (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Essential Pool: A Complete Course from a World Champion (Paperback)
Covers all topics, and unlike Capelle's Play Your Best Pool which goes into greater detail and a fine book in its own right, Essential Pool even has a section on straight pool (aka 14.1 Continuous).
Well written, and interesting; I usually go back to this one alot, Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards, and Ray Martin's The 99 Critical Shots in Pool.
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expected better,
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was dissapointed with the overall condition of the book. was marked on cover and inside first page by what looked like a nine year old. appreciated the speed book was delivered but man they could have told me the cover was in such bad shape
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