Customer Reviews

Jim Rempe Billiard Training Ball

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4 star:		(2)
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I found that this training aid had two benefits. The first was that it gave you a very specific point to reference on the cue ball. It makes you realize how big the cue ball really is and gives an aid in fine tuneing your shot. The other thing that I found beneficial was realizing how low you could hit the cue ball to maximize draw. I didn't realize that the cue ball could be struck so low. With a well shaped and chalked cue tip, you can really make the ball return. I would recommend this product. It won't make a good pool game alone; however, it is a good tool if you are willing to invest the time in practicing.

I'm not an English teacher or a teacher of any kind for that matter but I can't believe no one has commented on how poorly this instruction book is written. There a number of sentence structure and grammatical errors.

Once you get past these errors the basic instruction can be hard to follow and, at times, seems to contradict what was said earlier.

By the way, the description tells you that there is over 40 pages of instruction. This is misleading because the book is divided into English and French. You really only get 20 pages of instruction for each language.

The ball itself appears to be a high quality made Aramith ball and does provide you with a good visual image to relate to. The ball is the only reason I rated this as 2-stars. The ball by itself deserves better!

For a "Third Edition" to have so many simple and easily correctable errors is quite embarrassing. If I were Mr. Rempe I would remove my name from this book.

This is a good teaching device. My only comment would be that it is hard to know when it is perfectly level. On the table you have to place it just right to get the shot you want. It would be nice to have a dot on the top so you know it's straight and level...

READ THE BOOK! You don't actually need a ball with writing on it if you read a book about how the ball spins.
It helps in the beginning so buy it, use it, learn it then sell or give it to a friend. It REALLY improved my game.