Play Your Best Pool

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Summary: This is THE book to have on pool!
Review: This book is THE book to have if you really do want to play your best pool! It functions on many different levels. I first read it straight through, and picked up a ton of information. Like I realized that I was hold in the cue wrong! Can you believe it! I had my hand inside the line and could not swing my arm in a true pendulum motion. Mind you I have been playing for many years and have been known to run a rack or two of nine ball. I learned a bunch on actual principle of getting "shape". Stuff I thought I knew, or vaguely knew or had a concept of. But Mr. Capelle breaks it down to its most simple and clear forms. Now I know exactly how I want to come into a shape zone with the highest probability of success. Just those two pieces of information have changed the way I look at and play the game. The other really cool thing about the book is the massive, detailed table of contents with complete chapter breakdowns. This thing is a great reference tool. Say you want to know about English? Boom, chapter 4. You want to know about specific types of English, say Inside English? Boom chapter 4, page 91. Basic pattern play of eight ball, Chapter 6 page 206. Kick shots in 9ball, Chapter 7 page 317. Anything you need to know you can find in seconds. There are like 500 individual bits of information laid out just in the chapter index alone! If there was a PhD in billiards, this would be the textbook for the class. Don't believe me; just look who endorses the book, four world champions! Buy it, you'll get better.

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Summary: Can't get more complete than this...
Review: What can you really say, other than wow. This is probably the best introduction to pool out there, other than Byrne's Standard, a good book in its own right. But here, Capelle is able to go into more detail on topics such as English, position play, and especially 8-ball and 9-ball strategy. And the list goes on...practice drills, chapters on the mental side of pool and how to improve, and of course the fundamentals of stance, bridge, stroke, etc. A great reference tool...simply well done!
Capelle's other books are very worth looking into, especially if you happen to really love 9-ball or Straight Pool: A Mind for Pool (all about the mental side of pool, including competitive pool), Play Your Best 9-Ball (everything on the main tournament game), and Play Your Best Straight Pool (a total immersion into this classic game).

Rating:
Summary: Can't get more complete than this...
Review: What can you really say, other than wow. This is probably the best introduction to pool out there, other than Byrne's Standard, a good book in its own right. But here, Capelle is able to go into more detail on topics such as English, position play, and especially 8-ball and 9-ball strategy. And the list goes on...practice drills, chapters on the mental side of pool and how to improve, and of course the fundamentals of stance, bridge, stroke, etc. A great reference tool...simply well done!
Capelle's other books are very worth looking into, especially if you happen to really love 9-ball or Straight Pool: A Mind for Pool (all about the mental side of pool, including competitive pool), Play Your Best 9-Ball (everything on the main tournament game), and Play Your Best Straight Pool (a total immersion into this classic game).