December152010
Play Your Best Pool by Phil Capelle is my favorite book on pool. It’s chock full of great information, written in a clear conversational style. The book is thorough without being didactic in any way. You’ll want to savor every morsel.
March202010
Brillianize is a high grade plastic polish without wax or abrasives. It does a fantastic job, is easy to use either by had or in a ball cleaning machine, and is inexpensive. Highly recommended.
October272009
The Laser Stroke is a device to help you perfect your pool stroke so you can deliver the cue to the ball in a perfectly straight line, every time. This is much harder that most people think, and often isn’t given adequate effort. Check out this review to see how well the Laser Stroke achieves its goals.
October132009
This review of the Ultimate Billiard Coach will tell you if it can deliver on its promise to improve your stroke by improving your arm alignment. Capsule summary: It works great!
May212009
Pool Student’s review of IPAT 2 & 3. These advanced tests and practice drills will help advanced and pro players strengthen the most important parts of their game.
April32009
This is a review of the IPAT “Start” and Level 1 books and video. They are designed for beginning through intermediate level pool players who want to learn the game well, and build a solid foundation that all additional work can build on.
March92009
Byrne’s tour de force. These 350+ shots will fill in more holes in your game than you ever knew you had, and then some. Not a book for beginners, this is one you’ll come back to over and over throughout your pool playing life, and enjoy it, and learn from it, every time.
February162009
Bob and John take a serious look at Joe Tucker’s 3rd Eye Stroke Trainer. Can this inexpensive product really help you to fix a major fundamental flaw in your stroke? Read on to find out.
January192009
This classic book can change your pool game more than any other book or video you’ll ever buy. And it isn’t even written about pool! Go figure.
An 800,000 copy best selling book, in print for over 30 years, The Inner Game of Tennis is the preeminent book on the mental game in sport.
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November102008

David (Dr Dave) G. Alciatore’s book The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards explains what happens on the pool table from a scientific or engineering perspective. By explaining the underlying forces, the cause and effect of where balls go and why, Dr Dave will enable you to understand pool at a fundamental level.
Hopefully that didn’t scare you off, because this book is written for ordinary people in plain and clear language. I wish there were such lucid explanations for everything else in the world.
