Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category

Nagle Tops Rockaway Field

The Blaze Tour rolled through Rockaway Billiards in Rockaway, NJ on November 22nd, 2009.

Immonen Wins World Ten Ball Championship

Day One of the World Ten Ball Championships -Jerry Forsyth, WPA Press Officer- World 10 Ball Day 1 Some big names have hit the bricks at the WPA World Ten Ball Championships in Manila. Ralf Souquet of Germany is now on the one-loss side after dropping his first match 9-6 to Thomasz Kaplan of Poland

You Get What You Give

By Samm Diep © November 2009 Samm Diep How do you prepare for a big event? Are you the “Cram-Practicer” ?

FROM FROZEN BALLS to VERY HOT SHOTS

Mr. 3 Cushion GRIT YOUR TEETH and bear it: From time to time, your cue ball is going to come to rest frozen against the cushion. And after you’re done cursing the gods, you’ll usually have to deal with limited shot options; after all, you can’t address that cue ball with very many variations in English any more.

Ask the Viper – Match Preparation

Ask “The Viper” Melissa Little Melissa “The Viper” Little has been a WPBA Touring Professional for over 10-years, she has represented the USA in Four WPA World Championships and has over 18 Top-10 WPBA Career Finishes.

Strategy: Should your opponent dictate your strategy?

© 2009 Mike Fieldhammer, BilliardCoach.com Mike Fieldhammer This article is the first of a series of posts written in coordination with other pool bloggers on the topic of strategy. For related articles visit HYPERLINK “http://www.billiardcoach.com” http://www.billiardcoach.com and use the search term PoolSynergy

15% OFF Sale at Crown Cues

Crown Cues Crown Cues is offering 15% off through the end of 2009!  This great special applies to all cues, whether finished, in-progress, or custom orders.  That’s $15 off every $100, which adds up FAST! We’ve sponsored quite a few live streams in 2009.  The goal is to help the live streams, such as OTBnTV or ontherailtv.com to remain free to the viewers.  We want everyone to be able to watch pool tournaments on live stream, because not everyone can be there to watch their son, brother, friend, etc.. We were honored to be sponsors of two major streams, this year.  One was the Olhausen 3 Cushion Open tournament, streamed by Steven Elzinga and the other was the Dr

Going for Gold

by Bob Jewett Bob Jewett Here is a drill that is both useful to perfect your use of side spin and is a good test of how the cushions work.