Whoa, maybe it’s time to leave the corner pocket forevermore!

Following up our popular round pool table story, comes more information from another source, Tim Meyers, cofounder of The JM Billiard Co.

The billiards story is compelling, the pool future, perhaps without another corner pocket evermore…

Go Round And Lose The Corner Pocket

Billiards photo courtesy MorgueFile.com

I continue my ball run review teaching with you today with follow-up to a student’s question. Following our last prior ball run discussion on Wednesday, my student has some serious if valid misgivings about returning to national competition.

She wants to win her national 9-Ball tournament with “every fiber of her being” as she put it, and I intend to help her. I make several points to her in our latest discussion—really one point—for you to take home as she did and improve your play in 9-Ball and other games.

I am a sportsmanlike competitor, and I teach the same, but my ball run tips and 9-Ball and other strategy tips, even my perfect practice instructional articles, are all designed to get you more wins in competition.

For example, remember my 3 Vital 9-Ball Strategies as listed here in our instructional articles. Rule # 1? Greed demands that there is a rush for the 9-ball, but a miss often leaves the nine near a pocket instead, vulnerable to the other player or team. Game over!

I believe it and mean it (that you shall win more), so you believe it, too. This week, I show you how to…

Win 9-Ball By Choosing (Forcing) Your Best Ball Run

Billiards photo courtesy MorgueFile.com

It’s the clash of titans whenever you step to the table to play 9-Ball. Or at least that’s how it feels.

We all want to be carnivores at pool. “A census taker tried to take my billiards census once…” begins our Hannibal Lecter lecture. “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti… shllurp.”

I want to rip their eyes out, stomp on them, crush them, kill them… sometimes… no, not really. But I would like to outthink and outwit all my opponents when I play 9-Ball. As I personally use the classic stroke techniques and stroke hints I share in hundreds of instructional articles at this About.com GuideSite, I play with a relaxed, unstressed body. Only my mental faculties grow weary during a long pool session.

I’m so pleased that a reader wrote me regarding 9-Ball competition strategy this week. This former pool student jousted with me at the tables a few weeks ago, than wrote me to get specific advice for an upcoming national championship she’s facing. She is determined and skilled and has formulated some winning tactics. Others I advise her on. Take a ringside seat with me and discover some of my most helpful tips for 9-Ball.

You can use my methods even if you are not planning to play 9-Ball at top levels. No matter your skill set, you can borrow my tips and win more often.

Without a trace of hubris in my humble body, I say I’d like all my About.com billiards students to wear a lapel badge proclaiming the learning they’ve done at this website to play 9-Ball and all manner of billiards cue games. Then others will know how it is so many have become…

More Ready Than Ever To Play 9-Ball… And Play It Right

Billiards Photo (c) Matt Sherman 2008, licensed to About.com, Inc.

Simply the best, better than all the rest. Who is the reigning best with a pool stick, living or dead?

I’ve jotted a few thoughts on this vital billiards subject in the linked article, and invited you to agree with me (or vehemently disagree—pool players are iconoclasts in their tastes, usually, and make our sport more fun).

Measure your personal best scores and billiards endurance for a start. I’ve broken six balls in off a rack of 9-Ball and five in 8-Ball, for example. You? I’ve played pool before for 19 hours before without a break. You? (I admit I had “no life” then worthy to live.)

Remember your personal bests, your highs and lows, and then see how you measure up against…

The Best Ever With A Pool Stick IMHO [In Matt’s Humble Opinion]

Billiards Photo courtesy of BCWs.com