Control the Cue Ball

Pivot english can wreck your day so here's my in-depth look at parallel and magic english instead.

Review of fine pool books including Allan Sand's "Cue Ball Control Sheets. We examine some of the best quality yet little known pool books.

The follow stroke in pool and billiards is often misunderstood. It's used too much and not on the right point of the cue ball.

A high-speed photo study of center ball strokes in pool. Enjoy this billiards one on one instruction in the basics of center ball work.

Here is an exhaustive list of draw stroke techniques every pool and billiards player will want to aid them with the sometimes challenging draw stroke.

Here are hot new tips for bettering your pool breaking, instantly.

How to play pool draw is the story of watching a solid model, as with these instructional high speed draw photos. Professional draw is a learned skill but you can do it. Study these photos to learn how to play draw, billiards draw and the all-important (and frequently resorted to) pool draw shot.

To learn draw is to know the joy of pool and billiards. A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far away, when I learned how to play billiards, learning great draw was the most important billiards tip to me. Forward and back--and crack! The draw stroke is off on its way. Learning draw requires a basic commitment to fundamentals--fundamentals that go right out the window when playing a jab d…

Play catch as you play pool and improve your skills. Give feedback here at About.com and let us know how you did.

Here are hot new tips for bettering your pool breaking, instantly.

A highly effective method for pool drawing is this--take the loop of your forefinger and thumb where they guide the billiards cue stick and...

Here's a break most pool shooters never consider--to their hurt. It's devastating when played at the right time on the right player!

Learning to crush a pool break in billiards is simple when you learn how. Here are super tips on breaking with style.

Crossing the table with draw spin (underspin) is not the first thought for many players--but it works. Check out this technique for pool and billiards.

Here's a pool shot that stumps many players. How to control the cue ball and prevent it from wobbling off line? The solution is simple and elegant--if you know how.

What if you could develop a pool jump stroke--that would cause the cue ball to jump into the air after it strikes an object ball? Here's a simple tip to get your cue ball airborne.

I posed for these photos to aid you in how to play pool. Enjoy and watch your pool techniques soar through using our photo galleries here at About.com!

Cue ball control mastery becomes yours with this one simple move.