Articles Index
Play In A Pool Tournament - Get Ready With The D.I.
Ready to play in a pool tournament? Dominic Esposito gets you there with his patented drills and preparations. Check it out.
Banking More Successfully With Object Balls
Scoring an object ball with ease is accomplished using both these banking methods. Step-by-step instruction including illustrations.
Pacing Beats Chasing
Pacing beats chasing on most shots, which is to say, play the cue ball right now and the next object ball will be easy to shoot also, as I demonstrate.
9-Ball Game Rules & Strategy
9-ball's rules are deceptively simple. But there is far more to this game than meets the eye.
8-Ball Rules And Strategy
Rules and bending the rules of America's most popular game, 8-ball.
Basic Bank Shots
Aiming bank shots in pool and billiards with precision is easy, if you use this method, which relies upon an aiming secret you already know.
Jump Shots
It's fun, it's fast, it's three dimensional--it's the cool pool jump shot. And, even a beginner can master this simple technique.
The Right And Wrong Ways To Draw the Cue Ball
The secret to a lovely draw shot lies in not lifting the hand abrubtly, before the stroke begins.
Pool True Or False - 4 Questions 2 Change Your Game
Have fun (and learn) with these four true or false pool questions to put you in the mood for pool and billiards, test your knowledge, and have a blast. Can you get all four correct?
Rack Starz - Interviews With The Pro Pool Ladies Of Glamour
Grab photos and the details of my interview with the lovely and talented Jennifer "9MM" Baretta, one of pool's hottest "Rack Starz".
2 Wrongs Make Me Wrong - The Right Stance Solutions
How to have a good pool stance? Take on the two wrong and one right stances we demonstrate step-by-step.
Bank Shot - Magic Spot Advice For A Multi-Rail Bank Shot
Sinking a clever, multi-cushion bank shot is made simple using this aim method. Presented by About.com's good friend, Marcel Elfers of Washington.
Pool Trick Shot - Billiards Back Again
A pool trick shot worth writing home about. Can you make this billiards accident happen purposefully?
How To Run A Rack - 8-Ball - Step-By-Step - The Four Kinds Of Balls
How to run a rack in step-by-step photos detailing the four kinds of balls that come up in an 8-Ball or 9-Ball rack.
New Billiard Game – Use A Pneu Cue To Improve Your Billiard Game
The Pneu Power Cue is literally a blast for a billiard game, exotic and fun for new pool games and as a serious billiard game instructional tool.
Spin Banks - Sharpen Your Bank Technique In Mere Minutes
Spin banks are a deadly weapon in light of the right instructions. They will make all your pool banks easier in less than a minute's practice.
Technique In Aiming The Cue Ball - Aiming In Billiards
One of my best techniques for aiming the cue ball is described including a helpful illustration.
Pool Breaking - New Tips For Pool Breaking In Billiards
Here are hot new tips for bettering your pool breaking, instantly.
Two Most Important Position Tools
Start with the basics. Where would you strike the purple 12-ball to sink it inside the nearby side pocket? These are perhaps the two most vital position concepts in pool.
A Training Billiards Game - "Play Catch"
Play catch, a billiards game, and learn one of the most deadly pool strokes in mere minutes.
How To Shoot Pool - Iron Defense Made Easy For You
It takes only a few seconds' aforethought to crush your opponent in pool--if you consider how to shoot pool defense and two-way strokes along with offensive possibilities.
Pool Draw - Accomplished Far More Easily Than Before
I've reduced pool draw to (one!) easy step anyone can follow for improved billiards play.
Gopher Eight Ball Tickler
It's astonishing to me how easy it can be to play solid defense in pool, even against strong billiards players. Look at this example in Gopher Eight Ball...
Stance: The Big Secret!
This may be the most important article you'll ever read as a pool player. 99% of casual players are lining up improperly at the pool table and here are the step-by-step wrong and right ways to shoot pool.
The Spinning Back Shot
Playing the draw carom shot looks like a trick shot if you know what to do exactly. How do you aim this vital play in pool and billiards?