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The 99 Critical Shots in Pool: Everything You Need to Know to Learn and Master the Game (Other)
| Title | The 99 Critical Shots in Pool: Everything You Need to Know to Learn and Master the Game (Other) |
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| Date | 2024-12-24 00:25:28 |
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| Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
World Champion Pool Player Ray "Cool Cat" Martin shares his secrets for playing winner's pool in this classic book, which includes an introduction by the author. Written with co-author Rosser Reeves, The 99 Critical Shots in Pool remains one of the most authoritative guides to the game ever written. Over 200 illustrations show the proper form, technique, and approach to shots such as: • The Center Ball Cheat-the-Pocket • The Hook Shot • The Seven Ball Stop Shot • The Jump Shot • The Frozen Kiss Shot • The Nudge Shot • The Side Pocket By-Pass Shot Ray Martin, a Billiards Congress of America Hall of Fame inductee, is one of only seven players in the twentieth century to win three or more world 14.1 titles. He co-wrote this book with Rosser Reeves in 1976. Read more
Review
Love the book. Of course, with YouTube there are tons of great videos, but there is something really great about their descriptions and insights in this book. I’m a decent pool player, and have a good deal of experience already but there were many “epiphanies” here, many things I hadn’t considered. I also have begun either taking photos on my phone or just taking the book to the local pool hall to work on the different shots and also at home relax while paging through.The only negative, and it’s really no big deal, is the drawings…they use a solid black ball as object ball (usually the ball you want to sink) and other incidental balls other than the cue ball are “gray” but the book I received (paperback) it is almost impossible to tell the difference. It’s no big deal because the text and arrows, etc. make it pretty clear almost always, just wish they had used further spaced dots for the other balls.Again though, it’s a minor point. The worth it to also read carefully the first few pages, lots of great info there, but it’s hard not to just go to the actual shots. They do point out, several times, that the drawings are not to scale. That the balls are not sized quite right, but you still can use the diamonds to place balls and you get the idea. One irritation, page 76 has an object ball frozen on the cushion of the side pocket with the side pocket corner just a touch over halfway of the ball, where you should hit HARD with draw and compress the cushion so the ball goes in the side pocket. I tried many times today, and not once could I make it, and they say it’s “easy”. Oh well. Would love to hear in other reviews if anyone has made that shot successfully. am very glad I bought this book, it is a treasure trove of useful shots and necessary ones. Excellent points about all kinds of shots. It seems geared to 14.1, straight pool, but not exclusive and the rules for games are a little outdated (as far as I know, eight ball breaks, if the shooter sinks a ball can always still choose either stripes or solids) but they have also some games I never heard of which is kinda cool.If you are serious about pool, I agree with many here that this is a great book.
