Playing Pool - The Missing Manual: 20 things that every pool player should know - Paperback

by Robert Van Sant (Translator), Patrick Baumann (Author)

"Playing Pool - The Missing Manual" gives you the most important rules in 20 chapters to play better pool."'Playing Pool - The Missing Manual' sums it up in a competent and entertaining way. I like the style of writing that mixes up the pool world a bit." (Florian Scholl, sixpockets.de)The 20 rules are dealing with issues even advanced players have - and beginners of course. Every chapter starts with an easy to remember rule which helps you to recall the content of the chapter and put it into action.Learn how to:

• take the right stance and how it will help you with aiming
• find the right contact point on the object ball every time
• control the cue ball
• keep your nerves together
• break the balls the right way
• and 15 more things to play better pool.

Author Biography

Patrick Baumann, born 1977, plays pool since he was 14. Since 2007 he's a certified pool instructor, sanctioned by the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB). Patrick helped several league and casual players to play better pool. He's blogging about pool at www.playing-pool.com, runs his own online store at www.billardpro.de and owns a beautiful pool hall in Berlin, Germany, the Bata Bar & Billiards (www.batabar.com).