Pool lessons and billiard instruction from top professional pool players.
Nail-Bending Focus by Tom Simpson I think we love pool because it’s so dang difficult. If it were easy, if we never missed the pocket or the shape, we’d get bored pretty quickly. If it were easy, it would not require us to focus. Playing pool well takes everything we have, and more. Pool...
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The Break Shot Depending on your level of play, the break shot can be the single most important shot in pool, no matter which type of game you’re playing. In 9-ball, for instance, for you to give your gambling opponent the snap is to give him or her one of the biggest weights...
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Get Them Both in Play by Grady Mathews When you need two and your opponent needs one, the primary goal is to stay alive in the game. Very close in importance is the secondary goal of getting both balls in play. If these desires can be accomplished, your opponent may find himself an underdog,...
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Be a Champion of Character First by Allison Fisher There is nothing as appreciated in any form of sport than a humble winner or a loser who praises his opponent. It’s refreshing to see this because it focuses our attention on the most important aspect of any game, and that is respect. Respect is...
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WPA Crowns Three World Billiard Champions Three new World Champions can now celebrate. The first division to finish today was the junior girls and Brittany Bryant of Canada finished an excellent week with her final victory over Konishi Samia of Japan. Ms. Bryant began her day with a convincing 7-3 win over Sabrina Naverschnig...
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