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Thirtieth anniversary edition out in 2007!
World Champion Pool Player Ray "Cool Cat" Martin shares his secrets for playing winner's pool in this classic book, now with a new introduction by the author. Written with co-author Rosser Reeves three decades ago, 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.
World Champion Pool Player Ray "Cool Cat" Martin shares his secrets for playing winner's pool in this classic book, now with a new introduction by the author. Written with co-author Rosser Reeves three decades ago, 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.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is excellent for the beginner who wants to look good when playing in the pub. It will not, however, transform you into a world beater. The descriptions of how to play the shots and the explanations of what makes them work are very clear. Whether you play on an American or an English pool table is irrelevant, all the shots will work if you practice them and play them correctly. The last few shots in the book do concentrate on straight pool but you will obviously improve your skills if you practice them. The book shows you how to play the shots but there is no substitute for pratice when it comes to improving.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have read some reviews that complain the book is for American tables and does not apply to the English game. Lets be clear, there is a section devoted to rules which does talk mostly about the American games but the main part of the book is about how the balls on a table interact when you hit them a certain way. All you need is a bit of imagination to apply this to any game be it 9 Ball, 8 ball or even Snooker.
This book works really well as a day to day manual that you can refer back to, you need to practice the shots and then it begins to come to life and make a difference to your game. A must have in my opinion.
This book works really well as a day to day manual that you can refer back to, you need to practice the shots and then it begins to come to life and make a difference to your game. A must have in my opinion.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has a lot of great information for beginning and intermediate players. I'm a self-taught aspiring player, and while I was capable of actually hitting the ball with english, I didnt quite understand what this would do in all cases. Ray Martin's book focuses heavily on the implications of english and, in fact, gives easy geometrical formulas you can use to make bank and carom shots. (I needed those!) Three minor problems I have with the book, though: 1) It's tough to differentiate black target balls from other gray balls. They all look black. 2) The wording gets repetitive at times - it seems every shot is come across "thousands of times." Then again, if each of these 99 shots is "critical," there are only so many ways to say so. 3) Finally, a lot of the shots focus on straight pool. If all you play is 8-ball and 9-ball, the last 20 or so shots are of limited value. (Most are positions for putting a ball in and breaking the rack in the same shot.) Of course, if all you play is straight pool, this is great. Anyway, I highly recommend this book. These problems I have with it are nothing significant, and the information contained within is priceless to someone who can hold his own but is trying to become great.
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99 criticalshots in pool
given some handy tips. shame the angles for the snookers are relying on the diamonds of the american pool tables
Published 13 months ago by KevD
British players beware, this book is for American pool!
it was unclear from the Amazon reviews if this book covered British or American pool and while some of the 99 shots hold true for both versions, unfortunately the physics of the... Read more
Published on 4 Feb 2000
Mastering (seemingly) difficult situations
This book is great for a beginning or moderate poolplayer, it makes you aware that some situations are a lot easier then you thought they were. Read more
Published on 28 Nov 1999
SOME of the tip were helpful, while others were useless.
I found the book to be very helpful in some aspects of my game...there were a few shots i had never thought of taking and i even turned a few heads. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 1999
A very good book suffering from poor illustrations.
This book is victimized by the the illustrator more than the authors. The writing style is good and the choice of shots and explanations is excellent. Read more
Published on 31 July 1999
A clear guide to improving your game
I just started playing pool and this book has been very helpful. The points the author makes are clear and useful. Read more
Published on 16 July 1999
This book is awful.
The text here is poorly written, and even includes things that just plain violate physics and will be confusing and misleading to those without good pre-existing understanding of... Read more
Published on 5 July 1999
This book will help you get your game back on track.
I would consider myself an intermediate level 9-ball player that consistently has 3 to 4 ball runs with the occasional run-out from the break. I attribute that to this book. Read more
Published on 4 Jun 1999
The only book on billiards you'd ever need!
A very concise yet very rich in content billiards instruction book. All the techniques taught (English, draw, follow, masse...) puts an emphasis on position play. Read more
Published on 6 April 1999
Important Contribution
If you are already an experienced player, yet you don't have the benefit of working with a veteran player to learn all the "inside" tricks, this book will help you on... Read more
Published on 7 Mar 1999
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