– 30° and 90° rules
– 45° rule for center-table position and routes
– back-of-the-ball aiming
– ball in hand
– CB control tutorial
– cheating the pocket
– clock system
– cluster break-outs
– coming into the line
– cross-table system
– draw shot system
– drills for practicing cue ball control and position play
– end-game patterns
– full hits
– hanger
– kiss-back shot
– leaving an angle
– peace sign technique
– Placement Pool Challenge
– pocket hanger
– rail cut-shot CB control
– rolling carom angle (RCA) system
– scratch avoidance
– sidespin effects
– speed effects
– straight-in shots
– thin hits
– three-times the angle system
– tutorial
– tweener shots
– useful reference lines
– using the rails
– where the CB goes for different types of shots
For more information, see “Pattern Play Principles” (BD, February, 2021), position play principles handout, the strategy resource page, Chapter 5 in The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards, Vol. I and Vol. II of the Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots (VEPS), Vol. I and Vol. II of the Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP), Vol. II of the Video Encyclopedia of Eight Ball (VEEB), and Vol. III of the Video Encyclopedia of Nine-ball and Ten-ball (VENT).
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