Links to Various Useful Pool and Billiard Websites
Useful General Online Resources
- AZBilliards.com (variety of news, information, and online forums)
- Billiards and Pool Principles, Techniques, Resources (extensive collection of learning and teaching resources)
- Billiards Classifieds (free classified ad resource)
- Billiard Directory (searchable billiard industry directory)
- Derby City Classic (great annual pool tournament in Louisville, KY)
- drill resources
- Glossary of pool and billiards terminology and lingo
- GoPlayPool.com (website and mobile app for finding pool halls and for drills and instruction, including a mobile-friendly app for several resources on this website)
- Instructor and Student Resources (drills, handouts, templates, diagrams, forms, references, rules)
- Online Discussion Forums and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- rules (see more under "for reference" here)
- The Action Report (TAR) (live online coverage of tournament and "action" matches)
- Virtual Pool (excellent online pool simulator software and game site)
- Wikepedia billiards page
Online Instructional Resources
See also:
Pool and Billiards Magazines
*: national, in-print, traditional, full-featured magazine
Pool and Billiards Organizations and Leagues
- American CueSports Alliance (ACS) (leagues and tournaments)
- American PoolPlayers Association (APA) (leagues, tournaments, events news, industry information)
- Association of College Unions International (ACUI) (collegiate national championship)
- BCA Pool League (BCAPL) (leagues and tournaments)
- Billiard Congress of America (BCA) (leagues, tournaments, events news, industry information, certified instructors)
- Billiard Education Foundation (BEF) (education and advancement of young players)
- Canadian Billiards and Snooker Association (tournaments, events, news)
- Canadian PoolPlayers Association (CPA) (leagues, tournaments, events news, industry information)
- CueSports International (CSI) (BCAPL, USAPL, tournaments)
- CueSport International Instructor Association (CIIA) (certified instructors)
- European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF)
- FargoRate (player ratings)
- International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF)
- International Pool Tour (IPT) (large prize money 8-ball events)
- National Amateur Pool League (NAPL)
- Professional Billiard Instructors Association (PBIA) (certified instructors)
- United States Professional Poolplayers Association (UPA) (tour schedule, rankings)
- Union Mondiale de Billard (UMB) (carom games)
- United States Billiard Media Association (media issues)
- USA Pool League (USAPL) (league and tournaments)
- Valley National 8-ball League Association (VNEA)
- Women's Professional Billiards Association (WPBA) (tour schedule, tournament results, rankings)
- World Pool-Billiards Association (WPA) (rules, news, tournaments, links)
- World Professional Billiard League (WPBL) (Bonus Ball organization)
Reputable Pool Schools and Well-known Billiards Instructors
For good general advice, see: selecting an instructor and improving your game.
- Billiard Gods Productions (Allan Sand, San Francisco, CA)
- Billiard University (BU) Summer School Boot Camps (Denver, CO)
- Cue-Tech College (Randy Goettlicher; Dallas, TX)
- Cue-U College of Pool and Billiards (Bob and Linda Radford; Rockford, IL)
- Dead Stroke University (David Sapolis; El Paso, TX)
- Dr. Cue (Tom Rossman, Cloverdale, IN)
- Dr. Dave's Pool School (David Alciatore; Fort Collins, CO)
- FargoBilliards (Mike Page; Fargo, ND)
- Fran Crimi (francrimi@aol.com; Woodhaven, NY)
- Institute of Billiard Sciences (Ken Tewksbury; Concord, NH)
- Joe Tucker (Warwick, RI)
- JustCueIt (Stan Shuffett; Greensburg, KY)
- Mark Finkelstein (mfinkelstein3@verizon.net; New York, NY)
- Mark Powell (marker907@verizon.net; New Market, MD)
- Mark Wilson's Successful Pool Clinic (Mark Wilson; St. Louis, MO)
- Max Eberle (mosconimax@gmail.com; Las Vegas, NV)
- Ray Martin (raymartin727@yahoo.com; Largo, FL)
- Roger Long (Glendale, AZ)
- Samm Diep (Denver, CO)
- San Francisco Billiards Academy (Joseph Mejia and Bob Jewett; San Francisco, CA)
- Scott Lee's Traveling College of Pool Knowledge (Scott Lee; Bozeman, MT)
- Steve Jennings (Charlotte, NC)
- The Pool School (Jerry Briesath; Madison, WI; Phoenix, AZ)
- Tony Robles (robles9@aol.com; New York, NY)
Note: I am sure there are many excellent instructors who are not on the list above. I only add people with whom I have had direct experience with, or who come highly recommended by people I know and trust.
see also:
Online Retailers of Pool and Billiards products
*: most popular and/or with largest inventories
pool tables and accesories:
non-US retailers:
photos, images, art work and prints:
Human-created sites with links to billiards.colostate.edu
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