The game is 9-ball here.  In Diagram 1, the cue ball is frozen to the 8-ball and their line of centers are aimed to miss to the right...

[Some very interesting information at the 2:26 mark!] ​​ We want to talk about an area you might have overlooked when you’re working hard...

Most pool players lose way too many games because of poor mental decisions. They do not know how to systematically approach each shot and...

This time I’ll introduce you a classical masse shot played in the trick shot championship. In the WPA program this shot is rated as a...

A few weeks ago, I was playing some One Pocket with a student of mine in Edmonton who has improved his game by many levels over the year...

Imagine that the cue ball and the object ball are lined up straight and both very close to the end rail. You need to get position for the...

Hi! Dakotah Schmidtknecht here to do a review of the Viking exact shot shaft. First off, I’m no pro-shooter—I’m a VNEA B-level shooter...

Before I get into aiming, I want to iterate the fact that you need solid fundamentals for any aiming system to be effective. It will be...

This is part four of Kim Walker’s pool cue “How It’s Made” series—read parts one, two, three-A, and three-B to round out your knowledge....

The power breakers hit the head ball with as much energy and accuracy as they can muster. However, unless you have acquired a great skill...

Once you master composure, your actions take on a different tone. In your daily life you will walk strong. Composure is not how you act,...

For some of you, it’s about time you learned how to jump a cue ball. For others, it’s time to perfect your jumping skills even more....

This one rail kicking system is very effective and is easy to use. First, draw an imaginary X with both of the bottom points being...

For this article, we’re going to learn an old and very famous shot from the 60’s. First seen in the movie The Hustler, starring a young...

Firstly, the game at all levels of play starts with fundamentals. With no solid fundamentals, nobody can improve or compete to a decent...

The Stroke After we have discussed three out of four basic fundamentals, we come to the most important thing of all, The Stroke! If you...

Open Rail Bridge When you are in the situation that the cue ball is too close to the rail or on the rail, it is very hard to use a closed...

For this column we are going to revisit a classic—probably one of the most famous—trick shot. The original version was made famous by the...

Closed rail bridge Very often the cue ball comes close to the rail so we can not make any bridge from the playing surface, so we have to...

The level of how “good” you are is defined by your competition. For example, if you are playing with neighbors once a week around a home...