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Every pool player should always be looking at ways to improve their game. This is a good starting point for finding out how, or where you can do this.

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REC billiardspress.com
[3834 hits, 200 votes, Average Rating 3.56] [Added: 5th Nov 2002]
Home of noted instructional author Phil Capelle and his Play Your Best Pool series of titles.
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40 Ways To Improve Your Game
[6481 hits, 150 votes, Average Rating 3.23] [Added: 2nd Nov 2002]
Three fantastic instructional books full of drills to improve your game.
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7 Day Free Course To Winning More Games
[1882 hits, 36 votes, Average Rating 2.86] [Added: 27th Jun 2005]
Discover how to win more games now with our free 7-day course. If you're serious about improving your pool game and beating your competition, then this 7-day FREE course is for you! Visit PoolPlayingTips.com now.
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Academy of the Cueing Arts
[2619 hits, 2101 votes, Average Rating 1.03] [Added: 26th Oct 2002]
The Premier BCA Academy for World Class Billiard Instruction Voted #1 Timothy White the "Australian Oyster" gurarentee's technical perfection results with "Knowledge is Power"
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Amateur Physics For The Amateur Pool Player
[3056 hits, 52 votes, Average Rating 4.02] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
Want to know how to calculate the force exerted on a cue ball by the cue tip? This online book (in PDF format) explains that and much more. Not for physics beginners.
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American Billiard Academy
[2708 hits, 64 votes, Average Rating 3.98] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
This is a new site for the ABA, which was founded to serve the billiard community as a premier education center. Basic information on a growing site.
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B.E.T.T.E.R. Play Billiards
[2801 hits, 32 votes, Average Rating 3.59] [Added: 16th Aug 2002]
Billiard Excellence Through Training, Education & Recreation.
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Ball Billiards for Beginners and Enthusiasts
[504 hits, 29 votes, Average Rating 2.14] [Added: 22nd Nov 2005]
An enthusiasts' guide to the game of pool and billiards. Know the history of billiards or the world standardized billiard rules. Find pool equipment manufacturers and other useful pool resources online.
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Be Good on Billiard
[2618 hits, 44 votes, Average Rating 5.14] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
Outstanding graphics for Shockwave and Flash enabled browsers, yet unintentionally funny because of its direct translation from the original French.
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Billard Club Sottevillais (3 bandes)
[1300 hits, 25 votes, Average Rating 3.24] [Added: 29th Aug 2002]
System for 3 cushions (French and English)
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Billard Club Sottevillais (5 skittles)
[971 hits, 2 votes, Average Rating 1.00] [Added: 29th Aug 2002]
Systems for 5 skittles billiard in French (Biliardo, 5 pin, 5 kegels)
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Billiardauctions.com
[465 hits, 5 votes, Average Rating 1.00] [Added: 12th Feb 2006]
Buy and sell pool, billiards and snooker equipment
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BILLIARDBASICS
[4713 hits, 243 votes, Average Rating 2.92] [Added: 2nd Sep 2002]
MIAMI'S POOL SCHOOL BY THE POOL... ONE ON ONE INSTRUCTIONS .. NOVICE TO ADVANCED PLAYERS.. MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME WITH CAPT TOM.....
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Billiardbook.com
[477 hits, 1 votes, Average Rating 1.00] [Added: 14th Jun 2006]
Billiardliterature, Training and instruction-books
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Billiards and Pool Instructional Articles
[2564 hits, 21 votes, Average Rating 5.29] [Added: 9th May 2004]
Instructional articles from Billiards Digest magazine for learning the principles of pool and billiards. The articles also point to various online video clip resources.
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Billiards Training Company
[297 hits, 2 votes, Average Rating 1.00] [Added: 17th May 2007]
Makers of the Allison Fisher Billiard Aim Trainer (BAT). They also offer billiards training and instruction.
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billiardsystems.com
[1797 hits, 32 votes, Average Rating 4.06] [Added: 16th Aug 2003]
Fully interactive instructional site for 3-Cushion Billiards. Animations, DVD's, Videos, etc.
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Blackjack David Sapolis
[1779 hits, 182 votes, Average Rating 3.31] [Added: 29th Aug 2003]
Billiard instruction by Blackjack David Sapolis. Contains articles, diagrams, book excerpts and links to other sites.
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Buddy Hall's Pool School
[2023 hits, 18 votes, Average Rating 4.67] [Added: 18th Jun 2002]
Available for exhibitions, private lessons or group lessons. Go to "Pool School" link for more information.
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CUE U College of Pool and Billiards
[835 hits, 64 votes, Average Rating 1.28] [Added: 11th Apr 2005]
BCA-Certified Master Instructor Bob Radford provides the finest one-on-one billiard instruction in the world.
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Cue-Tech College Of Cueing Arts And Sciences
[1872 hits, 36 votes, Average Rating 5.75] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
Some online instruction and enrollment info can be found at a site for what looks to be a superb billiards training establishment sporting qualified instructors.
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CueCoach
[1769 hits, 14 votes, Average Rating 3.29] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
A small, but useful text-only site that teaches the fundamentals of snooker technique, with practice routines included.
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CueSport College International
[1461 hits, 94 votes, Average Rating 0.86] [Added: 14th Aug 2002]
Teaching Anyone --- to become Better
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CueZine
[949 hits, 11 votes, Average Rating 2.45] [Added: 19th Sep 2004]
Pool and Snooker Instruction, Features and Videos updated weekly. International site in English and Chinese.
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Cutting Edge Billiards
[1747 hits, 23 votes, Average Rating 4.26] [Added: 20th May 2003]
Home of Aiming On The Cutting Edge - How to Develop a Precision Aiming System for Pocket Billiards.
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Dr. Dave’s Billiards Digest Magazine Instructional Articles
[1756 hits, 35 votes, Average Rating 2.60] [Added: 11th Jun 2004]
Well-illustrated instructional articles for learning the principles and techniques of pool and billiards. The articles also point to various useful online resources (narrated video demonstrations, high-speed video clips, and technical proofs).
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DrG's School of Pool
[1247 hits, 20 votes, Average Rating 4.40] [Added: 1st Jul 2003]
Professional Billiards Instruction from BCA Certified Billiard Instructor Larry Giles
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Easy Pool Tutor
[8041 hits, 291 votes, Average Rating 6.24] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
Free tips and lessons from this great-looking billiards instruction site. Lessons can be downloaded in ZIP-file format.
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Florida State School of Pool & Billiards
[881 hits, 0 votes, Average Rating 0] [Added: 16th Jan 2004]
One on One, One Student, One Instuctor.
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Freepool Lessons.com
[2102 hits, 10 votes, Average Rating 5.70] [Added: 19th Feb 2003]
Jimmy Reid
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High-speed Video Demonstrations
[1963 hits, 45 votes, Average Rating 5.58] [Added: 14th Jul 2003]
Online high-speed video clips filmed with a special high frame-rate camera. The clips illustrate various pool and billiard principles and techniques.
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Il Biliardo
[1384 hits, 5 votes, Average Rating 3.00] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
Billiards instruction by Italian professional, Guiseppe Cuttone from this Flash site. Try his "Angle 80" technique for size. The rest of the site is well worth a look. Italian and English.
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Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards
[6416 hits, 269 votes, Average Rating 1.58] [Added: 14th Jul 2003]
Online resources for understanding the principles and techniques of pool and billiards. The site includes online narrated video demonstrations and high-speed video clips, technical proofs of various dynamics principles, and links to related resources.
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Instruction From Planet Pool
[2265 hits, 7 votes, Average Rating 3.29] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
From the pages of Planet-Pool.com, pro player and instructor, Max Eberle, offers some great instructional articles.
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Learn how to play pool | Pool school billiards instruction
[394 hits, 0 votes, Average Rating 0] [Added: 15th Apr 2006]
Training center for pool and billiards with instruction, library and equipment.
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Learn How to Shoot Pool
[1205 hits, 6 votes, Average Rating 6.17] [Added: 20th Jan 2004]
The EZ Shot Ghost Ball is a pool training device that shows you exactly where to aim to make any shot. It comes wi a built in tangent line and a removable dial-a-English hand so you can learn position. It is the only true visual Ghost Ball.
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Mac's Billiard Academy
[1164 hits, 15 votes, Average Rating 4.67] [Added: 5th Jun 2002]
Billiards Academy in Calgary, AB founded by WPBA Pro Kathie MacDonald and her husband Rob, both BCA certified instructors.
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Online Video Demonstrations
[2869 hits, 139 votes, Average Rating 1.22] [Added: 14th Jul 2003]
Online video clips containing narrated demonstrations of various pool and billiard principles and techniques.
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Play Your Best Pool
[1106 hits, 8 votes, Average Rating 3.75] [Added: 3rd Dec 2002]
Play Your Best Pool has a good selection of cuses, cases, books, videos and accessories for the avid pool player
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playgreatpool
[1076 hits, 2 votes, Average Rating 5.50] [Added: 3rd Aug 2003]
Instructional clinics,Advanced Accuracy Cues (unique cues with emphasis on custom fitting and no metal for superior feel
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Pool School in Paradise
[1092 hits, 5 votes, Average Rating 4.80] [Added: 25th Apr 2002]
Week long instructional pool school in Vancouver, B.C. Instructors are Gerda Hofstatter, Mike Massey, Allison Fisher, and Paul Potier. (I attended in August 2001.)
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PoolClinics
[1063 hits, 8 votes, Average Rating 6.12] [Added: 20th Jan 2004]
Professional instructor & columnist Tom Simpson's website. 35+ columns, clinics & lesson information.
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Practice Drills from Jürgen Clos
[1830 hits, 22 votes, Average Rating 5.73] [Added: 20th Mar 2003]
Offers some valuable drills.
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Rate Your Game
[1219 hits, 2 votes, Average Rating 4.50] [Added: 17th Jan 2005]
A project at www.billiartips-e-press.com where you can rate your game based on questions. Response is immediate.
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StrEight Pool "The Shooting Game"
[998 hits, 4 votes, Average Rating 5.25] [Added: 19th Sep 2004]
A "Perfect Practice" System Experts agree - practice alone doesn't necessarily make perfect, but rather "PERFECT PRACTICE" makes perfect! "PERFECT PRACTICE" is made fun and easy with StrEight Pool StrEight Pool asseses a player's skills and then helps to set the player's individual goals according to his or her abilities. It is not enough to practice. Practice must be focused, concentrated and most of all, there must be an obective goal for the practice session.
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TableSkills
[2011 hits, 35 votes, Average Rating 5.49] [Added: 31st May 2002]
Lessons covering basic to advanced level play. Game specific sections and Billiard News archive.
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Technical Proofs
[1468 hits, 20 votes, Average Rating 4.60] [Added: 14th Jul 2003]
Physics-based mathematical analyses of various pool and billiard principles and techniques.
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The Best Damn Pool Instruction Book, Period!
[365 hits, 1 votes, Average Rating 1.00] [Added: 17th Oct 2005]
Fourteen chapters covering every aspect of the game of pocket billiards written in a very simple and concise teaching format by BCA Certified Instructor Ron Schneider
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The Monk 101 on DVD now!
[668 hits, 4 votes, Average Rating 2.50] [Added: 17th Jan 2005]
The DVD Monk 101 is really striking product among a few learning means available for pool players. On the one hand it's contents is based upon the Monk Academy Programm, and it's quality is confirmed by years long practice. Buying this new item you are not taking a chance to discover inside something unexpected or falling short of the pool scholarship traditions.
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The Monk Billiard Academy
[1528 hits, 20 votes, Average Rating 2.10] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
The who? Homepage of this reputable travelling instructor/author/columnist features pieces on various aspects of techinque. Nice-ish site - the articles are good if you don't mind a few spelling mistakes here and there.
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The Pool School
[1971 hits, 8 votes, Average Rating 4.38] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
Jerry Briesath was named "Dean of Master Instructors" by the Billiards Congress of America. This is his instruction page, where you can find information on how to go about getting taught by the master himself.
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Tips 'n Tales by Jim Meador
[1435 hits, 11 votes, Average Rating 4.64] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
A few highly informative chapters on billiard instruction, as well as some amusingly interesting accounts of incidents and situations on and around the pool table.
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Top Ten Myths in Pool
[2221 hits, 17 votes, Average Rating 5.00] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
This is not actually an instructional site as such, but these ten "myths" are explained in a highly educational manner. Interesting, but true.
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Welcome To The Bank
[2207 hits, 12 votes, Average Rating 2.92] [Added: 3rd Mar 2002]
Three of the more unusual shots in billiards, namely the carom, jump shot and the massè are explained on this site, video clips included.
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www.justcueit.com
[710 hits, 61 votes, Average Rating 5.00] [Added: 30th Jun 2005]
Official website of Stan and Landon Shuffett, Stan is a 13 year veteran BCA instructor. Also provided is information on junior player, Landon Shuffett and regular updates.
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www.TheSpiderOnLine.com
[2132 hits, 3 votes, Average Rating 2.00] [Added: 11th Jun 2004]
The Spider is the first pool training device that delivers real-time input on establishing the target line, contact point, aiming point and tangent line. Features a "live" ghost cue ball
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