Product Description

Sharpen strategy and shot-making skills, whether it's eight ball, nine ball, straight pool, or one pocket, "Precision Pool" will reveal the secrets the pros know.Authors Gerry "The Ghost" Kanov and Shari "The Shark" Stauch leave nothing to chance, sharing the wealth of experience they gained from coaching or competing against virtually every top professional player. The result is simply the most comprehensive and useful book ever written on pool.This updated second edition includes the following - grips, vision and aim, power breaks, bank shots, combinations, English, safeties, practice plans, match strategies and 200 full-colour diagrams of critical shots, common patterns and trick shots.Whether the reader is a weekend player or seasoned professional, or serious about improving their game, "Precision Pool" is the best shot.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #225358 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 264 pages

About the Author
Gerry "The Ghost" Kanov and Shari "The Shark" Stauch combine an unprecedented wealth of professional pool experience and talent to create this book. Both are staff members of Pool & Billiard Magazine, the top publication for the sport. They have played and worked with virtually every top professional pool player and instructor in the world. Kanov has been playing professional and amateur pool since 1968. He has dozens of local and national championships and top-three finishes, including two national team championships as a player and coach. Stauch was a touring pro on the Women's Pro Billiard Tour from 1980 to 2004, when she retired to pursue promotion of the sport full time. She was consistently ranked among the top 32 players in the world, even while serving as executive editor of Pool & Billiard Magazine and handling publicity for the Women's Pro Billiard Tour. Stauch is the founding president of the Billiard Education Foundation, which conducts youth billiard national championships and scholarship programmes.

Customer Reviews

An excellent book for the beginner
As a pro player, I am always on the lookout for aids to improve my game. This is one of the books I have purchased and treasured. Most of the content is quite basic, but it is amazing how much I have neglected in my game. This basic information becomes so important if you want to be a good player. I really enjoyed the fact that anyone can take a short cut into the game. Most pros learn from trial and error. The most useful part of this book was the defining physics of pool, from the bounce of the table to the speed of a break. This has increased my breaking skill from being lucky just to pot 1 ball on the break to potting 3 consistently. The only thing missing from this book is the ommision of the diamond system which is given in other books such as Byrne's Advanced Technique in Pool and Billiards. This book is perfect for the beginer to novice and is highly recommended by myself.

This book is a MUST READ for serious pool players!
I have been playing pool for over 25 years, and it never fails to intrigue me when I find a book with information that makes me think. If you feel like you have run out of things to learn, I challenge you to read this book! And if you are a beginner, this book will save you years of frustration by showing you how to play correctly before you inadvertently develop bad habits.

Fantastic book to start playing real pool
I was a pool/snooker player on bars and pubs just for the fun of it, then I bought a pool table to my home and I wanted to started playing some real pool. This is the perfect book for it, great examples, fantastic figures and explanations, practices, etc.... It's the book that I wanted to learn correctly how to play the game!