Amy Wall - The Everything Pool & Billiards Book: From Breaking To Bank Shots, Everything You Need To Master The Game

THE EVERYTHING POOL & BILLIARDS BOOK

From breaking to bank shots all you need to master the game

Amy Wall & Francine Crimi

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J I H G F E D

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Wall, Amy.

The everything pool & billiards book / Amy Wall & Francine Crimi.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-58062-968-7

ISBN 13: 978-1-60550-519-0 (EPUB)

1. Pool (Game) 2. Billiards. I. Title: Everything pool and billiards book. II. Crimi, Francine. III. Title.

GV891.W23 2003

794.73 dc21 2003008266

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The Pool & Billiards Book

Dear Reader:

When I was fourteen, my dad had a pool table installed in our basement. Always the strategist, he figured that boys would soon come calling and it would be a lot less obvious checking them out over a game of eight ball rather than grilling them on the living-room couch. It worked, too, and as I moved through my teens, we had a standing family chuckle that all perspective suitors had to pass the dad-eight-ball test. After a while, I noticed a strange correlation between my curfew that evening and the outcome of the match, and I'd often find myself whispering into the ear of my date lose lose lose.

The byproduct of my father's plan exceeded our wildest expectations as our home became a social gathering place for family, friends, and neighbors to kick back and have some fun, and I, of course, went on to become a professional player. What great times those were, and still are!

It's my wish for you that this book will help bring you closer to the wonderful sport of billiards; and with the friendly, conversational writing style of Amy Wall, along with my technical know-how, we hope you'll have a whole lot of fun in the process.

Sincerely,