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Allan P. Sand

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All of my books are written to fit the needs of players. There are books for beginners, intermediate shooters, and advanced competitors. When you purchase a book and discover it is either ahead or behind your current skills, please return the book and no worries. If you like the book, do a review about how it advanced your skills and/or knowledge.

Most of my books are about pocket billiards and carom billiards. It is my life's purpose to promote cue sports. I've written many useful books and produced many videos - all to advance that purpose. In addition to these efforts, I am also active on the Instructors Committee of the PBIA (Professional Billiards Instructors Association).

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	SAFETY TOOLBOX - Advanced Defensive Strategies and Tactical Tools for Pool & Pocket Billiards 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cue Ball Control Cheat Sheets for Pocket Billiards: Shortcuts to Perfect Position & Shape 3.17 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Art of War versus The Art of Pool: How Sun Tsu would teach billiards strategy and tactics 4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drills & Exercises for Pool & Pocket Billiards - Discover your Comfort and Chaos Zones: How to become an expert pool shooter 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basic Defense & Safety Fundamentals for Pool & Pocket Billiards 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Psychology of Gamesmanship - How to Manage Mind Games and Tricks really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Basic Cue Ball Control Fundamentals: Improve cue ball management skills!! it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Billiards Skills Competition Training Program: Cue Sports Testing Curriculum and Competitive Challenge Shootouts really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cue Ball Control Secrets - How to Master Speed and Spin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Advanced Cue Ball Control Self-Testing Program for Pool & Pocket Billiards: Break-through Reality Checks for Dedicated Players it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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(BSC) Billiard Skills Challenge – Controlled Runout: Horizontal Set 2 of 3

(About the Author) Here is Today’s Test Group Challenge from the book. This progressive set develops personal confidence when similar shots come up during competition. PURPOSE: Start with Ball-in-Hand. Pocket the balls ALL IN THE SAME POCKET – using two patterns: – from Rail ball to outside ball (one end to the other end) – […]

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