Basic Cue Ball Control Fundamentals: Improve cue ball management skills!!

by Allan P. Sand

This book provides a combination of fundamental information and hands-on exercises. There are two sections – knowledge and skills – from which you can start with your current level of competence, and from there, improve and develop your competitive abilities. It’s not necessary to work your way through all the articles or all the skills. Scan through the table of contents and focus in on what most attracts your attention. The topics you need/want to learn right now will actually jump off the page. The Knowledge section provides functional intellectual information and guidelines. These help to understand how and why things happen. Even though you may already know some of the material, scan through the articles. There might be a useful tidbit here and there that can come in handy during a match. The Skills section includes various drills and exercises to improve your cue ball control skills. The layouts show the solutions you want to consistently accomplish. These require a few testing shots – to figure out how to do it. Once you know how, the next step is to shoot it over and over until you own the shot. Basically, once learned, forever known. For your 4 consecutive successes is a good level. If you prefer a PDF version of the book - check out the Billiards Gods blog.

80 pages, Paperback

First published December 16, 2012

About the author

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).

The Billiard Gods blog is the biggest pool blog on the planet (search for Billiard Gods and you'll get dozens of hits). Each week, I put out multiple posts - about videos, table drills, playing exercises, about the philosophy of competition, and useful knowledge.

Feel free to take advantage of these posts. When you identify an area of interest where you need more information, please buy the book or books that focus in that area.

My life does include other interests. I have published book about Team Sports, Politics, Business Marketing, and even Cooking.

Thank you for your consideration and time.