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Chapter 2 - Fundamentals

• NV 2.1 - Miscue due to off-center hit with no chalk
• NV 2.2 - Close-up of the grip during a good stroke
• NV 2.3 - Mechanical bridge stroke with elbow out
• NV 2.4 - Mechanical bridge stroke with elbow vertical (see NV 2.3)
• NV 2.5 - A good stroke
• NV 2.6 - Steering follow through

Chapter 3 - Executing Basic Shots

• NV 3.1 - Practicing contact point and ghost ball visualization
• NV 3.2 - Using the cue to help visualize the impact and aiming lines
• NV 3.3 - Addressing the ball and taking your stance
• NV 3.4 - 90° rule with various cut angles
• NV 3.5 - Using your hand to visualize the 90° rule impact and tangent lines
• NV 3.6 - Stop shot
• NV 3.7 - Using the 90° rule to check for and prevent a scratch
• NV 3.8 - Using your hand to visualize the 30° rule
• NV 3.9 - 30° rule example
• NV 3.10 - Using the 30° rule to check for and prevent a scratch
• NV 3.11 - Following the recommended routine for planning and executing a shot
• NV 3.12 - Side pocket near point effects
• NV 3.13 - Corner pocket near rail effects
• NV 3.14 - Near rail rattle (see NV 3.13)
• NV 3.15 - Large target size for shallow-angle rail shots

Chapter 4 - Spin and English

• NV 4.1 - Stun shot
• NV 4.2 - Using a draw shot to prevent a scratch
• NV 4.3 - Straight-on draw shot
• NV 4.4 - Using draw to minimize deflected motion of the cue ball
• NV 4.5 - Using a follow shot to prevent a scratch
• NV 4.6 - Straight-on follow shot
• NV 4.7 - Following an obstacle ball into a pocket
• NV 4.8 - Rail dribble follow shot
• NV 4.9 - Normal follow shot into a rail
• NV 4.10 - Effect of left English
• NV 4.11 - Effect of right English
• NV 4.12 - Using English for position control
• NV 4.13 - Squirt due to high speed English
• NV 4.14 - English swerve due to an elevated cue
• NV 4.15 - Using throw to make a partially blocked shot
• NV 4.16 - Over-cutting a cut shot to compensate for throw
• NV 4.17 - Rail cut-shot with natural English
• NV 4.18 - Large cue-ball deviation from the tangent-line with follow and small cut-angle
• NV 4.19 - Large cue-ball deviation from the tangent-line with draw and small cut-angle
• NV 4.20 - Delay of follow, tangent-line deviation with higher speed
• NV 4.21 - Delay of draw, tangent-line deviation with higher speed
• NV 4.22 - Avoiding a tangent line scratch using slow speed
• NV 4.23 - Cue ball path control for a cut shot next to a rail
• NV 4.24 - 30° rule speed effects
• NV 4.25 - Positioning the cue ball at all spots on the table from an easy side pocket shot

Chapter 5 - Position Play and Strategy

• NV 5.1 - Using speed and angle-control to pocket a three-ball sequence
• NV 5.2 - Using speed and angle-control to pocket another three-ball sequence
• NV 5.3 - Using side English to help run a four-shot sequence
• NV 5.4 - Using reverse English to kill the cue ball motion off a rail
• NV 5.5 - Hitting the rail first for position
• NV 5.6 - Hitting the rail first to avoid an obstacle ball
• NV 5.7 - Cheating a pocket
• NV 5.8 - Freeze the cue ball on an object ball for a safety

Chapter 6 - Bank and Kick Shots

• NV 6.1 - Equal distance bank method
• NV 6.2 - Equal extended-rail-distance bank method
• NV 6.3 - Parallel-line bank method example
• NV 6.4 - Kick shot mirror-image method
• NV 6.5 - Equal separation-distance kick-shot method
• NV 6.6 - Bank high-speed effect
• NV 6.7 - Bank low-speed effect
• NV 6.8 - Kick shot with natural English
• NV 6.9 - Kick shot with reverse English (see NV 6.8)
• NV 6.10 - Using English to create an angled kick- shot
• NV 6.11 - Using reverse English to straighten a kick shot
• NV 6.12 - Bank outside-cut creating reverse English
• NV 6.13 - Bank inside-cut creating natural English

Chapter 7 - Advanced Techniques (Shot Making)

• NV 7.1 - Aiming a combination shot
• NV 7.2 - Cue ball billiard shot
• NV 7.3 - Object ball carom shot
• NV 7.4 - 30° rule billiard shot
• NV 7.5 - Frozen ball throw
• NV 7.6 - Frozen cue ball throw
• NV 7.7 - Power break stance and stroke
• NV 7.8 - Soft 9-ball break
• NV 7.9 - Two-rail parallel-line kick-shot method
• NV 7.10 - Double kiss of a ball frozen to a rail
• NV 7.11 - Large-curve massé shot
• NV 7.12 - Small-curve massé shot
• NV 7.13 - Jump shot
• NV 7.14 - Bunjee Jumper video demonstrations

Additional clips not referenced in the book (but referenced in Billiards Digest articles and online discussion threads):

• NV A.1 - Cut shot vs. carom shot example

• from the movie "The Hustler"
  • NV A.2 - 8-ball bank hustle shot
  • NV A.3 - Illegally pocketing a ball with cue follow-through
  • NV A.4 - Cue ball carom into a frozen-ball combination
  • NV A.5 - Perfect setup object ball carom shot
  • NV A.6 - Massé-draw billiard (carom) shot

• from the movie "The Color of Money"
  • NV A.7 - Post safety, dead on, frozen carom, two-rail kick shot
  • NV A.8 - Frozen bank, corner rattle artistic shot
  • NV A.9 - Frozen kick off the rail shot
  • NV A.10 - Power draw for run-out position
  • NV A.11 - Partial jump shot, dead-on combination shot

• from the movie "Pool Hall Junkies"
  • NV A.12 - Partial jump shot
  • NV A.13 - Frozen cue-ball carom-kick shot
  • NV A.14 - Double bank-carom or bank-double-carom shot
  • NV A.15 - Kick shot out of the jaws of a pocket
  • NV A.16 - Rail-assist jump shot

• NV A.17 - Effective squirt vs. speed
• NV A.18 - Colin Colenso's throw test video (effects of speed and English)
• NV A.19 - Colin Colenso's back-hand-English saga (for squirt compensation)
• NV A.20 - Colin Colenso's power break instructional video
• NV A.21 - Bank shot using throw and spin transfer

• NV B.1 - Mike Page's squirt and swerve video
• NV B.2 - Mike Page's double hits, push shots, and frozen balls
• NV B.3 - Mike Page's aiming video (part 1, part 2)
• NV B.4 - Mike Page's draw video
• NV B.5 - Mike Page's pre-shot routine video (part 1, part 2)
• NV B.6 - Mike Page's half-ball hit gems (part 1, part 2)

• NV B.7 - Ball "turn" caused by sidespin
• NV B.8 - Straight throw of a second object ball
• NV B.9 - Power draw practice and adjustments
• NV B.10 - Drag spin loss and English persistence

• NV B.11 - End-of-game frozen rail cut shot offensive option
• NV B.12 - End-of-game frozen bank shot offensive option
• NV B.13 - End-of-game frozen kiss-back safety option
• NV B.14 - End-of-game frozen cut shot safety option
• NV B.15 - End-of-game frozen reverse bank shot offensive option
• NV B.16 - End-of-game frozen 3-rail two-way shot option

• NV B.17 - Double-kiss bank shot examples with Tom Ross
• NV B.18 - Kick shot cue ball hold shot example with Tom Ross
• NV B.19 - Multiple frozen-ball kiss shots with Tom Ross

• NV B.20 - Spin transfer bank shots
• NV B.21 - Straight shot squirt, swerve, and throw
• NV B.22 - Two-times and three-times across bank shots
• NV B.23 - Cross-corner bank shot double kiss detection and avoidance

• NV B.24 - Joe Tucker's squirt, swerve, and BHE/FHE combo (part 1, part 2, part 3)

• NV B.25 - Using draw and English to beat a scratch in a side pocket, with Tom Ross
• NV B.26 - Draw shots near a rail, with Tom Ross
• NV B.27 - Rail-first draw kick safety, with Tom Ross
• NV B.28 - Pocket point compression shot
• NV B.29 - Shortening the cue ball rebound angle with draw and reverse English, with Tom Ross

• NV B.30 - Cue ball position control with nearly straight-in shots
• NV B.31 - Using inside English and follow to beat a scratch and get down-table position
• NV B.32 - Squirt and the effects of endmass
• NV B.33 - Back-hand swoop and twist ball-turn techniques
• NV B.34 - Using back-hand swoop to get maximum English
• NV B.35 - Corner-5, Plus-2, and one-rail kicks, and "spot on the wall" aiming, with Tom Ross

• NV B.36 - Mike Page's overspin
• NV B.37 - Mike Page's after-collision masse
• NV B.38 - After-collision masse example with a nearly straight-in shots, with Tom Ross
• NV B.39 - After-collision masse example to avoid an obstacle ball, with Tom Ross
• NV B.40 - Masse-draw billiard (carom) trick shot from the movie "The Hustler"
• NV B.41 - Coriolis masse shot aiming method with a large-curve example
• NV B.42 - Coriolis masse shot aiming method small-curve example
• NV B.43 - Cue ball position control stun, roll, and draw reference lines
• NV B.44 - Dr. Dave 30-degree-rule peace-sign hand calibration
• NV B.45 - Cue ball path speed effects
• NV B.46 - Cue ball path scratch avoid, cluster break-out, and billiard (carom) examples
• NV B.47 - Draw shot off a rail requiring slower speed for position, with Tom Ross
• NV B.48 - Frozen cue ball position control options

• NV B.49 - Using your knuckles to prevent a double hit and stop the cue ball, with Bob Jewett
• NV B.50 - Using your knuckles to prevent a double hit and get follow, with Bob Jewett
• NV B.51 - Using your natural forward stroke limit to prevent a double hit and get draw, with Bob Jewett
• NV B.52 - Using a fouette shot to prevent a double hit, with Bob Jewett
• NV B.53 - How to determine which ball was hit first by watching the cue ball, with Bob Jewett
• NV B.54 - How to determine which ball was hit first by watching the object balls, with Bob Jewett
• NV B.55 - Bob Jewett's two-times-fuller frozen-cue-ball aiming system
• NV B.56 - Bob Jewett's ten-times-fuller frozen-object-ball aiming system
• NV B.57 - Kick shot speed, topspin, and bottom-spin effects, with Bob Jewett

See also:

• Links to many other online billiards videos
• High-speed pool and billiards video clips
• Instructional articles

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