Pool and Billiards Instructional Articles by Joe Waldron
... dealing mostly with the mental side or mental game of pool

Mechanics

• Shoot like the pros (follow through)
• Stand up cure
• Changing bad habits

• Getting the most from time management
• Teachers and coaches
• Pool quotient
• Self assessment
• Controlling the cue ball: Revised Wagon Wheel
• Table diagrams (to create a book of shots to practice)

The Mental Game: Getting in the zone

• Competitive anxiety
• Hypnosis and pool playing
• Fake it till you make it
• Imagery
• Learning mental control
• Seing is believing
• Self talk works

Playing the Game

• Round Robin Tournament (friendly 8-ball tournament handicapping system)
• Olympic 9-Ball
• Challenge Ladder
• Hopkins Q-Skills
• Fargo

Miscellaneous Do It Yourself ideas

• Pool table stimpmeter  (measuring the table's speed)

	Joe Waldron, PhD, is a retired psychology professor. He wrote pool-related sports psychology articles for the Youngstown "Cues and News" for several years. He lives with his spouse in Leesburg, Florida, and can be reached at: woodsman42001@yahoo.com