Links
to Various Useful Pool and Billiard Websites
supporting the
book: The
Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards
and the instructional video series: Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots (VEPS) and Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP)
Useful
General Online Resources
Online Instructional Resources
See also:
Pool
and Billiards Magazines
*: national, in-print, traditional, full-featured magazine
Pool
and Billiards Organizations and Leagues
- American
CueSports Alliance (ACS) (leagues and tournaments)
- American
Pool Players Association (APA) (leagues, tournaments, events news, industry information)
- Association of College Unions International (ACUI) (collegiate national championship)
- Billiard Congress
of America (BCA) (leagues, tournaments, events news, industry information)
- BCA Pool League (BCAPL) (leagues and tournaments)
- Billiard
Education Foundation (BEF) (education and advancement of young players)
- CueSports International (BCAPL, USAPL, tournaments)
- European Pocket Billiard Federation (EPBF)
- International
Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF)
- International
Pool Tour (IPT) (large prize money 8-ball events)
- Professional Billiard Instructors Organization (PBIA)
- The Association of Pool (TAP) or "Pool Amateur Tour" (leagues and tournaments)
- United
States Professional Poolplayers Association (UPA) (tour schedule, rankings)
- Union
Mondiale de Billard (UMB) (carom games)
- United States Billiard Media Association (media issues)
- Universal Pool League (UPL) (league and tournaments)
- USA Pool League (USAPL) (league and tournaments)
- Valley
National 8-ball League Association (VNEA)
- Women's
Professional Billiards Association (WPBA) (tour schedule, tournament results,
rankings)
- World Confederation
of Billiard Sports (WCBS) (Olympic Committee connection)
- World
Pool-Billiards Association (WPA) (rules, news, tournaments, links)
Pool
Schools and Well-known Billiards Instructors
- Allison's
World Champion Academy (Allison Fisher and Gerda Hofstatter; Charlotte,
NC)
- American
Billiard Academy (Roy Yamane; Denver, CO)
- Billiards
Academy (Walter Zincavage and Roy Pastor; Ayers, MA)
- Cue-Tech
College (Randy Goettlicher; Dallas, TX)
- Cue-U
College of Pool and Billiards (Bob and Linda Radford; Rockford, IL)
- CueSport
College (Fred Fechter; Peoria, IL)
- Dead
Stroke University (David Sapolis; El Paso, TX)
- Dr. Cue (Tom Rossman, Cloverdale, IN)
- Dr.
Dave's Pool School (David Alciatore; Fort Collins, CO)
- FargoBilliards
(Mike Page; Fargo, ND)
- Fran Crimi,
(francrimi@aol.com; Woodhaven,
NY)
- Gene Albrecht (north Wisconsin)
- Institute of
Billiard Sciences (Ken Tewksbury; Concord, NH)
- Joe
Tucker (Warwick, RI)
- JustCueIt
(Stan Shuffett; Greensburg, KY)
- Mark
Wilson's Successful Pool Clinic (Mark Wilson; St. Louis, MO)
- Monk
Billiards Academy (Tim "The Monk" Miller; Minneapolis, MN)
- National
Billiard Academy (Tom Simpson; Columbus, OH)
- Northwest Pool School (Mark Avlon; Lynnwood, WA)
- Ohio
Pool School (Denny Stewart, Bellevue, OH)
- Old School Pool School (Danny Diliberto, Freddy Bentivegna, Grady Mathews,
and Bill Smith; Fort Pierce, FL)
- Ray Martin (raymartin727@yahoo.com, 727-798-5561;
Largo, FL)
- Roger Long (Glendale, AZ)
- Ron Vitello (917-656-7189, vitelloaim@aol.com; New York, NY)
- Samm Diep (Denver, CO)
- San Francisco
Billiards Academy (Joseph Mejia and Bob Jewett; San Francisco, CA)
- Scott
Lee's Traveling College of Pool Knowledge (Scott Lee; Bozeman, MT)
- S&S
Billiards (Steve Jennings; Charlotte, NC)
- The
Pool School (Jerry Briesath; Madison, WI; Phoenix, AZ)
- Tom
Ross (Denver, CO)
- Tony
Robles Pool School (New York, NY)
Note: I am sure there are many excellent instructors who are not on the list above. I only add people with whom I have had direct experience with, or who come highly recommended by people I know and trust.
see also:
Online
Retailers of Pool and Billiards products
*: most popular
Human-created
sites with links to the "Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards"
website