- 30-degree
and 90-degree rules
- 30-degree rule
- 90-degree rule
- ball condition effects
- carom and kiss shot aiming
- Dr.
Dave's peace-sign technique
- half-ball hit "gems"
- largest
deflected angle
- poetry
- resources
- speed effects
- when the 30-degree rule
applies
- where the CB goes for different cases
- advice
- alcohol
effects
- doing what feels "natural"
- improving your
game
- "secrets" and "gems" of pool
- selecting an instructor
- what it takes to play like a pro
- aiming
- aiming
systems
- benefits of various aiming systems
- aim compensation for squirt, swerve, and throw
- squirt, swerve, and throw effects
- bank and kick shot aiming systems
- bisect-pivot-and-shift aiming system
- Center-to-Edge (CTE) aiming system
- Stan Shuffett's version
- evaluation and analysis
- contact-point-to-contact-point or parallel-lines system
- Dave's Aiming Method (DAM) aiming system
- double-the-distance or double-the-overlap aiming method
- fractional-ball aiming
- frozen-ball shots
- ghost-ball
aiming
- Hal Houle's 3-angle system
- Hit-A-Million-Balls (HAMB) aiming system
- limited lines of aim
- 90/90 pivot-based aiming system
- pivot-based system issues
- Perfect Aim
- Pro One
- shaft-edge aiming system
- sighting
- Supplemental Aiming Method (SAM)
- using lights and ball
reflections
- balls
- colors
- compression effects
- contact time
- material
- Silicone spray effects
- types for different games
- weight and wear effects
- bank
and kick shots
- advantages of fast speed
- bank shot drills
- contact-point mirror system for shallow-angle, rolling kick
shots
- Corner 5 System for aiming tww-, three- and four-rail kicks off a long rail
- diamond systems for
kick shots
- double kiss detection and avoidance with bank shots
- effects
and factors to consider
- equal-distance mirror system for bank and kick shots
- fast-speed mirror-system adjustment
- kick shot drills
- magic spot three-rail mirror-image kicking system
- Plus System for aiming two-rail kicks off a short rail
- spin transfer bank shots
- spot-on-the-wall kicking system
- through-diamond rolling-cue-ball one-rail kick system
- two-rail
parallel-line kick shot
- two-times-across and three-times-across bank shots
- two-times-across Z-kick system
- books
- physics
of pool
- mental side of the game
- recommended books
- reviews of Dr. Dave's book
- break
- ball
hop and squat
- break drills
- English
- follow-through
- making the 8-ball
- measuring your own
break speed
- pattern racking strategy
- technique and equipment advice
- ten-ball break
- bridge
- closed bridge variations
- open
vs. closed
- length
- technique advice
- carom shots
- cue
- cleaning
- dent removal
- elevation effects
- "feel,"
"hit," "feedback," and "playability"
- ferrule
- jump cue
- low-squirt
(low deflection or LD) shafts
- advantages
- disadvantages
- getting more spin
- natural pivot length
- "squirt," "deflection,"
"stiffness"
- types and tapers
- vibration
- weight
- cue
tip
- deformation and mushrooming
- contact time
- efficiency
- hardness
and English
- recommended brands
- size and shape
- cut shot
- back cut
- ball-hit fraction vs. cut angle
- estimating cut angle
- "impossible" cut shots
- margin for error
- overcutting
- rail cut shots
- travel distance for CB and OB
- undercutting
- deflection (see squirt)
- draw
- advice and drills
- bridge length effects
- cloth and cue ball effects
- cue elevation effects
- physics-based advice
- power draw
- quick draw
- trisect aiming system
- drills
- bank shot drills
- break drills
- carom shot drills
- Colin's potting drill
- custom drills
- drill
resources
- 8-ball bowling and 10-ball bowlliards
- Equal Offense
- FARGO
- Hopkins Q Skills
- jump shot drills
- kick shot drills
- MOFUDAT (center-ball stroke drill)
- 9-ball rating
drill
- position control drills
- progressive practice
- safety drills
- target drill
- 3-ball drill
- wagon wheel drills
- why do drills
- English
- aim compensation for squirt, swerve, and throw
- squirt, swerve, and throw effects
- back-hand
(BHE) and front-hand English (FHE)
- inside English
- maximum English
- outside English
- rail cut shots
- spin
axis "flip" demonstration
- "spin," "slide,"
and "roll"
- spin transfer
- terminology
- "tips" of English
- when
to learn
- eyes and vision
- depth perception
- dominant
eye
- eye pattern "best practices"
- finding the center of the cue ball
- quiet eyes
- sighting
- vision center
- which ball to look at last
- facts and history
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- follow
- accuracy
- ball hop
- drag follow
- effects
of tip offset, speed, distance, cut angle
- normal roll, maximum offset,
and overspin
- rail dribble
- fouls
- double
hits
- first contact legal hit
- frozen cue ball shot
- miscue
- "scoop"
jump shot
- frozen balls
- aiming systems
- fouls
- position control
- throw
- grip
- effects
of light vs. tight grip
- technique advice
- jump shot
- highly
elevated cue jump shots
- object ball jump shot
- over cutting
- rail jump shot
- technique
advice and drills
- kick shots (see bank and kick shots)
- lag shot
- masse
shot
- after-collision masse shots
- aiming
- cue and tip
- elevation and speed effects
- mental
aspects
- changing bad habits
- "choking" - how to help prevent
- "dead stroke," and being in the zone
- knowledge can be useful, but you still need skill
- learning mental control
- learning
vs. intuition
- physics "understanding" sometimes provides useful insight
- technical
knowledge is not enough
- physics
of pool and billiards
- Coriolis
- physical properties
- resources
- simulator
- player
ratings
- 9-ball rating drill
- Accu-Stats TPA
- A-D rating system
- APA handicapping system
- Arizona 1-10 rating system
- Fargo rating system
- Hopkins Q Skill rating system
- National Pool League (NPL) rating system
- Pool Quotient
(PQ) progressive-drill ability test
- pocket
- corner
pocket rattle and how to avoid it
- "helping" English
- pocket "size" and "center"
- point
compression
- "tight" pockets
- position
control
- 30-degree and 90-degree rules
- 45-degree rule for center-table position routes
- leaving an angle on a shot and coming into the line of a shot
- nearly straight-in shots
- position control drills
- rail cut-shot 60-degree rule
- scratch avoidance
- speed effects
- target practice drills
- useful reference lines
- wagon wheel drills
- where the CB goes for
different cases
- pre-shot routine
- definition
- recommended best practices
- rail cut shots
- ratings (see player
ratings)
- rules
- safeties
- 30-degree rule examples
- "big ball" effect
- general
advice
- safety drills
- speed control
- ball
speeds and travel distances
- cue ball path speed effects
- drills and advice
- optimal tip height for speed control
- typical speeds for a range of shots
- spin
transfer
- squirt (deflection)
- aim compensation
- cue elevation effects
- cue
natural pivot length
- effects summary
- endmass and stiffness
- low-squirt cues
- miscue limit
- published
data
- speed effects
- squerve
- squirt, swerve, and throw confusion
- straight-in
shot with unintentional English
- tip hardness effects
- tip size and shape effects
- stance
- general
advice
- low stance
- snooker stance
- strategy
- bar box vs. 9-foot table
- 8-ball
- 9-ball
- general
- one-pocket
- racking strategy
- stroke
- acceleration
- best practices
- cue elevation
- chin height
- elbow drop
- follow-through
- forearm perpendicular to cue
- pendulum vs. piston stroke
- pre-shot routine
- set-pause-finish
(SPF)
- what is a pause?
- why pause?
- shooting over a ball
- slip stroke
- staying down on the shot
- swoop
- technique advice
- stun
- definitions
- 90 degree rule
- swerve
- contributing
factors
- OB "swerve" and "turn"
- reducing swerve
- squerve
- table
- cloth effects
- cloth types
- drawing
lines on the cloth
- equipment specifications
- how to clean and maintain
- humidity effects
- pocket sizes
- "speed" of the cloth
- standard
table and room sizes
- terminology
- throw
- answers
to questions about CIT, SIT, and OE
- cling/skid/kick
- draw and follow effects
- effects summary
- examples
- frozen balls
- "hold"
or "kill" shot to limit cue ball drift
- maximum throw
- outside English to prevent throw and cling
- spin
transfer
- stop shot with English
- training
aids
- aiming aids
- books
- instructional diagrams
- permission
to use Dr. Dave's resources
- spotted ball vs. striped ball
- videos
- trick and proposition shots
- coin proposition shots
- famous trick shots
- proposition shots
- shots from pool movies
- videos
- Austrian
high-speed footage
- Dr. Dave's video
production methods
- Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards
- Jacksonville Project and other high-speed video studies
- movies with billiards themes
- reviews of Dr.
Dave's DVDs
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots (VEPS)
- videos online
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