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Precision Pool 2nd Edition PDF

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ISBN: 9781492574125

©2008

Page Count: 264

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Sharpen your strategy and shot-making skills! Whether it's eight ball, nine ball, straight pool, or one pocket, Precision Pool will reveal the secrets the pros know in this attractive full-color offering.

Authors Gerry “The Ghost” Kanov and Shari “The Shark” Stauch leave nothing to chance, sharing the wealth of experience they gained from coaching or competing against virtually every top professional player. The result—Precision Pool—is simply the most comprehensive and useful book ever written on pool.

This updated second edition includes the following:

-Grips

-Vision and aim

-Power breaks

-Bank shots

-Combinations

-English

-Safeties

-Practice plans

-Match strategies

-200 full-color diagrams of critical shots, common patterns, and trick shots

Whether you are a weekend player or seasoned professional, if you are serious about improving your game, Precision Pool is your best shot.

Chapter 1. The Shooter's Checklist
Chapter 2. Aim and Vision
Chapter 3. Cue Ball Control
Chapter 4. Game Breaks
Chapter 5. Critical Shots
Chapter 6. Rules of Pattern Play
Chapter 7. Playing with Patterns
Chapter 8. Safety Play
Chapter 9. Which Way to the Win
Chapter 10. Match Strategy and Tactics
Chapter 11. Mind-Body Toughness
Chapter 12. Practice Made Fun!

Gerry “The Ghost” Kanov and Shari “The Shark” Stauch combine an unprecedented wealth of professional pool experience and talent to create this book. Both are staff members of Pool & Billiard Magazine, the top publication for the sport. They have played and worked with virtually every top professional pool player and instructor in the world.

Kanov has been playing professional and amateur pool since 1968. He has dozens of local and national top 3 finishes and championships, including two national team championships as a player and coach. He is an instructional editor and technical advisor for Pool & Billiard Magazine and has written dozens of instruction articles, including the popular “Ghost” and “Eight Ball Ernie” columns, P&B reader favorites.

Kanov was a touring professional on the Camel Pro Billiard Series and a coach for several top players. He also has a screen credit: He portrayed a referee in the motion picture The Color of Money. Kanov and his wife make their home in Nashville, Tennessee.

Stauch, a member of the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Hall of Fame, was a touring pro on the Women's Pro Billiard Tour from 1980 to 2004, when she retired to pursue promotion of the sport full time. She was consistently ranked in the top 32 players in the world, even while serving as executive editor of Pool & Billiard Magazine and handling publicity for the Women's Pro Billiard Tour. She has performed dozens of exhibitions for clients, including Gordon's Gin and ESPN.

Stauch was the founding president of the Billiard Education Foundation, which conducts youth billiard national championships and scholarship programs. Stauch also was involved as a consultant for The Color of Money. In 2003 she was selected as the billiard mentor for You Can Do It, a book conceived by United Flight 93 heroine Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas to inspire women to try new sports and hobbies. Shari resides with her husband and two children outside of Charleston, South Carolina.

Together, Kanov and Stauch authored the first edition of Precision Pool as well as Pool Player's Edge: Advanced Skills, Shots, and Strategies for 8-Ball and 9-Ball. For more on the authors, including archived articles, visit www.PoolMag.com.

"Precision Pool contains valuable information that can be obtained only from instructors who have dedicated themselves to the sport. Shari Stauch and Gerry Kanov have that dedication, and it is reflected in this book. Precision Pool is required reading for players looking to improve their game."
Harold Simonsen
Publisher of Pool & Billiard Magazine and PoolMag.com

"Precision Pool is required reading. An indispensable shortcut for the savvy player!"
Vicki Paski
WPBA Hall of Fame

As a former pro and renowned publisher in the billiard industry, Shari Stauch has been privy to some of the best instructors and players of all time. Precision Pool is an accumulation of that vast and valuable knowledge.
Charlie Williams
World Class Pro & Founder of Dragon Promotions

   Sample pages: aim and visionSample pages: aim and vision  Shari Stauch discusses the need for the book  Shari Stauch on the importance of the preshot rituals  Shari Stauch provides keys to getting started  Shari Stauch shares pool insights and tips  Shari Stauch's tips for shot making  

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Gerry Kanov,Shari Stauch

Precision Pool 2nd Edition PDF

$19.95 USD

Sharpen your strategy and shot-making skills! Whether it's eight ball, nine ball, straight pool, or one pocket, Precision Pool will reveal the secrets the pros know in this attractive full-color offering.

Authors Gerry “The Ghost” Kanov and Shari “The Shark” Stauch leave nothing to chance, sharing the wealth of experience they gained from coaching or competing against virtually every top professional player. The result—Precision Pool—is simply the most comprehensive and useful book ever written on pool.

This updated second edition includes the following:

-Grips

-Vision and aim

-Power breaks

-Bank shots

-Combinations

-English

-Safeties

-Practice plans

-Match strategies

-200 full-color diagrams of critical shots, common patterns, and trick shots

Whether you are a weekend player or seasoned professional, if you are serious about improving your game, Precision Pool is your best shot.

Chapter 1. The Shooter's Checklist
Chapter 2. Aim and Vision
Chapter 3. Cue Ball Control
Chapter 4. Game Breaks
Chapter 5. Critical Shots
Chapter 6. Rules of Pattern Play
Chapter 7. Playing with Patterns
Chapter 8. Safety Play
Chapter 9. Which Way to the Win
Chapter 10. Match Strategy and Tactics
Chapter 11. Mind-Body Toughness
Chapter 12. Practice Made Fun!

Gerry “The Ghost” Kanov and Shari “The Shark” Stauch combine an unprecedented wealth of professional pool experience and talent to create this book. Both are staff members of Pool & Billiard Magazine, the top publication for the sport. They have played and worked with virtually every top professional pool player and instructor in the world.

Kanov has been playing professional and amateur pool since 1968. He has dozens of local and national top 3 finishes and championships, including two national team championships as a player and coach. He is an instructional editor and technical advisor for Pool & Billiard Magazine and has written dozens of instruction articles, including the popular “Ghost” and “Eight Ball Ernie” columns, P&B reader favorites.

Kanov was a touring professional on the Camel Pro Billiard Series and a coach for several top players. He also has a screen credit: He portrayed a referee in the motion picture The Color of Money. Kanov and his wife make their home in Nashville, Tennessee.

Stauch, a member of the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) Hall of Fame, was a touring pro on the Women's Pro Billiard Tour from 1980 to 2004, when she retired to pursue promotion of the sport full time. She was consistently ranked in the top 32 players in the world, even while serving as executive editor of Pool & Billiard Magazine and handling publicity for the Women's Pro Billiard Tour. She has performed dozens of exhibitions for clients, including Gordon's Gin and ESPN.

Stauch was the founding president of the Billiard Education Foundation, which conducts youth billiard national championships and scholarship programs. Stauch also was involved as a consultant for The Color of Money. In 2003 she was selected as the billiard mentor for You Can Do It, a book conceived by United Flight 93 heroine Lauren Catuzzi Grandcolas to inspire women to try new sports and hobbies. Shari resides with her husband and two children outside of Charleston, South Carolina.

Together, Kanov and Stauch authored the first edition of Precision Pool as well as Pool Player's Edge: Advanced Skills, Shots, and Strategies for 8-Ball and 9-Ball. For more on the authors, including archived articles, visit www.PoolMag.com.

"Precision Pool contains valuable information that can be obtained only from instructors who have dedicated themselves to the sport. Shari Stauch and Gerry Kanov have that dedication, and it is reflected in this book. Precision Pool is required reading for players looking to improve their game."
Harold Simonsen
Publisher of Pool & Billiard Magazine and PoolMag.com

"Precision Pool is required reading. An indispensable shortcut for the savvy player!"
Vicki Paski
WPBA Hall of Fame

As a former pro and renowned publisher in the billiard industry, Shari Stauch has been privy to some of the best instructors and players of all time. Precision Pool is an accumulation of that vast and valuable knowledge.
Charlie Williams
World Class Pro & Founder of Dragon Promotions

   Sample pages: aim and visionSample pages: aim and vision  Shari Stauch discusses the need for the book  Shari Stauch on the importance of the preshot rituals  Shari Stauch provides keys to getting started  Shari Stauch shares pool insights and tips  Shari Stauch's tips for shot making  

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