| Preface | | xvii | (4) |
| Acknowledgments | | xxi | (2) |
| Introduction | | xxiii | |
| BOOK ONE: POOL | | 3 | (224) |
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| Cloth, cushions, and balls | | | 9 | (1) |
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| | | 12 | (2) |
| | | 14 | (6) |
| | | 20 | (3) |
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| | | 24 | (1) |
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| Making a coin jump off the rail | | | 27 | (1) |
| Running a ball down a rail | | | 28 | (1) |
| | | 29 | (1) |
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| Kiss shots-on, off, and maybe | | | 30 | (1) |
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| A rail-first kiss-off shot | | | 33 | (1) |
| At last, the truth about bank shots | | | 34 | (1) |
| Calculating a bank shot--step one | | | 35 | (1) |
| Calculating a bank shot--step two | | | 35 | (1) |
| Two practice banks to keep you busy | | | 36 | (1) |
| | | 36 | (1) |
| The double-kiss or kiss-back shot | | | 37 | (2) |
| | | 39 | (12) |
| Mingaud and the discovery of English | | | 40 | (1) |
| | | 41 | (1) |
| | | 42 | (1) |
| | | 43 | (1) |
| Two deceptive shots along the rail | | | 44 | (1) |
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| More examples of English off a rail | | | 47 | (1) |
| English off a ball, then a rail | | | 48 | (1) |
| How to make off-angle bank shots | | | 49 | (1) |
| A subtlety in the kiss-back shot | | | 50 | (1) |
| 4. Follow, stop, and deadball shots | | | 51 | (14) |
| Making the cueball follow the object ball | | | 52 | (1) |
| | | 53 | (1) |
| | | 54 | (1) |
| What really happens on a follow shot | | | 54 | (1) |
| How speed affects follow shots | | | 55 | (1) |
| Medium speed is three table lengths | | | 56 | (1) |
| Combining follow and English | | | 57 | (1) |
| Two advanced follow shots | | | 58 | (1) |
| Force follow back to the rail | | | 59 | (1) |
| Force follow along the rail | | | 60 | (1) |
| Another advanced follow shot | | | 61 | (1) |
| An essential weapon: the stop shot | | | 62 | (1) |
| The deadball or "stun" shot | | | 63 | (1) |
| One way to use a deadball shot | | | 64 | (1) |
| 5. Draw shots, the use of speed, and the margin of error | | | 65 | (18) |
| | | 66 | (2) |
| Getting the hang of the draw shot | | | 68 | (1) |
| Calculating the angle of return | | | 69 | (1) |
| Four draw shots at an angle | | | 70 | (1) |
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| | | 72 | (1) |
| | | 73 | (1) |
| Another use of draw off a rail | | | 74 | (1) |
| How to kill cueball speed with draw | | | 75 | (1) |
| The "skid-stop" frozen push shot | | | 76 | (1) |
| Combining draw and English | | | 77 | (1) |
| Playing position with speed only | | | 78 | (1) |
| | | 79 | (1) |
| Using the margin of error | | | 80 | (1) |
| More margin of error shots | | | 81 | (2) |
| | | 83 | (20) |
| | | 84 | (1) |
| Throwing an object ball at a distance | | | 85 | (1) |
| Throwing an object ball up close | | | 86 | (1) |
| Throw shots with a frozen cueball | | | 87 | (1) |
| | | 88 | (1) |
| How to throw frozen object balls | | | 89 | (1) |
| Why "dead" combinations are missed | | | 90 | (1) |
| The "third-ball" principle | | | 91 | (1) |
| How to distort frozen kiss shots | | | 92 | (1) |
| The force-through, two-ball spot shot | | | 93 | (1) |
| Two more "force-through" positions | | | 94 | (1) |
| The "pull-back" frozen kiss shot | | | 95 | (1) |
| Frozen three-ball combinations | | | 96 | (1) |
| More on frozen three-ball combinations | | | 97 | (1) |
| Three-ball combinations and beyond | | | 98 | (1) |
| Influencing bank shots with throw | | | 99 | (1) |
| Two throw shots--one illegal | | | 100 | (1) |
| The phenomenon of "cling" | | | 101 | (2) |
| | | 103 | (12) |
| Getting the most out of practicing | | | 104 | (1) |
| | | 104 | (1) |
| A game that teaches cueball control | | | 105 | (1) |
| Position shot 1--precision draw | | | 105 | (1) |
| Position shots 2, 3, & 4--draw and follow | | | 106 | (1) |
| Position shots 5 & 6--draw and cushion carom | | | 107 | (1) |
| Position shot 7--up and down distance control | | | 108 | (1) |
| Position shot 8--five-rail distance control | | | 108 | (1) |
| Position shot 9--force follow | | | 109 | (1) |
| Position shot 10--power draw | | | 109 | (1) |
| Learning the straight-in shot | | | 110 | (1) |
| Progressive follow and draw | | | 111 | (1) |
| Progressive cuts and banks | | | 112 | (1) |
| The straight-line pick-off drill | | | 113 | (1) |
| Three "soft-touch" drills | | | 114 | (1) |
| 8. Miscellaneous inside stuff | | | 115 | (22) |
| | | 116 | (1) |
| Jewett's interference system--I | | | 117 | (1) |
| Jewett's interference system--II | | | 118 | (1) |
| A method of making the spot shot | | | 119 | (1) |
| | | 120 | (1) |
| The soft versus the firm option | | | 121 | (1) |
| Another choice between soft and firm | | | 122 | (1) |
| Rail first to score and double-the-rail for position | | | 123 | (1) |
| Rail first for position with English | | | 124 | (1) |
| Rail first for position with follow and draw | | | 125 | (1) |
| The "impossible" cut shot | | | 126 | (1) |
| Sinking into the rail for position | | | 127 | (1) |
| Sinking into the rail to avoid interference | | | 128 | (1) |
| Two more sink-into-the-rail shots | | | 129 | (1) |
| Three clearance shots--one illegal | | | 130 | (1) |
| | | 131 | (1) |
| Four ways to escape a "corner hook" | | | 132 | (1) |
| Five rails first to escape interference | | | 133 | (1) |
| | | 133 | (1) |
| | | 134 | (1) |
| | | 135 | (1) |
| | | 136 | (1) |
| | | 137 | (10) |
| An apparently hopeless bunch of balls | | | 138 | (1) |
| | | 139 | (6) |
| | | 139 | (1) |
| | | 140 | (1) |
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| | | 142 | (1) |
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| | | 144 | (1) |
| | | 145 | (1) |
| The ultimate cluster shot | | | 146 | (1) |
| | | 147 | (10) |
| Gaining an angle--the key to high runs | | | 148 | (1) |
| Gaining an angle--another example | | | 149 | (1) |
| How to enter the position zone | | | 150 | (1) |
| Moving the "trouble" ball | | | 151 | (1) |
| Breaking up "trouble" clusters | | | 152 | (1) |
| Leaving an insurance shot | | | 153 | (1) |
| When to leave clusters alone | | | 154 | (1) |
| Running the table--thirteen rules to live by | | | 155 | (2) |
| 11. The keys to winning eight-ball | | | 157 | (10) |
| America's favorite cue game | | | 158 | (1) |
| | | 159 | (1) |
| | | 160 | (1) |
| The principle of the key ball | | | 161 | (1) |
| | | 162 | (1) |
| Devilish safety plays--II | | | 163 | (1) |
| | | 164 | (1) |
| How to win at eight-ball-a checklist | | | 165 | (2) |
| 12. The keys to winning nine-ball | | | 167 | (12) |
| | | 168 | (1) |
| | | 169 | (1) |
| Caroms on offense and defense | | | 170 | (1) |
| | | 171 | (1) |
| A game of inches and options | | | 172 | (1) |
| | | 173 | (1) |
| The treacherous push-out shot | | | 174 | (1) |
| It can pay not to be so pushy | | | 175 | (1) |
| A kicking system for the judgment-impaired | | | 176 | (2) |
| How to win at nine-ball--a checklist | | | 178 | (1) |
| 13. Safeties, key balls, and break shots in straight pool | | | 179 | (14) |
| | | 180 | (1) |
| Safety play in straight pool--I | | | 181 | (2) |
| Safety play in straight pool--II | | | 183 | (1) |
| Safety play in straight pool--III | | | 184 | (1) |
| The break shot in straight pool--I | | | 185 | (1) |
| The break shot in straight pool--II | | | 186 | (1) |
| The break shot in straight pool--III | | | 187 | (1) |
| The break shot in straight pool--IV | | | 188 | (1) |
| The break shot in straight pool--V | | | 189 | (1) |
| Key balls and break balls | | | 190 | (1) |
| More on break balls and key balls | | | 191 | (1) |
| "Manufacturing" the break ball | | | 192 | (1) |
| | | 193 | (12) |
| Having fun with trick shots | | | 194 | (1) |
| Evolution of the triangle slide | | | 195 | (1) |
| The "Little French Airplane" shot | | | 196 | (1) |
| John Delaveau's "Guess Where" shot | | | 197 | (1) |
| Around the world with Ivor Bransford | | | 198 | (1) |
| The repeating railroad shot | | | 199 | (1) |
| Charlie Webster's shot...and more | | | 200 | (1) |
| The triple bank and the push squeeze | | | 201 | (1) |
| Two old friends of mine you may have met | | | 202 | (1) |
| | | 203 | (1) |
| The double-stroke balancing act | | | 204 | (1) |
| 15. Collecting billiard memorabilia | | | 205 | (14) |
| The world of Billiardiana | | | 206 | (1) |
| | | 207 | (3) |
| | | 210 | (1) |
| | | 211 | (1) |
| | | 212 | (1) |
| Book jackets and illustrations | | | 213 | (1) |
| | | 214 | (1) |
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| | | 215 | (1) |
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| | | 217 | (1) |
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| 16. Rules of major pool games | | | 219 | (8) |
| | | 220 | (1) |
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| | | 223 | (1) |
| | | 224 | (1) |
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| | | 225 | (2) |
| | | 227 | (4) |
| BOOK TWO: THREE-CUSHION BILLIARDS | | 231 | (162) |
| Introduction | | 231 | (2) |
| Three-cushion rules | | 233 | (2) |
| | | 235 | (16) |
| | | 236 | (1) |
| The biggest possible ball | | | 237 | (1) |
| | | 238 | (1) |
| | | 239 | (1) |
| Another end rail to a big ball | | | 240 | (1) |
| | | 241 | (1) |
| Diagonal draw to a big ball | | | 241 | (1) |
| Fan the ball around the table | | | 242 | (1) |
| | | 242 | (1) |
| | | 243 | (1) |
| | | 244 | (1) |
| | | 244 | (1) |
| | | 245 | (1) |
| | | 245 | (1) |
| | | 246 | (1) |
| Natural and reverse shots | | | 247 | (1) |
| | | 248 | (1) |
| | | 248 | (1) |
| | | 249 | (1) |
| | | 249 | (1) |
| "Manufactured angle" twice across | | | 250 | (1) |
| 2. Twenty ball-first patterns | | | 251 | (12) |
| | | 252 | (1) |
| Force-follow double-the-rail | | | 252 | (1) |
| Smash-through double-the-rail | | | 253 | (1) |
| | | 253 | (1) |
| Fan the ball into the corner | | | 254 | (1) |
| Outside cut around the table | | | 255 | (1) |
| Outside draw around the table | | | 255 | (1) |
| | | 256 | (1) |
| | | 256 | (1) |
| | | 257 | (1) |
| Manufactured angle around the table | | | 257 | (1) |
| | | 258 | (1) |
| | | 258 | (1) |
| | | 259 | (1) |
| | | 259 | (1) |
| | | 260 | (1) |
| | | 260 | (1) |
| | | 261 | (1) |
| Long around-the-table natural | | | 261 | (1) |
| | | 262 | (1) |
| Short angle versus twice-around | | | 262 | (1) |
| 3. Seventeen rail-first patterns | | | 263 | (10) |
| | | 264 | (1) |
| | | 264 | (1) |
| | | 265 | (1) |
| Double-the-rail back-up ticky | | | 265 | (1) |
| | | 266 | (1) |
| | | 266 | (1) |
| | | 267 | (1) |
| | | 267 | (1) |
| | | 268 | (1) |
| Rail-first draw-back cross-table | | | 268 | (1) |
| | | 269 | (1) |
| Rail-first reverse cross-table | | | 269 | (1) |
| Two-rail cross-table bank | | | 270 | (1) |
| End rail first to a big ball | | | 270 | (1) |
| Side rail first to a big ball | | | 271 | (1) |
| | | 271 | (1) |
| | | 272 | (1) |
| | | 273 | (28) |
| Numbering the first and third rails | | | 276 | (1) |
| Numbering the cueball origin | | | 277 | (1) |
| Numbering from another corner | | | 278 | (1) |
| How to hit a third-rail point | | | 279 | (1) |
| How to hit another third-rail point | | | 280 | (1) |
| Finding the cueball position | | | 281 | (1) |
| | | 282 | (1) |
| Third-rail returns, or tracks | | | 283 | (1) |
| Locating the object balls | | | 284 | (1) |
| | | 285 | (1) |
| | | 286 | (1) |
| | | 287 | (1) |
| The Seattle Kid's allowances | | | 288 | (1) |
| | | 289 | (1) |
| Using the system off a ball | | | 290 | (1) |
| | | 291 | (1) |
| | | 292 | (1) |
| Two priceless short-angle tracks | | | 293 | (1) |
| | | 294 | (1) |
| The dreaded "plus" system | | | 295 | (1) |
| The plus system off a ball | | | 296 | (1) |
| No-English parallel system | | | 297 | (1) |
| A system for doubling the rail | | | 298 | (1) |
| | | 299 | (1) |
| Components of the maximum | | | 300 | (1) |
| 5. Extensions, variations, extremes, and guidelines | | | 301 | (20) |
| Twice around from the corner | | | 302 | (1) |
| Twice around from the nameplate | | | 303 | (1) |
| | | 303 | (1) |
| | | 304 | (1) |
| | | 304 | (1) |
| | | 305 | (1) |
| | | 305 | (1) |
| | | 306 | (1) |
| | | 306 | (1) |
| | | 307 | (1) |
| | | 307 | (1) |
| | | 308 | (1) |
| Rail-first short angle extended | | | 308 | (1) |
| Smash-through back to the rail | | | 309 | (1) |
| | | 309 | (1) |
| Five-rail option off a ball | | | 310 | (1) |
| | | 310 | (1) |
| | | 311 | (1) |
| | | 311 | (1) |
| | | 312 | (1) |
| Short-angle and plus system extremes | | | 313 | (1) |
| | | 314 | (1) |
| Aiming a long double-the-rail | | | 314 | (1) |
| | | 315 | (1) |
| End-rail right-angle maximum | | | 316 | (1) |
| | | 317 | (1) |
| | | 318 | (1) |
| | | 319 | (1) |
| | | 320 | (1) |
| 6. Fifteen draw, spin, time, and kiss-back shots | | | 321 | (12) |
| | | 322 | (1) |
| | | 323 | (1) |
| | | 323 | (1) |
| | | 324 | (1) |
| | | 325 | (1) |
| | | 326 | (1) |
| Another long-angle spin shot | | | 326 | (1) |
| | | 327 | (1) |
| | | 328 | (1) |
| | | 329 | (1) |
| | | 330 | (1) |
| Side-rail kiss-back to the end rail | | | 330 | (1) |
| | | 331 | (1) |
| | | 331 | (1) |
| Kiss-back through the hole | | | 332 | (1) |
| 7. Playing safe, ducking kisses, and getting position | | | 333 | (26) |
| | | 335 | (1) |
| | | 336 | (1) |
| | | 337 | (1) |
| | | 338 | (1) |
| | | 339 | (1) |
| | | 339 | (1) |
| | | 340 | (1) |
| | | 341 | (1) |
| | | 341 | (1) |
| Ducking a kiss with drive | | | 342 | (1) |
| Ducking a kiss with follow | | | 342 | (1) |
| | | 343 | (1) |
| Missing the bank-across kiss | | | 344 | (1) |
| | | 344 | (1) |
| Another new look at old shots | | | 345 | (1) |
| | | 345 | (2) |
| | | 347 | (1) |
| Three-rail position drive, short | | | 348 | (1) |
| Three-rail position drive, long | | | 349 | (1) |
| Another three-rail position drive | | | 350 | (1) |
| | | 351 | (1) |
| | | 352 | (1) |
| | | 353 | (1) |
| | | 354 | (1) |
| Center-of-the-table principle | | | 355 | (1) |
| | | 356 | (1) |
| | | 356 | (1) |
| The parallel position principle | | | 357 | (1) |
| | | 357 | (1) |
| Cross-table position drive | | | 358 | (1) |
| Still another new look at old shots | | | 358 | (1) |
| 8. Fifty selected shots from master play | | | 359 | (26) |
| | | 360 | (1) |
| Into-the-corner natural bank | | | 361 | (1) |
| | | 361 | (1) |
| Kiss-across double-the-rail | | | 362 | (1) |
| Rail-first running reverse | | | 362 | (1) |
| Two severe hold-up tickys | | | 363 | (1) |
| | | 363 | (1) |
| Snap-back double-the-rail | | | 364 | (1) |
| | | 364 | (1) |
| Above-the-ball double-the-rail | | | 365 | (1) |
| The little-known follow ticky | | | 365 | (1) |
| Force-follow double-the-rail | | | 366 | (1) |
| | | 366 | (1) |
| The world champion's uphill cross-table | | | 367 | (1) |
| | | 367 | (1) |
| | | 368 | (1) |
| | | 368 | (1) |
| | | 369 | (1) |
| Kobayashi's back-to-the-rail shot | | | 370 | (1) |
| | | 371 | (1) |
| Adolfo Suarez and his flying W | | | 371 | (1) |
| Around-the-table umbrella | | | 372 | (1) |
| | | 372 | (1) |
| | | 373 | (1) |
| | | 374 | (1) |
| Three-times-across walk-down | | | 374 | (1) |
| | | 375 | (1) |
| Two rails first out of the corner | | | 375 | (1) |
| | | 376 | (1) |
| | | 376 | (1) |
| | | 376 | (1) |
| Hold-up flat short angle extended | | | 377 | (1) |
| Inside cross-table reverse | | | 377 | (1) |
| Cross-table through-the-hole reverse | | | 378 | (1) |
| | | 378 | (1) |
| | | 379 | (1) |
| Cross-table corner back-out | | | 379 | (1) |
| | | 380 | (1) |
| Twice-across end-rail bank | | | 380 | (1) |
| | | 381 | (1) |
| Stay-on-the rail smash-through | | | 381 | (1) |
| Reverse follow back-to-the-rail | | | 382 | (1) |
| | | 383 | (1) |
| | | 383 | (1) |
| | | 384 | (1) |
| | | 384 | (1) |
| | | 385 | (8) |
| | | 386 | (3) |
| Answers to "What's the best shot?" | | | 389 | (4) |
| Glossary | | 393 | (2) |
| Appendixes | | 395 | (4) |
| Book One POOL--Where to go for more information | | 395 | (2) |
| Book Two BILLIARDS--Where to go for more information | | 397 | (2) |
| Indexes | | 399 | |
