General:
- Dr. Dave’s online billiards resources website and instructional products website
- answers to Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQs) about various pool and billiards topics
- glossary of pool and billiard terms and phrases
- online pool tutorial covering fundamentals
- The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards (excellent book covering all fundamental principles and techniques of pool and billiards)
- Billiard University (BU) playing-ability exams and instructional video series for assessing pool skills and deficiencies, and for monitoring progress over time
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots (VEPS) series (5-volume set revealing all of pool’s “secrets,” covering every type of shot, principle, and technique important in the game)
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP) series (5-volume set presenting an organized and methodical training program and pool workout … the most comprehensive collection of drills ever published)
Vol. I – Aiming Systems, Throw, Aiming with English
1 – Aiming Systems:
- pre-shot routine
- “vision center”
- stroke “best practices”
- ghost-ball aiming
- throw
- 30-degree-rule angle template
- cut angle estimation
- Dave’s Aiming Method (DAM) aiming system
- aiming systems
2 – Aiming With Sidespin:
- squirt (cue ball deflection)
- swerve
- throw
- back-hand (BHE) and front-hand english (FHE)
- cue natural pivot length
- aim compensation for squirt, swerve, and throw
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots (VEPS) – Vol. II – English and Position Control
Vol. II – Aiming Speciality Shots
3 – Carom Shots:
4 – Kiss Shots:
5 – Combination Shots:
6 – Rail Cut Shots:
7 – Elevated Cue Shots:
Vol. III – Basic and Useful Kick and Bank Shot Aiming Systems
8 – Kick Shot Aiming Systems:
- bank and kick-shot aiming-systems resource page
- through-diamond rolling-ball 2-to-1 one-rail kick and bank shot aiming system
- contact-point mirror system for aiming shallow-angle, rolling kick shots