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
- Instructional product info and purchasing advice (for deciding which of Dr. Dave’s Instructional Videos might be best for you)
- The Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards (excellent book covering all fundamental principles and techniques of pool and billiards)
- How To Aim Pool Shots (HAPS) (3-volume series covering how to aim every type of shot and how to use sidespin effectively)
- 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) (5-volume series revealing all of pool’s “secrets,” covering every type of shot, principle, and technique important in the game)
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP) (5-volume series presenting an organized and methodical training program and pool workout … the most comprehensive collection of drills ever published)
- Video Encyclopedia of Eight Ball (VEEB) (5-volume series covering everything one needs to excel at the game of 8-ball)
Introduction
- American Rotation
- 9-ball
- 10-ball
- 15-ball
- rules for other rotation games (including 6-ball and classic Rotation) can be found in the BCA book: Billiards: The Official Rules and Records Book
Vol. I – The Break
1 – The Break
- lag shot
- World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) World Standardized Rules (WSR)
- Billiard University (BU) instructional video video series
- break technique advice
- “The Great Break Shot” by Charley Bond
- “Racking Secrets” by Joe Tucker
2 – The Push Out
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots (VEPS)
- Plus System for aiming two-rail kicks off a short rail
- swerve and massé shots Coriolis aiming system
3 – 9-Ball/10-Ball Rules Differences
Vol. II – Basic Strategy
4 – Basic Strategy
- effective pocket size based on speed
- 30-degree rule and peace-sign technique
- 90-degree rule
- draw trisect system
5 – Equipment Differences
Vol. III – Position Play and English
6 – Position Play
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots (VEPS)
- How To Aim Pool Shots (HAPS)
- drag shot
- english terminology
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP)
- 45 degree rule
9 – End-Game Patterns
Vol. IV – Safety Play
10 – Position Play
12 – End-Game Safeties
- NV B.11 – End-of-game frozen rail cut shot offensive option
- NV B.12 – End-of-game frozen bank shot offensive option
- NV B.13 – End-of-game frozen kiss-back safety option
- NV B.14 – End-of-game frozen cut shot safety option
- NV B.15 – End-of-game frozen reverse bank shot offensive option
- NV B.16 – End-of-game frozen 3-rail two-way shot option
14 – Safety Replies
- two-rail midpoint parallel-shift kicking system
- two-to-one one-rail kick/bank aiming system
- contact-point mirror kick shot aiming system
- massé shot aiming
- jump shot technique
Vol. V – Advanced Principles, Shots and Strategies
15 – Combos, Caroms and Kisses
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots (VEPS)
- How To Aim Pool Shots (HAPS)
- maximum throw
- draw trisect system
- NV B.68 – Tweener cluster breaks, from VEPS I
16 – Rail Cut Shots
17 – Bank Shots
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Shots (VEPS)
- Video Encyclopedia of Pool Practice (VEPP)
- How To Aim Pool Shots (HAPS)
- two-to-one one-rail kick/bank aiming system
- 1/3-more-than-twice bank shot aiming system