Pool & Billiards: Everything You Need to Know to Improve Your Game (Knack: Make It Easy)

A winner of a book. --Nick Varner, eight-time world champion

Whether you shoot pool on weekends with friends or play for higher stakes in your local league or in college tournaments, Knack Pool & Billiards is the ultimate guide to improving your game. In a uniquely picture-driven, quick-reference, step-by-step approach, Bruce Barthelette covers all aspects of the sport--from choosing equipment and keeping score to dissecting a variety of games such as Snooker, Eight Ball, and One Pocket. He also offers helpful tips on holding the cue and getting the proper angles.Bruce Barthelette is a professional pool player and is ranked as one of the world's ten best players in trick shots. He has appeared on ESPN numerous times and has played with leading professionals including Jeanette Lee, aka The Black Widow; Mike Massey, Andy Segal, and Tom Rossman. Bruce and his wife, Ann, have run America's second largest pool league, the Connecticut division of the American Poolplayers Association (APA), for more than twenty years. Visit him at brucebarthelette.com. Eli Burakian is a photographer whose work has appeared in several other Knack books, including Knack Chess for Everyone, Knack Bridge for Everyone, and Knack Kayaking for Everyone. He lives in Windsor, Vermont. Visit him at burakphotography.com.