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The video clips below illustrate various techniques and principles presented in the book Illustrated Principles of Pool and Billiards .

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*Chapter 2 - Fundamentals*	*Chapter 5 - Position Play and Strategy*
*Chapter 3 - Executing Basic Shots*	*Chapter 6 - Bank and Kick Shots*
*Chapter 4 - Spin and English*	*Chapter 7- Advanced Techniques (Shot Making)*

Additional clips not referenced in the book but referenced in Billiards Digest articles and online discussion threads: *Just "CLICK " on a chapter below to be launched to that section:*

*from the movie "The Hustler"*	**Additional Links:**
*from the movie "The Color of Money"*	See also:
from the movie "Pool Hall Junkies"

*Chapter 2 - Fundamentals* NV 2.1 - Miscue due to off-center hit with no chalk NV 2.2 - Close-up of the grip during a good stroke NV 2.3 - Mechanical bridge stroke with elbow out NV 2.4 - Mechanical bridge stroke with elbow vertical (see NV 2.3) NV 2.5 - A good stroke NV 2.6 - Steering follow through *[Back to Top]* *Chapter 3 - Executing Basic Shots* NV 3.1 - Practicing contact point and ghost ball visualization NV 3.2 - Using the cue to help visualize the impact and aiming lines NV 3.3 - Addressing the ball and taking your stance NV 3.4 - 90ï¿½ rule with various cut angles NV 3.5 - Using your hand to visualize the 90ï¿½ rule impact and tangent lines NV 3.6 - Stop shot NV 3.7 - Using the 90ï¿½ rule to check for and prevent a scratch NV 3.8 - Using your hand to visualize the 30ï¿½ rule NV 3.9 - 30ï¿½ rule example NV 3.10 - Using the 30ï¿½ rule to check for and prevent a scratch NV 3.11 - Following the recommended routine for planning and executing a shot NV 3.12 - Side pocket near point effects NV 3.13 - Corner pocket near rail effects NV 3.14 - Near rail rattle (see NV 3.13) NV 3.15 - Large target size for shallow-angle rail shots *[Back to Top]* *Chapter 4 - Spin and English* NV 4.1 - Stun shot NV 4.2 - Using a draw shot to prevent a scratch NV 4.3 - Straight-on draw shot NV 4.4 - Using draw to minimize deflected motion of the cue ball NV 4.5 - Using a follow shot to prevent a scratch NV 4.6 - Straight-on follow shot NV 4.7 - Following an obstacle ball into a pocket NV 4.8 - Rail dribble follow shot NV 4.9 - Normal follow shot into a rail NV 4.10 - Effect of left English NV 4.11 - Effect of right English NV 4.12 - Using English for position control NV 4.13 - Squirt due to high speed English NV 4.14 - English swerve due to an elevated cue NV 4.15 - Using throw to make a partially blocked shot NV 4.16 - Over-cutting a cut shot to compensate for throw NV 4.17 - Rail cut shot with natural English NV 4.18 - Large cue-ball deviation from the tangent-line with follow and small cut-angle NV 4.19 - Large cue-ball deviation from the tangent-line with draw and small cut-angle NV 4.20 - Delay of follow and tangent-line deviation with higher speed NV 4.21 - Delay of draw and tangent-line deviation with higher speed NV 4.22 - Avoiding a tangent-line scratch using slow speed NV 4.23 - Cue-ball path control for a cut shot next to a rail NV 4.24 - 30ï¿½ rule speed effects NV 4.25 - Positioning the cue ball at all spots on the table from an easy side-pocket shot *[Back to Top]* *Chapter 5 - Position Play and Strategy* NV 5.1 - Using speed and angle-control to pocket a three-ball sequence NV 5.2 - Using speed and angle-control to pocket another three-ball sequence NV 5.3 - Using side English to help run a four-shot sequence NV 5.4 - Using reverse English to kill the cue ball motion off a rail NV 5.5 - Hitting the rail first for position NV 5.6 - Hitting the rail first to avoid an obstacle ball NV 5.7 - Cheating a pocket NV 5.8 - Freeze the cue ball on an object ball for a safety *[Back to Top]* *Chapter 6 - Bank and Kick Shots* NV 6.1 - Equal distance bank method NV 6.2 - Equal extended-rail-distance bank method NV 6.3 - Parallel-line bank method example NV 6.4 - Kick shot mirror-image method NV 6.5 - Equal separation-distance kick-shot method NV 6.6 - Bank high-speed effect NV 6.7 - Bank low-speed effect NV 6.8 - Kick shot with natural English NV 6.9 - Kick shot with reverse English (see NV 6.8) NV 6.10 - Using English to create an angled kick-shot NV 6.11 - Using reverse English to straighten a kick shot NV 6.12 - Bank outside-cut creating reverse English NV 6.13 - Bank inside-cut creating natural English *[Back to Top]* *Chapter 7 - Advanced Techniques (Shot Making)* NV 7.1 - Aiming a combination shot NV 7.2 - Cue ball billiard shot NV 7.3 - Object ball carom shot NV 7.4 - 30ï¿½ rule billiard shot NV 7.5 - Frozen ball throw NV 7.6 - Frozen cue-ball throw NV 7.7 - Power break stance and stroke NV 7.8 - Soft 9-ball break NV 7.9 - Two-rail parallel-line kick-shot method NV 7.10 - Double kiss of a ball frozen to a rail NV 7.11 - Large-curve massï¿½ shot NV 7.12 - Small-curve massï¿½ shot NV 7.13 - Jump shot NV 7.14 - Bunjee Jumper video demonstrations *[Back to Top]* Additional clips not referenced in the book (but referenced in Billiards Digest articles and online discussion threads: NV A.1 - Cut shot vs. carom shot example *from the movie "The Hustler":* NV A.2 - 8-ball bank hustle shot NV A.3 - Illegally pocketing a ball with cue follow-through NV A.4 - Cue ball carom into a frozen-ball combination NV A.5 - Perfect setup object ball carom shot NV A.6 - Massï¿½-draw shot carom (billiard) shot *[Back to Top]* *from the movie "The Color of Money"* NV A.7 - Post safety, dead on, frozen carom, two-rail kick shot NV A.8 - Frozen bank, corner rattle artistic shot NV A.9 - Frozen kick off the rail shot NV A.10 - Power draw for run-out position NV A.11 - Partial jump shot, dead-on combination shot *[Back to Top]* *from the movie "Pool Hall Junkies"* NV A.12 - Partial jump shot NV A.13 - Frozen cue-ball carom-kick shot NV A.14 - Double bank-carom or bank-double-carom shot NV A.15 - Kick shot out of the jaws of a pocket NV A.16 - Rail-assist jump shot *[Back to Top]* Additional Links: NV A.17 - Effective squirt vs. speed NV A.18 - Colin Colenso's throw test video (effects of speed and English) NV A.19 - Colin Colenso's back-hand-English saga (for squirt compensation) NV A.20 - Colin Colenso's power break instructional video NV A.21 - Bank shot using throw and spin transfer NV B.1 - Mike Page's squirt and swerve video NV B.2 - Mike Page's double hits, push shots, and frozen balls NV B.3 - Mike Page's aiming video (part1, part2) NV B.4 - Mike Page's draw video NV B.5 - Mike Page's pre-shot routine video (part 1, part 2) *[Back to Top]* See also: Links to many other online billiards videos High-speed pool and billiards video clips Instructional articles *[Back to Top]*