Byrne's Complete Book of Pool Shots: 350 Moves Every Player Should Know [1 ed.] 0156027216, 9780156027212

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Byrne’s Complete Book of Pool Shots 350 MOVES EVERY PLAYER SHOULD KNOW

Robert Byrne

A Harvest Original ¢ Harcourt, Inc. ORLANDO

AUSTIN

NEWYORK

SAN DIEGO

TORONTO

LONDON

Copyright © 2003 by Robert Byrne All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing

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of any part of the work should be mailed to the following address: Permissions Department, Harcourt, Inc.,

6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Orlando, Florida

32887-6777. www.HarcourtBooks.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Byrne, Robert, 1930-

Byrne’s complete book of pool shots: 350 moves every player should know/ Robert Byrne.

jo, Gane Includes bibliographical references. ISBN O-15-602721-6

1. Pool (Game)

I. Title: Complete book of pool shots. II. Title. GV893.B97

2003

794.7'3—dc21 2003005599 Text set in ITC Stone Serif Medium OS Designed by Kaelin Chappell Printed in the United States of America First Edition

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments Introduction

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1 BASICS Coeoeceeseeseceseseoseeseveesse Soe MMe Fa

15 Two deceptive double-hit fouls

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16 The grip-hand stop

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17 Fair and foul-|

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22 Foul to score

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23 The impossible cut

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24 Two optical illusion fouls

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2 Cheating the pocket

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3 Accuracy versus slop

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4 Speed control-|

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5 Speed controll

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6 Getting an angle

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25 The lift-brush foul

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3 CAROMS

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27 Cluster busting

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28 More cluster busting

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29 A game winner

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7 Push-shot fouls

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30 The distance factor

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8 More push-shot fouls

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31 Two safety plays

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$ Still more push-shot fouls

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10 Shafted and fouled

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33 The tangent line

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11 A double-hit foul

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34 The three-ball carom

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12 Fair push shots

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35 Push-throughs

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13 Two masse shots

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36 The pull-back carom

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14 How to spot a double hit

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37. Pull-back limits

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70 Two throw banks

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71 Two puzzles

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38 The kitchen carom

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39 Billiard cluster-buster

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40 Another billiard cluster-buster

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72 Sidespin limits

93

42 Rail first to control the cueball

59

73 Double the rail

94

43 The thick or thin choice

60

74 Doubling the long way

95

44 One rail to score

61

75 Doubling for position

96

45 Cross-table shots

62

76 Sidespin effects

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Rail first to control the first ball

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Up and down

63

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47 Two-rail diagonal

64

78 The “impossible” position shot

48 Second-ball position

65

79 Inside and outside sidespin

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49 Length of table position

66

80 A rail-shot trick

101

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50 Side pocket position

67

51. Zigzag

68

52 Three rails in the side

69

53 Standard three-cushion bank

70

54 Long angle, three cushions

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55 Four rails

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56 Four rails with draw

73

57 Four-rail breakout

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58 Another four-railer

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59 Standard five-railer

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Second-ball position, inside

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Doubling limits

99

TOPSPIN Topspin limit

105

Fair and foul follows

106

Cheating the pocket

107

Speed control

108

Second-ball follow

109

Third-ball follow

110

Frozen surprise

111

Clearance follow

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Rail curve

113

Phelan’s follow

114

McCleery’s creep

115

Cut-shot follow

116

62 Frozen cueball basics

81

Applying the curve

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63 Combination basics

82

Heavy follow action

118

64 Four applications

83

A treacherous shot

119

65 The roll-off shot

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Thick or thin?

120

66 Cut-shot throw

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Small-gap follow

121

67 Frozen rail combos

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Massé follow and draw

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68 Two crucial shots

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Phelan off a ball

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69 Minimizing drift

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100 Cross-table dive

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102 Two for starters 103 Three practice draws 104 Two more tests 105 Stun and draw 106 Spot-shot flexibility 107 The curve-around draw 108 Second-ball draw 109

Frozen second-ball draw

110 Angled second-ball draw 111

The frozen push-through

112

Elevated draw

113

Frozen rail draw

114 Rail draw 115

Rail-draw practice shot

116 Thin-hit rail draw 117 Rail-first cross table 118

Rail-first up table

119

Rail first to frozen ball

120 Small-gap draw 121

Extreme small-gap draw

122 Jump draw 123 Second-ball draw 124 125

Deadball draw Deadball safeties

127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151

133 Useful applications

162

134 Stun run-through for safety

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135 Another safety play

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136 An eighteen-foot safety

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137 Rail-first option

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138 Simple rail firsts

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139 Rail-first follow

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140 Rail-first flexibility

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Standard four-rail pattern

142 Frozen rail-first

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143 Two little-known patterns

175

144 Draw and follow

176

145 The basic principle

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146 The impossible cut

178

147 Rail-first safety

179

148 Two rails first—I

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149 Two rails first—Il

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150 Another rail-first safety

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A second option

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Rail-first stroke shot

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Rail first to score

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154 Long and short

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155 Slide and roll

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156 The three-balls test

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126 Stun practice

157 Transfer of spin—I

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127 Rail-first stop

158 Transfer of spin—Il

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128 Second-ball stop

159 Maximum angle

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129 More stun practice

160 Ball-induced spin

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130 Still more practice

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Triple banks

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162 Double and triple

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163 The long way

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132 Tangent-line practice

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Kick-back strategy

193 Diagonal kiss forward

165

A stop carom and a double bank

194 The Hustler bank

166 A moving carom and a kiss bank

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Frozen kick back

195 The primary pattern

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Pocket-point escape

196 Variations

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197 The follow ticky

169 Time shot

198 Around the table

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199 Two rails first 200 The draw ticky

170 Scoring and position 171

Two kiss-backs

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Long diagonal draw

202 The “impossible” ticky

172 Around-the-table kiss-back 173 Off the points

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174 Avoiding scratches—|

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175 Avoiding scratches—Il

203 An easy one

176 Avoiding scratches—Ill

204 An even easier one

177 Off the point to score

205 The draw curve

178 Two escapes

206

179 A pocket-point kick

207 Around the table

180

208 Simple safety

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First trick shot

209 Sink in to score

13 DOUBLE

KISSES

210 The limiting position 211

181

Kiss-across subtleties

182

Kiss-across safety

183

Unfrozen double-kiss safety

184 Two-rail diagonal safety 185 Another two-rail kiss

Rail first

212 A great escape 213

Richie’s shot

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186 Three cushions to score

214 Easy and hard

187

Off the end rail

215 Second-ball jump

188

Kiss-back paths

216

Ball-rail jump

189 Topspin curves

217 Easier and harder

190 The sheepherder shot

218 The thin-hit jump

191

Kiss-across surprise

219

192

Kiss forward

220 The point jump and the jump draw

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Falling off the ledge

221

The frozen spot shot

268

250 Around the table-Ill

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Lots of luck

269

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253 Opposite three-Ill

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255 End rail first—Il

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Kiss back off the point

274

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End rail first—IIl

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225

A challenge shot

275

226

An accidental discovery

276

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227

Escaping corner hooks

277

228

Two 2-point shots

278

257

English and distance

315

229

A kiss-back dream bank

279

258 Two clearance shots

316

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A clearance bank

260 Interference system

318

261) Aggressive defense st

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230 The geometry of massé shots

283

262 Agaressive Age ee |

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Degrees of elevation

284

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232 233

Two swerves Three-step aiming

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264 265

Defensive offense—l Winning options

322 393

234 Three practice shots

287

266

A sneaky ploy

304

235

Two practical massés

288

267

Safe or sorry

395

236

Inside forced massé

289

268

Choice of position

237

Outside forced massé

290

269

Creating a break ball

238

Reverse position

291

270 \nauranceal

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Swerve position

292

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240 241

U-turn position U-turn extended

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272 Run around or back around 273 Time shot-l

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274 Time shot-l

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Frozen massé

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244

Frozen rail swerve

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245 Kiss-back masse

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The push curve

247 Backward position

300

19 SYSTEMS 248

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