Quick-Start Guide to Pocket Billiards
World-Champion Techniques for Improving Your Game
Published on 10. November 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-07-141520-0 (ISBN)
Description
Here, the secrets of billiards are taught by two of its greatest players. Pool legend Steve Mizerak has teamed up with Ewa Mataya Laurance, the "Striking Viking," to write "A Quick-Start Guide to Pocket Billiards", an essential resource for players of all levels to learn the skills required to attain proficiency at the game and then take their games to the next level. In clear, step-by-step instructions and friendly language, it teaches readers how to: think like a pro; select and hold the perfect cue; sink balls; analyze and set up shots; and play the offensive in a game.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Illustrations
50 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
254 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-141520-0 (9780071415200)
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Persons
Steve Mizerak was the youngest member ever inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame and has played championship pool for nearly fifty years. He is a three-time World Pocket Billiard Champion and holds more than eighty first-place finishes in world-class tournaments. He lives in Sanger Island, Florida. Ewa Mataya Laurance is one of the most well-known and recognizable stars in the history of pocket billiards. She is a past winner of multiple world championships including the sport's biggest prize, the WPA World 9-Ball Championship. She currently serves as president of the WPBA and resides in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Jerry Forsyth is the tournament editor of Pool & Billiards Magazine and lives in Carrollton, Texas. He is also the billiards commentator for Sky Sports of London and TSN of Toronto, Canada. He competes professionally on the Senior Billiards Tour.