"Science of Pocket Billiards" by Jack H. Koehler
253 pages, including necessary simple illustrations
This is a fascinating book that explains in detail hundreds of questions that you have always wanted to know.
Topics include:
Ideal cue weight
Hard vs. soft tip
Effects of polished vs. dry balls
Diamond System
Effects of humidity on rubber rails
Strategy
Follow through,
Banks, angles, and Caroms.
I could type for hours on what all this book covers.
It has detailed experiments to explain all of the theories presented.
Mind game information
Tournament flow charts.
Jump shots
Break shots
Basically, it covers ALL aspects of the game and you know when you are finished reading that you can take this information to brink your game to another level. The information is incredible, thorough, and proven, using physics, math and geometry.
It is like a text book that you will keep and refer to, for your entire billiard career.
According to World Famous billiard teacher, Robert Byrne:
"...full of information that has never been written about..."
This book will help to bring your game to the next level and beyond. It's tough to put this book down once you open it. --- Ken Geary
