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Basic Carom Billiards

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Contents

1. Course Outline for Basic Carom Billiards.
2. Material on Reserve in the Tech Library.

This course is geared towards the beginning player. It goes all the way from learning to hold a stick to shooting three-cushion billiards. Most of the class time is spent on doing exercises to improve the player's mechanics and reinforce the various techniques used for lining up shots, hence attendance is required (more than five absences will normally result in a failing grade).

(NOTE: Some links below are restricted to people taking the course.)

1.   - Introduction to course material and requirements.
2.   - Accepted / Preferred techniques: Hand bridge, stance, grip, mechanical bridge, stroke, other useful bridges.
3.   - Exercises for stroke.
4.   - Introduction to English.
5.   - Shot Aiming: Tangent caroms.
6.   - Shot Aiming: Follow caroms.
7.   - Shot Aiming: Draw caroms.
8.   - Shot Aiming: One-rail and two-rail caroms.
9.   - Carom exercises (tangent, follow, draw, one-cushion).
10.   - Opening break shots: two cushion, and three-cushion.
11.   - Practice of opening break shots.
12.   - Introduce the Weingartner Billiard Program.
13.   - Rules for:
    • General Rules of Carom Billiards.
    • Straight Billiards.
    • One-cushion Billiards.
14.   - First written test.
15.   - "Key Shots": for Straight Billiards.
16.   - Practice of straight billiard key shots.
17.   - "Key Shots" for One Cushion Billiards.
18.   - "Key Shots" for Two Cushion Billiards.
19.   - Practice of One Cushion and Two Cushion key shots.
20.   - Begin reading Carom section of Byrne's books.
21.   - Rules for:
    • 18.2 Balkline Billiards.
    • Progressive Billiards.
    • Red Ball variations.
22.   - Practice of new games.
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31.   - Second written test.
32.   - Closing discussion.

Most of the lecture material will be derived from Billiards As It Should Be Played by Willie Hoppe, and Daley's Book of Billiards. Additional material can be found in the books by Robert Byrne which are on reserve in the Tech Library.

There is a $10.00 lab fee for this course.

The following books will be on reserve in the Tech library.

1. How to Play Pool by Minnesota Fats.
2. Willie Mosconi on Pocket Billiards by Willie Mosconi.
3. Play Your Best Pool by Phil Capelle.
4. Standard Book of Pool and Billiards by Robert Byrne.
5. Advanced Technique in Pool and Billiards by Robert Byrne.
6. The Science of Pocket Billiards by Jack Koehler.
7. Mastering Pool by George Fels.
8. Please of Small Motions by Dr. Bob Francher.

These video tapes are also on reserve in the Tech Library.

1. Rack 'Em Up by Robert Byrne.
2. How to Play Pool by Minnesota Fats.
3. How to Play Pool Right by Jerry Briesath.
4. Standard Video of Pool and Billiards (Vol 1) by Robert Byrne
5. Power Pool Workout (Vol 5) by Robert Byrne
6. The Best of 3-Cushion Billiards (Vol 1) hosted by Robert Byrne.
7. Sands Regency Open 15,   9-Ball,   Buddy Hall vs. Grady Mathews with player review.