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1)
Articles that appeared in Billiards Digest by
Bob Jewett
2)
The RSB/ASP Frequently Asked Questions (with answers) List
3)
14.1 (Straight Pool) Handicapping charts.
4)
Some
Progressive Practice drills. Practice log sheets for your own shots/drills.
5)
Handout for the SFBA Basics Clinic
6)
A PDF with drawings of a pool table.
7)
A booklet about Artistic Billiards
(carom) from 1987.
9)
A legal combination to make the 8 ball.
10)
Ron Shepard's paper on billiard physics
11)
Ron Shepard's paper on squirt or see a summary version of it.
12)
Information about the method used by the NPL for
handicapping nine ball matches.
13)
The Argonne Pool League Handicap System An eight-ball league system.
14)
Paul Moyland's pool jargon list.
15)
A drawing from Kentfield's "Billiards,"
published in 1839, showing squirt and a pivot point.
16)
Diagram 1 and Diagram
2 illustrating fractional ball aiming made by Pat Johnson based on his
understanding of one aiming system. A GRAPH of
fractional ball aiming as a PDF.
17)
Ball outlines to allow you to make precise
paper targets for various sizes of pool/snooker/carom balls. Print out the PDF
file and cut out the outlines. Here is a set of pool size only: pool ball targets.
18)
A
template to set up three balls in a straight line with space between for
demonstrations: Three ball line and
with a 30-degree angle: Three ball
angle.
19)
A bank test shot to see if speed alone can
shorten a bank. Use the three balls in line template just above.
20)
The
BCA 1980 rules for Last Pocket Eight Ball which
were also in the 1982 rulebook but were gone in the 1985 edition.
21)
Results
from the 11th Crystal Kelly 3-Cushion Tournament held
in Monaco, June 14-20, 2004
22)
The
affidavit attesting to Willie
Mosconi's high run of 526 in 1954. Bob Jewett has authorized copies of this
available (both sides) suitable for framing. Contact
info.
23)
A
plot showing how collision-induced throw varies
with cut angle for a stun shot.
24)
An
article (PDF, 800kB) on how the pro players
aim from the July 1995 issue of Pool &
Billiard Magazine posted with permission.
25)
A
copy of the BBC Rules of 1914 (PDF, 400kB)
including some games you've never heard of.
26)
A
drawing of paths of the cue ball with
various speeds and full follow.
27)
A
graph of the follow angle of
the cue ball for various fullnesses of hit.
28)
A
list of billiard books available to
trade. Contact Bob Jewett to discuss which
items are wanted in exchange.
29)
Three
articles from Billiards Digest about the Jacksonville
Project (530kB PDF) that taped ultra-high-speed videos of various
stick/ball/rail interactions.
30)
An
amazing video
clip done by a group in Austria. It's a Windows Media 9 version file. It
includes ultra-high-speed color clips and fast infrared shots that actually
show how the spinning cue ball heats the table.
31)
An
article on Joe Tucker's Aiming by the Numbers system.
32)
An article on Preshot Routine and focus techniques.
33)
Seven
articles from Billiards Digest by Dr. George
Onoda (1.5MB PDF) that appeared in 1989 to 1992 on the topics of break
speed, "perfect" draw, half-ball caroms, an analysis of where balls
go on nine ball breaks, sighting kiss shots, safety play, maximum spin,
skid/cling, and the geometry of stun shots.
34)
A
listing of spots at one pocket that
allows you to calculate relative ratings of players.
35)
The
cover of an Accu-Stats magazine covering
Efren Reyes (Caesar Morales) in his first recorded US appearance.
36)
The
instructions for the heater of a Gabriels
carom table as a PDF.
37)
Racking templates as a PDF for various sizes of
balls as mentioned in the July 2001 issue of Billiards Digest.
38)
A
scoresheet for straight pool (14.1) with
explanation.
39)
A
14.1 practice log sheet for straight pool
(14.1) with explanation.
40)
The
pool game Colors invented by Carl Sandstrom.
Here is a Q and A for the game.
41)
A
diagram of fractional aiming From
Colonel C. M. Western's book. Note that he uses "cut-ness" rather
than fullness, so a full ball for Western is a cut of 0.
42)
A
scoresheet for Pool Golf which is a game like
golf played on a pool table with 18 different ball patterns.
43)
All
of the issues of the Accu-Stats Newsletter which
provided amazingly detailed statistics of nine ball matches in the 1980s.
44)
A
mild rant about aiming systems true believers and
true skeptics.
45)
The
Robert Cannefax 3-cushion system charts.
46)
A
catalog page for Brunswick (BBCCo) chalk from 1913 Brunswick Chalk 1913
47)
A book on carom billiards from 1890
by J.F B. McCleery (PDF, 12MB, not McCreery) black and white scan. Also, the fancy front cover, prototype
version.
48)
The
official rules of straight pool,
1921 Championship version.
49)
Artistic billiard shots (fancy shots) by
Mario T. Flores Grijalva from the Robert Byrne collection.
50)
An amusing
article from 1897 about the moral perils of cue sports.
51)
An article about how to shoot with the cue
ball close to the object ball
52)
A diamond ruler that lets you divide the
diamond into tenths.
