Billiards as it should be played

I realize how easy it is to confuse the raw beginner in billiards with a dry fusillade of intricate, complicated technical terms, diagrams, and photographs. My instruction system always has been based on the theory that a sound billiard game is founded on the simple fundamentals and not on any complicated groundwork.

I dwell only on the ABC’s of the game-the stance, grip, bridge, stroke, etc., before going into fundamental shots , and rules to follow in order to make them easily.

Even the celebrated 3-cushion “Diamond System” can be mastered if you take each lesson step-by-step and don’t eat your dessert before your soup. For the first time in any publication, I have fully explained the “Diamond System” in entirety—with diagrams . But, remember , first learn the fundamentals and basic principles and shots . If you think you know all this already -go over it again. It’s like seeing a show twice -you always find something you missed.