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**  THE PRO BOOK ** THE PRO BOOK

The 290 page Pro Book revolutionized the coaching and development of pool players. Designed for the competitive player, it has four major training sections. The Physical Game: fundamentals, reference training for position shots, safeties, kicks, kick safeties and banks, and performance conditioning and nutrition. The Mental Game: mental training, concentration and the secrets of focus, rituals and routines, playing different game styles, match dynamics, controlling momentum and more. The Emotional Game: motivation, creating and using powerful goals, using the elements of peak performance, scouting and accessing your best game. Putting It Together: how to let go, training vs. performance, designing a 30-day training program, making and using pre-match and competition plans and match reviews. RETAIL - $49.95 - BEBOB SPECIAL - $39.95

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**  THE PRO BOOK DVD SERIES ** THE PRO BOOK DVD SERIES

This 4-DVD set is based on the reference training section of the Pro Book and is a complete training system for developing and maintaining advanced table skills. The Sweet Sixteen: build and strengthen your skill and open up your “A” game by mastering the 16 root shots and the 14 primary extended shots. The Outer Limits: discover the limits of each shot and pick the right one for each task. Eliminate shot selection doubt by mastering the boundary and extended boundary shots. It's Hammer Time: learn the principles of safety play. Practice the 16 root safeties and kick safeties and win more matches. The Great Escape: learn the strategic kicking zones and stop giving up ball-in-hand, learn the strategic bank shots and the “hard to judge” banks. Get out more often. RETAIL - $134.95 - BEBOB SPECIAL - $107.95

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** THE ADVANCED PRO BOOK ** THE ADVANCED PRO BOOK

The Advanced Pro Book is intended for the serious pool player and contains advanced strategies and training techniques. It addresses the five major areas: Honing Your Technique, Mastering the Shot Routine, Mastering Advanced Tools, Getting Your Game Out, and Advanced Match Strategy. Train to execute advanced shots, position play, defensive play, banks and kicks. Learn to get your best game out when you need it and how to stay focused under pressure. Learn advanced strategies for the front, mid, and end games and how to take and keep control. Hone your technique to a master’s edge.
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** THE ADVANCED PRO BOOK DVD SERIES ** THE ADVANCED PRO BOOK DVD SERIES

This 4-DVD set is based on the on-the-table training section of The Advanced Pro Book. All shots are demonstrated and explained. Pro Shots: covers aggressive reference training shots. Becoming skilled with these is crucial and understanding the principles behind them will help you lock them into memory. Advanced Safety Play: addresses the important concepts that make for powerful safeties. Pro level safeties and front game situations are demonstrated. Advanced Kicking: is absolutely vital for winning at higher levels and working with the APB kicking maps will bring certainty to your game that is beyond systems. Advanced Banking: working with the APB banking maps will will add powerful tools to your ability to run out and to play safe. RETAIL - $134.95 - BEBOB SPECIAL - $107.95

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ALL THREE IPAT DVDS ALL THREE IPAT DVDS

This group contains all three of the International Pool Ability DVDs. The first DVD is Level One which is for beginners and players up through the regional league level. The Level Two DVD is for intermediate to advanced players and offers a challenging training program to bring your basic skills to a higher level. Level Three is for expert players and anyone interested in the fine details of world-class technique. All three contain the prep work and the IPAT test for the corresponding level. The group price saves you $22.

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BEST DAMN POOL INSTRUCTION BOOK BEST DAMN POOL INSTRUCTION BOOK

Once you get past the over-the-top title, you'll see this is a good, all-around book with a lot of good information for pool players. Written by Ron Schneider, it has 227 pages divided into fourteen chapters: The Stroke Builders, The Practice Shots, Safety Play, The Kicking Game, Banking, Combinations, Caroms, The Nine-Ball Break, The Masse Shot, The Jump Shot, Position Play, Specialty Shots, Deflection, Squirt, Cling, Throw and Skid. It includes a CD-ROM e-book that plays in computers and a laminated wallet card with the 10 Winning Rules for Nine-Ball. $34.95 (BDP)

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BIG TIME RACKING SECRETS & ULTIMATE PRO SHOT MAKING BIG TIME RACKING SECRETS & ULTIMATE PRO SHOT MAKING

This DVD from Danny "Kid Delicious" Basavich reveals several pro secrets, including the Delicious L Track and his own interpretation of racking secrets. This DVD is also the ultimate how-to for breaking from the rail and from the breaking box used at the U.S. Open and many other pro events. Additional topics covered are: Great jumping tips, super stroke shots, masse' shots and advanced position play.

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BREAK & RUN DVD BOX SET BREAK & RUN DVD BOX SET

PUBLISHER IS OUT OF BUSINESS AND WE ARE OUT OF INVENTORY! DO NOT ORDER! This 3-disc set is geared towards advanced and expert level players. Featuring 13 of the world's top players, it includes: Advanced Fundamentals by Rodney Morris, 8-Ball Breaking & Strategy by Karl Boyes, 9-Ball Breaking & Strategy by Mika Immonen, 10-Ball Breaking & Strategy by Darren Appleton, Kicking & Banking by Alex Pagulayan, and Pattern Play & Cue Ball Control by Raj Hundal. Earl Strickland, Chris Melling, Donny Mills, Jayson Shaw, Dennis Hatch, John Morra, and Jason Klatt fill out the group with Offensive and Defensive Pattern Racking, Reading Racks, Advanced Position play and 13 runouts with instruction. With 11 World Championships and 11 U.S. Open titles, there is no better group of players from whom to learn. PUBLISHER IS OUT OF BUSINESS AND WE ARE OUT OF INVENTORY! DO NOT ORDER!

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BUDDY HALL'S NINE BALL INSTRUCTIONAL BUDDY HALL'S NINE BALL INSTRUCTIONAL

In this DVD, which was formerly entitled Position Play; Buddy shows what he considers to be the most important position shots in pool. He demonstrates each one and shows exactly how to cue and stroke it. He teaches you what can go wrong and how to use each shot consistently. Buddy wraps up this 60 minute video by running three unedited racks, explaining his decisions and emphasizing the key balls to each run out. A very good Accu-Stats production.

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BUILDING THE INTERIOR OF THE STAR BUILDING THE INTERIOR OF THE STAR

ORDER NOW! ONLY THREE LEFT! This is the third video of Bert Kinister’s fantastic 4-disk set. The Star Patterns are a set of drills that will bring your run out rate way up if you do the work. This DVD expands on Using the 6 Pointed Star and needs to be worked successfully before you attempt the material in the final DVD ORDER NOW! ONLY THREE LEFT!

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BUILDING THE POINTED STAR BUILDING THE POINTED STAR

ORDER NOW! ONLY ONE LEFT! This is the first video in the Star Patterns, a total of four videos from Bert Kinister. Certainly one of the best series of drills you can use to bring up your run out percentages, these DVDs need to be used in order as each one develops from the previous one. Spending a few hours with just this one will bring your game up. ORDER NOW! ONLY ONE LEFT!

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GUARANTEED IMPROVEMENT GUARANTEED IMPROVEMENT

ALL GONE! DO NOT ORDER! This ring-bound book fits in a cue case pocket and contains 20 shots and drills that will help you reach the higher levels. It also has a unique rating system to help you compete and improve. This title comes with a DVD where Joe Tucker leads you through these fantastic drills. Joe's still the most value for the buck going in pool instructional titles! Get this one before he raises his prices. ALL GONE! DO NOT ORDER!

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IPAT DVD LEVEL 1 - BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE IPAT DVD LEVEL 1 - BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE

This DVD is designed for beginners and players up through the regional league level and for pool players whose progress has stagnated and who want professional help to eliminate weaknesses. You will learn aiming technique, quality of your stroke, big position playing and more with all exercises explained by Huber and Eckert and demonstrated by Hohmann. They DVD teaches an integral way to quickly learn the game and improve your pool skills technically. Posture, Stroke, Speed Drill, Straight Drill, Follow Drill, Draw Drill, Ghost Ball, Small Position Drill 1 & 2, Kiss Shot Tangent, Big Position Drill 1 & 2, Frozen Balls, Frozen Rail Drill 1 & 2, Endless Position Drill, Standard Balls, 9-Ball Situation, and Additional Exercises. 145 Minutes.

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IPAT DVD LEVEL 2 - INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED IPAT DVD LEVEL 2 - INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED

This DVD is for intermediate to advanced players and offers a challenging training program to bring your basic skills to a higher level. It includes advanced drills, exercises and workouts. All are explained by Huber and Eckert and played by World Champion, Thorsten Hohmann. Based on the training program, they demonstrate an integral way to quickly improve your ability. Speed Drill, Straight Drill, Follow Drill, Draw Drill, Small Position Drills 3 & 4, Big Position Drill 3 & 4, English Part 1, 2, 3 & 4, Frozen Rail Drill 3 & 4, Endless Position Drill, Standard Position Balls, 9-Ball Situation, and more. At 160 minutes.

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IPAT DVD LEVEL THREE - ADVANCED TO WORLD CLASS IPAT DVD LEVEL THREE - ADVANCED TO WORLD CLASS

This 145 minute DVD is for expert players and anyone interested in the fine details of world-class technique. It contains the complete International Pool Ability Test and all the preparation materials AND comes with a BONUS Audio CD, The Psychology of Pool, and an interview with Thorsten Hohmann. This DVD has advanced drills, exercises, and high-level training games, which you can use to compare your skill levels with others. Each drill is explained by Huber and Eckert and played by Hohmann to show the scores a world champion can produce. It includes: Stroke Straightness, Draw Shot Drill, Small Area Position 5 & 6, Large Area Position 5 & 6, Angle Shot Drill 1, Angle Shot Drill 2, Long Shot Drill 1, Long Shot Drill 2, 9-Ball Situation 3 & 4, Bank Shot Drill, Standard Position Shot Drill, Frozen Rail Drill 5, Frozen Rail Drill 6, Break, Safeties.

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IPAT WORKBOOK:  LEVEL START - BEGINNER IPAT WORKBOOK: LEVEL START - BEGINNER

This ring-bound workbook is written by Ralph Eckert, Jorgen Sandman, and Andreas Huber and is used and recommended by The European Pocket Billiard Federation and The World Pool-Billiard Association. It includes the preliminary stage of the International Pool Playing Ability Test (IPAT). This 60 page workbook contains all the exercises and training games to prepare for and to record your personal performances and help you develop skills.

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IPAT WORKBOOK: LEVEL 1 - BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE IPAT WORKBOOK: LEVEL 1 - BEGINNER TO INTERMEDIATE

This ring-bound workbook is written by Ralph Eckert, Jorgen Sandman, and Andreas Huber and used and recommended by The European Pocket Billiard Federation and The World Pool-Billiard Association. It includes the official WPA Playing Ability Test (PAT) for advanced beginners to intermediate players. Ever wonder how you really rank in playing ability? The PAT section of this book will clear that up. It is a system to assess your skills on the basis of exercises evaluated. The rest of this 64 page workbook contains exercises and training games to record your personal performances and help prepare you to take the International Pool Playing Ability Test for LEVEL 1.

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IPAT WORKBOOK: LEVEL 2 - INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED IPAT WORKBOOK: LEVEL 2 - INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED

This ring-bound workbook includes the official World Pool-Billiard Association Playing Ability Test for intermediate players. At 71 pages this is more advanced than the first Pool Billiard Workout and is well organized and designed. The second half is devoted to Technique Training and will help you put together effective short, mid, and long term training programs. There are additional exercises and training games to record your personal performances and help prepare you to take the International Playing Ability Test for LEVEL 2.

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IPAT WORKBOOK: LEVEL 3 - ADVANCED TO WORLD CLASS IPAT WORKBOOK: LEVEL 3 - ADVANCED TO WORLD CLASS

This 77 page ring-bound book is written by Ralph Eckert, Jorgen Sandman, and Andreas Huber. As a training workbook, it is used and recommended by The European Pocket Billiard Federation and The World Pool-Billiard Association. It includes the official WPA International Playing Ability Test for advanced to world class players and is far more advanced than the Pool Billiard Workout Level One (IPAT) and considerably more advanced than the Level two. Besides the IPAT Level Three preparation and test, there are sections devoted to Technique Training and Advanced Training Games.

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JOE TUCKER'S 90 MINUTE RAIL WORKOUT JOE TUCKER'S 90 MINUTE RAIL WORKOUT

Doing the workout in this 2-DVD set by professional player/instructor Joe Tucker is one of the best ways a player can add some important skills to their game. The workout is broken into 5 demanding sections that blend together nicely and along with spending your time in a very productive manner you will pick up some interesting facts and new shots by just viewing the first DVD. On the second disk, Joe puts himself on the line by walking the walk as he shoots the entire workout uncut, in real time.

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MODERN POOL MODERN POOL

ONLY FOUR LEFT! Written by famed European player and teacher Ralph Eckert, this first-rate publication. has 320 pages and over 340 illustrations. There are four sections and the last one, The Program, is over 200 pages long and covers training, technique, and tactics. Even the best players will find some value here. Major parts include: Aiming, Influencing the Cue Ball, Shots and Concepts, Position Drills, Bank Shot Drills, Theoretical Game Sequences, The Cushion Game, and about 80 pages on Critical Shots. Written from a European point of view, (it is in English!) you'll find ideas presented in a fresh and different manner. World Champion, Hohmann says: "In professional tournaments against the world’s best players, I still use his principles." It's very expensive to ship books from Europe, so get one while you can! ONLY FOUR LEFT!

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POOL LESSON WITH JERRY BRIESATH POOL LESSON WITH JERRY BRIESATH

This 3-DVD set is from Jerry Briesath, considered by many to be the “dean of pool instructors.” He has taught many of the game’s top players and was instrumental in starting the BCA instructor program. In the more than 4 hours of instruction and 50 plus topics on this set, you will learn the same techniques he teaches the pros: The Fundamentals - Stance, grip, bridge, stroke, break and aim. Managing the Cue ball - Spin, tangent lines, speed trade-off, position. Banking and Kicking - Making it all make sense. Drills - Fun games and simple tricks to quickly improve your game. Fixes - How to fix the flaws that cost you games.

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POWER POOL WORKOUT DVD POWER POOL WORKOUT DVD

Robert Byrne's Power Pool Workout: Volume 5 – Practice Drills and Training Secrets for the Serious Player. This was the fifth DVD in the Byrne’s series and by far the most powerful! A definite work-out video for your pool game and includes: improving your stroke; shot making secrets; power position play; the winning attitude; precision bank shots; cut shot control; and charting your progress. If you are willing to work at it, this video will improve your game by leaps and bounds! Limited supply. RETAIL $19.95 -BEBOB SPECIAL - $16.95

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POWERFUL POOL - COMPLETE SET OF ALL 3 DVDs POWERFUL POOL - COMPLETE SET OF ALL 3 DVDs

BACK IN STOCK! In this 3-DVD set, professional player Max Eberle opens up his treasure chest of hard-earned knowledge, including precise body mechanics, timing, and the training that is required to play pool with both consistency and results. There is one thing all great pool players have in common and that is excellent fundamentals. Max's focus throughout this DVD set remains on the Seven Primary Skills and he takes them, and you, to a world class level. Super solid stance, Feet set-up, Body direction, Arm alignment, Distance from cue ball, Stroke freedom, Super stroke, Center ball skill, Pure stroke, Eagle eye aim, Power spot, Mosconi method, Deflection correction, Sudden stop, Fantastic follow, Eye/stroke timing, Motivation and more. Also available as individual DVDs.

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PRACTICING POOL PRACTICING POOL

ONLY FIVE COPIES LEFT - Subtitled Take Your Game to the Next Level & Beyond - this is Phil Capelle’s companion guide to his series of instructional books. It’s a 7”x 10” ring-bound book of 288 pages and contains many sections: Fast Start, Fundamentals First, Shotmaking & Aiming, Position Play, Pattern Play, Safety Play, Kicking Practice, Break Shot Practice, Scoring Games, Practicing with a Partner, League Team Practice, Mental Game Practice, and Practice Programs. Comprehensive and jam-packed with information.

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ROCKET’S SCIENCE ROCKET’S SCIENCE

NEW! - This DVD by “Rocket” Rodney Morris, Pool’s latest inductee into the BCA Hall of Fame has nearly three hours of content. Rodney is a certified champion, taking titles in the US Open 9-Ball, US Open 10-Ball, World Cup of Pool, and more. With so many years of playing pool at the top level under his belt, you will learn a lot. Rodney starts with an intro and moves on to 8 Ball, 9 Ball, 10 Ball, Aiming, Breaking, Bridges, Jumping, Masse, Kicking, and Positional Shots. He wraps it up with a Question and Answer section, a few cool Road Stories and a What’s in the Case section. Rodney is well known for his calm, friendly demeanor and his powerful, rocket-like game. You can definitely learn something from this DVD that will improve your game.

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THE 99 CRITICAL SHOTS IN POOL THE 99 CRITICAL SHOTS IN POOL

This 30th Anniversary Edition of the classic volume by 3-time World Champion Ray Martin and Rosser Reeves has impacted the games of a lot of pool players. It is one of the best selling instructional pool books and people are still talking about shots that were first revealed in it. Part of this 220 page book is specific to straight pool, but most of it applies to all pool games. This edition is totally revamped with up-to-date photos, a full color cover and over 200 photographs and illustrations.

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THE BUDDY HALL TWO-PACK THE BUDDY HALL TWO-PACK

This DVD contains two pool videos: "How Do You Win from Here?" takes you through about 20 of the most important front game situations and shares unique, hard-to-see shots that can turn each one into a win. In "The Clock System" Buddy, a holder of over 60 major professional championships, starts with a review of the billiards basics, such as the grip, bridge and stroke. Then he teaches a system of exact hits on the cue ball to get to specific points on the final rail.

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THE EIGHT BALL BIBLE THE EIGHT BALL BIBLE

Sold our last copy 12-28-2023. Checking with the Publisher for more. Do not order unless the message has been removed! This big book by R. Givens is the definitive work on bar table 8-Ball. If you want to learn the secrets of topflight 8-Ball, this is it. With over 260 pages and 460 diagrams it will help you understand how small tables play differently than the big tables. Some chapters are: Sides vs. corners, slide-thru, smash-thru, strategy, pattern play, cluster work, and more. There is great information on the diamond systems, including some uses of the Corner-Five system you probably have never considered. Sold our last copy 12-28-2023. Checking with the Publisher for more. Do not order!

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THE KID DELICIOUS VIDEO SET THE KID DELICIOUS VIDEO SET

OUT OF INVENTORY - DO NOT ORDER Danny Basavich is a colorful player who cut his teeth in the back room and also nailed down some great finishes in pro events. His story has been addressed in a full-length Sports Illustrated story, a paperback book, and a yet-to-be-produced movie signed with a major studio. He's lived the life, so you might want to know his secrets, especially the ones on gambling. Originally packaged as four separate DVDs his secrets are now available as ONE DVD with all four lessons on it: Shot-Making, Pattern and Position Play, Two-Way Shots and Kick Shots, and Gambling Secrets.

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