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Hi, I’m Patrick, and I help you to play better pool!
I’ve been a pool coach for ten years and help people like you to play better pool. At the same time I’m always trying to learn more and improve as a player myself. On this website I share my findings as a coach and player with you, so we can all improve and have more fun at the same time.
Playing Pool – The Missing Manual
20 things that every pool player should know
My pool book gives you the most important rules in 20 chapters to play better pool. The 20 rules are dealing with issues even advanced players have – and beginners of course.
- take the right stance and how it will help you with aiming
- find the right contact point on the object ball every time
- control the cue ball
- keep your nerves together
- break the balls the right way
- and 15 more things to play better pool.
Why you should be grateful to your opponent
I have written about pool and meditation before. In my meditation with Headspace today it was about the fact that there is actually no me, you, us, but simply "this" - this, the current situation. The concept is a bit too unusual and complex to be explained in more...
The biggest misconception about stop shots and draw shots in pool billiards
Very often people ask me: "Patrick, what's the difference between a draw shot and a stop shot?" Fair question, since in both shots the cue ball is hit below center, and a lot of books and (self-acclaimed) experts have quite precise formulas to the sound of: For a stop...
![[Video] Let’s play… pool #5](https://www.playing-pool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-08-26-15_26_15--400x250.png)
[Video] Let’s play… pool #5
Finally, after a loooooong time we have a new Let's play... pool! I played issue #5 last weekend. As always 9-ball in a race to 7 against the ghost. As in every Let's play... pool! I played 9-Ball against The Ghost. Meaning, I break the balls, have ball in hand after...
Why you should be grateful to your opponent
I have written about pool and meditation before. In my meditation with Headspace today it was about the fact that there is actually no me, you, us, but simply "this" - this, the current situation. The concept is a bit too unusual and complex to be explained in more...
The biggest misconception about stop shots and draw shots in pool billiards
Very often people ask me: "Patrick, what's the difference between a draw shot and a stop shot?" Fair question, since in both shots the cue ball is hit below center, and a lot of books and (self-acclaimed) experts have quite precise formulas to the sound of: For a stop...
![[Video] Let’s play… pool #5](https://www.playing-pool.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-08-26-15_26_15-.png)
[Video] Let’s play… pool #5
Finally, after a loooooong time we have a new Let's play... pool! I played issue #5 last weekend. As always 9-ball in a race to 7 against the ghost. As in every Let's play... pool! I played 9-Ball against The Ghost. Meaning, I break the balls, have ball in hand after...
