Willie Mosconi World's Champion 1941-58 on Pocket Billiards

Willie Mosconi

• Publisher: Barlow Press
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN:
  9781447483533
• Print ISBN:
  9781446501078
  9781446504307

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to playing billiards written by the 1941-58 billiards world champion, Willie Mosconi. This timeless volume includes comprehensive instructions and useful tips on every aspect of the game, and is highly recommended for anyone looking to improve their billiard skills. Complete with helpful photographs and step-by-step instructions, this volume would make for a great addition to collection of antiquarian sporting literature. The chapters of this book include: "The Game of Billiards", "Fundamentals", "The Bridge" "Stroke and Follow-Through", "Cueing the Ball", "Hitting the Object Ball", "Combination and Kiss Shots", "The Championship Game", "How Much do you Know?", "Speed of Stroke", etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high quality edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on billiards, snooker, and pool.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Dedication
• Preface
• 1. The Game of Billiards
• 2. Fundamentals
• 3. The Bridge
• 4. Stroke and Follow-through
• 5. Cueing the Ball
• 6. Hitting the Object Ball
• 7. Combination and Kiss Shots
• 8. The Championship Game (14.1 Rack)
• 9. How Much Do You Know?
• 10. Speed of Stroke
• 11. Practice and Concentration
• 12. Conclusion
• Appendix A. Glossary of Billiard Terms
• Appendix B. Official Rules—Pocket Billiard Games
• Appendix C. World Pocket Billiard Champions and Records