Improve your game with these tips from a master!

World Champion Pool Player Ray “Cool Cat” Martin shares his secrets for playing winner’s pool in this classic instruction book, now with a new introduction by the author. Written with journalist Rosser Reeves over three decades ago, The 99 Critical Shots in Pool remains one of the most authoritative guides to the game ever written.

Over 200 photographs and illustrations shows the proper form, technique, and approach to shots such as:

  • The Center Ball Cheat-the-Pocket
  • The Hook Shot
  • The Seven Ball Stop Shot
  • The Jump Shot

and many more!

With introductions to the basic ways to hold a cue, techniques for the proper shooting stance, a primer on the rules for different types of pool games, and and in-depth glossary, this terrific book is bound to improve anyone’s game.

Ray Martin, a Billiards Congress of America Hall of Fame inductee, is one of only seven players in the twentieth century to win three or more world 14.1 titles. He co-wrote this book with Rosser Reeves in 1976.