“The Magician” Efren Reyes Biography Early life Reyes was born in Pampanga in 1954. He moved to Manila with his family at the age of 5. In Manila, he worked as a billiards attendant at his uncle’s billiards hall, where he started learning the various...
BCA Hall of Famer Francisco Bustamante aka “Django,” sit’s down with me at breakfast September 20th, 2014 and discusses his life in billiards, 15-Ball Rotation, and the future of pool in the Philippines with Manny Pacquiao becoming involved…...
Now I know why growing up I never heard a Filipino pool player complain about table conditions, it’s because the billiard table conditions in the Philippines can be so difficult that even “bad” conditions on a pool table in the States is like a well...
Playing on different speed tables, often in the same tournament, in back to back matches, is something you need to be ready for if you’re a competitive pool player or even if you just like to perform at a high level all of the time. This ability will directly...
While this concept will apply to all games such as 8-Ball, 9-Ball, and 10-Ball, it really comes up all the time in 14.1, enough so that you could say 14.1 really is ALL about how well you break up clusters, and manage the cue ball after it contacts the cluster. It is...
A big part of putting yourself into a trance of consistency is your stroking pattern during your warmup strokes. An entire book, Pleasures of Small Motions by Bob Fancher Ph.D. was written with this aspect of your game as being THE most important part of performance...
If the pre shot routine is a sequence of events that you can repeat in order to generate consistency in your game, lets just say that securing your bridge is probably the most important event out of that sequence. As many pros as there are, there are that many styles...
Going through the elements of your valium vs. generic diazepam pre-shot routine in pool does not have to look like 1 then 2 then 3 then 4… It could be more like take care of 1 and 2 while setting up for 3 and 4, then handle 5 while maintaining and solidifying...
A couple days ago I talked about the importance of footwork in your pre-shot routine in playing pool. I mentioned that you can get your back foot positioned (on the stroking line and the correct distance from the cue ball) so that you can then get into your stance....
This is CONSISTENCY month. January 2014, and this week is PRE-SHOT ROUTINE week. First I’ve covered setting up your feet and chalking the cue as part of your routine. Ok lets back up a little bit first. Before you can position your feet or your back foot onto...
