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Pool Instruction &
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Pool fundamentals, straight stroke training, and

Straight Pool expertise from Bob Keller (Shortstop On Pool)

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■ PBIA Certified Instructor

■ BCA/VNEA National Champion

■ 65 Straight Pool Centuries

Bob Keller

PBIA Instructor ■ 14.1 Expert ■ Youtuber ■ Author ■ Inventor

Author of A Shortstop On Straight Pool, creator of The Right Way (an online 14.1 Masterclass with John Schmidt).
Instruction focused on pool fundamentals, pattern play, shot selection, real-game strategy and cue ball control.

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Bob's Pool-Blog. Articles on pool fundamentals, stance, stroke, cue ball control and 14.1 strategy.

Pool Lessons

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Entertainment & Instruction

High run videos, Rack of the Week video series, Youtube How-To.

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Pool training aids, books, clothing, 14.1 course. Original designs to maximize your fun!

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Testimonial

"Honesty - You are so open with your positive and negative reactions when you are succeeding or struggling. It is inspiring to see that from someone that is so great at the game. It makes improvement and achievement at a higher level seem more attainable when an awesome player is not robotic or aloof.

Quality of Instruction - Your commentary about your thought process, your assessment of options, your weighing of pros/cons, analysis of errors and successes, retrying misses, etc - These things add up to instructional value for a novice straight pool player that far exceeds anything else I have found."

- Ken C., December, 2024

Straight Pool Instruction

As Mike Sigel said, "When you learn Straight Pool, you can play any game".

The Right Way

A Masterclass of lessons learned from pro John Schmidt. An online course of 13 videos teaches elite level strategy, break shot control and end pattern mastery. Also, includes a shot-by-shot breakdown of John's historic 626 ball run.

A Shortstop On Straight Pool

Written for players striving to take their game to the next level. Includes over 140 illustrations and 200 video clips of break shots, rack analysis, end patterns and more.

SSOSP is a roadmap to your first 14.1 Century.

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Rack of the Week

Bob's Youtube video series dissects a new rack of Straight pool each week. Begun in March of 2021, the series now includes over 270 Straight Pool Lessons!

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Perimeter Billiard Light

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Pool Table Drill
Projector System

Illuminated Cueing Arts Training System

- Raspberry Pi computer

- Ceiling or wall mount projector

- Free practice drills package

- Dozens more drill modules for sale

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