Download or read book Safety Toolbox Advanced Defensive Strategies Tactical Tools for Pool Pocket Billiards written by Allan P. Sand and published by . This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the story about this book. During those early couple of decades when I got bitten by the Pool Passion Bug, the idea of winning the game by purposely dogging a shot or two was considered cowardly and the shooter was a yellow-bellied weakling, deserving of sneers and insults. Nowadays, a well-played safety is applauded by railbirds, and feared by those who can't kick or jump the cue ball. I watched many games where the sure-to-lose player, seemingly by accident, prevented the obvious-to-win player from winning. (Well, I was a little slow to learn some things, but eventually, I realized what was happening.) Defensive shooting skills are as important to winning as offensive shooting skills. I started applying this radical idea of defensive shooting to my own game - and suddenly I was winning a lot more matches - even against better players. What an eye-opener this was. And yes, occasionally I get accused of cowardice. I don't care - I won, they lost. This book is the accumulation of over ten years of study and analysis of defensive and safety shooting options. The phrase, "Knowledge is Power" sums up the contents of this book and I want to pass on these hard-learned lessons to you. These are the advanced defensive strategies and tactical tools used by professionals and road players. Just reading this material will improve your winning percentage by 10%. Yes - you do need to practice the cue ball and object ball positioning skills in the book, but just knowing the how, when, and why to play the safety will make winning a more common experience in your life. Basically, the contents of this book teach you how to trick and trap your opponent into helping you win. Winning is so much easier when you can identify your opponent's weaknesses and use them against him. There is even ways to use your opponent's strengths against him. (Who would have thought that?) You will learn about basic safety types, how to analyze opponents, use simple tricks and traps to prevent your opponent from winning, and the necessary precision exercises (which will also help your offensive game). It will be more fun to win more games

Download or read book Safety Toolbox for Pocket Billiards written by Allan P. Sand and published by Allan P. Sand. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become the Dangerous Player! Learn Strategies and Tactics to become the Smarter, Tougher Competitor! Inside this book is everything you need to: • Play a smarter game • Think “Above the Table” • Beat better players • Control your opponent • Manage the table Among the many features of this book are: • Descriptions of all the safety tools • Exercises to master cue ball speed & spin • Strategies to hinder your opponent • Tricks and traps to win more games. • Tactical responses to table circumstances • How to make table problems work for you • Ways to get out of safety traps • Psychological warfare tools • 8 Ball & 9 ball tactical maneuvers

Download or read book Safety Toolbox written by Allan Sand and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition contains the largest single collection of safety tools and advanced defensive concepts ever compiled for gamers. The text is designed to provide real-world information for regular players from beginners to the top-level players of the Green Game.

Download or read book The Art of War Versus The Art of Pool written by Allan P Sand and published by Billiard Gods Productions. This book was released on 2012-04-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Sun Tzu played, this is how he would teach strategy & tactics. This is the Philosophy of War as it is applied to the Philosophy of Pool! This is the mind set that a serious player must learn. The words of the famous and ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu have been read, studied, and applied by millions of students of warfare and those who compare their livelihood to be a similar life and death competition. Many advisers to the movers and shakers of the world have made their fortunes by converting his words for the applications in sports, business and politics. Many aspects of the 2500 year old treatise on how to wage war have a direct application to the tactics and strategies used in games played upon pocket billiard tables across the world. This book is a presentation of those similarities. With this knowledge, your viewpoint about how you play pool will shift and adjust. This will be your voyage of discovery that leads to new strategies and table tactics.

Download or read book Basic Cue Ball Control Fundamentals written by Allan P Sand and published by Billiard Gods Productions. This book was released on 2024-03-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to influence the cue ball and win more games!! Learn to get shape and position for the next shot! This book provides a combination of fundamental information and hands-on exercises. The Knowledge section provides functional information, details, and guidelines. The Skills section includes various drills and exercises to improve your physical ball control skills.

Download or read book The Art of Team Coaching How Sun Tzu Would Coach Coaches written by Allan P Sand and published by Billiard Gods Productions. This book was released on 2012-04-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The art of war is of vital importance ..." are the words, written 2,500 years ago, by the famous & ancient Chinese general Sun Tzu. This is how millions of students began their study of warfare and battlefield management. His words (translated by Lionel Giles) are presented here, followed by its application to managing teams. From the book: "These five fundamental factors are necessary for a team to become outstanding on the field of play. - Common purpose - the players must be in complete accord with their coach and his staff, so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any setbacks or dangers. - Environment - the playing environment, night and day, cold and heat, and seasons all have some effect on focus and morale. Prepare appropriate contingency plans. - Playing field - this is mastery of movement of the players. They must work together within short and long distances; perform risky plays as well as safe plays with coordination, skills, and focus. - Coach - must have the virtues of wisdom, sincerity, faith, courage and strictness. - Method and discipline - this is the practice field for the team, and the personally assigned drills and fundamentals by the players. All of this is coordinated including ensuring equipment, tools, and support services necessary to keep the team functioning efficiently. The coach and players who understands these will win the majority of the time. Those who do not will have less successful opportunities." This book provides insight into the proper mindset of playing smarter and winning more. You and your staff will gain new insights into: - How to win against better teams - How to trap and misdirect opponents - How to design useful strategies - How to devise effective tactics - When to attack & how to defend When you purchase this book, you may want the companion book, "The Art of Personal Competition" which helps individual players become key members of your team. Explanations and expectations of the player's own personal commitments are defined, along with a training program. Make sure that each of your players and support staff have a copy.

Download or read book The Art of Personal Competition How Sun Tzu Would Coach Key Team Players written by Allan P Sand and published by Billiard Gods Productions. This book was released on 2012-04-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is how Sun Tsu would guide your development as a sports player! Apply the philosophy of war to your competitive development and increase your ability to out-think and out-maneuver opponents! 2,500 years ago, a Chinese general, Sun Tzu, wrote a treatise titled "The Art of War". It summarized his lifetime experiences of what was important about warfare and battlefield management. The first words are "The art of war is of vital importance ...". This is how millions of students began their education into the philosophy of organized conflict. His words (translated by Lionel Giles) are presented here - and how they apply to you. This book provides the guidelines to effective training, preparation, planning, thinking, and execution of your sports career. Inside are the secrets of playing smarter. You will gain new insights into how to: - Win against better players - Trap and misdirect opponents - Design useful strategies - Devise effective tactics - Attack efficiently - Defend aggressively Make sure you have a pencil and notepad as you read through this book. There will be much re-evaluation of bedrock doctrine. Many current beliefs could be ill-considered dogma. Plus you will need document the many tactical ideas and concepts that will light up your consciousness. Make sure that your coach and coaching staff get "The Art of Team Competition". This companion book will ensure that your coach will support your personal physical and intellectual skills.

Download or read book The Art of Politics Campaigning How Sun Tzu Can Advance Your Political Aspirations written by Allan P Sand and published by Billiard Gods Productions. This book was released on 2012-04-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This material is useful regardless of the size of the campaign arena and is easily scalable from running for class president up to a national electoral challenge. During the last 100 years, many writers have applied Sun Tzu's book on war to business, sports, and, of course, various levels of politics. His instructions, considerations, suggestions, and warnings have been directly integrated into offensive and defensive strategies and tactics that have been used in all types of governments from the dictatorial to socialistic to democratic. The political playing arena can be as small as a neighborhood to as large as the entire planet. The strategies and tactics of war are presented to advance one political player (person or idea) over another. Your tactics will focus on the many ways to confront opponents, directly or indirectly. The book "Psychology of Gamesmanship" provides many tactical tools that can be applied to the political arena. From the "Art of War"... "The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected. From the "Art of Politics & Campaigning"... The art of political competition begins with your commitment to successfully win a position that you want to occupy. In the process, you will have to raise people's confidence in your knowledge and ability to present yourself, your capability to perform the duties of the position, and how well you are able to respond to setbacks. It requires an expansion of your mental awareness. Preparation for predictable and unpredictable situations is critical to the campaign's success. Improper or incomplete readiness always results in opportunities to experience abject embarrassment. Once publicly committed to the race, you can't quit or even appear to give up - even when the world knows that a snowflake dropping into a pan of boiling water has a better chance of survival than you do winning. If you did, you could never find a single supporter willing to help you in another campaign. Continuing the battle, even against overwhelming odds will keep you in consideration for future political opportunities. When organizations and powerful individuals consider your qualifications, being known as a "quitter" will guarantee your exclusion from the short list.

Download or read book The Kitchen God s Guide for Single Guys Easy Ways to Enjoy Food and Save Money written by Allan P Sand and published by Billiard Gods Productions. This book was released on 2012-04-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of eating out? Want to save money? Stranger in the kitchen? This book reveals all you need to know about the Food Chain! Everything you need to know in simple, easy to understand instructions and details. Even more useful - find out what you should (and shouldn't) buy. It's all here: kitchen supplies, cleaning stuff, cooking and tools, food storage containers, shopping guidelines, simple (and tasty) recipes, easy cleanup and even a glossary of kitchen terms. Everything you need to survive without hunger interfering in your lifestyle. Chapter 0 - Beginnings Chapter 1 - Introduction & welcome Chapter 2 - The well-stocked kitchen Chapter 3 - Hunting for food Chapter 4 - Breakfasts Chapter 5 - Lunch (your way) Chapter 6 - Supper Chapter 7 - Snacking through the day Chapter 8 - Parties Chapter 9 - Salads, desserts & drinks Chapter 10 - Tricks & traps Glossary

Download or read book Talent Chooses You written by James Ellis and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want your business to grow, you need to be able to rely on your ability to hire talent reliably and consistently. No talent pipeline? No growth, and no business. But your recruiting team is drowning (I asked them). They need help. Now, if you ask recruiters, they will ask for headcount. Or more technology. But more bodies and more tools won't solve the issue (though it will eat up your budget). What you need a is a better strategy. And that strategy is called employer branding.Employer branding is about understanding, distilling and communicating what your company is all about in order to attract all the talent you need. That will differentiate your company as a place where people will want to work, rather than a place they land because they didn't know better.If you've heard about employer branding in business magazines, it might seem like something only "big companies" can do. Something that requires a dedicated team, expensive platforms, or a bunch of consultants. That isn't true. If you understand where your brand comes from, and how to apply it, any company (especially yours) can hire better with it.And this book will teach you how to do all of that, and then some.In this book, you'll learn what employer branding really is, how to make a compelling argument internally to leadership that creates commitment, how to work with other teams and be creative in finding solutions. As a special bonus, we are including a handbook on how to work with recruiting teams. This hands-on workbook is chock full of examples, checklists, step-by-step instructions and even emails you can copy and paste to make things happen immediately.

Download or read book The Art of Marketing Promotion How Sun Tzu Can Improve Your Business Success written by Allan P Sand and published by Billiard Gods Productions. This book was released on 2012-05-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is how Sun Tzu would help you develop and implement promotional & marketing programs! Apply the philosophy of war to expanding your business! 2,500 years ago, a Chinese general, Sun Tzu, wrote a treatise titled "The Art of War". It summarized his lifetime experiences of what was important about warfare and battlefield management. Your success (and even survival) in the business world depends upon effective research, preparation, planning, thinking, and execution of your promotion programs. Inside are the secrets of business success. Gain new insights into how to: Win against larger, better-funded competitors Design useful marketing strategies that work Create effective messages that get results Design material specifically for target publics Aggressively improve customer attitudes Make sure you have a pencil and notepad as you read through this book. There will be much re-evaluation of bedrock doctrine. Many current beliefs are actually ill-considered dogma. You need to document the many tactical ideas and concepts this book will inspire your business mindset.

Download or read book Omnia Sunt Communia written by Doctor Massimo De Angelis and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this weaving of radical political economy, Omnia Sunt Communia sets out the steps to postcapitalism. By conceptualising the commons not just as common goods but as a set of social systems, Massimo De Angelis shows their pervasive presence in everyday life, mapping out a strategy for total social transformation. From the micro to the macro, De Angelis unveils the commons as fields of power relations – shared space, objects, subjects – that explode the limits of daily life under capitalism. He exposes attempts to co-opt the commons, through the use of code words such as 'participation' and 'governance', and reveals the potential for radical transformation rooted in the reproduction of our communities, of life, of work and of society as a whole.

Download or read book Society and Solitude and Other Essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Information written by James Gleick and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of the acclaimed Chaos and Genius comes a thoughtful and provocative exploration of the big ideas of the modern era: Information, communication, and information theory. Acclaimed science writer James Gleick presents an eye-opening vision of how our relationship to information has transformed the very nature of human consciousness. A fascinating intellectual journey through the history of communication and information, from the language of Africa’s talking drums to the invention of written alphabets; from the electronic transmission of code to the origins of information theory, into the new information age and the current deluge of news, tweets, images, and blogs. Along the way, Gleick profiles key innovators, including Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, Samuel Morse, and Claude Shannon, and reveals how our understanding of information is transforming not only how we look at the world, but how we live. A New York Times Notable Book A Los Angeles Times and Cleveland Plain Dealer Best Book of the Year Winner of the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award