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Safety Toolbox -
Advanced Defensive Strategies & Tactical Tools

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"Knowledge is Power" - this book provides the advanced defensive strategies and tactical tools used by professionals and road players for decades. These are the details of defense they would never intentionally reveal. 

This is the entire collection of safety tricks and traps accumulated over 50 years of playing experience. Everything is revealed here. Every secret and every stratagem  is identified, with specific details and procedures on how to apply them.

Just reading this material will improve your winning percentage by 10%. Put some time in on a practice table and that will improve even more.

Here are some results you can expect:

Give these "benefits" to your opponent:

• Way too many bad leaves.
• Frustrating loss of game & table control.
• Psychological wear and tear.
• Sneaking suspicion of being played (but can't prove it).
• Physical exhaustion from constantly getting up for one shot and then going back to the chair (and racking too many times).
• More losses to you than they have ever experienced.

What others will say about you:

• What happened? He's a much tougher player now.
• Where did that shot come from?
• Didn't see that coming.
• I never get a shot. I don't like playing him.
• Why can't I beat this guy. He used to be easy.
• Jeez, I have to work so hard every time I play him.
• Can't get any decent shot for a run-out.
• He's no fun to play with.
• What's with all these safeties?
• I can't play him any more. He's taken all my money.

Consequences of this knowledge:

• Enjoy the game much more.
• Stop opponent run-outs.
• Get out of bad circumstances.
• Manage and play around your weaker skills.
• Identify and use opponent's limitations.
• Know when to go for the win (and when to side-step).
• Gain expanded tactical options.
• Handle chaos control.
• Learn sophisticated table layout management.
• Discover a huge library of unexpected tricks & traps.
• Master predictable cue ball and object ball travel
• And much more.

Stick skills you will gain (practice required):

• Consistent control of the cue ball.
• Precision stick speed with micro control.
• Enhanced draw, follow & spin.
• Reliable caroms.
• An ancient, easy to learn, devastating stroke.

Mental capabilities gained:

• Confidence of possessing intelligent table management options.
• Game patience that reduces your worries (and blood pressure).
• Develop a high level of trust and faith in your game plan.
• Whole game strategies tailored to the skills of our opponent.
• Simple and clever tactics that destroy.
• A return of the original pleasures of the game - winning regularly.

Table of Contents

0 Beginnings

About the book - a little blurb about the how best to use the book.
From the author - a little background on the writer.
Psychological warfare - the real truth on how to be a serious competitor

1 Safety types

Introduction - an orientation to the various safety shots.
Bad angle - very low percentage options to gift to your friendly enemy.
Bridge required - take advantage of your opponent's weak side.
Confusion - make it tougher table, on purpose.
Distance - leave shot choices that are far, far away.
Frozen cushion - not an obvious Safety, but surprisingly effective.
Hidden ball - play hide & seek with your opponent's skills and mind.
Illegal shot - win by giving up ball in hand.
Over-a-ball - who can shoot well over another ball

2 Safety exercises

Introduction - explains simple, non-boring ways to use these to gain skills quickly and easily.
Analysis training - how to quickly gain experience in analysis and option evaluations 
Close in control - manage precision control of the cue ball.
Control cue ball - put the cue ball anywhere on the table with spin and speed.
Control object ball - manipulate the object balls to help you and hinder your opponent.
Control speed - learn how to intentional push the cue ball to a precise area.
Cushion first - a secret Safety to spring on an unsuspecting opponent.
Incremental control - learn how to get a "feel" for cue ball positioning.
Roll your own - make up your own custom exercises with these straight-forward guidelines.
Scrape the paint - an ancient billiards skill, brought up to present time.
Side spin - control the cue ball with spin instead of draw or follow.
Wrist stroke - the stroke that was owned only by balk-line billiard players - adapted for use as a devastating skill in pool.

3 Safety principles

Introduction - why even do safeties? Find the reasons here.
Comfort/chaos zone - chaos can be your friend. You can also wield it as a weapon too.
Concept of defense - a full description of how and why the safety tools are necessary to a defensive strategy.
Key knowledge - valuable operational factors that ensure you can make intelligent decisions.
Mindset matrix - the mechanism (a simple thing, really) that ensures you will make outstanding, situational table decisions.
Motivation - personal reasons and rationale to justify taking advantage of unsuspecting opponents.
Opponent analysis - strategies to apply against any type of opponent.
Personalities - quickly size up opponents with tips on how to take advantage of them.
Playing habits - identify bad habits and how to use them. Also determine the different shooter types and how to adapt your game to defeat them.
Safety plan - how to develop plans that prevent your opponent from using his strengths.
Think it through - the true and trustworthy way to think your way to successful safeties.

4 Safety tactics

Introduction - this section introduces game tactical choices and actual, real-world applications.
8 Ball examples - real-table examples on how to play defensive shots.
9 Ball examples - real-table examples on how to play defensive shots.
Ball in hand - so, you got a reward for your opponent's error. Here is how to ensure it doesn't lose the game for you.
Bank into a safety - no one will really know that you can actually do this on purpose.
Blocking pockets - intentional obstruction can have huge payoffs.
BPI (balls per inning) average - how to use your opponent's shooting skills against him (and he can't do anything about it, even if you told him).
Creating clusters - discover how these are your secret allies.
Double-kissing - how to use this with malice aforethought.
End game tactics - the smart ways to win when it's important
Hangers - want an almost fool-proof trap for your opponent? And, it works more than 80% of the time.
Helper balls - use other balls to reconfigure the table layout.
Rare safeties - every once in a while, a really cool opportunity presents itself - here are a few examples.
Two way shots - a viewpoint that ensures you can have your cake - and eat it too.
Wall of balls - super simple hidden ball opportunities.

5 Tips and tricks

Amateur leagues - some tricks on how to play and win in handicapped leagues.
Dead zones - excellent places to create unexpected difficulties for your opponent.
Emotional dangers - how to prevent emotions from causing you to lose.
Energy transfers - how far do balls travel after contact? Simple calculations that provide predictability.
Hero shots - here are ways to let your opponent try to be a hero - and end up helping you.
Insurance balls - how to use trouble balls to keep you from losing.
Last resorts - a plan when all your billiard god luck is bad and getting worse.
Practice routines & safety games - how to use practicing time to your best advantage - also ways to use games to improve your defensive expertise.
Safety battles - look forward to these opportunities to wear your opponent down using simple patience.
Safety mistakes - how badly can your opponent screw up a Safety attempt? Better yet, know how badly you can screw up.
Shadow zones - secret places to hamper your opponent.
Shooting the percentages - how often can you make a shot in 10 tries? This is something you had better know.
Tactical missing - there are times when you do NOT want to make the next shot. Discover when and how to purposely use this choice to win.
Temptation shots - ways to trap your opponent into take a shot he shouldn't.
Up and down cycles - how to use natural energy cycles to help you win.

6 Get out of trouble

Introduction - this section describes the ways you can escape safety traps that your opponent will not expect
Ghost tables - you may have heard of ghost balls, how about using ghost tables?
Kick to a big ball - a description on how some balls are "bigger" targets at certain table locations.
Kick to a small ball - those areas of the table where you want you set up kicks for your opponent.
One cushion kicks - learn how to calculate one-rail kicks.
Two cushion kicks - learn how to calculate two cushion kicks
Chase, a kicking game - one and two player games to train yourself on the many ways of kicking yourself out of trouble.

7 Help

Help - information on how best to use this valuable information.
Glossary - common terms you probably know, but are again defined.
Legal Notices - copyright, and other rights.