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Fundamentals

• NV 2.1 - Miscue due to off-center hit with no chalk
• NV 2.2 - Close-up of the grip during a good stroke
• NV 2.3 - Mechanical bridge stroke with elbow out
• NV 2.4 - Mechanical bridge stroke with elbow vertical (see NV 2.3)
• NV 2.5 - A good stroke
• NV 2.6 - Steering follow through

Executing Basic Shots

• NV 3.1 - Practicing contact point and ghost ball visualization
• NV 3.2 - Using the cue stick to help visualize the impact and aiming lines
• NV 3.3 - Addressing the ball and taking your stance
• NV 3.4 - 90° rule with various cut angles
• NV 3.5 - Using your hand to visualize the 90° rule impact and tangent lines
• NV 3.6 - Stop shot
• NV 3.7 - Using the 90° rule to check for and prevent a scratch
• NV 3.8 - Using your hand to visualize the 30° rule
• NV 3.9 - 30° rule example
• NV 3.10 - Using the 30° rule to check for and prevent a scratch
• NV 3.11 - Following the recommended routine for planning and executing a shot
• NV 3.12 - Side pocket near point effects
• NV 3.13 - Corner pocket near rail effects
• NV 3.14 - Near rail rattle (see NV 3.13)
• NV 3.15 - Large target size for shallow-angle rail shots

Spin and English

• NV 4.1 - Stun shot
• NV 4.2 - Using a draw shot to prevent a scratch
• NV 4.3 - Straight-on draw shot
• NV 4.4 - Using draw to minimize deflected motion of the cue ball
• NV 4.5 - Using a follow shot to prevent a scratch
• NV 4.6 - Straight-on follow shot
• NV 4.7 - Following an obstacle ball into a pocket
• NV 4.8 - Rail dribble follow shot
• NV 4.9 - Normal follow shot into a rail
• NV 4.10 - Effect of left English
• NV 4.11 - Effect of right English
• NV 4.12 - Using English for position control
• NV 4.13 - Squirt due to high speed English
• NV 4.14 - English curve due to an elevated cue
• NV 4.15 - Using throw to make a partially blocked shot
• NV 4.16 - Over-cutting a cut shot to compensate for throw
• NV 4.17 - Rail cut-shot with natural English
• NV 4.18 - Large cue-ball deviation from the tangent-line with follow and small cut-angle
• NV 4.19 - Large cue-ball deviation from the tangent-line with draw and small cut-angle
• NV 4.20 - Delay of follow, tangent-line deviation with higher speed
• NV 4.21 - Delay of draw, tangent-line deviation with higher speed
• NV 4.22 - Avoiding a tangent line scratch using slow speed
• NV 4.23 - Cue ball path control for a cut shot next to a rail
• NV 4.24 - 30° rule speed effects
• NV 4.25 - Positioning the cue ball at all spots on the table from an easy side pocket shot

Position Play and Strategy

• NV 5.1 - Using speed and angle-control to pocket a three-ball sequence
• NV 5.2 - Using speed and angle-control to pocket another three-ball sequence
• NV 5.3 - Using side English to help run a four-shot sequence
• NV 5.4 - Using reverse English to kill the cue ball motion off a rail
• NV 5.5 - Hitting the rail first for position
• NV 5.6 - Hitting the rail first to avoid an obstacle ball
• NV 5.7 - Cheating a pocket
• NV 5.8 - Freeze the cue ball on an object ball for a safety

Bank and Kick Shots

• NV 6.1 - Equal distance bank method
• NV 6.2 - Equal extended-rail-distance bank method
• NV 6.3 - Parallel-line bank method example
• NV 6.4 - Kick shot mirror-image method
• NV 6.5 - Equal separation-distance kick-shot method
• NV 6.6 - Bank high-speed effect
• NV 6.7 - Bank low-speed effect
• NV 6.8 - Kick shot with natural English
• NV 6.9 - Kick shot with reverse English (see NV 6.8)
• NV 6.10 - Using English to create an angled kick- shot
• NV 6.11 - Using reverse English to straighten a kick shot
• NV 6.12 - Bank outside-cut creating reverse English
• NV 6.13 - Bank inside-cut creating natural English

Advanced Techniques (Shot Making)

• NV 7.1 - Aiming a combination shot
• NV 7.2 - Cue ball billiard shot
• NV 7.3 - Object ball carom shot
• NV 7.4 - 30° rule billiard shot
• NV 7.5 - Frozen ball throw
• NV 7.6 - Frozen cue ball throw
• NV 7.7 - Power break stance and stroke
• NV 7.8 - Soft 9-ball break
• NV 7.9 - Two-rail parallel-line kick-shot method
• NV 7.10 - Double kiss of a ball frozen to a rail
• NV 7.11 - Large-curve massé shot
• NV 7.12 - Small-curve massé shot
• NV 7.13 - Jump shot
• NV 7.14 - Bunjee Jumper video demonstrations