The following pages contain the largest single collection of safety tools and advanced defensive concepts ever compiled into a single resource. It is designed to provide real world information for regular players from beginners to the top-level. Learning and mastering the necessary skills helps you win more games and improves your enjoyment of the Green Game.

Many players use a single approach to every shooting opportunity – the offensive mindset. They continuously attempt to pocket a ball, any ball - regardless of the table layout and playing conditions. They don’t consider the consequences of failure. That one-dimensional playing style is acceptable only if their opponents play the same way.

Such mindless, unthinking behavior is the hallmark of the bar-banger. When facing an equally skilled opponent who considers the game to be multi-dimensional, the bar-banger loses every time.

A player’s game attitude matures when he starts thinking beyond the immediate shot. It happens when he calculates the chances for success and failure, analyzes table layouts, and considers offensive and defensive choices. This is when that player is ready to take table billiards seriously.

Strategies and tactics are an important part of the game. Essentially, the game gets much more interesting when thinking before shooting. When you do this, you become an intelligent player. This book introduces the secrets that will make you a far more capable competitor. As you gain experience in defensive shooting, your abilities are extended, imagination expanded, and enjoyment enhanced.

The primary purpose of this book is to help you win more games by describing the many obstacles that can be thrown in front of your opponent’s plans. The secondary purpose of this book is to reduce the amount of chaos in your game and increase disorder in your opponent’s opportunities.