Mark Finkelstein

Mark Finkelstein is an ACS Level 4 and PBIA Master Instructor. Mark has been playing pool for almost 60 years and is the house pro at Slate and Eastside Billiards in NYC as well as the Instructional Columnist for NYC Grind. Mark also publishes at Easy Pool Tutor and various other pool publications.

Mark has written a book, “Pool Ramblings” which is available from McNally Jackson publishers. He is also on the staff of the National Billiards Academy that teaches pool seminars throughout the United States.

Mark is active with both the PBIA and the ACS Instructor Committees, teaches private lessons in the New York City area, plays exhibitions and runs tournaments for Corporate parties and donates his time to various schools and charities promoting pool.

Mark is also an accomplished player who has competed in Japan, the Philippines, the West Coast and the New York area.

  1. How To Stop The Cue Ball

  2. Kick, Jump, Or Curve?

  3. Understanding “Throw” and How to Adjust For it

  4. Stun Shots: Learning to Control the Cue Ball

  5. Through The Center Of The Table

  6. How To Shoot Off the Rail

  7. Aiming System For Backward Cut Shots

  8. How to Make “Impossible” Shots Using Throw

  9. Quiz: How Would YOU Play These Shots?

  10. How To Aim A Cut Shot

  11. Consistent Eye Patterns For Aiming

  12. Oh My Gosh A Game From Oshkosh

  13. How To Calibrate Your Speed and English

  14. Long Shots With Follow

  15. Four Hook Banking System

  16. Taking Shape at the Table

  17. A Simple Drill to Improve Your Game

  18. Drills for Precise Draw Shots

  19. Playing the Percentages

  20. Lessons from the World Straight Pool Tournament

  21. Overlooked Key Balls

  22. Positional Ideas

  23. Different Kinds of Position

  24. Two Ball Position

  25. Position Play

  26. A Mental Training Program

  27. Some Clever Safety Ideas

  28. Take the Wiggle Out

  29. Video Analysis

  30. Cheating the Pocket

  31. A Straight Pool Hidden Shot

  32. Using Squirt To Your Advantage

  33. Keeping Angles

  34. Aiming Thin Cut Shots

  35. Getting on the Right Side of a Ball

  36. Starting to Learn About Speed

  37. Learning the Draw Shot

  38. Center Ball

  39. Floating Elbow

  40. Approaching the Shot

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