Johnny Henson, Professor Pool When most players try to improve their games they sometimes work on too many changes all at once. It makes me think of the old quote: “Jack of all trades and master of none.” With this thought in mind, I want you to focus on just the shots that you miss…
Tag: pool
August 2025, Front Page
Getting All Cued Up with the Billiards Club
Blair Dreyfus I am pleased to announce that our Ladies division has grown to 11 members with two more who intimated that they were going to fill out our club application soon. I was also made aware that one of my poker playing friend’s wife had such a good time a few Fridays ago, when…
July 2025, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: Things to Consider When Buying a New Cue Stick or Shaft
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Over the years cue sticks have evolved a lot. In 1978 I was playing with house sticks in the local pool hall in Big Spring, Texas, when the owner encouraged me to order a cue from a friend of his in Colorado Springs, Colo. His name was Bill Stroud, the owner…
June 2025, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: Improving Your Pre Shot and Shooting Routine Can Really Improve Your Game
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool A routine is a sequence of actions or steps that you do repeatedly when playing. When watching many professional men and women players you see a lot of strokes and also different pre shot routines. When I watch the top players I see that they try to repeat the same routine…
March 2025, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: How Closing Your Eyes Can Really Improve Your Game
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool This article was written by my partner and fellow Professional Billiard Instruction Association (PBIA) and American Cue Sports (ACS) instructor Steve Farmer. Players are always looking for simple ways to improve their games, and we use this technique in class to help our students progress. If I told you that your…
February 2025, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: How to Not Let Your Guard Down and Lose When You Are Competing
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool My partner and fellow Professional Billiard Instructor Association (PBIA) and American Cue Sports (ACS) instructor, Steve Farmer, recently wrote the outline for this article. I feel that this is a subject that every player has been a victim of from time to time, myself included. When playing against a player who…
December 2024, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: Consider Hiring a Coach, Trainer, and Mentor
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Players must consider hiring a coach, trainer and mentor if they want to improve their games over time. I feel that the destiny of millions of billiard players wanting to improve their games could improve if they would consider hiring a coach. I have never believed in quick fixes. A quick…
Sports, November 2024
Play Your Best Pool: Practice with a Purpose
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool Are you a player struggling to improve your billiards game? If so, do you find it hard to differentiate between practicing and playing? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then you’re not alone. As a coach and mentor to many students, I feel the lack of true focus…
November 2024, Sports
PebbleCreek vs. Canta Mia
Johnny Henson On Sept. 13, PebbleCreek Billiard Club players had a match with Canta Mia. It was fun.
October 2024, Sports
Play Your Best Pool: To Take Your Game to New Heights, You Must Be a Well-Rounded Player
Johnny Henson, Professor Pool When coaching students to improve their games, I emphasize that players must improve and perform well in many different areas of their games. Over the years I have competed against many very good players in tournaments. The players who I feared the most are the ones that were well-rounded and very…