phil in sofla
01-13-2004, 05:16 PM
Just ran across this, and thought it might be of interest to some here.
Reid has had a site called freepoollessons.com for some time, to offer some instruction and also market his various instructional tapes (now re-mastered to DVD recently, btw, according to the site).
Now, he's offering a membership and newsletter kind of thing, with a downloadable e-book (probably an Acrobat readable pdf document), at $24.95 and about $4.95 recurring monthly fees, if you pay by iBill account or cc. If you choose to pay by phone number, it's just the first figure, no recurring, but maybe you don't have ongoing members services.
Anyway, his first 85 pages or something like that are all about kicking and banking systems, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 rails, that kind of thing. Many people have asked for references to diamond system explanations, etc., and this would appear to be among the most complete collection of such materials this side of the Billiards Atlas series (1-5).
This alone would be worth the first price, IMO (I just signed up last night), with any book containing such information costing at least that much, if one could be found.
In just my first visit and the first half-dozen or so pages, I found out an answer I have been looking for about a year or more.
A couple of systems I picked up from Jimmy's tape series have proven their worth many times over, and I am very excited to have found what will surely provide me with some additional knowledge and skills in the kicking part of the game.
He's got some previews available on the site before you buy, so check it out and see what you think.
Reid has had a site called freepoollessons.com for some time, to offer some instruction and also market his various instructional tapes (now re-mastered to DVD recently, btw, according to the site).
Now, he's offering a membership and newsletter kind of thing, with a downloadable e-book (probably an Acrobat readable pdf document), at $24.95 and about $4.95 recurring monthly fees, if you pay by iBill account or cc. If you choose to pay by phone number, it's just the first figure, no recurring, but maybe you don't have ongoing members services.
Anyway, his first 85 pages or something like that are all about kicking and banking systems, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 rails, that kind of thing. Many people have asked for references to diamond system explanations, etc., and this would appear to be among the most complete collection of such materials this side of the Billiards Atlas series (1-5).
This alone would be worth the first price, IMO (I just signed up last night), with any book containing such information costing at least that much, if one could be found.
In just my first visit and the first half-dozen or so pages, I found out an answer I have been looking for about a year or more.
A couple of systems I picked up from Jimmy's tape series have proven their worth many times over, and I am very excited to have found what will surely provide me with some additional knowledge and skills in the kicking part of the game.
He's got some previews available on the site before you buy, so check it out and see what you think.