Diamond Deck · Intellectual Approach to Pool

Understand the shot.
Make practice count.

Books for the thinking. A workbook for the table. Explore the systems behind the diagrams, then put your understanding into practice—one shot, one observation, one adjustment at a time.

Explore the Black Deck books ↓

Start with the Black Deck

Two books. Two useful roles.

Choose deeper instruction, practical repetition, or both. The Complete Practice Guide and Practice Book cover the same Black Deck cards, with two complementary roles.

Diamond Deck Black Complete Practice Guide front cover

Learn · Understand · Study

Black Deck
Complete Practice Guide

Go beyond the diagram.

Study bank shots, kick systems and escape routes through explanations of the geometry, aiming references and adjustments behind the shot. Take those ideas to your own table and learn from the result.

Systems and aiming logic behind the layouts
Adjustments, variations and deeper explanations
Connections between understanding and practical training

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Practice · Record · Repeat

Black Deck
Practice Book

Your companion beside the table.

Turn a practice session into something you can build on. Work from the layouts, draw your routes and record what happened, what you changed and what you want to try next.

Practice layouts and space for your notes
A place to record results and plan the next session
Free digital edition; optional printed convenience

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Kindle eBook

Paperback and Kindle eBook available on Amazon · Free PDF also available

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The wider library

A collection that grows with your practice.

Five decks. Ten books. Each colour pairs a Complete Practice Guide with a Practice Book covering the same cards. Explore the other four pairs below; publication details and purchase links will be added as each edition becomes available.