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■ PBIA Certified Instructor

■ BCA/VNEA National Champion

■ 65 Straight Pool Centuries

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Innovative Instruction
for the Modern Game

Fundamentals, stroke training, cue ball control, and straight pool expertise from Bob Keller (“Shortstop On Pool”)

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Bob Keller
PBIA Instructor ■ 14.1 Expert ■ Youtuber ■ Author ■ Inventor
Play It Straight

Author of A Shortstop On Straight Pool, creator of The Right Way (an online 14.1 Masterclass with John Schmidt).
 Instruction focused on pool fundamentals, pattern play, shot selection, real-game strategy and cue ball control. 

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Articles on pool fundamentals, cue ball control and strategy. Video Lessons, Straight Pool book and online Masterclass.

Pool Lessons

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High run videos, Rack of the Week Straight Pool video series, SSOP  Instruction on Youtube.

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Pool training aids, books, clothing, 14.1 course. Original designs to maximize your fun!

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Straight Pool Instruction

As Mike Sigel said, "When you learn Straight Pool, you can play any game".
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The Right Way

A Masterclass of lessons learned from pro John Schmidt. An online course of 13 videos teaches elite level strategy, break shot control and end pattern mastery.  Also, includes a shot-by-shot breakdown of John's historic 626 ball run.

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A Shortstop On Straight Pool

Written for players striving to take their game to the next level. Includes over 140 illustrations and 200 video clips of break shots, rack analysis, end patterns and more.

SSOSP is a roadmap to your first 14.1 Century.

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Rack of the Week

Bob's Youtube video series dissects a new rack of Straight pool each week. Begun in March of 2021, the series now includes over 270 Straight Pool Lessons!

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