Philip Bryson Capelle (born November 26, 1947, in Needham, Massachusetts) is an American pocket billiards author, instructor, and columnist. He has been active in pocket billiards media as a journalist providing 300-plus monthly articles for Pool & Billiard Magazine from 1996 to 2021."Pool & Billiard Magazine"[Retrieved 4 July 2021]"Capelle's Columns Volume II[Retrieved 4 July 2021] His instruction and tournament coverage has also appeared in Professor Q-Ball,"Professor Q-Ball" [Retrieved 4 July 2021] The Grind, AzBilliards,"15-year Anniversary for Play Your Best Pool" [Retrieved 4 July 2021] and most prominently on his Facebook page.Philip Capelle Facebook Page[Retrieved 4 July 2021] He has been covering major pool events for nearly a decade online"Mika Immonen is the 76th World 14.1 Champion"[Retrieved 5 July 2021] and in print media"Phil Capelle Archives" [Retrieved 4 July 2021] and is considered by pool's fourth estate as "pool's number one instructional author.""Billiards Press"[Retrieved 4 July 2021] His books have all earned rave reviews from a wide range of pool industry experts."Seyberts" [Retrieved 4 July 2021]"Capelle's Practicing Pool"[Retrieved 4 July 2021]"Reviews of Philip Capelle's Books"[Retrieved 4 July 2021]
Professional career In July 1989, he started writing a weekly column for the Orange County Business Journal. In his first full-length feature, he predicted the 1990s bull market. Other features included lengthy interviews with leading corporate executives in Orange County. As an Orange County Business Journal reporter, he described in an article entitled "California Business" the way Fidelity, after their leveraged buyout of the company, gave them control over costs and the ability to avoid the kinds of losses incurred by competitors.Orange County Business Journal, "California Business," November 1992. [Retrieved 8 July 2021]"How Tom Peters Helped One Title Company Thrive in a Bad Market"[Retrieved 5 July 2021]
While at home nursing a dislocated shoulder in the latter half of 1994, Capelle began to seriously consider making a career change. His idea was to turn his passion for pool into a business writing and publishing books on pool."Capelle Publishing" [Retrieved 4 July 2021] Capelle acquired a team of backers and began work on his first book in January 1995. In December 1995, "Play Your Best Pool," a 480-page tome on all facets of playing pool, was published. The book received rave reviews from each of the leading pool publications, including Pool & Billiard Magazine, Billiards Digest,"Break Shot Patterns"[Retrieved 5 July 2021] and The National Billiard News. On page 17 of the June 20, 2020, issue of Billiards Digest, Capelle provided instruction on the break, pool drills, and getting your mental game back after a hiatus from playing pool."Billiards Digest" Instructional Author Phil Capelle on Practice [Retrieved 5 September 2021]
He then took a break from writing pool books to author "Woods vs. Nicklaus: Golf’s Greatest Rivalry." His next book on pool, "Break Shot Patterns," was published in 2011, and two more have followed, bringing his total of billiard books to 12."Philip B. Capelle Amazon Author Page" [Retrieved 4 July 2021]
Books
Play Your Best Pool (1995, 2005) A Mind For Pool (1999)
Play Your Best Straight Pool (2000, 2015) Play Your Best 9 & 10-Ball (2001) Capelle On 9-Ball (2002) Mike Massey's World (2003) Play Your Best Eight Ball (2004) Capelle's Practicing Pool (2006) Break Shot Patterns (2011) Six Words to Pool Greatness (2016, 2021) Capelle's Columns (2017) Capelle's Columns Volume II (2021)
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