Pro Pool Academy · Est. 2008 · 10,000+ Students Worldwide
This Isn't About Getting a Little Better:
Pro Pool Academy isn't another course promising a few quick fixes. It's a complete system built to transform you into the best version of yourself as a pool player — trusted by 10,000+ students, endorsed by Joe Rogan, built on 35 years of pro competition and victories over 21 World Champions.
How much longer are you going to keep playing at a level below your potential?
Joe Rogan on Max Eberle — Watch This First
"Max Eberle has flawless fundamentals and a deep knowledge of the game of pool. He also has a great understanding of the mental aspect of the game, and is a terrific teacher. I could think of no better person to instruct you in this complex and beautiful game."
— Joe Rogan | Host, The Joe Rogan Experience — the #1 Podcast in the World
Will Briscoe — Top-Ranked Player, Idaho
"This site has done amazing things for my game."
— Will Briscoe | Top-Ranked Player, Idaho
September 20, 2025
From the desk of world-class pro and professional instructor, Max Eberle:
Dear Fellow Pool Player,
Let me ask you something.
How many years have you been playing — practicing, watching videos, grinding it out at the table — and still feel like you're not quite getting there?
You have good days. Then you have days where you miss shots you've made a hundred times. You lose to players you know you can beat. You leave matches wondering what went wrong — again.
The vast majority of pool players who plateau — sometimes for years, sometimes forever — are not lacking in dedication or natural ability. What they're missing is the right foundation, taught in the right order, by someone who has proven it works under the most brutal competitive conditions on earth.
That is what Pro Pool Academy was built to give you.
The Real Problem — And the Real Solution
❌ Where You Are Now
✅ Where You're Going
"Two weeks ago I played in my local 8-ball tournament and came in dead last — 12th out of 12. I bought your program and spent the next week applying what you teach. This week's tournament? I came in 4th. I felt so much more confident at the table. Once you stop worrying about aiming once you're down, and you're already thinking 'I'm making this' — it makes the game so much more fun."
Tom D.
Avid Pool Player
Why I'm the Right Person to Help You
My grandfather, Charles "Pop" Eberle, was a Depression-era pool hustler. He traveled the country playing strangers for money and sent his winnings home to his family. He ran 100 balls in straight pool like it was nothing. He once spoke personally with 15-time World Champion Willie Mosconi about the single most important thing in pool.
Pop taught my father. My uncle. My cousins. And when I was 12 years old, he started teaching me because of the interest I showed in the game. I'll never forget when he told me to make the 9-ball by caroming the cue ball off of the 2-ball with right-hand English — so I did what he said, and the 9-ball went in like it had eyes.
From that moment on, I was obsessed with the game. Two and a half years later I beat him in the finals of the first 9-ball tournament at the Velvet Rail in Dover, Ohio, and the story made it to the National Billiard News with the headline: "Eberle Beats Eberle."
Three years later, the owner of the Velvet Rail gave me the keys to the pool hall so I could practice whenever I wanted, and later that summer of 1991, I won the BCA Junior National Championship in Nashville, Tennessee, in front of 300 spectators including Nick Varner, Steve Mizerak, and Jean Balukas.
Pop died in 2000 at the age of 94, and I think about him to this day every time I play pool. His words — "never turn the cue ball loose" and "the cue ball is the only ball on the table" — still guide my play to this day.
Those words became the title of my book, my philosophy, and the soul of everything I teach.
I won my first youth event at 13. My first adult 9-ball event at 15. The BCA Junior National Championships at 18. Back-to-back National Collegiate Championships at 20 and 21. By 2003 and 2004, I was ranked in the top 5 professionals in the world.
In 2013, I won the Derby City Classic 14.1 Championship on the Diamond "Bigfoot" 10-foot table — defeating three reigning World Champions back-to-back: Alex Pagulayan, Niels Feijen, and Dennis Orcullo. It is the crown jewel of a career that includes 900+ tournament wins and victories over 21 WPA Sanctioned World Champions spanning four generations of the sport.
I've beaten the legends of the '80s — Ray Martin, Buddy Hall, Nick Varner, Earl Strickland. The icons of my generation — Rodney Morris, Shane Van Boening, Jeremy Jones. And the champions of today — Skyler Woodward, Fedor Gorst, Wiktor Zieliński.
I've been a private instructor to Joe Rogan, Jeff Bezos, and actors Keith David and Jennifer Connelly.
Private lesson at student's home
Working with student Levi
Teaching pool in Panama — Max's reach is global
Pop, mid-shot — the man who started it all
"Pop was a consistent 100-ball runner and a great 9-ball and 15-ball rotation run-out player. He started me off right by teaching me the power of cue ball control, which he had in spades. He would always say, ‘Never turn the cue ball loose,’ and ‘The cue ball is the only ball on the table.’"
Me and Willie Mosconi, BCA trade show & Junior Nationals, 1989
In 1989, I first met 15-time World Champion Willie Mosconi at the BCA trade show. Pop had seen him run 100 balls on three separate occasions and once asked him, “Willie, what’s the most important thing in pool?” Willie told him, “Touch.” I reminded Willie of this, and he responded, “Yes, touch is important.”
Age 6, cue in hand, with my brother Stephen
This is where it started — long before any titles, before the World Champions I'd go on to beat. Just a kid in Pop's basement, learning to see the game the way he saw it.
Meet Your Instructor
Professional competitor and instructor for 35 years.
In the Company of Legends
With Efren Reyes — "The Magician"
Las Vegas, 2011
Defeating Fedor Gorst on live TV
USA vs Russia, Moscow 2019
In the commentary booth
2024 International Open
What Students Say
Another satisfied student — that wall of trophies says it all
From beginners to regional champions — Max teaches all levels, all ages, all backgrounds
"Pro Pool Academy is literally a Gem of KNOWLEDGE. Finding Max was like finding Morpheus from the Matrix. If you have questions, Max Eberle has answers."
Jazz Sehmbey
Los Angeles, CA
"I've watched so many instructional videos and yours was the only one I connected with. You are without a doubt the best pool instructor out there. The way you explained the stance turned me into a whole different pool player. I owe it ALL to you."
Joseph McClain
Chattanooga, Tennessee
"My game has improved tremendously since your website taught me how important fundamentals really are. I beat my friend in straight pool 75 to 39 this morning. You have me on the right road."
John Costello
Pro Pool Academy Member
"I am exponentially better than I was just a few months ago. My ambitions and goals have completely changed. Thank you for putting your heart and passion into this."
Greg
Avid Pool Player
"Just watching the first module I was making changes to my stance overnight. I would have happily paid more for this information. It is worth every dollar."
Neil
Harrisburg, NC · APA Skill Level 3
"This site has done amazing things for my game."
Will Briscoe
Top-Ranked Player, Idaho
The Secret Most Players Never Learn
The best players in the world are not necessarily more talented than you. They have better fundamentals. And because those fundamentals are solid and automatic, everything else — aiming, cue ball control, mental game, shot selection — flows from them naturally.
Watch a world champion and it looks effortless. Like a gift they were born with. But talk to most of them about what they're doing and they can't explain it clearly — because it has become so deeply ingrained they've stopped thinking about it consciously.
Over my 41 years of playing pool with serious intent to master the game and play professionally, I've learned countless theories and systems and seen just about every wacky theory and conflicting YouTube tip, every technique that sounds good but doesn't hold up under the weight of you actually improving your game and performing when the match is on the line. What remains in this website is what I personally rely on when I'm competing against the table and against the world's finest players.
Your Complete Learning System
Every course builds deliberately on the last. This is not a collection of random tips — it's a complete curriculum designed to take you from wherever you are now to the player you've always wanted to be.
The bedrock everything else is built on. Includes the complete Powerful Pool DVD content ($99 value), Pre-Shot Routine video series ($97 value), and Zen Pool Video Series ($89 value).
Course 1: Stable Stance
Course 2: Solid Bridge
Course 3: Super Stroke
There is no one-size-fits-all aiming system. I've learned many over the years and have at least 12 of them in here. Sometimes one just clicks with a student and they're making more shots right away.
"The cue ball is the only ball on the table. Shot makers are a dime a dozen — it's the guys who can control the cue ball who are the champions." — Pop Eberle
Skill 1: The Almighty Stop Shot
Skill 2: The Dazzling Draw Shot
Skill 3: The Fantastic Follow Shot
Bring consistency to your game by implementing a pre-shot routine that enables you to play like clockwork — ball after ball, rack after rack, match after match. 15 complete lessons.
19 named drills, each targeting a specific weakness. Intentional practice is the fastest path to real improvement — this course makes every session count.
Banks and kicks win matches that good shooting alone cannot. Plus a serious introduction to One Pocket — the chess of pool.
Position play separates good players from great ones. Learn to plan cue ball routes and make running out feel like following a map — not guessing.
Seven complete rack runout breakdowns, plus strategy for every situation you'll face in competition.
Pattern play, safety battles, and the key shots that win 9-ball matches at every level.
The pro's game — tighter pockets, called shots, and higher skill requirements. Mastered here.
The original rotation game — running all 15 balls in order requires a complete mastery of fundamentals and strategy.
The purest test of pool skill ever devised — the game Max used to run 237 balls in as a world-class pro.
The perfect launching pad — and one of the most popular courses in the Academy. Eight focused daily video lessons covering the complete range of essentials. Most players see more improvement in one week than they have in years of practice on their own.
Included Free
Bonus 1
Zen Pool Audiobook
The complete 3-hour recording of Zen Pool: Awaken The Master Within, read by Max. Pool as meditation — the philosophy behind everything he teaches.
$50 Value
Bonus 2
Play Pool In The Zone
103 pages of systems, strategies, and methods for cue ball control, shot-making accuracy, running racks, and winning tournaments.
$30 Value
Bonus 3
Zen Pool Ebook
The digital edition of Max's bestselling book. Essential reading for every serious pool player's library.
$20 Value
Bonus 4
8-Day Pool Mastery Boot Camp
Eight days of focused video instruction covering the complete essentials. More actionable information than most full pool education products on the market.
$197 Value
The Proof Is in the Results
13th Annual Steiner 9-Ball Classic — 1st Place, $2,800
10-Ball Open, Bankshots Dunedin — 1st Place, January 2023
Dream Challenge 2019 — Helped Team USA Defeat Team Russia
Your Investment
A single private lesson with a top pro costs $150–$300 per hour. A weekend clinic: $500–$1,500. I spent 35 years building this knowledge. The combined retail value of all 17 courses and bonuses is $2,542. Get it all for $49/month, save over 50% with the annual plan at $290/year, or pay once and own it forever with lifetime access for $749.
All 17 Courses + All 4 Bonuses
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My Personal Guarantee to You
Take 90 full days. Go through the courses. Apply what you learn. Play it out at the table. If you don't see real, tangible improvement in your game — if you don't feel it was worth every penny — just send me a message and I will refund every dollar. No hoops. No questions. No hard feelings. That is my word as a competitor and as a teacher.
— Max Eberle, World-Class Pro | Pro Pool Academy
Questions
Is this right for my skill level?
Pro Pool Academy was designed for serious amateurs — players who compete in leagues and tournaments and want to win more. Whether you're a strong amateur or aspiring professional, the curriculum will meet you where you are and take you further.
How quickly will I see results?
Many students report tangible improvement within the first week of the 8-Day Boot Camp. Tom D. went from last place in a local tournament to 4th place in two weeks. Results vary, but if you apply what you learn consistently, improvement comes fast.
What if I already have good fundamentals?
Most players who think they have solid fundamentals discover specific gaps when they go through Courses 1–3. The pre-shot routine, aiming, and mental game courses alone are worth the investment for any serious player.
What does "lifetime access" mean?
Pay once, access forever. All 17 courses, all bonuses, and all future updates — with no recurring fees, ever.
How does the guarantee work?
If you're not satisfied for any reason within 90 days of purchase, email max@maxeberle.com and you'll receive a full refund — no questions asked.
Questions? Reach Max directly: max@maxeberle.com
Every great pool player can point to a moment when everything shifted. This is that moment — if you decide to take it.
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