Inconsistent Results
Your stroke works one day and disappears the next.
Private billiards instruction · Wilmington, NC
Master the process.The results will follow.
Build a consistent, repeatable game through personalized assessment, rock-solid fundamentals, video analysis, and purposeful practice.
- PBIA Advanced Instructor
- National Billiard Academy Instructor
- BCA Member Profile
The standard is not your current skill level. It is your desire and willingness to learn.
Chris RiserFounder · Lead Instructor
01Focus
02Discipline
03Consistency
04Mastery
A better way to improve
You do not need more random pool tips. You need a system.
Reaper Pool School turns scattered knowledge into a process you can understand, practice, measure, and trust under pressure.
No Repeatable Routine
You see the shot, but your body and cue do not arrive consistently.
Practice Without Direction
You put in the time but cannot clearly measure improvement.
The Reaper Method
Your path to a repeatable game.
Every stage has a practical job at the table and a deeper meaning that becomes clearer as your game develops.
01
Measure
Establish an honest baseline through conversation, observation, and video so the work begins with what is real.
02
Build
Create the physical platform: stance, alignment, bridge, grip, and a delivery that your body can repeat.
03
Organize
Connect the pre-shot routine to Set, Pause, Finish, Freeze so every shot has a dependable sequence.
04
Develop
Use purposeful drills to sharpen speed, cue-ball control, decision-making, and confidence under pressure.
05
Reflect
Review the evidence, keep what works, correct what does not, and continue building one layer at a time.
Method symbols will use verified Akan Adinkra references. Each symbol is introduced with its name and meaning before it becomes a recurring visual marker in the student journey.
The signature stroke sequence
Four deliberate moments. One dependable delivery.
Set
Become still. Confirm the picture.
Pause
Let the transition happen without force.
Finish
Deliver through the cue ball to completion.
Freeze
Hold the evidence. Learn from the result.
Your first lesson
Leave with a plan—not just a collection of tips.
The first evaluation establishes where your game is today, what matters most, and the clearest path forward.
Start your evaluationGoals + Baseline
Playing background, current challenges, goals, and initial observation.
Evaluate + Build
Video capture, foundational corrections, explanation, and table work.
Plan + Practice
Written priorities, focused assignments, video feedback, and next steps.
Ways to train
Coaching built around the player.
Start with the evaluation, then choose the level of instruction and follow-through that fits your goals.
01
Best place to begin
First-Lesson Evaluation
A two-hour starting-point assessment focused on your goals, fundamentals, current habits, and clearest development priorities.
02
Focused development
Private Instruction
One-on-one coaching built around your skill level, learning style, playing goals, and the part of your game that needs attention now.
03
See what the cue sees
Video Analysis
Stroke, alignment, movement, and timing reviewed from repeatable camera positions with clear visual feedback and next-step corrections.
04
Learn together
Clinics + Group Training
Hands-on instruction for small groups, leagues, and serious players who want a structured foundation and practical table time.
Founder · Lead Instructor
Meet Chris Riser.
A PBIA Advanced Instructor, National Billiard Academy instructor, and Marine Corps veteran committed to helping players build games they can trust.
Chris combines disciplined fundamentals, clear communication, video analysis, and personalized development. The goal is not to make every student look the same. It is to help each player build a process that allows their best game to appear more often.
“I am not trying to change who you are as a player. I am helping you build a process you can repeat.”
The next step
Stop guessing. Start building.
Tell Chris where your game is now and what you want to improve. Your first evaluation will establish the process to move forward.
criser1374@reaperpoolschool.comWilmington, North Carolina