| For this shot you need a small plastic tube. With your tube you can pot a ball from an unusual position – Useful! |
| Video 1 – The Performance |
| Video 2 – The Explanation |
| Click here to download instructions (PDF) |
Tag Archives: Corner Pocket
Play Away!
| An unusual shot where you play away from the ball that you hit into the pocket. The idea is to play into the cushion and pot the ball on the rebound, because the balls are touching it gets a bit complicated. |
| Video 1 – The Performance |
| Video 2 – The Explanation |
| Click here to download instructions (PDF) |
Tight Double
| This is very much like the shot that Paul Newman plays at the beginning of "The Hustler". The red ball is frozen to the rail with the cue ball almost touching. It looks impossible for the red to get past the cue ball and into the opposite corner pocket, but it can be done. Watch and learn! |
| Video 1 – The Performance |
| Video 2 – The Explanation |
| Click here to download instructions (PDF) |
Clever Shunt
| This was one of the first trickshots I mastered. I forgot everything about it until recently when I tried it again. It was trickier than I remembered! It's a shot that is easier on a snooker table or an American Pool table because of the pocket to cushion ration. On the small English Pool table, you have to be precise with the set-up and execution to make it all happen – best of luck! |
| Video 1 – The Performance |
| Video 2 – The Explanation |
| Click here to download instructions (PDF) |
Alcatraz
| This week’s trickshot is a classic. Pot the Black ball from within the group of yellows. Once you know the set-up this is a very reliable shot, so it’s often used in a pool exhibition. |
| Video 1 – The Performance |
| Video 2 – The Explanation |
Minimum Effort
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This shot appears very simple, but can easily catch you out if you get the set up slightly wrong, or play through with the cue not entirely straight. So although it looks like there is minimum effort, you have take time getting the set up right and take care with the cue when you play it. The thing I like about it most is that the object balls all seem to go in at the same time, making this shot a favourite for pool exhibitions. |
| Video 1 – The Performance |
| Video 2 – The Explanation |
| Click here to download instructions (PDF) |
