World 8 Ball Pool Championships Coaching Seminar – Introduction to Spin

A section of one of the seminars I held at theWorld 8 Ball Pool Championships at the Imperial Hotel in Blackpool.

In this segment I talk about spin on the cue ball – how it gets there and what it does.  To get the cue ball to react in the way you want it to, it is not simply a question of hitting the cue ball in a specific way, there are lots of other factors involved.  Here I concentrate on the distance between the balls and how that affects the reaction of the cue ball after contact with an object ball.

Third Dimension

This is the sort of shot that might be played in a pool exhibition.  The idea is to get the cue ball to jump over the cue, and then spin back under the cue to pot (pocket!) the second red.
 
 
Video 1 – The Performance
 
 
 
 
Video 2 – The Explanation
 
 
 

 

Happy Endings

This is a great example of a set up shot on the pool table. The four red balls go in four different pockets with the cue ball nicely set up to pot the black with the next shot.
 
Video 1 – The Performance
 
 
Video 2 – The Explanation
 
Click here to download instructions (PDF)