Nice Trickshot Video

This guy gets a girl into many different positions on the pool table...



Impressive...pool shots I mean!

8 Ball Situation

This is an interesting situation to end up on the 8 ball. I was in a similar situation once, the only difference was that the 13 ball wasn't right in front of the pocket.

With the 13 ball in front of the pocket, it makes a safety much more difficult. This sort of forces you to try an offensive shot, which doesn't seem possible to the naked eye.

By elevating your cue stick a little bit and hitting the cueball hard, you can cause the 8 ball to become airborn a fraction of an inch. By hitting the rail higher that usual, this causes the 8 ball to have a launch angle. This launch angle increases with how hard you hit this shot. If you hit it too hard, the 8 ball may bounce straight up or just plain jump off the table. But once you figure out the speed, you can make this 8 ball bank 2 or 3 times out of 10.

Here is a video demo...



Thoughts...other options?

Triple Bank Situation (8 Ball)

Personally, I have never been in this situation...but have been in something close. The 8 ball was a little off center and I had a chance to cut it...but missed it. This triple bank on my personal experience, is about a 4 in 10 shot on my home table. On a bar box that I'm unfamiliar with, it is likely half that...or 20% at best.



Other options include trying to cut the 8 ball in the corner or bank it in the corner. Neil on AZBilliards suggested playing a pure safety with a halfball hit on the 8 ball as show below.

What is your opinion?

...A Different Kind Of Trickshot

Did you aim? Should have written "I aim to please, You aim too please"

VNEA Trickshot Submittal

4 banks off the corner of the pocket to prove that it wasn't a dumb luck shot when I made it in league.



Hooked 9 ball combo...



Here's another 9 ball shot I submitted...tittybank



Bank shape on 2nd effort...

Corey Duel Runout

...reckless with no rolls!

Passing Lane Trickshot

Pretty popular shot done and is standard for many trick shot players. I can do it about 1 outta 10....Here's about a 1 minute video showing it in slow motion.



Here another interesting video I found for jump shots. Under 2 minutes...good slow motion and a close jump shot.

Eric Yow Videos

Saw him in the semifinals of the trick shot magic against Dr Cue. I remember looking at his trick shot site 2 or 3 years ago....looks like he's come around.

Ericyow.com

Here's an old youtube video with 300,000 views that was uploaded in June of 2006.



Here's another clip from Eric Yow, acting like Tiger Woods!