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This is a shot I invented recently that's related to the Cluster Follow shot. A similar cluster of 3 balls is by the side pocket. This time, one of the balls goes up into the corner while two go into the side and the cue ball draws back to make the last ball hanging in the near corner. Learn how!
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This shot combines a couple classics. First, the 5 ball squeezes past the 3 ball into the side pocket. Second, the cue ball draws back to make the 1 ball. And third, the 3 ball banks 3 rails, reversing direction on the way, to find the far side pocket as well after the 1 ball is gone. Learn how!
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This is a simple draw shot. Shoot the cue ball, pocket the 5 ball, and draw back, hitting the rack and pocketing the 1 ball. Ho-hum stuff, until you try to do it one-handed. Learn how!
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This is a cool shot invented by Matt 'No Fail' MacPhail. The objective is to hit the cue ball into the stacked pool balls making both of them in the corner pocket, then draw all the way up table to make the hanger. This will certainly test how straight you're stroking. Learn how!
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I picked this shot off the internet somewhere, probably Pavel Poledno (ppooler) or Tommy Vancraybeek (tombuzz). Conceptually, it's pretty simple, split the two balls on the spot, slide over into the cue knocking a ball in the side, and then drawing all the way back for the hanger in the corner. It's slightly more difficult than it sounds, but not by too much. Learn how!
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I invented this crazy little shot. If you think drawing one ball is hard enough, try two at the same time! Each cue ball pockets an object ball and then draws back to scratch. I can almost get it up to a half table length now. Learn how!
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This is a neat little draw shot that ends up tracing an arcing path, almost like a masse shot. The cue ball is pinched between the rail and an object ball and the natural bank angles are obstructed by the arc of other object balls. Shooting with some draw and right english, I compress the rail and curve around the obstructing balls making the final stripe in the corner pocket. Learn how!
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This is one of the preeminent stroke shots today. After pocketing the first object ball, the cue ball will duck behind the blocking ball, pop back out off the rail, and draw back down the table to pocket the hanging ball in the near corner. Mike Massey hits this better than anyone now. However, this shot is often attributed to Cowboy Jimmy Moore, who would shoot this shot with a slip stroke. Learn how!
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Here's a close draw shot where I pocket one ball in the corner, taking out a tube and drawing the cue ball two rails pocket the second ball in the same corner. Mike Massey used a similar shot in ESPN Trick Shot Magic 2003. Sometimes this shot is played with stacked balls in the corner, but then the object ball you hit doesn't go. Other times, it's just played as a position shot where the cue ball has to land in a zone near the corner pocket. Learn how!
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Here's Mike Massey's power draw shot. In this shot, I cram an object ball in to the corner and draw back 3 cushions around the table. Usually, this shot is played so the cue ball gets position in a 1x1 diamond square by the other corner pocket, but this is Eric Yow's adaptation where I use a rack to push in another object ball. Learn how!
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