This shot demonstrates how much spin can be retained on the cue ball after a double kiss. The cue ball double kisses off the 1 ball, which is frozen to the rail. The 1 ball banks off the side rail and into the corner (I got lucky; the cue butt should help it most of the time). The cue ball double kisses back off the side rail, bends around the blocking big 8 ball, and pockets the 3 ball hanging in the corner. Learn how!

Here's a shot I invented that's a slight variation on a classic. Three balls are frozen to each other by the side pocket. Two go up the rail into the corner while one goes into the side pocket. Meanwhile, the cue ball arcs forward to pocket the hanging ball in the opposite corner. Normally, the cue ball would just shoot across the table to make a ball in the opposite side pocket, but I wanted to mix it up a little. Learn how!

Here's a nifty little shot, whose origin I'm unsure about. There's a ball hanging by the side pocket, two more in the left corner, and one final one in the right. The cue ball pings around, knocking all four of them in with just one trip! Learn how!

This pinball-type shot is based on the Circular Follow shot. I first saw Andy Segal shoot this. The cue ball hits the object ball frozen to the rail, then curves around the blocking ball and is guided to the corner pocket by the short cue stick. The hit object ball travels around the table, pushing the longer cue stick out of the way, sliding off the rack and finally pocketing the last ball by the far corner pocket. Learn how!

This is a shot requested by Ramaani, so I called it Ramaani's Recoil. Here, two balls are hanging in the corner pocket. The cue ball pockets one of the balls, bounces off one of the cushions, then, using tremendous spin, follows back in to pocket the second ball. Learn how!

This is an expanded version of a tournament shot. In the tournament version, there are only two blocker balls, but I moved it up to three. The cue ball starts the chain reaction and all of the blocker balls clear out of the way. The cue ball follows straight up the rail to pocket the last ball in the corner pocket. Learn how!

Here's a simple-looking tube shot that's a variation of a classic follow shot. There are two balls by the side pocket, the cue ball splits them up, one in the side and the other in the corner knocking out the tube. In the meantime, the cue ball hits the long rail on the far side of the side pocket and follows back up the table to knock in the ball that was on top of the tube. Learn how!

The first part of the shot was invented by Paul Gerni for ESPN Trick Shot Magic 2001. Two balls are forced in to the near corner pocket, and one banks cross corner. The cue ball meanwhile, follows up the rail to pocket the ball hanging in the side. It looks a lot prettier if you don't catch the side rail first, but I didn't have the camera rolling during those takes. Learn how!

This is a classic follow shot. The cue ball pockets the first ball in the corner, caroms off of the end rail and around an obstacle to pocket a second ball in the far corner. I saw my friend Eric Yow do it with a two ball wall, so I thought I'd do it too. It's easier with one though. Learn how!

Here's a more advanced version of a simple follow shot. After pocketing a ball in the side, the cue ball caroms off of the cushion on the other side of the side pocket, arcs around the blocking ball, and eventually makes the hanging ball in the corner. The easier version is to do it without the blocking ball. Learn how!