The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line, but sometimes it's quicker to take a longer route. Here, I shoot the five ball towards the corner pocket. While it's on its way, I quickly masse the cue ball around the five ball to pocket the hanging ball and clear the pocket for the five to go in. Allen Hopkins showed this shot off during the 2008 World Cup of Trick Shots. Learn how!

I developed this shot to try to pocket a few more balls with a jump masse stroke. The cue ball hits the cluster by the side pocket, splitting one into the side and one up into the corner. The cue ball then jumps over the blocker balls, slides across the table, off the far rail and masse's back to get the hanging ball in the far corner. Learn how!

On this shot, the cue ball jumps out of the rack and goes three rails to pocket the hanging ball. You'll notice the cue ball hits the first rail below the side pocket, which necessitates a masse to get it back on track. This is one of the classic jump-masse shots that have been bouncing around the internet. Learn how!

On this jump-masse shot, the cue ball jumps out of the rack, goes up and pockets one hanging ball in the opposite corner pocket, then reels back in along the short rail to get the other hanging ball. This is an adaptation from a simple masse shot without the jump. Learn how!

On this masse shot, the cue ball is frozen to an object ball. On the masse stroke, the object ball is sent to the side pocket while the cue ball squirts out and makes a big curve to go two rails and pocket the hanging object ball in the far corner. Learn how!

I adapted this shot from one of Lukasz Szywala's. I form a diamond of four balls and balance the cue ball on top of it. Using a masse stroke, I split the diamond so one ball goes into each of the nearest four pockets. Learn how!

This is an adaptation from the Yo Yo Masse, just adding the jump part. The cue ball jumps out of the rack, slides down the table, and then spins backward to pocket the hanging ball in the side pocket. It's not as difficult as it looks since you have to hit any jump-masse pretty hard to get it to spin back, but it's by no means easy! Learn how!

The cue ball jumps out of the rack, swoops around at the far end of the table, goes two rails and comes back for the hanging ball. This shot is similar to the Jump Rainbow Masse, except it's aimed farther out. This is another classic jump-masse to work on. Learn how!

This is a basic, and perhaps the easiest, jump-masse shot. I jump the cue ball out of the rack and have it masse straight back pocketing the ball in the corner pocket. It's more impressive the farther up the table it goes before the masse takes. Learn how!

Here's a variation of the Rainbow Masse. This time, I freeze another object ball to the cue ball pocketing it across the table into the corner pocket. The cue ball makes an awesome arc around the row of balls to pocket the hanger in the corner pocket. Learn how!