I learned this shot from Robert Byrne's Treasury of Trick Shots and parlayed it into a few points at the 2009 Ultimate Trick Shot Tour Championships. The cue ball splits the 1-2 cluster by the side, hits the rack pocketing the 3 and 4 balls, goes off the side rail and comes back for the 5 ball where it all started. Amazing! Learn how!

Here's a series of shots that will teach you how incident angles can affect throw on an object ball. The object balls are set up exactly the same for all three shots with only slight variations in cue ball position. The 2 and 3 balls split into their respective corners, but the 1 ball can be made directly in the side pocket, banked cross corner, or banked cross side. Learn how!

All balls to the corner pocket! It's tough enough getting the 1, 2, and 3 to go into the same corner pocket, but the cue ball also draws back and catches the 5 ball as well. Learn how!

This is a fundamental setup shot. The 2 ball squeezes between the other two object balls to go in to the corner, while the 5 ball gets thrown into the side and the 3 ball banks cross-side. If that wasn't enough, the cue ball draws back for the 1 ball. Learn how!

This is a fantastic artistic shot invented by Yoshikazu Kimura and was put on full display by Stefano Pelinga in ESPN Trick Shot Magic. There's a five ball cluster by the side pocket. The cue ball spreads them out, two balls in the side pocket, one up table in the corner pocket, and two across to the other corner pocket. The cue ball then draws back for the hanging ball. Learn how!

This is an extension of Joplin's 3 Ball Shot by Bill Marshall (Willie Jopling), with 2 extra balls. Two balls each go into the near corner pockets while the 1 ball banks straight up the table. I love the way this shot looks! Learn how!

Here's a creative example of using the rack for a trick shot. The cue ball hits the 2 ball into the rack. The 2 ball caroms off into the side pocket while the rack pushes the 1, 3, and 5 balls across the table into their pockets. The cue ball finally draws back for a hanging ball in the corner pocket I'm shooting over. Learn how!

Here's a great setup shot invented by a good friend of mine 'Jersey' Joe Bonge. Lots of balls are in action here. The cue ball hits the 1 ball, which combos the 2 in the corner. The 1 banks cross-side. The cue ball caroms off making the 6 in the side, then hitting the three ball cluster sending the 4 in the side, 5 up the rail in the corner, and the 3 is thrown across into the opposite corner. Whew! Learn how!

Here's a slightly more advanced version of the Classics IV shot. The whole setup is moved back a bit and instead of going into 4 different pockets, we shoot all 4 balls into 2 pockets. The middle two balls go into the corner while the outside two balls go into the far side pocket. Neato! Learn how!

This shot involves a combination, bank, and a kick all into three different pockets on the same side of the pool table. I hit the cue ball into the 1 ball which combos the 5 in the corner. The 1 caroms and banks into the side while the cue ball goes three rails and kicks the hanging ball down! Learn how!