This sneaky shot was invented by Sebastian Giumelli, but I took it all the way to the 2010 UTS Championship title. The cue ball is frozen between two object balls on the short rail. The object balls have coins balanced on top of them to prove they don't move. Seemingly impossible, the cue ball squeezes out from between the two balls, then masse's back to pocket the 3 ball in the corner pocket. Learn how!

This is a devious little shot I rode all the way to win the 2010 Ultimate Trick Shot Tour Championships. The cue ball and 3 ball are frozen to the rail and to each other, with a blocker ball in the way of the corner pocket. Stroking through the cue ball sends both the 3 ball and cue ball down table, drifting just pass the blocker. The 3 ball hits the short rail and rebounds back where the cue ball is there to double kiss it into the corner pocket. Learn how!

Here's a devious shot I invented that helped me with the 2010 UTS Championships. The cue ball hits the tray sending the 3 ball up the rail. The cue ball, meanwhile, goes three rails and meets the 3 ball by the side pocket, knocking it in, if you're lucky! Learn how!

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!

I invented this shot for the 2009 Ultimate Trick Shot Championships. I wanted to invent a shot where the tray was used for more than just a stationary extra rail. The cue ball hits the tray first, opening up a path between the tray and the side rail. The cue ball hits two rails, gets guided up the edge of the rack, goes off the side rail and the tray again, pocketing the hanging ball in the side pocket. Learn how!

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 another fouette (or whip draw) shot I invented. The 1 ball rockets into the side pocket, narrowly missing the 3 ball. The cue ball slices around the giant 8 ball, spins off two rails, then slides up the rack and pocketing the 3 ball in the same side pocket.  Learn how!

Stefano Pelinga invented this terrific masse shot. Pocket the 1 ball in the far corner, then the cue ball spins back, bouncing off the long rail and going around the blocking ball, and pocketing the 3 ball hanging in the near corner pocket. This take is as good as I've ever hit it. Enjoy! Learn how!

This is a great shot invented by Gabi 'Mr. Perfect' Visoiu. Unfortunately, we both missed this at the 2011 World Cup of Trick Shots. It's a jump-fouette shot. The 1 ball gets cut in the corner while the cue ball jumps over the row of blocking balls. Then it curves around the rack, hits the long rail and short rail with just enough spin to hold it up to come back and hit the rack, sinking the 3 ball. Learn how!

Here's a great variation on the standard 2mm draw shot invented by Abram 'Too Tall' Diaz. When he posted it, he claimed he was the only one in the world who could do it. I'm a little late to the game as a couple others have already proved him wrong, but it's still a great shot. Pocket the 1 ball, slip the cue ball around the blocker and down the machine gun to pocket the 3 in the near corner. Learn how!

This is a classic shot demonstrating how much spin you can put on the cue ball using a masse stroke. I masse the cue ball, forcing the three object balls frozen to it into the corner pocket. The cue ball speeds up the cue sticks, knocking off the ball balanced on top and into the other corner pocket. 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!

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!

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!

Here's a pretty variation of the 2mm draw shots. This was played by Nick Nikolaidis and Jamey Gray in Trick Shot Magic 2010. The 5 ball goes across the table into the corner while the cue ball whips back, avoiding the 8 ball, spins off of two rails, hits the rack and pockets the 1. Learn how!

This is one of Stefano Pelinga's crafty inventions. It might not look to fancy, but it'll give you fits if you try it. The cue ball kicks off the long rail, splitting the 5 in the side and the 1 down the rail into the corner. After caroming off the 5, the cue ball goes an additional three rails and pockets the 3 ball hanging in the corner pocket. 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 is one of Jamey 'Sharpshooter' Gray's signature shots. The cue ball is trapped inside a cell of balls and racks, but it's jumped straight over the walls and pockets the 1 ball in the opposite side pocket. Learn how!

This is a "Spitball" Charlie Darling special that he pulled out in an early Trick Shot Magic tournament. The cue ball goes four rails, off the tray, and slides along the bottom rail to make the hanging ball in the corner. Learn how!

This is a neat little tray shot I picked up watching Robert Byrne's trick shot videos. The cue ball goes 4 rails, kicks off the tray, then heads up to the side pocket and knocks in the hanging ball. 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 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!

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!

I invented this jump-masse shot for the Ultimate Trick Shot Championships in 2009. The 5 ball is pocketed in the near corner while the cue ball jumps over the cue, then masse's back into the cue sinking the 3 ball in the side and rides up the rail to pot the 1 in the far corner. Learn how!

This is a shot I believe Andy Segal invented for one of the Ultimate Trick Shot events. The cue ball is on top of a stacking ball inside a rack. By hitting a masse shot, the cue ball flies out of the rack, then masses back into it, pocketing the hanging ball in the corner pocket. Learn how!

This shot is a rotated version of the Jump Kick Masse, but going up the long rail instead. I jump the cue ball out of the rack, it hits the short rail, and then curves around the blocking 8 ball and pockets the hanging 1 ball in the corner. 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 a shot that grew out of the Easy Button shot, but two balls are juggled around the table instead of just one. Jamey "Sharpshooter" Gray and Andy "Magic Man" Segal developed this idea. Juggle, juggle and fire away! Learn how!

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!

This shot evolved out of a creation of Bob 'Bad Hair' Stangby, which Tom Rossman used on ESPN Trick Shot Magic. The original version juggled the cue ball 15 times and pocketed a single object ball each time. This version, however, only juggles the cue ball 3 times and shoots a set of 5 object balls each time, with the first set being shot with an air bridge, the second set with the bridge on the table, and the third set left-handed. It's called the Easy Button because in the ESPN events, there's an Easy Button which the cue ball must go around each time. Learn how!