Easy Trickshot Video

Here's a short crappy vid of me shooting a 4-in-1 trickshot. Not the usual 4-in-a-row that most people start with though; this one is a little more challenging. But since I like to think I have a decent draw stroke, this is a lot of fun.

Lots of Pool Yesterday (jumps and tricks)

So, first up, the WBPA Tour Championships are being streamed live; and I watched some of that. Then I went to the pool hall where I played a lot of pool (too long actually).  Then later in the evening, XY suggested we go play since she was wanting to go, so we did.  Instead just being there the 3 hours I had originally said, we were there 5 hours.  I played reasonably well and hit balls with confidence, I'm learning to control my speed better when I have to put a lot of english on the ball.  Especially when I need to use low-right/left and draw back across the table 2 rails.  I'm gaining a lot of confidence in that shot specifically actually. Which is very nice.  The same with a lot of the cut shots I had so many problems with before.  I'm getting pretty happy with my playing.  Still don't run more than 5 balls consistently though.  Have to work on that.

I finally made a pretty good jump-shot yesterday too.  Here the curved line represents the jumping action:


I did learn a trickshot last night though.  I found an archive of layouts on cuetable.com and this was the only the one I could remember enough of to figure it out.  It's fun, for sure, and I make it every time. :)



Today is more live streaming. :)

Happy Friday the 13th!!

The 'Color of Money' and Other Trick Shots

In a previous post, I talked about making the "Color of Money" shots.  Well, here they are in diagram mode (plus a few others I like and have made)

The first one is the traditional shot, named as such during artistic pool competitions.  The 2nd page is just something that caught my eye during the movie.

The 3rd is one that I just learned last weekend; although I'm not 100% sure on the placement. This seems a bit too simple and I'm betting the "real" shot is a smaller angle.

The 4th and 5th shots are ones that I've been shooting for a couple of years on and off.  The 4th shot is a higher success rate for me than the 5th - but regardless, I've shot the both, made them both.  They are fun and pretty easy to do with some practice.

Trickshot from Poolhall Junkies

Amongst our fooling around, AJ set up this shot... which is one, thankfully, I have practiced a lot over the years:



I made it my 2nd attempt after readjusting his position.  The OB must be on the diamond in order to get enough 'umph' on it from the CB's angle into the opposite rail so that it lines up on the pocket when the CB comes back.

Venom Trickshots - WTF?!

This is just... wow.  I mean okay, it's a video production, with I'm sure lots and lots of hours of outtakes - but just that some of these shots were ever made... I really wonder what the future of artistic pool holds. :)