Any Questions trickshot tutorial

Tim posts a trick shot that uses all pockets of the pool table. Seven balls are interestingly arranged in a question mark shape. Unsurprisingly, the trick is called ‘Any Questions?’ This is a pretty cool trick to show off to your friends the next time you are playing together.

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Take a look at the video for a quick overview of the trick. The image below shows you what you have to do.

Don’t be intimidated by the seemingly tough trick. If you get the set-up right, this is a simple trick. Note how the bottom of the question mark points to one of the bottom pockets. Also, look closely at the image. The ball at the bottom of the question shape is a little distance apart from the rest of the set-up.

The rest of the balls make a perfect ‘C’ shape. There is no one ball jutting out from the shape. Work on getting the set-up perfect. You can’t make a trickshot unless the set-up is absolutely spot-on.

To get the perfect shot, place the cue ball 2½ diamonds from the bottom rail. You’ll need to try out the shot multiple times with varying power in order to pocket all balls.

Kick Masse Tutorial

In this article we concentrate on a variation of one of the more popular tricks in trickshot pool – the masse. We will be focusing on the kick masse.

The set up consists of a wall of balls arising from the bottom of the table, one diamond out from one of the corner pockets. While beginning with the kick masse, keep the wall at about 5 balls. You can later advance to bigger walls as you master the kick masse trick.

The trick is the get the cue ball from one side of the wall to pocket a ball on the other side without touching the wall. An illustration of the shot is as below:

Here’s how you successfully hit the kick masse: to start with keep the cue ball a half ball’s width away from the wall as well as the bottom rail. You will need to hit with plenty of speed as well as spin in order to get the ball on the other side of the wall. Don’t try to just spin it to the side and backwards. Use the side railing to make it bounce to the other side, with some back spin to get it back to the ball.

Hit upwards at about 11 o’clock, aiming at about 1 and 1/4^th diamonds up. Keep varying the speed and the aim till you successfully clear the kick masse.