Pool Trick Shots / Fundamentals: Combination Shots

Learn how to make combination shots in this pool trick shots video tutorial from Howcast. Expert: Andy Segal

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"Hi. I'm Andy ""The Magic Man"" Segal. I'm here at Willow Billiard in Hoboken, New Jersey doing some trick shots and pool instruction. So if you're ready, let's get started. Now, when you have two balls lined up, and they're touching, or frozen, what you have to remember is that when you shoot the ball, if you shoot it straight they're going to go right along the line that they're lined up at. But if you shoot it at an angle, the friction of the tangent point is actually going to push the ball off the direct line. So, for example, here we have the ten and the twelve lined up right for the corner pocket right for the side pocket. Okay? If I shoot straight into the ten, the twelve ball will go straight in. But if I shoot it at this angle, what's going to happen is the force of the cue ball, and the ten, and the friction, is going to push the twelve ball off the line, and you're actually going to miss. Okay? Now these two balls are lined up for here, so if I shoot directly into them, the two ball misses. But if I shoot over here, that same concept that caused me to miss the other ball is going to push the two ball into the side pocket. "

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  • Andy Segal

    Andy Segal is a pool trick shot champion from Huntington, New York. He began as a professional nine-ball player in the 1990s, playing out of Amsterdam Billiards in New York City. He has won many televised competitions such as Trick Shot Magic (2009 and 2010), The World Cup of Trick Shots (2006, 2008 and 2009), the WPA World Artistic Pool Championship (2007, 2011 and 2012), and the Masters Championship (2005, 2007 and 2009).