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A
trick shot (also
trickshot or
trick-shot) is a shot played on a
billiards table (most often a
pool table, though
snooker tables are also used), which seems unlikely or impossible or requires significant skill.
They frequently organize the
balls in ways that are unlikely or impossible to appear in normal play, such as balls being in a straight line, or use
props such as extra cues or a
triangle that would not be allowed on the table during a game.
As an organized
cue sports discipline, trick shot competition is known as
artistic pool.
World Champion professional trick shot artist
Mike Massey setting up a trick shot.
Competition formats
Billiards trick shots are the subject of increasing international
competition, both amateur and professional.
There are world
championships, such as the
WPA Artistic Pool World Championships and the
World Snooker Trickshot Championship (which has not been held since 2006), and made-for-TV events, such as
Trick Shot Magic and the
World Cup of Trick Shots, often televised in both the
US and the
UK and providing enough prize money that some professional players specialize in the discipline.
The formats vary depending on the competition. Some, such as the
World Snooker Trickshot Championship are purely
exhibitions, with a panel of judges scoring subjectively to determine the winner.
Events such as Trick Shot Magic and the World Cup feature
head-to-head competition where the players select shots that have
strictly outlined requirements specified in a
playbook.
Each year, players are allowed to submit their own shot inventions,
however, they are disclosed prior to the event to give all players an
equal chance to practice them.
Players or teams are given two attempts
to complete a selected shot within the given parameters, and earn one
point for each successful shot.
Each player or team gets to select a
given number of shots, generally eight or ten, and a winner is declared
when one side is mathematically eliminated.
Trick Shot Magic,
ESPN's
annual artistic pool pro tournament, has been widely considered the
televised version of the World Artistic Pool Championship, and it has
held the highest ratings in televised cue sports competitions in the
United States between 2000 and 2009.
Artistic pool similarly
(see below) has a
program of shots (three attempts each, in a sliding-scale point system), with precisely outlined parameters requirements.
The Ultimate Trick Shot Tour
[1]
features head-to-head competition between two players with no
pre-defined shots.
Players challenge each other with shots outlining the
parameters of the shots just before shooting.
Each player gets three
attempts per shot, scoring one point per shot made.
Each player gets to
select a given number of shots, generally six to ten, and the winner is
declared when one player is mathematically eliminated.
Artistic pool
Artistic pool trick shot competitions, inspired by the related discipline of
artistic billiards,
began in the 1970's with international pros and coordinated by world
champion Paul Gerni, with the World Trick Shot Artists Association, and
in 2000, in Las Vegas, formed a new group, again with an international
cast.
[2]
They feature a program of 160 tricks to attempt, many of which were used in the previous formats by the WTSAA,
[3] and include the
BCA North American Championship,
EPBF European Championship, and
WPA World Championship, among others.
[2]
The tricks are now divided into eight "disciplines", including
trick/fancy, prop/novelty/special arts, and disciplines for extremes in
each of the core
cueing techniques.
[3][4]
The current world
governing body for this sport is the WPA Artistic Pool Division, while the current largest league and player organization is the US-based
Artistic Pool & Trick Shot Association (APTSA).
[2][5]
The greatest contemporary champions of artistic pool include 22-time World Champion
Paul Gerni, and more recently,
Mike Massey,
Andy Segal, and
Tom Rossman. />
In WTSAA and APTSA competitions, competitors would have three chances
to successfully perform each trick, earning full points if they are
successful on their first attempts and incrementally reduced points for
subsequent attempts.
Each shot has an associated difficulty rating (also
the point value) with a higher rating being more difficult.
A
preliminary round of 40 shots is performed, and the top players (the
number varies depending on the number of competitors, but usually the
top 12) proceed into a head-to-head playoff format to determine the
winner.
Proper and official artistic pool competitions feature equipment
limitations, (one cue, one stroke per trick shot, one approved
universal prop per shot per diagram if necessary, all shots on the bed
of the table, etc.), and shot requirements (e.g., preclusion of any
off-the-table tricks, such as are popular in events like Trick Shot
Magic and World Cup of Trick Shots).
[6]
Objects used
As with other pool and billiards games, trick shots usually utilize a
cue ball, one or more
object balls, and a
cue stick.
However, many props can be used in trick shots including
bottles,
drinking glasses,
baskets,
coins,
ball racks,
cue tip chalk,
and other billiards- and non-billiards-related equipment.
Props are
used to change the difficulty of the shot or add aesthetic value.
As
with artistic billiards pros, trick shot artists often have specialized
cue sticks for performing particular types of shots, particularly
jump shots and
massés.
[7]
Notable trick shots
- "Machine gun" (1): A line of object balls are placed in a row about a ball width away from a cushion,
and the cue ball is shot into the space between the balls and the
cushion so as to reverberate between them while traveling and hit each
one of the object balls in series, issuing a machine gun-like sound.
- "Machine gun" (2): A line of object balls are placed in a row along
but not against a cushion, and are then shot directly with the cue, one
after another, around the table, each contacting three cushions, and
into the same pocket. The trick requires carefully timing the shots, so
that newly-shot balls travel between balls already in motion.[8]
- "Machine gun" (3): A line of object balls are placed on the table.
The cue ball is shot into a pocket with deadweight and the object balls
are all potted into the same pocket directly one after the other with
the cue, while the cue ball is still traveling. Done right, the cue ball
is the first ball hit and the last ball falling.
- "The dollar bill shot": Introduced into competition by Paul Gerni, this shot uses a banknote, typically a US$100
bill, placed on the short rail near the corner pocket as a target
landing zone. The cue ball is banked off of eight or nine cushions and
should land with the ball's edge over the banknote. This shot is used as
a tiebreaker on Trick Shot Magic with the competitor landing closest to the bill winning the match.
- "Up and in": Mistakenly thought to be originated by World Champion Mike Massey,
this shot has much earlier origins, and was done in 1980 in Sweden by
European champion Bengt Jonasson of Stockholm. He showed it to the
gentleman of the American team (Paul Gerni, Jim Rempe, and Mike Sigel)
in an exhibition prior to the 1980 Swedish Open in Gothenberg, using a
wooden shoe instead of a floppy cowboy boot, and prompting both Gerni
and Rempe to stop at the gift shop at the Amsterdam airport on the way
back to pick up some wooden shoes. In this shot, the cue ball is jumped
off the table into a wooden shoe (a cowboy boot for Massey, 25 years
later) on the floor, which made a nice "klack" sound in the case of the
wooden shoe. In the U.S., the wooden shoe shot is sometimes referred to
as "the boot shot".
- "The bottle shot": Two balls are balanced on top of a glass soda
bottle. The cue ball pockets a ball in the side and gets propelled in
the air, knocking the bottom ball from the top of the bottle, letting
the top ball drop to rest on top of the bottle. This shot was conceived
by Japanese player Yoshikazu Kimuraj, from Kyoto, and popularized by Polish champion Bogdan Wolkowski.
- "The butterfly": For this popular exhibition shot from the days of
pool greats Willie Mosconi and Jimmy Caras, six object balls are grouped
in the middle of the table[9] in a butterfly shape; in a single shot, each ball drops into a different pocket in the billiards table.[10][11]
- "Just showing off":[12] Five object balls are clustered near the left side pocket and a hanging object ball in the lower right corner.[13]
The cue ball is sent in to the cluster pocketing all five balls and
then travels 3 rails to pocket the hanging object ball. This shot was
originally designed in the '60s by Paul Gerni, combining two previously
popular trick shots, and made famous by Steve Mizerak
in a Miller Lite beer commercial in 1978. This shot and the subsequent
commercial boosted Mizerak's name recognition and vaulted him into the
Hall of Fame. Gerni still showcases this shot in his present-day
exhibitions, and it has now become a standard for most all pool
exhibitions.[14]
- "The snake shot": Fifteen object balls are placed across the table.
The 15 ball is the first and it is placed 6 inches away from the corner
pocket. Each successive ball is placed 3 inches behind the previous one
in a winding chain. Each combination of balls beginning with the 1 and
the 2 should be aligned so they aim toward the next ball in the chain.
The cue ball must be set up in position to make a straight line with the
first two-ball combination. When the 1 ball is hit it should cause a
chain reaction as each two-ball set hits each other.[15]
- "The Swing Shot": A rack hangs from above and swings back and forth.
The player proceeds to jump balls through the moving rack and into the
corner pockets.[16]
Notable professional players
Trick shot World Champion
Steve Davis potting a ball under a cloth.
Source: Wikipedia.org
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