About The Shot

This shot uses a setup of 4 balls in a line. The outer balls go into the side and corner pockets. One of the middle balls goes straight into the other corner while the other goes 2 rails to the opposite end of the table.

Discipline: Trick & Fancy

Difficulty: Beginner

4 In A Line 2 Rail

Make This Shot

Start with the 13 ball (orange stripe) is on the spot and freeze the three ball to it, parallel to the short rail (Figure 1). The other middle ball is placed near 3 ball with a small gap. The outer balls are frozen to the middle balls aimed at the outer points of the side and corner pockets (Figure 2 and 3). I used the same pictures from another shot, so there are other ghost balls, but the principles are the same.

The cue ball is 2 1/2 diamonds up from the short rail and 1 diamond out from the long rail. Aim for a half ball hit on the 4 with center ball.

Video: 4 In A Line 2 Rail

Video: 4 In A Line 2 Rail

4 In A Line 2 Rail

Figure 1

4 In A Line 2 Rail

Figure 2

4 In A Line 2 Rail

Figure 3

Tim's Tidbit

I first saw Yoshikazu Kimura shoot this shot on his video.