Cool Russian trick shots

A few years ago when I was first learning, I played at a russian poolroom here in Brooklyn. Before I took the balls back up, I hit a few normal sized pool balls on the big table. WOW, it was hard to see the pocket from end to the other. Somehow, I pocketed all three balls I hit.
 
Never played on a Pyramid table, but the pockets are tight:

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And this trick shot guy is a geek :eek:
 

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fruehlein said:
Never played on a Pyramid table, but the pockets are tight:

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And this trick shot guy is a geek :eek:
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that 15 ball aint a hanger!!!! wow there has got to be some talent in Russia we dont know about!!
 
Great video is that a snooker table or a nine foot table. I might never make a ball on that table even with ball in hand.
 
Thankyou for showing that.
Aparently, acording to wiki, in Pyrimid pool, the ball is pocketed,but is a no shot unless the cueball or object has hit 2 rails.
Also often the cueball is red, but anyball can be nominated as a cueball.
So it explains why the other video of pyrimid they were hitting them so hard and seeing how close the pocket is to the ball size, it was a wonder that they made as many as they did.
Those really are great trickshots. It looks like they are using quite small diameter cues , even though the ball can be 72mm dia. Smaller tables 68mm. Anyhow , very large. I a guessing the cue is 10mm dia, anyway of finding out for sure?
Neil
 
I saw a Japanes trick shot maker video from the 1980s last year. I still cant believe some of his shots. These things are amazing.
 
The first time I watched Pyramid being played (I think it was Stalev vs. another Russian player), I was shocked to see the players shoot many of the shots very firm... I expected exactly the opposite on such tight equipment. Then I started to wonder if the pocket facings are perhaps much softer than the ones used on pool tables. Does anyone know if this is the case? If so, then I could understand using a firmer stroke in order to compress the cushion enough to allow imperfectly hit shots to still find the pocket, kind of like driving a ball through the point into a side pocket on a pool table. If not, then these guys must truly have icewater in their veins to be able to make balls in those pockets under pressure.

Aaron
 
Russian Pyramid is played on a 6x12 table, with pockets so tight that the ball barely fit. The balls are a little larger than regular balls.

It's actually easier to pocket the balls when shooting hard than soft. Shots close to the rail is nearly impossible to make.

I tried it during European Youth Championship in Kiev, Ukraine. One of the ukrainian players teached me the rules, and I beat him 8-7. I pocketed everything, from everywhere. In the next games I couldn't make a ball :D

Definitely the hardest game I have ever played.
 
cleary said:
A few years ago when I was first learning, I played at a russian poolroom here in Brooklyn. Before I took the balls back up, I hit a few normal sized pool balls on the big table. WOW, it was hard to see the pocket from end to the other. Somehow, I pocketed all three balls I hit.
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Are you kidding me??? I think I would need to throw up before every match :eek:
 
Aaron_S said:
I was shocked to see the players shoot many of the shots very firm... I expected exactly the opposite on such tight equipment. Then I started to wonder if the pocket facings are perhaps much softer than the ones used on pool tables. Does anyone know if this is the case?
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straight-in shots are usually shot with draw applied, so that the object ball has enough follow and manages to "drive through" the pocket jaws. And if they play a ball-off (carom a cueball into the pocket) they always use English so that the ball spins off the pocket facing.
Making a ball is far from easy, but this makes the game boring and limited compared to any other game on a pocket table.
 
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