Three kick shots and a one handed break
I just can't narrow this down to one shot, so here are my top 3:
3. It's a Saturday night and I am playing just for fun at the Break Room in San Diego and holding the table against some 5s and 6s on their middle table nearest the bar, one of whom is named Larry Thompson. Having played there casually for a couple years but never in league play I have gained a measure of respect and Larry and I have become pretty friendly.
Next dude in line racks them up, and as is customary for me in that room I grab a bar cue and unleash my one handed break on the rack. I can tell by the sound that I've hit them real good, and in a flash five balls including the 8 find their way home. Dude had just grabbed a drink and he turned around right quick when he heard the impact. Larry looks at him and says something like "Sorry brother, you just lost!" "Next!" Haha!
2. Playing at home during Covid on our 8' table, I made two kick combos in the same game, full details
here.
1. The best kick shot I ever made was at a bar called the Alibi in San Diego that had two pretty haggard 7' bar tables. My brother was a bartender there at the time and the place just jumped nearly seven nights a week back in the '90s. Not that anybody was that great at pool, but the booze flowed like water and the competition for bragging rights amongst the regulars on the front table was always fierce.
This shot happened when I wasn't even playing. All I remember is standing near the back table waiting my turn on the front table when someone sends the cue ball airborne from the front table, and it's coming straight at me from a distance of like 10-12'. As it's about to hit me in the left kneecap I instinctively kick my right foot out and catch it on top of my shoe in mid air and all in one motion flip it that same 10-12' with said foot back onto table one, where it lands safely without disturbing a single ball. Needless to say, the place went crazy! My best kick shot ever!!! Haha!