APA Dr. Cue - Lesson 37 - Special Masse Application

The half masse has a special beauty of its own, as evidenced by one of the most popular challenges of all time the Passing Lane shot! A cue ball frozen to an object ball provides pure shooting enjoyment when the half masse allows the cue ball to pass the object ball on the way to the corner pocket with the object ball following it into the same pocket. Also called the Great Race and Sea Biscuit shot!! Mike Massey calls this shot Scratching with Style!!

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[soffitguy8]

its not a foul .he hit the object ball first

[betancourtarnaldo]

not that is not a foul shot, and actually is a good shot!!!!!!! NICE JOB, Dr.CUE!!!

[The1gAang9009]

@Satimy but then you would risk a push foul and in this situation that's game. although a trick shot like this is pretty hard as well :/ at least you dont scratch.

[MrSamNor]

My first reaction: WTF!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!



[The1gAang9009]

What is this black magic? lol great shot! Can't wait to try it out.

[DarklightALBANIA]

Amazing ! 

[82poder]

y is he a Dr

[jonr429]

@JeffBroski BCA rules state as long as you perform a legal stroke you can shot in the direction of a legal object ball that is frozen to the cue ball. in this video it would be considered a legal stroke because the direction the cue struck the cue ball was at an angle causing the cue ball to hit the object and to follow through the ball and not react and return to hit the cue, or the cue push the force through the cue ball and into the object ball.

[Satimy]

wouldnt hitting heavy top english into the 8 ball be a lot simpler

[drumsticks135]

That was amazing!!

[JeffBroski]

BCA league rule, this is an illegal shot. Anytime you have a cue ball frozen to another ball, you must hit the Cue ball with an elevated cue and hit it at an angle. If the cue ball at any time follows the object ball and the center of the cue ball passes the center of the frozen ball, it is a foul...

APA Rules allow this shot, BCAPL Rules do not.

[DrClawizdead]

Nice masse :)

I see a lot of people try to masse but they have the cue at a near 90 degree angle. Forty - fifty degrees is all you need for a basic masse. Anything higher than that is for crazy stuff like a masse-draw.