Some people have asked why Efren's Z-Shot isn't on this list. The answer is at the beginning of the video. I have several videos dedicated entirely to Efren in my "Most Famous Pool Shots and Matches of All Time" playlist: kzfaq.info/sun/PLH9d4KFY28XscHllvlP_rVC1jQjDXZmYD including "TOP 10 EFREN REYES FAMOUS SHOTS ... And How to Shoot Them:" kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jJeTrbihntGWhZ8.html Efren's Z-shot is also #1 in my "Top 25 BEST POOL SHOTS of All Time" video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9eEdquXr5uopqc.html I also did a recap of the entire match that included Efren's Z-shot in my "GREATEST POOL MATCH of All Time - Reyes vs. Strickland - with the Famous Z-Shot" video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iM6Ypc-Ux9TRiHU.html I also analyzed Efren's shot in details in my "Was the Z-SHOT Efren’s Best Option?" video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sN10is-huLDUlY0.html Check them out. *CORRECTIONS* (sorry for my carelessness - I should have found and watched the source match videos for context first): - on shot 5, Corey was playing 1-pocket (not 10-ball), so it was a two-way shot where he was getting the 8 away from his opponent's pocket while also having a chance to pocket the 10. - on shot 10, Shane was playing 10-ball, which is a call-pocket game, so he intentionally tried to make the 10 (or leave the 3 bad if he didn't). If he had called the 3 instead, the 10 would spot and his opponent would shoot. *List of Shots with Source Video Links and Time Stamps [mm:ss]:* Intro [0:00] 1. Chris Melling - amazing shot sequence: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rLF0aqiV37POcYE.html [0:19] 2. Alain Martel - incredible rail-jump-carom safety escape: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fK-eYL1yl7iZn4U.html [2:45] 3. Corey Deuel - fancy power draw across the table: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jLx0pb18m7zUpYk.html [4:20] 4. Corey Deuel - jump draw off the end cushion for up-table position: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y519qJOgkt-4qYU.html [5:47] 5. Corey Deuel - kick carom off 1 rail for the win: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edR2mdabstTUkYk.html [6:54] 6. Earl Strickland - two-rail kick combo for the win: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m8l5ZdCdudTShqs.html [8:06] 7. Jeffrey DeLuna - full-table-length power draw with side: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mc2BgbKYu9WYYYk.html [8:59] 8. Luong Dung - 3-foul-rule jump escape: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gMdprJt928WlYac.html [10:12] 9. Shane VanBoening - two-way shot carom for the Mosconi Cup win: facebook.com/mosconicup/videos/520615962017728/ [11:34] 10. Shane VanBoening - jump two-rail bank combo for the win: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i9V9q9JjnNXMoGg.html [12:32] BONUS SHOT. Efren Reyes - stop spin-transfer-bank kiss into the side: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d92kpqSnmNaxkZ8.html [14:16] Wrap Up [15:14] - shot montage [15:57] *Supporting Resources:* - video collections of famous highlight-reel pool shots by Efren and others: billiards.colostate.edu/videos/pool-shots/ - Efren "The GOAT is my hero" Reyes T-shirt and other merchandise: drdavebilliardtshirts.com/product-category/humor/goat-hero/ - Efren "I Got Lucky" Reyes T-shirt and other merchandise: drdavebilliardtshirts.com/product-category/humor/efren-lucky/ - Earl “The Pearl” Strickland merchandise: drdavebilliardtshirts.com/product-category/humor/beautiful-game/ - Coriolis massé shot aiming system: billiards.colostate.edu/faq/masse/aiming/ - Dr. Dave analysis of Corey Deuel’s famous draw shot: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p8iZZJmY3dCpgmQ.html - midpoint parallel-shift kick shot aiming system: billiards.colostate.edu/faq/bank-kick/midpoint/ *Subscribe to Dr. Dave's KZfaq Channel:* kzfaq.info

Despite your self-deprecating comments, being able to recreate most of those shots is pretty impressive. 👍

The better you are, the luckier you get ... words of wisdom.

Having your channel pop up randomly in my recommended channels was a blast down history lane for me. I was a student of yours in 2011 for a freshman engineering course and remember you talking about billiards back then. What a great surprise and thanks for being a part of my education that led me to work in aerospace.

Great video, Dr. Dave! The amount of knowledge, patience and effort you put in your videos is really amazing. 😊

Watching this reminds me so much of my Dad. He was an above average pool player and he taught me so much. We moved to Arkansas in 1980 and I was hanging out in the local Snooker halls. I loved watching those old men fleece the unsuspecting, self professed hot shots that wondered in from time to time. I wasn't ever any good, but I loved to play.

"The better you are, the luckier you are" Dr. Dave, a quote for the ages my man.

The Chris Melling shots were also in a called shot game which makes it even more amazing.

On Shane’s 3-10 combination, he called the shot, which you can see in the full video. Otherwise it wouldn’t have been a win in 10-ball.

Loved this video - loved the way you show just how skilful the players are and how hard it is to recreate

On Corey’s shot he is playing one pocket and he hit the ball out of Alex’s pocket knocked it towards his and made the other ball in his. That’s what made it an amazing shot and why he didn’t just pocket the eight

Hey Dr. Dave love the vids. I play league pool despite only being able to use my right arm only.

I'm amazed, not only by your table skills, but also how you cram so much info in a video without exploding my skull! Brilliant teaching skills 👍👍👍 - You're the Feynman of pool 👨‍🎓

Shane called the ten on that jump three ten. It was a call ball match. Thank you for all the time you put in on these videos!

"With multiple attempts, this shot is easy" haha nice one Dr. Dave. Plus your patience to keep trying those shots is impressive! Great job!

Efren's z shot never made me tired watchin over and over again.

It's crazy seeing you recreating the same shots as other youtubers (like rollie williams) and nailing them in far fewer attempts, it just goes to show how far years of knowledge and skill will take you!

Stuff made here has entered the chat

I know almost nothing about pool (or billiards???) but this popped up in my recommended and it’s cool as hell

I like how you not only showcase the amazing shots but you also try and do them yourself

I've only played a little pool in my life, but I don't understand how anyone could be this good!

As always, great depiction and performance. Thank you Dr. Dave.

I could watch these videos all day Dave. Keep up the good work, you are great.

love your videos.. practical advice. All these shots are really amazing and the number of tries to recreate some just shows how difficult some of the shots are, even more telling as the player is extremely experienced.

“My position play was not great, but I got the job done” lol, yeah. That’s what she said.

How this video only has 9.5k likes?!?! This is underrated AF

Great stuff Dr Dave!!! Thanks for posting this, and the Efren one as well!! Happy Thanksgiving, too!!! Now I gotta go try that Chris Melling 4-rail shot!!!

That Chris Melling run is seriously stupid amazing... not just one in a row but several..

Another amazing video from my pool teacher. It requires a lot skill, power and big patience. Enjoy and learn it as always.

I enjoy the way you instruct, very helpful thank you

Dr. Dave, my name is Curtis Petit III and I enjoy watching your videos. I find them very helpful for my pool game. I noticed on this video that had some very impressive shots. There's a shot that you didn't mention, and I think was a great draw shot. The match between Earl Strickland and Shane van Boening where Earl hit that draw shot into the side pocket.

Great video. I've loved that De Luna shot ever since he hit it. But for that shot, the more impressive thing to me is that he seemed to be closer to the rail than you demonstrated. He was jacked up on the rail it looks like, which made the shot and accuracy WAY harder.

Most honest review of this video is quite favorable. Where most would show that those shots were easily to duplicate, you show your failures and noted how many there were; not glossing over the original accomplishments. Second, you explained the physics of each shot to the best of your knowledge and what you believed to original intention was. I really enjoy this form of commentary and it took me back thirty years when I was out of high school and hanging in pool halls thinking I might be pretty good when the truth was, I was pretty good for my small group of friends. I plan on subscribing and watching more of your videos. Thank you!

Dr Dave you are an inspiration to many an i really enjoy watching your videos. Im wish i had a teacher like you to help me improve my game

Nice shooting on your part ... irregardless of the multiple attempts. Rock on Dr Dave👍👍👍👍👍👍

I don't even play pool (other than once in a blue moon) but I thoroughly enjoyed this video, Also appreciate the location of strike on the cue ball that you illustrate in your video. Thank you.

Really excellent content. Love the recreations and explanations on how the shots were executed. Top tier quality!

Fantastic! Thanks for highlighting these shots and the analysis.

The biggest reason why that 2-5-3 combo worked was the way the cue landed on the 2, absolutely amazing shot.

You always impress me Dr. Dave 🤓👍. Awesome video.

I'm glad you said the Alain Martel shot was "lucky." NOBODY can just walk up and make such a shot. I agree that he just wanted to hit the 2 -- the rest was a lucky fluke. Same with the SVB 3-10 combo. Great job on demonstrating these!

4:10 The better you are the luckier you get. What a nice quote :)

I had a feeling you'd feature Alain Martel's shot. I think he applied a bit of left to the cue ball on that shot. Alain is a phenomenal player. I've seen him pull many-a-rabbit out of his hat in local pro tournaments in the 1990's. Salutations, Dr Dave!

It's crazy that pros do these shots in a match on the first attempt. Very nice compilation I enjoyed the video a lot. :D

Beautiful. Muchas Gracias

On shot 10 SVB called the 10 ball in the corner pocket before the jump

Look up on KZfaq this Description... "Corey Deuel's Crazy Jump Shot." It was an insane shot made during the 2015 Mosconi Cup... It was a Nine Ball Match... This is by far an Iconic moment by this Crazy Talented Pool Player....

On shot #7 a MUCH less risky AND EASIER solution to the "out" would have been just a little draw on the one ball leaving an easy cross side bank on the three ball with completely natural position occurring for the four ball and an easy out from there. What he did, while very showy, was completely unnecessary and could have easily cost him game and match had he missed the one ball and/or kissed another ball enroute to attempted pose on the three ball. By the way, you're a heckuva player to be able to reproduce these!

My all time favourite shots are draw shots because for me personally it's so satisfying to see how far one can bring the cue back down the table

Awesome! The recreations were very useful to grasp the difficulty of making those shots in a tournament. Subbed!

Awesome video, I grew up watching these epic highlights. What kind of jump cue are you using here Dr. Dave?

Good stuff Dave. Thanks.

Thanks for this... what Chris Melling did is exceptional. 👍🇳🇿

Hi Dr. Dave... small nitpick on the Deuel shot @ 6:55. You mention that he was "showing off," and that he had better options. But the on-screen graphic seems to show that he was playing one pocket (so he couldn't pocket the 8 and come back down for shape). He literally had to knock out the opponent's ball or it would have been an easy pot for his opponent. I think that was what he intended. Deuel was trying to knock away the 8 from the pocket it was closest to, to leave his opponent "safe" and he happened to knock the 10 in as a sort of bonus.

Watching this was really satisfying but this video gave me vibes of watching those old science videos tht u watched when u were in school 😂

You and Rollie Williams are definitely in cahoots. Very nice video!

Good vid

8:00 For the #5 shot, it was one pocket, not 10 ball. He couldn't just pocket the 8 in the right corner pocket for the win. Edit: As always, great video!

Wow incredible video, you are amazing as well, but as great as you are, when you try these shots it really puts into perspective how impressive these in-game shots are

Dave great video! But I think Corey deuel shot where he froze on the rail and shoots a full table draw shot should definitely be here!

Amazing video. Thank you so much.

Oh My Ginger God Just came from Ronnie O'Sullivan snooker videos thinking he is a cue god....then I come to these video's!! I love playing, but I'm am absolutely dog s**t at both (snooker/pool) However, I know skill when I see it and The amount of skill needed to even play this game, let alone do these shots is amazing. Thank you for breaking these videos down much love, even from an absolute novice

I love watching smart pool, as a refresher from snooker. Snooker is a different animal.

My favorite difficult pool shot I've ever seen in person was watching a couple of guys I didn't know discuss a certain shot where the cue ball and the object ball were on the spots and a ball was blocking the cue ball...actually right in front of the cue ball. They talked about it for a bit; I couldn't hear what they were saying. So one of the guys steps up and hit a jump shot over the blocking ball and cut the object ball into the left corner pocket (regulation size table with regulation pockets.) Now this wasn't during a game so there was no pressure, but to see someone make that particular shot on attempt number one was quite impressive. I walked over to the guy who made the shot and told him I was glad I had a chance to see that shot. He looked at me with kind of a blank expression and said, "I wish you hadn't."

Great video. Reminds me of when we had a snooker table. When i was 16 i was going to the pool hall. Those holes on the cheap tables looked like 5 gallon biluckets lol. When i went to college i was shooting at 2 pool halls on every tourney. Met a man who wouldn't bet a dime. Said he used to play professionally. I ask a few times he never told me his name. I won 3 and lost 7 against him.He was impressive

I've only been playing pool for like 2 months and these shots look crazy to me lol props to you for making all these shots man

Thanks Dr. Dave. Great video as usual.

Excited to have found your videos.

Wow... I used to play a lot of pool 50 years ago.... I had no ideawhat real players are capable off. Very pleased to be shown that I shouldn't try taking it up again. ( Instead I might try walking round the block.... might not be so humiliating ;-))

Efren's side pocket kick is still the best/daring/under pressure yet best shot i ever watched...

Chris Melling said that first shot wasn’t intended to go it, but he was taught to always call a pocket just in case. It was intended to simply be a safety.

Another Great Video

These are great shots and good presentation. Great video

That match that Chris Melling played is dubbed the greatest 8 ball run out ever just because of those 3 amazing difficult shots he made

Wow... I'm curious how often do you have to change your cloth 😁 Very nice re-creations of the shots. P. S. I tried the Predator Arcadia Reserve cloth. I'm a rookie player, but I have to say: I loooove how the cueball dances on that. Not sure if it's comparable to the 760 (I only had 860hr before trying the Arcadia).

I really enjoyed this. Well done... I would think that some of the shots setting it up 20 or more times would become fatiguing and hard to keep focus on what you are trying to recreate. Kudos!!!

Albin O from the world Cup of pool 2019 vs Greece. Amazing shot!

Wish I could manage the shots you have replicated! Well done!

Just a thought: I remember that in Byrne's training video, he mentioned that the spin on cue ball won't have effect on the object ball, but on the path bouncing from the cushion. However, in your last example with Efren's shot, it does have effect on the object ball. Just a little confused.

what a great video! Lương Chí Dũng is appeared at 10:14

Incredible

Shot 2...my favorite! I think he planned it, with the intention of making it!

Number2: Alain jumped it with top spin on the cue. Looked like you were hitting it different. Either way nice vid ty.

We all know that their inspiration to playing like that is from the magician Efren Reyes.

Well Dr Dave, look at it this way, at least there's a lot of people out there that appreciate the game enough to know when there are mistakes! I'm also sure they hold you in high esteem for the work you do with this channel etc (I know I do) and after all, it only makes those videos you picked out even MORE impressive!

TRUE TALENT!!

I'm still fangirling over Efren. Idk why

Great shots

8:55 "Wolrd"

Superb video Sir........

Great video!

Well done Dr dave ! Amazing good shots !

I think there are a lot of 3D shots that come up in games that people including commentators don't see... Efren often does 'mini jumps' into rails to create angles. He did this more earlier than today. Also top players will pocket simple shots and jump the ball into the object ball to allow the cue to jump over other balls. It would be nice to see some of the incredible snooker shots that players pull off. Might watch some of the 2018(?) Mark Williams World Snooker Championship shots... Considering the 12' table his 'no look' kick hit first try, a 16' shot to hit the ball is pretty amazing, the fact that the ball goes in is a 'pool gods' interaction. I'll give you 100 tries!

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The shot of Shane on the 10ball was not a fluke. He used his jump cue to nominate the pocket. And it was 10ball so otherwise he would not win the rack if not called. You can see it in a longer video I saw it years ago.

Any advice for a natural righty but my dominant eye is my left? It makes it impossible to evenly line up shots in pool and in darts. I've learned to adjust over the years, but there's much guess work involved. I've always been looking for a solid way to overcome this... I even tried playing left handed and keeping one eye closed.

Only ten? Before the video loaded I immediately thought " That shot by Melling better be in this" 😅 Was shocked to see it first. Insane shot.

Shane actually called that jump double bank combo 10 ball, but it was mostly a safety. Later in the match, he called a similar shot, and Alex said "if you make this, I quit" (paraphrase).

Enjoyed it, thank you.

Great shots, Dave. I'll forgive you for not including Pagulayan's 9-ball break where he made 6 balls. :-)