Trick shot
As a trick shot or trick shot refers to a particular variety of billiards , are shown at the curious and seemingly impossible trick shots. In addition to cues and balls , props are often used, because in contrast to normal snooker , trick shooting is mainly about the entertainment value, the ingenuity of the tricks shown and the communication with the audience. In carom billiards , a discipline of its own developed relatively quickly, namely artistry .
Between 1992 and 2006, a Trickshot World Championship ( World Snooker Trickshot Championship ) was held annually . The winners included players who actually specialize in normal snooker (such as Steve Davis and Terry Griffiths ) as well as art push specialists such as Bogdan Wołkowski or Mike Massey . In the meantime, world championships are also held at pool tables in the Artistic Pool , the German professional Ralph Eckert is one of the world champions in this discipline.
