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FUNDAMENTALS

• HSV 2.1 - Miscue due to off-center hit with no chalk

EXECUTING BASIC SHOTS

• HSV 3.1 - Stop shot showing loss of bottom spin over distance
• HSV 3.2 - Stop shot to prevent a scratch
• HSV 3.3 - Side-pocket miss due to near point deflection
• HSV 3.4 - Side-pocket miss off far pocket wall
• HSV 3.5 - Side-pocket near miss due to wall rattle
• HSV 3.6 - Side-pocket rattle out
• HSV 3.7 - Corner pocket, in off near point
• HSV 3.8 - Corner-pocket miss due to near rail deflection

SPIN AND ENGLISH

• HSV 4.1 - Draw shot
• HSV 4.2 - Following an obstacle ball into a pocket
• HSV 4.3 - Rail-dribble follow shot
• HSV 4.4 - Deflection (squirt) due to high-speed English
• HSV 4.5 - Deflection (squirt) due to high-speed English (close-up)
• HSV 4.6 - Object-ball throw at slow speed
• HSV 4.7 - Object-ball throw at fast speed
• HSV 4.8 - Cut-shot throw at fast speed
• HSV 4.9 - Cut-shot throw at slow speed
• HSV 4.10 - Rail cut-shot with running English
• HSV 4.11 - Rail cut-shot with running English, hitting the rail very early
• HSV 4.12 - Rail cut-shot with running English, hitting the rail early
• HSV 4.13 - Rail cut-shot with running English, hitting the rail late and/or too hard
• HSV 4.14 - Rail cut-shot with reverse English, with kiss away from the rail
• HSV 4.15 - Rail cut-shot slightly away from the rail exaggerating the effect of Figure 4.34
• HSV 4.16 - Rail cut-shot slightly away from the rail exaggerating the desired effects of Figure 4.30

BANK AND KICK SHOTS

• HSV 6.1 - Rail deformation during high-speed bank
• HSV 6.2 - Cue ball kicked off a rail at an angle with topspin
• HSV 6.3 - Cue ball kicked off a rail at an angle with bottom spin
• HSV 6.4 - Cue ball kicked off a rail at an angle with normal roll
• HSV 6.5 - Cue ball kicked off a rail at an angle with stun
• HSV 6.6 - Cue ball kicked off a rail with fast speed and reverse English
• HSV 6.7 - Cue ball kicked off a rail with fast speed and natural English
• HSV 6.8 - Cue ball kicked off a rail with slow speed and reverse English
• HSV 6.9 - Cue ball kicked off a rail with slow speed and natural English
• HSV 6.10 - Cue ball kicked straight into a rail with side English
• HSV 6.11 - Cue ball kicked off a rail with reverse English
• HSV 6.12 - Cue ball kicked off a rail with natural English
• HSV 6.13 - Ball banked fast into the rail with cut-angle and English
• HSV 6.14 - Ball banked slowly into the rail with cut-angle and English

ADVANCED TECHNIQUES (SHOT MAKING)

• HSV 7.1 - Throw of a frozen object- ball at slow speed
• HSV 7.2 - Throw of a frozen object-ball at slow speed, with English
• HSV 7.3 - Throw of a frozen object-ball at fast speed
• HSV 7.4 - Throw of a frozen object-ball at fast speed, with English
• HSV 7.5 - Frozen cue-ball throw
• HSV 7.6 - 8-ball break with a square, center hit
• HSV 7.7 - 9-ball break with a square, oblique hit
• HSV 7.8 - Making the 8-ball on the break in the near side-pocket
• HSV 7.9 - Making the 8-ball on the break in the near corner-pocket
• HSV 7.10 - Making the 8-ball on the break in the far side-pocket (with deflection assist)
• HSV 7.11 - Making the 8-ball on the break in the far side-pocket
• HSV 7.12 - Ball frozen to a rail banked with a double-kiss near-miss
• HSV 7.13 - Cue ball kicked off the rail with top spin
• HSV 7.14 - Cue ball kicked off the rail with top spin (side view)
• HSV 7.15 - Cue ball kicked off the rail with roll
• HSV 7.16 - Cue ball kicked off the rail with roll (side view)
• HSV 7.17 - Cue ball kicked off the rail with stun
• HSV 7.18 - Cue ball kicked off the rail with stun (side view)
• HSV 7.19 - Cue ball kicked off the rail with bottom spin
• HSV 7.20 - Cue ball kicked off the rail with bottom spin (side view)
• HSV 7.21 - Slight massé curve around a ball
• HSV 7.22 - Massé curve around a ball adjacent to a rail
• HSV 7.23 - Jump shot (slight bottom spin)
• HSV 7.24 - Jump shot (slight top spin)
• HSV 7.25 - Jump shot (tip slip and stun)