This document is from the January-February 2001 issue of Carom News and contains the second part of an instruction series on fancy shots from billiards pro Darrell Paul Martineau. Martineau presents several new fancy shot diagrams and explains that he created these shots in the late 1950s/early 1960s for fun and creativity, and that they can inspire players to explore new shots beyond what is shown.
This document is from the January-February 2001 issue of Carom News and contains the second part of an instruction series on fancy shots from billiards pro Darrell Paul Martineau. Martineau presents several new fancy shot diagrams and explains that he created these shots in the late 1950s/early 1960s for fun and creativity, and that they can inspire players to explore new shots beyond what is shown.
This document is from the January-February 2001 issue of Carom News and contains the second part of an instruction series on fancy shots from billiards pro Darrell Paul Martineau. Martineau presents several new fancy shot diagrams and explains that he created these shots in the late 1950s/early 1960s for fun and creativity, and that they can inspire players to explore new shots beyond what is shown.
Here is the second series of Darrell Paul Martineau’s Fancy Shots. Two others first appeared in the September/October 2000 issue of Carom News along with some useful guides from his book DPM Universal Systems/ Secrets of Three Cushion Billiards. You may want to refer to the last issue for an under- standing of the explinations.
I first created these fancy shots back in
the late fifties early sixties. I am sure they were well known long before I (found) them. I was young and they were fun. Creativity is one of the great aspects of three cushion billiards. These shots have a greater value. They can lead you to explora- tion. Play them exactly as the graphs show then expand from the “written word” and be creative!!!