Billiard Advanced - Masse"

Striking downward on the cue ball by raising the butt of the cue will cause cue ball spin down. The cue ball path will curve. It is called a Masse’ shot. (This is the kind of shot banned by many house rules because inexperienced players are quite likely to miss the ball completely, stabbing down with the cue stick and tearing a gash in the table’s felt!) The cue ball will curve in the direction of any English applied to the ball; therefore, a Masse’ shot hit to the right side of the cue ball will curve to the right and so on. How much the ball curves, how sharp the curve is, and how fast the cue ball moves are of course determined by. The angle of the butt of the cue stick The cue tip position The speed of the stroke Masse’ shots are difficult to master, but with some work they can be quite effective.

The butt angle readout in the status area makes it easier to reproduce masse’ shots. Find out which angles work for certain types of shots and you’ll find it much easier to pull them off in game situations.