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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Get Out of Jail Shot as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
A get out of jail shot is a shot where your ball is surrounded by the opponent's object balls and you shoot the cue ball as such that is bounces off of the cushion and over the object balls to hit the intended target object ball. This is done by playing the cue ball at the 12 o'clock position. The top spin generated will cause the cue ball to jump off the cushion. The shooting player must be sure to move cue away from the path of the cue ball at this juncture.
That get out of jail shot that Susan made was just amazing.
The term "get out of jail shot" is considered to be a slang term related to billiard technique. The get out of jail shot definition was entered on 5/31/2006 and was updated on 10/24/2007 9:49:18 AM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: jail for more on the meaning of get out of jail shot.
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