New Jersey Route 90 and Trick shot: Difference between pages

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A '''trick shot''' is a shot played on a [[billiards table]] (usually a [[pocket billiards|pool]] table, though [[snooker]] tables are also used), which does something with the balls that would seem unlikely. The term is occasionally also applied, by way of metaphor, to other activities such as [[basketball]].)

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<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000090__-.pdf New Jersey Route 90] [[Straight Line Diagram]] from the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]</ref>

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'''Route 90''' is a [[state highway]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New Jersey]]. It runs 3.22 miles (5.18 kn) from the [[Betsy Ross Bridge]] at the [[Delaware River]] (where it enters [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]) in [[Pennsauken Township, New Jersey|Pennsauken Township]] to an intersection with [[New Jersey Route 73|Route 73]] in [[Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey|Cinnaminson Township]]. Originally, it was intended to extend to the [[New Jersey Turnpike]], but an extension to the Turnpike and [[Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)|Interstate 295]] was never built.

==Competition==

Signage in Pennsylvania on highways accessing the Betsy Ross Bridge uses circular New Jersey shields for Route 90, rather than keystone-shaped Pennsylvania shields.

Billiards trick shots are the subject of increasing international [[cue sports]] competition, both amateur and professional, with World Championships often televised in both the [[United States|US]] and the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and providing enough prize money that some professional players specialize in trick shots.

By contrast with the related discipline of [[artistic billiards]], in which competitors have seventy pre-determined challenges to complete, trick shot competitions allow the players to make up new tricks. However, there are many ''de facto'' standard tricks, and serious players have large books of trick documentation which they bring with them to competitions.

==Gallery==

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Image:Route 90 EB ugly.jpg|Route 90 as seen heading eastbound, with some nonstandard signage.

Image:Route 90 EB.jpg|Route 90 eastbound approaching its terminus.

Image:Route 90 END.jpg|End signage for Route 90 eastbound.

Image:90 proposed.jpg|Proposed (but unfinished) path of the Route 90 freeway

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In most US-based competitions, each competitor has two chances to successfully perform each trick, and the players take turns challenging each other, with the challenger attempting to perform the trick first.

==References==

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As a part of both [[exhibition game|demonstration]] and competition events, players typically engage the audience by discussing the shots they are about to perform, and by telling jokes and humorous anecdotes.

== External links ==

*[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/enlarged_view_36.pdf An enlarged view of road jurisdiction at the confluence of US 130 and NJ 90 in Pennsauken Township]

*[http://web.mit.edu/smalpert/www/roads/nj/nj_90/ New Jersey Roads: Route 90]

*[http://www.njroads.org/ends/90/nj90.htm New Jersey Highway Ends: Route 90]

== Objects used ==

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Many objects can be used in trick shots, often to create a higher difficulty level, including bottles, drinking glasses, baskets, coins, [[Rack (billiards)|ball racks]], [[Cue sports#Chalk|cue tip chalk]], and other items of billiards and non-billiards equipment. Most commonly of all, various [[billiard ball]]s are placed as obstacles for the shooter to navigate around (even just a few blocking balls can make a trick very difficult to perform). As with artistic billiards pros, trick shot artists often have specialized [[cue stick]]s for performing particular types of shots.

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== Common trick shots ==

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*"Up and over": A wall of {{Cuegloss|Object ball|object balls}} is lined up in the middle of the table, with another elsewhere, such as in front of a {{Cuegloss|Pocket|pocket}}, and the {{Cuegloss|Cue ball|cue ball}} is {{Cuegloss|Jump shot|jumped}} over the "wall" to pocket ({{Cuegloss|Pot|pot}}) the lone object ball. There are many variations, and it is the basis of many more elaborate shots.{{disputable|date=July 2007}}<!--This isn't a trick shot at all, it's a simple jump shot, which is a basic shot type.-->

*"Machine gun": A line of object balls are placed in a row about 4 inches away from a {{Cuegloss|Cushion|cushion}}, and the the cue ball is shot into the space between the balls and the cusion so as to reverberate between them while traveling and hit each one of the balls in series, issuing a [[machine gun]]-like sound.

*"The train" (or "around the world"): The cue ball is {{Cuegloss|Bank shot|banked}} off of three cushions, then follows a cue stick lying flat on the table against the fourth cushion to pocket an object ball.

*"Up and in": Originated by World Trick Shot Champion Mike Massey; the cue ball is jumped off of the table into a cowboy boot on the floor.

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