Shots & Skills (Advanced)
How to Throw a Cut Shot (and Reverse Cut)
Cut around blockers and get to the hole when the front of the board is clogged.
When the front of the board is clogged with bags, you can't fly straight to the hole, you have to go around. The cut shot curls a bag around a blocker and back toward the hole. It's how you score when the board is locked up.
The idea
A cut uses an angled approach so the bag slides past the side of a blocker and cuts back toward the hole, instead of running into the bag in front. You're throwing to a spot beside the blocker and letting the bag work its way in.
The technique
Aim for the open lane on whichever side the blocker leaves. A loose, corner-style grip helps the bag slide and angle rather than stop dead. Keep your swing consistent, the cut comes from your aim and the bag's slide, not from forcing it.
The reverse cut
When the open lane is on your off-side, you'll need the reverse cut, cutting from the opposite direction. Between the two, you can get to the hole from either side of a blocker. Pair cutting with board control and you dictate the game.
More in Shots & Skills (Advanced)
- How to Cut Around More Blocks (Reverse Cut Explained)→
The reverse cut explained, get around blocks from either side.
- How to Control the Board / Throw Better Blocks→
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- 3 Airmail Tips + the And-1 Shot→
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- How to Hit the Bar of Soap→
The bar-of-soap shot, the slide that ends up exactly where you want it.
- How to Do the Rodeo→
The rodeo, one of the flashiest, most useful trick shots in the game.
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