Than you and I'm glad you enjoyed it! There is and isn't a trick, which is one of my regrets with it, not adding more movement and strike options. There is a fair amount of randomness due to the bouncing, but the most consistent for me has been to try hitting it into the floor near the corners so it sorta rebounds and arcs through the hoop. Still though I do have more ideas I want to add and hopefully make the play more interesting!