Well i understand it can be frustrating, but I don't think "technically speaking" that it is cheating. Maybe i'm wrong (it could be possible that mods do punish for this sort of thing.) But it could be hard to prove it, it's better to remember his name and don't play him again :)
(In future try to send complaints to moderator@flyordie.com, they don't like people naming names in the forum :D)
>When he does that the thing to do is whack the ball as hard as possible and hope you eventually pot something.
That isn't cheating really, quite a few people use the "hit and hope" method, although it's generally frowned uppon. :)