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What is your methodology for doing microadjustments when down on the shot? Any discussions related to microadjustments are welcome, but am especially curious about the differences between conscious and subconscious approaches. Will post my own approach later when I have time.

It'd be interesting to see the spread of different continents of the people who use these forums. If you want, you can also post the country you are from. I am from Finland myself, any other Finns here?

When we drop down to the shot, we all have some way of ensuring that the backhand is in the right position horizontally, to match the direction we want the CB to go based on our shot image. In other words, our cue must not only be in the right horizontal position, but also at the correct angle...

I'll start by listing a few that I commonly use: 1. On pressure shots, e.g. long pots when you just got back to the table, or you just aren't feeling it for whatever reason, I imagine I'm on the practice table, and the situation on the table is just a part of a repetitive drill, where I'm...

9-ball situation I had recently. 7 and 8 are touching, and the angle is off for the 8 to go by throwing it in. I ended up trying this to get 7 touching the rail, trying to at best leave the CB behind the 8, at worst leave a bank, counter-safety or a tough long pot. Ended up misjudging the power...

When you have done your aiming, no matter the method, you'd either end up staring at a certain point on the OB or not. If you stare at a point on the OB, depending on the method, this point could be the final target, or a baseline before adjusting for BHE, or the contact point, or many other...

Set up the balls like in this image. Line up drill style. Hit the 1 ball straight towards the 2 ball. Your goal is to have a chain reaction as long as possible before the next ball in line no longer hits the next one directly. If a ball bounces away, comes back and hits some further ball, it...

The method I use to aim almost all direct pots involves looking at the OB as a whole, focusing visually on the perceived OB/CB overlap, while sensing instinctually if the shot is too thin, too thick or neither. No conscious analysis or thought is necessary to find the correct shot line. It...

From the FargoRate top 100 in the world list, we can see that: #1 = 847 #10 = 831 #100 = 782 What would be the rating of the 1000th player? Or 10000th? Also, how many players would you estimate are out there that are in the top 100, 1000 or 10000 skill wise, but aren't in the FargoRate system...

There are many speeds at which different players step into the shot. As an example, Wiktor Zielinski would be a fast one, Fedor Gorst would be a pretty slow one. They both are clearly consistent in their alignment, so what causes the difference in speed? Do you find it beneficial to do it at a...

What sort of qualities do you think seperates the best shotmakers from others? People like Filler, Shaw, Shane, etc. Obviously every pro has their strengths and weaknesses, but what do you think it is that most seperates the absolute top from the rest of the pros, when it comes to pure...

9-ball, CB frozen to the cushion. I had this exact layout and ended up going for the rail-first pot to play position for the 9 ball. Was left wondering if it was really the right shot. I couldn't see any high percentage safeties, and all normal pots were out of the question. No realistic...

I've heard people say that, there are certain shots where even those pros who primarily use an open bridge switch to a closed bridge. Does anyone have any examples of those? Shots where a closed bridge performs objectively better than an open bridge? I shoot all shots with an open bridge and...

There's the classic debate of whether you should you look at CB or OB last, when pulling the trigger. On top of that, some people who look at the OB last stare at their desired contact point, while some just generally look at the OB as a whole. I have found that, for me, I get the best results...

I'm having a hard time figuring out which are some of the most common types of situations in rotation games where you need more than 1 tip of side to play position to the next ball. I can come up with some rarer occurances where a blocker causes you to need even more angle off a rail than is...

How do you aim very close cut shots? Do you have some different method for them, or visualize and execute them just like any shot? Image of the types of shot I'm talking about: They are a big weakness of mine, so I'm looking for inspiration of some system, method or trick for them. I aim...

First of all, to ensure clarity in what I will be talking about, here's an image of one-rail mirror lines; the paths that the cue ball would travel, if the cushions behaved in the mathematically simplest possible way. Checking where you'd need to aim for a mirror kick (using, for example, one of...

Hey all, first post here. Thought I'd share an alignment method that I came up with, that lets me adjust my aim when down on the shot without losing accuracy. For all I know, this might be common knowledge, but just deemed useless, due to the typical alignment method (aligning yourself when...