Dozens of Top Pros Give Up Their Aiming Secrets

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#12 ranked Nesli O'Hare explains
what she was taught. "The technique I use
was taught to me by Efren Reyes.
According to Efren, there are three kinds
of hits on any object ball. First, there's
looking at the center of cue ball to the
point of aim if the shot is a full ball hit. If
not, you can divide the object ball into four
quarters, sighting your cue ball edge to the
point of aim.

Centers and edges, FROM EFREN HIMSELF. Well now what do you know
 

pdcue

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#12 ranked Nesli O'Hare explains
what she was taught. "The technique I use
was taught to me by Efren Reyes.
According to Efren, there are three kinds
of hits on any object ball. First, there's
looking at the center of cue ball to the
point of aim if the shot is a full ball hit. If
not, you can divide the object ball into four
quarters, sighting your cue ball edge to the
point of aim.

Centers and edges, FROM EFREN HIMSELF. Well now what do you know

Edge?? it's a sphere...

Dale
 

JoeyInCali

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#12 ranked Nesli O'Hare explains
what she was taught. "The technique I use
was taught to me by Efren Reyes.
According to Efren, there are three kinds
of hits on any object ball. First, there's
looking at the center of cue ball to the
point of aim if the shot is a full ball hit. If
not, you can divide the object ball into four
quarters, sighting your cue ball edge to the
point of aim.

Centers and edges, FROM EFREN HIMSELF. Well now what do you know

Technically, that was from Leslie O'Hare.
NOT EFREN.
 

pdcue

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One may "see" the balls as 2D and redraw the mind to shoot for visible edges/horizons.

The word you're seeking is visualize.

Projection and cross-section can be intriguing concepts to ponder.

"The ball doesn't know where you are looking"
"The ball doesn't know what you are thinking"

Dale
 

BilliardsAbout

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Yes, visualize would refer to projecting 2D onto 3D. But one can hold the 2D visualization without needing to reacquire 2D shot-to-shot. That's why I put "see" inside quotation marks. You will yourself to not see 3D object balls.
 

pdcue

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Yes, visualize would refer to projecting 2D onto 3D. But one can hold the 2D visualization without needing to reacquire 2D shot-to-shot. That's why I put "see" inside quotation marks. You will yourself to not see 3D object balls.

You are getting warmer...

Hal Houle didn't understand, or could not accomplish visualization of a target on
an Object Ball, nor the associated contact point on the far side of the Cue Ball.

And that's why CTE got born.

Dale(who aims the Cue Ball, not the Cue Stick)
 

BilliardsAbout

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There are different strokes for different folks. I wasn't thinking CTE as much as sectional aim or overlap aim, which are enhanced by 2D visualization.

But I hear what you're saying as well.
 

JB Cases

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Pretty sure Hal could visualize anything Dale could and far more. And edges refers to the perspective from the shooter's point of view, the horizon, i.e. the VISIBLE edge. It is IMPOSSIBLE to see beyond the horizon of a sphere so that last point of visibility becomes the effective edge. That "edge" rotates with the viewer's relationship to the sphere.
 

Ralph Kramden

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Pretty sure Hal could visualize anything Dale could and far more. And edges refers to the perspective from the shooter's point of view, the horizon, i.e. the VISIBLE edge. It is IMPOSSIBLE to see beyond the horizon of a sphere so that last point of visibility becomes the effective edge. That "edge" rotates with the viewer's relationship to the sphere.

JB - That's the best definition of the OB edge I've ever heard. :yeah:

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Tony_in_MD

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Even Duckie might like that description of an edge.

:smile:

QUOTE=JB Cases;5778954]Pretty sure Hal could visualize anything Dale could and far more. And edges refers to the perspective from the shooter's point of view, the horizon, i.e. the VISIBLE edge. It is IMPOSSIBLE to see beyond the horizon of a sphere so that last point of visibility becomes the effective edge. That "edge" rotates with the viewer's relationship to the sphere.[/QUOTE]
 
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