You may be right, but...I think this may be what Matt and Brian were referring to. I put a strip of blue tape on the one ball, then a dot at the true equator contact spot, and another dot higher up from the equator.
If you’re estimating a fractional hit by standing behind the shot line, finding the contact point, then keeping your eye on it as you move to the aim line, then if you’ve chosen a contact point above the equator it will indicate too thick of a fractional hit.
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Bonus: that last pic makes it clear why we tend to over cut jump shots, and how thick you need to aim this one in particular depending on how high in the air the CB is at contact.
I assume you put those dots so far apart (vertically) for illustration - I doubt that anybody actually visualizes the equator/contact point that high on the ball. That means your very small lateral difference from the other direction (your red lines) becomes a fraction of the difference you show, likely well within the margin for error and easily unconsciously "tuned" to greater accuracy (if needed) by a practiced player.
My previous comments were about sighting the contact point's distance from centerball from slightly different heights while in shooting position, not keeping it in sight moving back to shooting position from sighting the OB-to-pocket line. Either way it's not a problem worth worrying about.
Thanks for taking the time to make those visuals.
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