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Discussion: Focusing on the cue ball compared to other sports

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nataddrho said:
Pool is unique like in golf in that you have two simultaneous targets. The tip position on the cue ball and then some time later the CB-OB collision.

Because of your field of view and focal length differences, you can not “see” both targets. Golf is very obvious because your body is completely turned orthogonal towards your secondary target. Pool you can make a choice.

So it comes down to what you feel you have memorized and muscle memory of better… where the object ball is spatially or where your intended tip target is spatially. Either way you need spatial awareness in some capacity, because you can not compress the solution to the problem into a 2D visual plane.
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Your being wont forget 3 or 4 space just because you stare blankly at the cue ball. CBL is a very efficient and accurate algorithm.
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Tournament organizer admits he gambled away all of the tournament prize money 😂

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We had a situation in Oneida NY a long time ago. The room owner Justin fancied himself a pool player and much as he fancied himself a poker player. We had a 10 ball break and run pot that was up to 8k. We were selling a lot of tickets weekly, at least 600 to 800.

He had blown the money on pocker and didn't tell anyone.

He had one player "buying" a couple hundred in tickets each week. but turns out he wasn't buying them. Justin and he had a plan that if he got picked and won, he'd get a reduced payout and save Justin's a$$. Myself and another player, who was a beast of a guy easily 350#, bought a good $300 plus of the tickets each week.

So one night Justin tells me some nonsense about somebody breaking into the room and stealing checks. He even named a player who had a record as a suspect. He said he that because of the check theft, that he didn't have any of the 10 ball money. Then later that evening before the tournament he announced to the players at the tournament that he's closing in a few weeks because he's broke and the 10 ball money was stolen.

I came in from out of the area to play his room. I wasn't friends with him. Yet I was the first guy he told about this check they nonsense?? Bullshit. He knew I had spent a lot on tickets along with this other guy and was feeling me out a bit. I'd made plenty there on the 10 ball pot and tournaments.

The monster of a man who spent a lot of money on tickets was pissed, unless he was the best actor in the world. How he or any of us let Justin live remains a mystery. Over a period of 4 weeks til he closed nobody did a thing to this guy, even though we all knew he stole 8k of our money.
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Discussion: Focusing on the cue ball compared to other sports

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bbb said:
tell that to filler,gorst,and most of the pros
pros eat based on performance
they find the best way to do things
not whats best theortetically
not saying it cant work
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They (the top 5 say) have super strokes and way more headroom than most - including their food. They can look at anything they want and still stroke accurately besides. Shaw managed what 800 balls in one pass (dust fouls aren't misses) CBL.

bbb said:
not saying it cant work
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What then, are you saying?
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Discussion: Focusing on the cue ball compared to other sports

nataddrho
Pool is unique like in golf in that you have two simultaneous targets. The tip position on the cue ball and then some time later the CB-OB collision.

Because of your field of view and focal length differences, you can not “see” both targets. Golf is very obvious because your body is completely turned orthogonal towards your secondary target. Pool you can make a choice.

So it comes down to what you feel you have memorized and muscle memory of better… where the object ball is spatially or where your intended tip target is spatially. Either way you need spatial awareness in some capacity, because you can not compress the solution to the problem into a 2D visual plane.
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New to Billiard Pool. Cue stick worth question

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Mlhend2008 said:
Thanks for the response back from everyone. Outside of playing with seasoned players and picking up pointers to help me develop into a competitive player, are there good books that would teach me the fundamentals of playing pool. Things like learning the different angles, strategy and tricks in playing. Something I did in table tennis to compete at the state and even national level. But it's time for me to move, when the other players refer to me as the coach and not a competitor. 🤣
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There are definitely some good books out there. But, in my humble opinion, video is where it's at. Look up Accu Stats on YouTube. Watch the videos, and just as important, listen to the commentary. You'll see the game played at it's highest level and commented on by some of the best to ever play the game. Unless you've been around pro pool, I'd bet you have no idea just how good the best players in the world are. I know it was an awakening for me. And that was all the way back when the only way to see those videos was to order them from Pat over the phone and get them in the mail.
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