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A reality check on aiming systems of all kinds

Coos Cues
BilliardsAbout said:
With respect, why wouldn’t they need an aiming system? Relying solely on the “visible edge” may not be the most effective aiming reference for them individually.
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Ok then shoot the ball straight in sitting at the center of the table from a couple inches in front of a corner pocket to the opposite corner and when you reach 95% your stroke is probably straight and repeatable. Then what? Is some aiming system going to take you to the promised land? Probably not.
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Time and effort required to reach Fargo 400, 500, 600

Coos Cues
gregcantrall said:
Well, have we met? We did play one event down there on the coast. 🤔
That outline pretty much covers my Bio. Started similar and attained 620 to 630. Now at uh 74.625 my number is so low I don't look it up anymore. 😉
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I don't recall meeting and pretty sure we've never played each other even though we have been to events at the same time.

Very likely we have numerous common opponents though.
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The quickest path to a straight, repeatable stroke, and the best metric used to evaluate it.

S
bbb said:
What do you recommend is an excellent role to do
But
The problem with this drill and many others recommended in this thread,
Do not take into account a separate issue that is separate from having a straight stroke
And that is, can you actually align two balls perfectly straight?
Using the drill you recommended if for some reason, I see the center of the second ball a millimeter from the base and I deliver the Q ball with no side spin
To that spot a millimeter off
The object ball is not going to come back directly to my Cue ball
Even though my stroke was perfectly straight, I hit vertical axis. The keyboard actually went exactly where I wanted it to, but I didn’t see my Target straight.
Being able to align, squarely or directly two balls in a straight line to aim at those targets is a separate skill from having a straight stroke
I’m on my phone and cannot provide a link but I believe it’s Chris Henry has a training the way he calls “the balls”
Where first you work with one ball until you learn how to find vertical axis and deliver a straight stroke
Then you work with a second ball to see if you can line up two balls in a straight line because you have proven that you have a straight stroke




I think and it’s just my opinion
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You are correct, I assume you have already found your vision center, that should be the first thing you learn before learning anything else, if you don't know how your brain computes what true center is it's going to be a long journey.......
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Funny pic/gif thread...

gregcantrall
Since the pilots needed 24 hrs preparation time to fly that bird, it was Not a good response time for the dog fights of the day. Mid 50s if I recall right. So the S R of special reconisence was more appropriate. It was capable of going into space far out of reach of missile attack as it is a missile with men in it .The pictures taken from 120,000 feet at Mach 3 could read numbers on license plates. Perhaps a major deterrent during The Cold War. 🤷‍♂️
The higher you fly the faster you can go. Mach 5 was within it's capable. The design had it flying with fuselage components glowing orange with heat from friction. So on the ground it rattled like the old pickup on the dirt road. Bit once warmed up it all went tight. The U-2 was our other recon aircraft at the time. Both flew out of Beale.
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Has anyone seen cue work like this before?

Chopdoc
Double-Dave said:
Being brutally honest, the quality level of the inlay work is more then acceptable for furniture, but not even close to the level needed to get any kind of decent money for a cue.
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This is the point I was stuck on when I first looked.

The work is fancy, but really not precise, even for "hand work". It's crooked, uneven, and messy.

There have been and are cue makers that do intricate "hand" inlays that are precise, darn near perfect, some would say perfect.

The cue displayed looks typical of the work from Morocco in both design and execution.

As for furniture, yes it resembles some furniture work, but certainly not anything approaching the finest work.

It's like your buddy with a classic muscle car that is a nice 10 foot or 20 foot car. Looks great at that distance. This would be a 20 foot car.

I would say I would theoretically give $200 for such a cue (no, I do not want one), and at least half that money is going to the shaft, like $150. That leaves $50 for the butt.

So, it's a cool conversations piece but not likely viable to have some made and sell them.

It just can't compete.
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A reality check on aiming systems of all kinds

BilliardsAbout
JC said:
Place an object ball on the spot. Place the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket in the kitchen. Now move the cue ball forward directly toward the spotted object ball until you can get a comfortable bridge.

This is a half ball shot from maximum distance for such. You know what this is and where to aim it. You know the exact aiming spot is the edge of the object ball. We all know this. The one cut shot no one ever argues isn't 100% objective.

Shoot it 25 times. How many times did you miss? Be honest at least with yourself. Did you miss because you didn't know where to aim? Of course you didn't. You missed because you failed to deliver the cue ball to where you intended it to travel.

If you missed more than 2-3 times you don't need an aiming system, you need practice on your fundamentals. A lot of practice.

When you almost never miss this shot you may be ready to talk about aiming systems. Until then you're wasting your time looking for the magic star dust.

Good luck!
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With respect, why wouldn’t they need an aiming system? Relying solely on the “visible edge” may not be the most effective aiming reference for them individually.
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Practice what I Preach

gregcantrall
My physical therapy requires a more upright stance as the lower back is saying, "GET OFF OF ME! ! I'm done."
Ooops an appropriate party night flashback. 😉
We're still married many many many years later. 🤷‍♂️
So anyway the physical therapy question is, "is it discomfort? Or Pain?"
My last physical therapy regimen came after the motorcycle launching. So I expect this discomfort can be accommodated by changing the morning fitness program.
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