darkSIDEpool said:

No gimmicks here, just pure raw data and analysis, all I need is a video.

Yes it's a lot of data I can generate but to some players who have been playing for years I can spot subtle signs that the naked eye can't. I diagnosed a players aim trait within a very low angular tolerance which wasn't a problem with their aim but their subconscious ability to be shooting at the centre of the pocket in favour of perfect position. That's pretty smart play whereas some coaches would say that you're aiming wrong because the cue ball isn't landing in the right area.

Knowledge is power as someone once said.

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BlueRaider said:

Thought I'd update this because I figured it out.

I was/am actually coming down on the shot perfectly aligned (or very, very close to it), but I was sabotaging myself with my warm-up strokes because they were an unconscious, automatic attempt to "straighten" my cue/"find" center ball when neither of those needed to be done. Both of those are holdover habits from a time when my alignment was poor and I needed (or thought I needed) to "fix" things while down on the table.

When I was getting down on the shot and shooting straight with no warm-up strokes, I wasn't giving myself a chance to take my cue off the shot line.

Now I'm getting down on the shot and simply observing/double-checking my cue/tip position at the cue ball during warm-up strokes without trying to "straighten" it (because it doesn't need to be straightened). It's really coming down to trust at this point because sometimes it doesn't look perfectly straight, but then I hit the cue ball, and it's a pure, clean hit with no sidespin whatsoever.

The exciting part is that this feels like a massive breakthrough because not only am I shooting straighter WITH warm-up strokes (which naturally feels 'safer" than doing none), but the trust factor in my brain is freeing up my stroke, resulting in far less steering and much more powerful, free-flowing cue action.

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Tennesseejoe said:

Several years ago I saw it used on betting at the Derby City Classic action room. I do not know the particulars except is involved foreigners.

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f-pig said:

Also, if you are visiting Ogden, you should find your way to 25th St which is the historic downtown. It is a nice downtown with good restaurants and bars, as well as a great museum in the Union Station (trains, John Browning, old cars, and a small western museum). The KoKoMo Club has 2 bar tables with regular regulars playing. The Outlaw Saloon is a couple miles from 25th St and has better tables.

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