Hey, if I started playing when I was 8 and was taking private lessons from a world class player at 14, I'd be playing purely by feel, too. But almost all of us don't have that luxury, you see. I don't worry that I'm endangering my future as a world class professional billiards player.
I know, I have the Caudron book.
and FvK has been over 1.500 for a few decades.
playing without feel alone and using simple addition? Pfff, barely worth it.
average shot time well under 20 sec
I don't use any system that takes over 20 seconds. Like what I've talked about, the side rail numbers, I don't even need to think about those anymore. I basically know where the cue ball is going as the object ball is coming to a stop. At what point does a "system" become "feel" exactly? The DPM ticky system is the exact same side rail numbers that I know automatically, the only difference is where the cueball is on the short rail, the diamonds are +1,3,5,7, the first diamond is 1 (1=1!), then each more is 2. Literally the simplest thing to memorize, takes about 30 seconds to commit to memory. I shot 3 tickies tonight using that system and made them all. So easy. Look at the side rail, look at the short rail, do some Kindergarten addition while you chalk, and you're done. As long as you hit the cueball right, you know
exactly where it's going. No feel or sweat required for a basic ticky, it's like beautiful autopilot, save the feel for a difficult shot.
The system I posted where the two object balls are on the long rail and you count the diamonds between them and divide by 2 and that's what diamond you hit thru the short rail? So easy. Literally almost nothing to memorize. Once you hear it it takes
actual effort to forget it. I use it every time the shot comes up and it works perfectly. Maybe I'm a math whizz or something but (20+50)/2 I can do in my head while I'm chalking the cue. Maybe I should go Zen and make my mind a blank and return to the the Warm Hazy Land of Feel. I've noticed there are people that get angry if somebody points out that the diamond system works basically because the table is twice as long as it is wide and..fuck that shit, that's math, we're playing billiards here, this isn't fucking math class.
So many easy "systems" like this that you can memorize in ten seconds. Many with no numbers if you're scared of using your little piggies to count. Equal angle things, spot on the wall, the diamond system that's been around for a hundred fucking years, they all must go.
But hey, I guess it's not popular, that's fine, I won't post any more of it. You guys do what you like. Feel out every shot. I'll just use some basic shit to make my life easier and make a point.
