jimstone said:

Hello, for those of you who use contact point aiming systems, where you first find the contact point on the object ball
by drawing a line from the pocket through the object ball, here is my question.
Let's say you have a long shot , and the object ball is a solid color. You step away from the object ball, after finding the contact point, and head
back to the cue ball which is say - 4 diamonds away. How do you keep track of that contact point on the object ball with your eyes? Thank you.

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I’m not sure how many players do this, but the contact point on the object ball is meaningless to me and I never look at it at any point before the shot. I see the shot, I see the angle required to make the shot, then I aim to hit whatever portion of the object ball I need to hit to pocket it, or aim completely full if it’s a straight shot.

For a considerable cut, I might initially go down in my aim with a half ball hit, aiming at the edge of the object ball, and then make fine-tuning adjustments, more or less than a half ball hit depending on the severity of the cut. On a shot that has a smaller cut angle , I likely initially start with close to a full ball hit, and then make the aiming adjustments off of full ball, depending on the angle.

After many years of playing, you subconsciously know the angles you have to aim the cue ball at to send the object ball towards the pocket. Of course it gets a lot more complicated once you are applying spin (calculating deflection and swerve) but that’s also learned over years, from trial and error.

It's always easier to change threads in the shaft and as mentioned any competent cuemaker can do that work.

Island Drive said:

Any structure, like layered 3/4'' plywood, comparing that to a 9 layered tip it holds up under stress.
Non layered tips need maintenance as they flare out with a player that has a swing like Kaci, Shaw etc, these guys can draw their ball 12-16 feet, Bergman also uses Zan layered medium tip.... layered is structurally a must until I can be proven wrong.
Bad miscue on a layered tip, tip can be attended to, bad miscue on single layered tips, in my past it blows out the side and needs replacement.
Efren does not have a big swing like Kaci/Shaw.

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Attending was definitely required.

I'd like to see a better picture of the veneers.

Bob Jewett said:

The amazing part to me was that they were a graduate student in a technical field. And then there was the student who was about to enter college in computer science and was unclear on what an angle was. Not a particular angle, but any angle, as in the opening between two crossing lines.

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Had similar student, Colorado School of minds. When I told him hitting the contact point harder and harder cut the ball more, he was amazed.

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easy-e said:

The Florida Open starts Thursday, May 7th at 12:00 noon EST! This is arguably the most stacked field they've compiled yet. Both the Open and the Women's Open have a ton of big names, so the mixed pairs is also going to be tough! If you want to check out the players lists, visit their Facebook Page (Ultimate Pool USA). Very much looking forward to playing and watching all the great pool! Anyone else going to be there? I attached their broadcast schedule if anyone is interested.

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Give um hell, sweetheart.

Not a bad rundown of the pitfalls into which a pool player can fall, and in every one of these categories you will find more than a few pro players, some of them world champions.

I'd rather be a Player than an Owner

maha said:

few here if any can get any real benefit from their break. over getting better at playing safe and making long shots.

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And not ever. missing easy shots will increase ones win % too.

And that would be?