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Bump.

Sheldon said:

All TOI or any "system" does is get you in the ballpark, and distracts your conscious mind.
The contact point needing to be struck for some shots is quite tiny, and there's really no way to "aim" that accurately, given the mechanics of any shot. Your eyes are too far away from the cue, and even if you could look directly down the cue with a sight on it like a rifle, it would be tough to hit that tiny spot every time.
Every great player relies on instinct and muscle memory and angle recognition. If they're selling you a "system" they're doing it to make money.

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I have to disagree with ya on this one. I don't use TOI because I'm too old to change and I'm no longer obsessed with playing good pool. In theory though, it makes perfect sense.

CJ gives the example of shooting a spot shot with left and right spin while aiming at the same spot on the object ball (in other words, not trying to compensate for the spin and deflection). See how far off each shot is. He said that's what happening when you put inadvertent spin on the cue. TOI logic is to put intentional inside on the cue to reduce that variability of hitting either side. Several famous players did it before CJ started promoting it.