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Seeing the contact point on the object ball.

Patrick Johnson
Patrick Johnson said:
... fractional aiming (like all systems) only gets you close - you have to estimate the actual aim line from there. Very rarely does fractional aiming put you directly on the correct aim line with no adjustment.
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bbb said:
My point was with fractional aiming you have a direct target not trying to juxtapose 2 contact patches as @straightline would say (i think)
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A well known way to connect the contact points (assuming you can "see" the OB contact point) is to aim CB center to the point twice the distance from the OB's center or twice the distance from the OB's outside edge to the contact point. This is called "double distance" (when doubling from centerball) or "double overlap" (when doubling from the ball's edge).

You can also learn to simply recognize the distance to aim from the OB's center or contact point for the cut angle needed.

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Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

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Pool has never been a sport that offered many people a true career. Look at that top 200 list from the other day. If you were the 192nd best doctor, lawyer, electrician, carpenter, accountant whatever in the world you would have a great career. Good luck doing it in pool. The very few who can and those who have nothing else are the ones you can understand doing it. If you aren’t one of them, build a life and play pool as life and career allow. You can enjoy the game forever. IMO.
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-:-:— SCOTT GRACIO 4 POINT-FLEUR DE LIS WITH EXTRA 30” PREDATOR CF SHAFT WVP —:-:-

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AWESOME LOOKING GRACIO-PLAYS AS GOOD AS IT LOOKS
JOINT AND FLEUR DE LIS INLAYS GOOD WHITE STUFF
JOINT IS SLEEVED WITH A 3/8 10 PIN
DECO RINGS AT A,B,C,D,E
FOREARM IS SOME KIND OF BURL
4 EBONY POINTS AND BUTT SLEEVE
THE POINTS ARE BLACK-THIN WHITE-DOUBLE YELLOW-THIN WHITE
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL
EACH POINT HAS A FLEUR DE LIS WITH 6 BRASS DOTS
TEXTURED LEATHER WRAP
BUTT SLEEVE HAS SAME FLEUR DE LIS WITH MANY BRASS DOTS
SWEET LOOKING CUE IN PERSON
BUTT WEIGHS 15.9OZ.
BUTT HAS EXTENSION SET UP
GRACIO SHAFT 12.8MM-WEIGHS 3.4OZ. WITH CLEAR KAMUI TIP
PREDATOR CF SHAFT IS 12.9MM-WEIGHS 4.2OZ. WITH KAMUI CLEAR TIP
PREDATOR SHAFT IS 30”
GRACIO JOINT PROTECTORS ARE MADE OF THE SAME BURL
NO DISAPPOINTMENTS WITH THIS CUE-CUE IS IN EXCELLANT CONDITION
PPFF—ZELLE—VENMO—POSTAL MONEY
ASKING $3450 SHIPPED TO LOWER 48
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Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

iusedtoberich
The kid comes from a pool family. His dad is a strong local player. (660 speed). His mom takes him to the pool hall all the time. I've played him some cheap practice sets in atlanta, and saw him at the Expo in Philly and said hello. Pool is his life. IDK if he will be a legit pro speed when he's 20, but he's giving it all he can right now, with the support of his family.
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World Top 200 Players by Fargo Rating (April2026)

sjm
GideonF said:
Thanks for correcting me on the year.

Orcollo was trying to get Filler to play banks. No dice.

I also remember that the Chang vs Filler match was late starting because Chang’s tip had come off and they needed to wake up Steve Lomax to put a new tip on! (Maybe it was just find him not wake him up but that’s they way I heard it at the time)
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Your memory is sharp here. Both had been eliminated in the afternoon in the 9ball, so the match was arranged quite early. They had intended to begin at about midnight until the tip problem delayed the start until nearly 1:30 AM. Chang and Filler played until sunrise.
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Are Junior players being set up for a tough life?

trob
I know the gamblers will get upset but no kid should be playing for money let alone 10k sets. You’re setting him up for bad habits. We need the younger generation playing pool but this mind set that some how pool is the only game in the world you have to gamble if you want to be good is silly and needs to end if we are going to move the game forward.
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