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Aim Visualization Techniques

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Patrick Johnson said:
To visualize this, think of the cue ball frozen to the object ball as it makes contact to make the shot (the ghost ball position) - the line from the pocket passes through both balls’ centers and contact points at the same angle (parallel). The line to the pocket from the cue ball’s starting position would be different.

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A simple visualization exercise I used to do is freeze 2 balls anywhere on the table, make note of where the line of centers and tangents point, then walk around the table observing as much as you can about the "look" of the shot.
Variations include not making note and guessing where the lines go, or lining up the balls dead to a pocket to observe what the intersection actually looks like in 360 3D.
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What’s the worst cue you’ve ever bought?

iusedtoberich
That reminded me I had one too from the Phillipnes about 20 years ago. It was quite fancy and about $315 on ebay (new). It came all warped and messed up. I returned it for a refund minus about $75 in shipping. Lesson learned!

More recent was Schmelke. Total pos. Pin only centered on the shaft it came with. Finsh was garbage. Pin came loose a month later, I don't even think it was glued. Butt had some necking down near the joint. Another lesson learned.
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Max Eberle on people who play on barboxes "Pool players need to grow some balls"

Bavafongoul
All my life I have tried to play up when practicing. In a tournament, you never know the level of your next opponent until you either recognize them or start playing your match. Only by playing better players do you learn to stretch your skills and utilize better strategies on how to play the table. There is no shame whatsoever in running a couple of balls, passing up a difficult shot and instead play a wicked safety on your opponent. Playing stronger opponents will elevate your pool game a lot quicker than playing against your equivalent peers or lesser skilled players. And you’ll also concentrate and try a lot harder too.
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Aim Visualization Techniques

Jaden
Patrick Johnson said:
To visualize this, think of the cue ball frozen to the object ball as it makes contact to make the shot (the ghost ball position) - the line from the pocket passes through both balls’ centers and contact points at the same angle (parallel). The line to the pocket from the cue ball’s starting position would be different.

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Yeah another method I tinkered with was visualizing the outside line from the pocket along the outside edge of the OB, and then the outside of the cb in line with the shot and then visualizing the cb staying within the boundaries of those two lines intersecting and the cb touching the ob at the contact points.

Any more I just see the shot. Sometimes I'll visualize the CB to the OB to the pocket, back to the OB back to the cb and then look at the centerline the first few inches on the shot line in front of the cb as I step into and get down on the shot, but for the most part I can just step into the shot and be on the correct line and see where to aim from millions of pocketed balls over the years.
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