Do you use an aiming system or go by feel?

Do you use an aiming system or go by feel?

  • I always go by feel

    Votes: 153 53.5%

  • Usually by feel, with aiming systems for hard shots

    Votes: 68 23.8%

  • Usually with aiming systems, by feel for easy shots

    Votes: 24 8.4%

  • I always use aiming systems

    Votes: 26 9.1%

  • I just hit balls very hard and hope they sink

    Votes: 15 5.2%
  • Total voters
    286
Good shape is to get you close to OB and at the right angle for the next shot to get good position. Is there a system for that? If more "B" to "D" players would practice position, speed control, stop, stun, and spin shots, they would see there whole game go up. Pool at the higher level is a very hard game to play and don't let anyone tell you different. Pocketing the ball is a very small part of it. Johnnyt
 
stan shuffett said:
Can't see cps. Too small. But center to edge can be seen

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Lol. If your vision acuity is not sufficiently good to see the contact point, you will also likely see blurred edges...Contact point to contact point is an excellent aiming method used by many to great success.
 
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Patrick Johnson said:
Here's a pic that shows how fractions translate to CTE "aimpoints" and how "pivots" reach the in-between shots. (Somebody will say they're not the same, but that's another one of those debatable things about CTE.)

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A good illustration, for up close shots. When the distance increases, the visuals change.

And you forgot the pivot on some of the visuals.
 
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Straightpool_99 said:
Lol. If your vision acuity is not sufficiently good to see the contact point, you will also likely see blurred edges...Contact point to contact point is an excellent aiming method used by many to great success.
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Totally incorrect concerning CTE......I can use CTE in relatively dark conditions.

Stan Shuffett
 
Patrick Johnson said:
How so?

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It's really simple when you think about it. If all shots require a 1/2 tip mechanical pivot, a long shot with 1/8 will lead to missing the entire ball with a pivot to the outside, especially on the snooker table, while the 1/8 with the pivot in the opposite direction will be too thick for a thin cut. So you must choose a different visual. Most pivot systems are like this.
 
Straightpool_99 said:
It's really simple when you think about it. If all shots require a 1/2 mechanical pivot, a long shot with 1/8 will lead to missing the entire ball, especially on the snooker table, while the 1/8 with the pivot in the opposite direction will be too thick for a think cut. So you must choose a different visual. Most pivot systems are like this.
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Whatever. Pivots are for the cuts between fractions. Calibrate them however you like.

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Patrick Johnson said:
Whatever. Pivots are for the cuts between fractions. Calibrate them however you like.

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Lol. You never shoot an exact fraction in CTE, so talking about cuts "between fractions" makes no sense. Well you do of course shoot a shot that results in a 1/2 ball hit etc, but you don't aim that way. If you are going to critique the system, you should at least know it. All systems that I know of that require pivots behave the same way with the pivots/aims. CTE is different in one respect, that is that you can pivot in both directions, which is unusual and results in some strange aims leading to pocketing the ball (or not).
 
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Straightpool_99 said:
It's really simple when you think about it. If all shots require a 1/2 tip mechanical pivot, a long shot with 1/8 will lead to missing the entire ball with a pivot to the outside, especially on the snooker table, while the 1/8 with the pivot in the opposite direction will be too thick for a thin cut. So you must choose a different visual. Most pivot systems are like this.
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It has been a supposition that some subconsciously, make a different pivot, so that the same visual can be used.

Another supposition has been that some 'swipe' the cue or that the cue moves off of it's pivot point of the bridge.

Now Dan White's analysis shows Stan doing the likes of those.

Best 2 Ya.
 
ENGLISH! said:
It has been a supposition that some subconsciously, make a different pivot, so that the same visual can be used.

Another supposition has been that some 'swipe' the cue or that the cue moves off of it's pivot point of the bridge.

Now Dan White's analysis shows Stan doing the likes of those.

Best 2 Ya.
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Maybe...But I don't think so for long shots etc..Any idiot will see while over the cue that the 1/8 aim is way off (in my example), so they won't ever use it that way (I don't think). The subconscious adjustments are more for the shots where the visuals are hard to decide on I think, or for shots where you need an adjustment to hit center pocket. Stan was stunning the ball at a fairly slow speed in the video. That will require an adjustment. He could also have been off in his aim, or the shot could have had no exact CTE solution.
 
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