Best Aiming Reference?

[stan shuffett]

i dont want to hijack this thread
so pms ok
how would cte users aim to hit the edge of a coin on the rail since its not
in the perfect positions (ratios ) of the table??

Great question.

Using an inside or an outside alignment, Sight NOT AIM the center of the cue ball to the the edge of the coin......not a direct CCB to the coin's edge, though.

Stan Shuffett

 

[bbb]

Great question.

Using an inside or an outside alignment, Sight NOT AIM the center of the cue ball to the the edge of the coin......not a direct CCB to the coin's edge, though.

Stan Shuffett

stan thanks for responding
could you explain alittle more please
what do you mean by an inside or outside alignment??
and do you imply that after sighting you do the cte pivot and 1/2tip offset??

 

[stan shuffett]

stan thanks for responding
could you explain alittle more please
what do you mean by an inside or outside alignment??
and do you imply that after sighting you do the cte pivot and 1/2tip offset??

Aiming occurs with one's vision directly behind the center of the cue ball.

In CTE, one learns to see shere to sphere relations from an offset. In other words, one's vision is not directly behind CCB. That also means that one's line of sight can not aim directly, 100%, down the shaft of the cue. All that the eyes can do in this scenario is use the objectivity that is available for seeing the sphere to sphere relation.

So, the CTE player with his offset vision will see CCB and the coin's edge in a center to edge perspective.......

An inside or an outside alignment can be used but one would be more intuitive than the other.

Stan Shuffett

 

[JoeyInCali]

since you said
How about the spot on the cloth where the ghost ball would sit?
thats why i picked that
my house pro uses this exercise to show new players the difference between aiming and contact point
he places a coin at the edge of the rail just barely overhanging the rail
and places the cue ball at a rather shallow angle to the coin and asks the student to hit the edge of the coin
well you could all predict the novice hits the rail in front of the coin because he aims at the edge of the coin
so what happens
the shooter learns how to make one edge of the cue ball hit another edge of the object ball ( sort of joe tuckers material whether they use his system or just see the respective edges)
or learns to see 1 1/4 inch from the contact point on the object ball (ghost ball center)
and aims there
again
jmho
icbw

1 1/8 you mean .

 

[bbb]

Aiming occurs with one's vision directly behind the center of the cue ball.

In CTE, one learns to see shere to sphere relations from an offset. In other words, one's vision is not directly behind CCB. That also means that one's line of sight can not aim directly, 100%, down the shaft of the cue. All that the eyes can do in this scenario is use the objectivity that is available for seeing the sphere to sphere relation.

So, the CTE player with his offset vision will see CCB and the coin's edge in a center to edge perspective.......

An inside or an outside alignment can be used but one would be more intuitive than the other.

Stan Shuffett

thanks for your reply

 

[bbb]

1 1/8 you mean .

thanks joey
i will edit my post

 

[His Boy Elroy]

I agree with this in theory - maybe I'm just more comfortable with using the contact point. I find it much easier to "see" than the ghost ball base point, but if they were both lit up maybe I'd change my mind.

pj
chgo

I did say you have intelligent things to say when the subject is not T.O.I.