Straight into rail, then adjust

[RichSchultz]

No.
You do not start with the tip to the side of center CB and then pivot (at the stationary bridge) the tip with the butt so that the tip is now aimed at the center of the CB like with CTE.

You start with the tip at/addressed to the center of the CB, Efren often starts with the tip aimed at the base of the CB). Do you move the bridge and tip to the side to stroke before striking the CB? Or, do you move the tip and bridge to the side as you are striking the CB in one motion?

Just asking to understand.

Be well

I'll figure out a way to video my technique.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

I move the front end out from the center, the amount depending on how much i need to cut it. I don't adjust the butt at all..only the tip. Chalk is essential!

So if you're cutting to the right you add left spin?

Sorry to be blunt, but this is horrible technique. You need to be able to make shots with any spin (or none), depending only on where you want the CB to go.

pj
chgo

 

[BilliardsAbout]

I aim center cue ball directly into the rail behind the object ball. Then, I shift my tip out, the amount dependent on how much I need to cut. I can also add top or bottom at that point, depending on what I want cue ball to do. Works for banks, cuts and straight shots. When kicking, I use the mirror table technique.

Am I actually doing a version of CTE?

Just checking--are you talking about rolling a ball down along or on a rail or are you talking about an aim system for all shots?

 

[Straightpool_99]

I'll figure out a way to video my technique.

Please do, as I'd like to see it.

 

[ENGLISH!]

It's confusing as stated.

But depending on where you mean when you say the rail 'behind' the OB...

you could be using TOI or a reverse method of TOO.

Touch of Inside or Touch of Outside.

You could be using the CB squirt to create cut.

Or using the spin to throw the ball in.

You would need more than one initial alignment to cover every angle.

Best 2 Ya,
Rick

 

[Sloppy Pockets]

Nope, not CTE.

Looks like you have a real version of Bugs Rucker's aiming system.

Does you cue ball always have a little spin on it?

randyg

Sounds like CJ Wiley's method to me. Align CTC, then use TOI to create the angle. He does this on almost every shot except for wide cuts, where he aligns CTE and then uses TOI to create the angle. Makes no sense at all, but it works for me.

 

[BilliardsAbout]

I think it's CTC also--Strickland-style, throw 'em in? ?

 

[RichSchultz]

I think it's CTC also--Strickland-style, throw 'em in? ?

Thanks Matt...years ago I even asked you about this on your page. I remember what you said back then about not shift when down on my shot...that I would be able to do that in my head eventually. See? I read and remembered.

 

[BilliardsAbout]

A "head shift" puts you in Efren's class in that regard. Good work, sir!

 

[LAMas]

A "head shift" puts you in Efren's class in that regard. Good work, sir!

My wife likes it.

Could it be that he swipes the CB like some Pinoys. You had an article about that I saw...care to share?

 

[cutemonster]

Are you comfortable using the same technique with different cues?

 

[RichSchultz]

Absolutely...works with any cue.