Thanks for the applause. No crow eating, as I already understand the concept of using basic quarters in conjunction with offset pivoting techniques. I prefer straight-aiming with my nose and my stroke directly behind the CB, except when using BHE, but that's an adjustment made from a known shot line to counter deflection and cb squirt, not a method of finding the shot line.
There are far more ways than just one or two to play the game.
No eureka moment. I don't waste a lot of table time on offset pivots
Your prerogative. Also maybe your loss. Still your choice.
I simply sketched a few shots to learn exactly how it works, then went to the table and proved the reality of the sketches. I think it's neat, but in my opinion there are several years of adjustments/moving parts that need to be perfected before a player develops consistency.
Nope. Several weeks can do it. If a player has to spend a year learning something while doing it daily, they should have given it up long before.
For example, how long have you been doing it?
Going on 12 years but I grasped it in a matter of a couple of days.
Actually Hal got it working for me in the FIRST telephone session. That's what grabbed me by the nuts and I got hooked immediately.
How many years have gone by with the same handful of players here on AZ still working on those pivots?
None! They either got it or moved on to what they were doing pretty quick.
I'm not saying it wont work, eventually. I'm just saying the same thing you have said, or Stan has said, that you have to be willing to work at it, shooting several hundred balls per day until you get it working proficiently.
I don't have time now but I was shooting several hundred balls per day everyday with other stuff. It didn't matter to me.
I prefer being a noser -- target shooting, with the target being exactly where the CB needs to be in order to pocket the ball.
The CB always needs to end up at a place on the OB in order to pocket it. A good number of ways to get there and visualize it. You still haven't given any insight or explicit details how you do it since you DO NOT use Poolology when playing. Please describe the indescribable. At least I know what I'm looking at and see. You've given no indication on the FEEL method.
For other nosers that have gotten good at it, incorporating a little offset pivot on certain shots can be a great tool. For pivot players that have perfected their method, occassionally incorporating a straight aim toward a distant target can also be a great tool. The more tools a player has the more prepared he/she is to win.