Practice Halfball Shots Using Fractional Aiming With a Road Map

SpiderWebComm

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I read a study once that showed how facial expressions alter state of mind and cause poor performance. A player misses a shot and immediately makes a "WTF!" face. The muscles in the face send signals to the brain saying, "Get pissed! Increase adrenaline! Get those stress hormones flowing! Now! Now! Now!" This response isn't good for performance, not with things that require fine-tuned motor skills.
Did the study say anything about just snapping your cue in half over the knee to get all of it out of your system because you taught that biatch a good lesson once and for all?
I am reminded of this study everytime I watch an Efren Reyes match and he misses or makes a mistake. 99% of the time, he smiles.
Efren smiles because he knows he's going to win the match anyway...and he DOES!
 
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sixpack

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While i m gettin myself out of the well known *cyber war about aiming*- I ll get my 2 cents about the "half-ball topic" from my expirience.

As my eyes gettin worse and worse- i tried to compensate it however- with which method ever, to still have some fun at the table. And ofc while instructing.

I was lucky and fortunate enough, to benefit from several people on this forum over the years. Dave Segal for example opened my eyes for some real quality stuff (especially about pivots when using the 90/90 system). Later on also Sixpack helped me a lot, to make 90/90 really work much better for me- great and super knowledged guy as well. Ekkes and his See System- well, it works well if you put in the time. Great stuff- and Ekkes is a treasure of knowledge as well.

The Half Ball Stuff from Brian is (for me) fantastic- expecially the centerline stuff ( the famous 40 :p ). Love it to show this sometimes other ppl/students. A nice weapon/tool as soon as you re under pressure.

I could write about almost every discussed system here positively. But imo the problem is, that some guys are so stubborn and hard-headed that they just don t want to allow "the other bad dark side" to breath. Sad but true.

As I said- i learnt a lot here from numerous people. And it hurts me how many ppl left because of this stupid online flame wars.
Thanks for this post Ratta. I agree with you. All systems (well, almost) have something in them that is useful and I like drawing what I can from each of them. So many knowledgeable people here that share really great information.

I love Brian's poolology system. And I love Shish-ka-bob. And CTE and my own systems I've discovered. And 90-90. I love TOI. I use them all depending on the situation even though many of them work for almost all situations some work better than others in certain situations. I really like using parts of the stick to aim.

For example. Shane's stick aiming method on fairly sharp cuts down the rail when the ball is slightly off the rail. Once you see it you will almost always aim those shots that way when they are in the right zone. It's so consistent you just never miss.

Back to half-ball shots. One very powerful thing for me with Brian's system is recognizing half-ball shots. If I'm struggling a little bit on that day or it comes up in a tough situation and my mouth gets a little dry...And then I notice it's exactly a half ball hit using poolology...then I can just fire it right in!
 

BC21

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Did the study say anything about just snapping your cue in half over the knee to get all of it out of your system because you taught that biatch a good lesson once and for all?

Efren smiles because he knows he's going to win the match anyway...and he DOES!

As long as you're smiling when you snap the cue you should be alright. Lol

Funny thing... Had a player snap his jump cue a couple of weeks ago in a match. Then a few minutes later one of his teammates missed a shot and smacked the tip of his cue on the floor. I asked, "You want me to get your buddy over here to break that for you?" He didn't laugh. Surprised me, because I thought it was funny.
 

Dan White

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It’s Stan that has shown and taught us great visual intelligence that allows for the best visual experience. But you have never understood that.
I'd love to see you explain what that actually means. lol

Why didn’t you just stay out of there conversation. Posters were finally getting along.
What did I say that was untrue? You guys get along fine as long as nobody disagrees with you. Brian is practically breaking his back bending over backwards so as not to offend any CTE snowflakes and you can still see the chip teetering on some people's shoulder here.
 

cookie man

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I'd love to see you explain what that actually means. lol


What did I say that was untrue? You guys get along fine as long as nobody disagrees with you. Brian is practically breaking his back bending over backwards so as not to offend any CTE snowflakes and you can still see the chip teetering on some people's shoulder here.
First off, you’ve never had a clue about visual intelligence and you’ve heard the phrase for several years so you should really just drop it.
Second see the post above yours.
Third I highly doubt Brian would agree with your opinion, he wouldn’t have stuck around this long if he did.
Fourth. Just stop your bullshit and let these guys have a fun discussion
 

Dan White

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First off, you’ve never had a clue about visual intelligence and you’ve heard the phrase for several years so you should really just drop it.
Second see the post above yours.
Third I highly doubt Brian would agree with your opinion, he wouldn’t have stuck around this long if he did.
Fourth. Just stop your bullshit and let these guys have a fun discussion
Hasn't it dawned on you yet that if you simply ignored me there would not be much of a conversation?
 

SpiderWebComm

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Brian is practically breaking his back bending over backwards so as not to offend any CTE snowflakes and you can still see the chip teetering on some people's shoulder here.
Brian isn't doing anything but being Brian. And it isn't about WHO IS posting in here and how it's being done. Nobody is breaking their back and bending over backwards to do anything.

The reason why everything has been going along smoothly is because of WHO WASN'T posting in here. As soon as YOU
and PJ reared your ugly heads in here to go on the attack, everything turned to shit and it'll just keep getting worse as long as
you stay and keep it up. TWO PSYCHO SICKOS!!
 

Dan White

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Brian isn't doing anything but being Brian. And it isn't about WHO IS posting in here and how it's being done. Nobody is breaking their back and bending over backwards to do anything.

The reason why everything has been going along smoothly is because of WHO WASN'T posting in here. As soon as YOU
and PJ reared your ugly heads in here to go on the attack, everything turned to shit and it'll just keep getting worse as long as
you stay and keep it up. TWO PSYCHO SICKOS!!
OK, then back to my original point, if you want to keep it on topic. What's the difference between visual intelligence and visual experience?
 

SpiderWebComm

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OK, then back to my original point, if you want to keep it on topic. What's the difference between visual intelligence and visual experience?
Get a dictionary. I'm not interested in getting into this topic with you any more than both of us are interested in knocking heads with some whack jobs on climate change.
 

BC21

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OK, then back to my original point, if you want to keep it on topic. What's the difference between visual intelligence and visual experience?

I'm probably not the right one to answer this, but here's what I believe....

Visual Experience: You know what you're looking at because you've looked at enough times to finally be able to recognize it when you see it.

Visual Intelligence: You know what you're looking at because you know what to look at.

A good analogy might involve something like boxing. You can stand toe to toe and trade punches, and eventually you'll learn certain patterns your opponent follows. Then you can almost predict when a certain punch is coming.

Or, you can have someone show you the patterns of a particular boxer, so when you step into the ring you already know what to look for.
 

bbb

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I'm probably not the right one to answer this, but here's what I believe....

Visual Experience: You know what you're looking at because you've looked at enough times to finally be able to recognize it when you see it.

Visual Intelligence: You know what you're looking at because you know what to look at.
arent you defining porn?? 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
 

bbb

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Well, it was amicable for a bit anyway, there goes the neighborhood again... :rolleyes:😭
Brian isn't doing anything but being Brian. And it isn't about WHO IS posting in here and how it's being done. Nobody is breaking their back and bending over backwards to do anything.

The reason why everything has been going along smoothly is because of WHO WASN'T posting in here. As soon as YOU
and PJ reared your ugly heads in here to go on the attack, everything turned to shit and it'll just keep getting worse as long as
you stay and keep it up. TWO PSYCHO SICKOS!!
as a peace proposal
i suggest this to coockie/spidey/pat/and dan
coockie/spidey put pat/dan on ignore
pat/dan put cookie/spidey on ignore
if all sides agree
lets try it for one month
✌️
 

bbb

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If we have our cue on line to pocket the ball, and we each have a stroke that follows that line, then the our cues would be on the same line.

The difference would not be seen in an overhead camera shot, because the difference isn't in the cue positions. The difference is in our eyes, where we're looking. We'd be looking at different things, but our cues would have to be online to pocket the ball.
could you /brian and spidey /cookie explain this difference please?
 

SpiderWebComm

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BC21:
The difference is in our eyes, where we're looking.
We'd be looking at different things, but our cues would have to be online to pocket the ball.
This was well stated and makes perfect sense.
could you /brian and spidey /cookie explain this difference please?
Here's a question for you and how you answer it will probably be the correct answer. Are we that use CTE or Shishkabob looking for and focusing on contact points, fractions, (other than 1/4 or 3/4 ball), ghost balls, arrows, lights, shadows?

Here's what you might not be able to answer if none of the above is what we look for. What are we looking at between CB and OB and how is it done? Btw, CTE and Shishkabob aren't very similar at all. (this is open for anyone to answer or attempt to answer that DOESN'T use CTE or Shishkabob.)

And what part(s) of the CB/CUE is/are linked to what is being seen on the OB?
 
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