Seeing the contact point on the object ball.

straightline said:
Guys that pointed you out back when said you were a champion. Forced misses confuses you? B.S.

The carelessness comes by way of apathy. There is nothing I've discovered that combats lack of interest. "Trying harder" is a waste of time for me. But on that fatalist note and by the same token, that's just lack of preparation and not faulty method.
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OK....
 
Great quote for a PGA top player today, Cameron Young.... ''I was able to stay where my feet were''.
Allows a player to realize why his perception and shot outcome were Real, and learn.
 
Paul Bell said:
Hmmm, you may have a point. I did not copy the CutShots method correctly. It finds that to make the shot, the cue ball overlaps OB the same amount as the distance between OB-contact point and OB edge. That distance on OB and CB makes two contact points for the initial aiming line. The player, then, moves that line parallel toward cue-ball center to aim at OB.

Other things look similar in Patrick's figure with what is the OB center, the cue-ball center, and that aiming can be determined by double-the distance or double-the-overlap methods. No parallel shift described, however. As to how the middle of the CB is determined --- it appears to be the closest distance between cue ball and object ball. I do not see a step involving a parallel shift to the cue-ball center.

For what its worth, here's CutShots method:

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For an average Fargo rated player, I believe this "equal and opposite segment" description for cut shots is the best I have seen for my short time playing pool. I have been using this technique since I saw it here and I think it improved my game. It definitely makes lining up for the shot easier.
I noticed straightline described something similar also.

There is too much noise on aiming techniques out there so it's good to see a nugget once in a while imo.
 
VVP said:
For an average Fargo rated player, I believe this "equal and opposite segment" description for cut shots is the best I have seen for my short time playing pool. I have been using this technique since I saw it here and I think it improved my game. It definitely makes lining up for the shot easier.
I noticed straightline described something similar also.

There is too much noise on aiming techniques out there so it's good to see a nugget once in a while imo.
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Jimmy Reid introduced the Equal Angle Opposites approach in his instructional video(s). A friend explained the EAO notion to me in the 90s. That in conjunction with the Wei Table "center point roll" ** I've read member posts about it which I can no longer find. I don't know who actually developed the geometry; must be painfully obvious to mathematicians but it solved every aiming issue regarding <WTF is this shot?>.../

** I coined the term as a description of the paralleling technique.
 
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straightline said:
Jimmy Reid introduced the Equal Angle Opposites approach in his instructional video(s). A friend explained the EAO notion to me in the 90s. That in conjunction with the Wei Table "center point roll" ** I've read member posts about it which I can no longer find. I don't know who actually developed the geometry; must be painfully obvious to mathematicians but it solved every aiming issue regarding <WTF is this shot?>.../

** I coined the term as a description of the paralleling technique.
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Equal Angle Opposites sounds complicated to me. If you extend the red line through the OB in the diagram you posted in post 89, you will see that the segment to the left of the extended line is equal to the segment to the right of the red line on the CB and vice-versa. Easier for me to visualize equal and opposite segments so I prefer to call it that way.

As you noted, the diagram is for a 30 degree cut, that’s why the aim line goes through the edge of the OB and the aim line is parallel to the red line. It works equally well for all cut angles.
 
VVP said:
Equal Angle Opposites sounds complicated to me. If you extend the red line through the OB in the diagram you posted in post 89, you will see that the segment to the left of the extended line is equal to the segment to the right of the red line on the CB and vice-versa. Easier for me to visualize equal and opposite segments so I prefer to call it that way.

As you noted, the diagram is for a 30 degree cut, that’s why the aim line goes through the edge of the OB and the aim line is parallel to the red line. It works equally well for all cut angles.
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Yes it creates equal sections at all point to point intersections
Constant Intersection 75.jpg


This is a pretty flexible thing here. If you look at the red line crossing the blue line below, you have the essence of the center point roll. The crossing is always half way through the line of centers. If you lay your stick on the red line and roll it on the tip till the stick is over center CB, you have the parallel shot line. No T Square, no marks, no foul.


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I'm glad you get find this stuff helpful. Sorry for reposting this. AI and BilliardsAbout thinks Jimmy Reid posted the drawing. :ROFLMAO:
 
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