Recent content by BC21

The reason this inaccurate version works for some players is because the cb's point (point #2) is on the opposite side of the cb from the shooter's vision, which means they aren't lining up the points so much as they are assuming they're lining up the points. The same problem occurs when using...

I agree. The micro-adjustments are not conscious adjustments. When I say the stance and stroke are like a machine, that simply means it performs like a machine. We simply have to place the machine where it needs to be, consciously, then the subconscious takes over (using muscle memory and...

It depends. Playing great pool requires great consistency. A player can devote a few thousand hours to small individual adjustments/tweaks, like twisting the wrist one way or another, or whatever, and eventually they'll develop a good level of consistency doing whatever they're doing with all...

Your body mechanics should more or less be like a precision machine. Aiming is then simply placing the machine in the correct position to pocket the ball. The mechanics are consistent, repeatable. Adjustments would be slight alterations in body placement, moving the "machine" a bit here or...

Lol.... funny thread. It's like saying no one really teaches how to juggle tennis balls or whatever - they just describe how to toss the balls, how to move the hands and arms, and then show how easy it is to do. But it's not easy, not without first spending countless hours practicing the toss...

Thanks Dan! That's true for many shots, while other shots utilize the entire pocket. Thinner shots tend to fall out of the system's parameters also. Nevertheless, the underlying goal of Poolology is to simply provide the player with solid (known) aim points so that they can quickly develop a...

Aiming becomes easy with experience/repetition. Initially, aiming is not easy, not intuitive, at least not for most people. Watch beginners play pool for 15min. Poor strokes and poor form, of course, but also poor estimates on aiming. Watch the average weekend bar room players. Their...

100% agree that good awareness/observation is a must. That and the standard postional concept of sending the cb toward/into the next shot's postion zone (rather than across it) can drastically improve a player's postion play very quickly.

Nah... just knowing the book was useful to you is awesome. Thanks a bunch for the positive comments! 😊

Pick your spot. Visually imagine exactly where you want the cb to strike the cushion. This gives your mind the best opportunity to make it happen, much better than simply telling yourself not to scratch. You also have to practice these types of shots in order to get a solid understanding of...

Excellent post!

You're right... the CB's would all have to be equal distance from the GB to be so equally-spaced like he shows in his setup. Still, his main focus is showing what the basic quarter overlaps look like from the cb's perspective, and he does a good job with that. The fact that the setup isn't...

Your line to the ghostball is a few degrees off, too high. The ghostball, being farther away, is much smaller than the closer cb's, almost a third smaller. His angles aren't nearly as far off as your lines show. When watching the video, one can see that when he changes the camera angle to get...

He is simply showing the visual overlaps for the basic quarters. The angles are irrelevant. It's more about recognizing the fractional overlaps, not identifying angles. In other words, no one needs to know the cut angle if they can just look at a shot and recognize the cb-ob...

With a pool cue then, unless all the mass is in the last few inches of the butt, this definition indicates that we push the cue forward and pull it backward. And that's the common sense way of looking at the whole pushing/pulling bit. Anyhow, you are 100% correct in saying, "not that any of...