Recent content by heater451

I do this with many shots, and have tried to teach it to "learning" players. At the very least, I think they should master 'seeing' the resulting angle of the half-ball hit, because it's one of the most reliable/repeatable shots to aim and execute. My thought is that they should easily learn...

This is the core of what I mean. Before actually thinking about it, I would have overestimated the number of (average) people that would immediately grasp the relationship between top-view drawings and side-view. Still, maybe it's a generation thing. Also, please don't take anything I've said...

My issue/point was that you can show people a top-down (or behind-the-balls) diagram, but they may not immediately grasp the connection when trying to apply it back to spheres on a table. I don't recall when I learned about mechanical views, but I know it was before I too drafting around...

I wonder if many people are not versed in dimensional drawings, and so do not already "naturally" translate/connect 2D views to the real-world 3D setting. And, even when someone has that ability, no one ever mentions that the perspective change due to distance may or may not even occur to...

I would somewhat agree with this, for "feel" players, but I think methodological players like to have a sort of framework around which they play. As an extreme example, both types of players can shoot a masse shot--for the sake of this post, consider one with more arc than a 'swerve', but not...

In my case, that is what I mean, although I would add that I mean the *intended* contact point. Due to the curvature of the balls (equators), the cueball will *impact* at an "earlier" spot on the ball. I can see that the actual impact point could then been interpreted as the "contact" point...

Remember, however, that there is a margin of error allowed to each side of the center pocket line, so a little error either way should still pot the ball--of course, the error can be larger as the ball is closer to the pocket. I learned pretty quickly that one cannot aim *directly* at the...

Tiered payout amounts. 100% payout by a specified time, and less by 10% every half-hour (or whatever seems right). The slower everyone plays, the less potential money to win. Could even break up the place amounts, so if the 3rd place finishes before the 100% cutoff, they get full pay, but if...

It could be bracketed with a 1/4-ball and a 3/4-ball aim, but overall I think it's easier to visualize 3 parallel lines. To me, using the angled (blue) line between ball centers helps to locate the centerline, but it makes more sense to move the end of the blue line to the right edge of the...

Ah, I did not realize you were talking about your *personal* "object permanence"....

And spatial relations?

I thought that I had heard cushion-contact rules once stated as, "IF a ball is not pocketed" which could be argued that a ball could be pocketed, and then un-pocketed, and it was fine--The thought being that after-contact with a cushion was not required, since the ball was pocketed. However, I...

If you are saying that you are cueing low-CENTER on those shots, then it's possible that you are striking truer on the centerline, so the cueball doesn't squirt, and therefore strike the target ball in an unintended place. Aiming low on the cueball brings you closer to where it sits on the...

I was gonna add this yesterday, but forgot.... In the last year or so, I've seen things like this in online advertisements (TEMU, "Mini billiard stick")...

Yankee Doodles! I could never remember the name of that place. My buddies and I would ride motorcycles down to Venice Beach and around Santa Monica in the mid-90s, and would pub crawl down there. I never played there, but did like that they had a 9-ball challenge table, which I would usually...