Recent content by VelvetBulldozer

No, although double the distance is the closest. As already established if you aim straight at the contact point on the OB, you are going to undercut it, unless it is a straight shot or withing 5 degrees. You need to establish a new contact point. DD is one way to go, but what works for me...

I find fractional aiming to be effective, because it combines two visual feedbacks. Admitedly, I am poor at visualizing the 3/4, 1/4 and 1/2 ball hits. But I can easily visualize aiming through the center of the CB to the edge of the OB, which is the 1/2 ball hit. But another person might find...

Yes, the aiming line is the line in which I align the v of my bridge, the stick (asuming no english is applied) and the heel of my foot. The problem I had was finding the center of the ghost ball consistently. The reason is probably because that point is in space. I was never able to visualize...

To give background, I use a similar sighting system to what Lee Brett is teaching here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYRygaWcJp8 Traditionally, you draw a line (pot line) from the center of the pocket through the object ball. The contact point is where that line crosses the back of the...