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I think all aiming eventually evolves to subconscious recognition of the simplest reliable visual: CB/OB overlap. I think the system becomes more and more of a cross check and/or trigger for the overlap visual, still an active and important part. pj chgo

I've usually heard "inside" and "outside" refer to the direction of CB spin in relation to the cut direction - for a left cut, left spin = inside spin / right spin = outside spin. How do you mean it? pj chgo

I don’t know if Fran said that, but it’s not true unless you’re moving the cue away from your “vision center”, which is not necessarily (maybe not even usually) centered between your eyes. The cue often has to be off-center in order to see accurately when it’s pointed at CB center. pj chgo

The only thing that makes sense for even competition - unfortunately at the cost of some excitement. pj chgo

I'm bacon.

I visualize the position of the OB contact point I want the CB to hit, then aim the CB's center a remembered distance outside that (depending on the cut angle). One way to do that is to visualize the CB contact point in the geometrically opposite position from the OB contact point and aim it so...

Actually, if you sight along the two lines like sighting along your cue (rather than “through” them like here), they look straight. Vision center even “fixes” optical illusions! pj chgo

All true... well, except for the "narrowly avoid" part.

Thanks. I didn't know he's published. pj chgo

Are you sure that's your vision center? It isn't always (maybe not even often) centered - it just means "where straight looks straight". pj chgo

Is that the Bill Smith we know as mr3cushion? pj chgo

Inside a pool table...

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