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It is so tough these days to come up with an original idea. I tried. Thanks for the info. Got a link where I can get the particulars?

Just thought of this "innovation" that Mike Howerton of AZBilliards can implement and offer to the spectators at Accu-Stats covered pool events. Accu-Stats does offer online live streaming. But it has a significant actual time delay probably on the order of 15+ seconds. I am thinking that if...

okay. after this I am going to take the advice some of you will be happy with. Watch the pros. Even Keith with his side arm stroke. Every one of them have their dominant eye directly over the cue stick such that they can see if the cue stick center line is directly over the shot line on the...

"Aiming is knowing where to deliver the CB." No it's not. Knowing where to deliver the CB, is knowing where to deliver the CB. There is no aiming in this knowing. Aiming begins when you use this "knowing" and ends when you execute the shot. You may not think about it when you carry this out...

To precisely place the bridge in the proper place you must use your eyes aiming to do this. To precisely place the cue stick within the bridge curl you use your eyes to aim by adjusting your fingers. To precisely place the cue stick at the proper height you use your eyes to aim the bridge...

Do you even know what parallax is? In pool, where it shows up? How to recognize it? How it can effect your shot? How to correct/eliminate it? All of these things are easily answered. Ever miss a shot by a foot? And corrected as easily as snapping your fingers. But maybe some people like...

"hmmm, not really." Really? Okay then. How do you aim? I aim with my eyes. Every aspect of the shot that requires aiming, I aim with my eyes. No? Okay. Then get down over your shot and immediately close your eyes. You can't correct for parallax. You can't align the cue stick or place the...

Certainly sxxt happens. But did you consistently aim properly and send the cue ball accurately to your target with the proper action on this shot? If you did then you have done nothing wrong, you've done everything right, and you can depend on doing that the next time and so on and on. Job...

What I am aiming for (I made a pun) is clarification of exactly how to aim and what to aim for and integrating all the necessary aiming elements into a single synchronous connected whole. That is, to describe a step by step process, or routine, to consistently aim and run balls. Once these...

How do you put the desired action on the cue ball? Let's say you need some high right to get position. You have to strike the cue ball on the upper right side. How do you do this? You must aim the cue tip to strike this point on the cue ball to give it the desired action. This is all part...

That is correct. This is part of aiming. A very fundamental part. So how do you get there? That is the question. That's easy. You have to align your body, as well. So in effect, you are aiming with your body, too. Again. How do you get there? By asking the right questions. You can see...

Parallax. Yes. This is the first time anyone mentioned anything related to eyes and sight. This is what I am hinting at. Aiming requires addressing parallax. This is an excellent start. Another is the idea of dominant eye. Here is your freebee, on me. This may boost your game. Let us...

I sense that these, again, are how to align shots and not how to aim, which ultimately means execute a shot. But give me a day or so to find the time to find these references. Thanks. Later.

There are many reasons. How about stress, fatigue, distraction, intimidation, coercion, nerves, loss of perceptual continuity, low blood sugar, ... If you have superior powers of visualization technique, ghost ball is not an estimation. It is precision.

You have just condensed what I am referring to in about 16 words. Actually just 6 words: "Line em up and pull trigger." But not as concise as Gorst: "I just see it." I can see an instructor now saying, "Line em up and pull trigger." How in the world is anyone going to learn how to aim from...

I haven't forgotten. I'm going to make that video sooner or later. Good to hear from you and good to know that you are still out there.

Okay. Forget the ghost ball technique for determining the shot line. What aiming technique do you recommend? I don't think it matters because whatever is used, that cue ball must go from point A to point B consistently every time. And this requires accurate aiming in any and all cases. So...

I'm talking about how no one, as far as I know, has truly explained how to aim. Again, they show you the roadmap, so to speak, that you must go down, but they don't teach you how to make the trip. What must be done to know that you will execute the shot perfectly from the moment just before...

You may have, more or less, or not, persistence of vision and memory. Combine these with intent, like I said, you can visualize a ghost ball as surely as you can see the object ball. These are intangibles. So keep this in mind. When you are matched up, you may have no idea what you are...

Pool is a very energy intense mental game. It requires a lot of work to be good at it. The pros may make it look easy but they are just geared up with desire and years of playing. Like Gorst said, "I just see it." The powers of the mind can make a ghost ball as real as the object ball. It...