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What sort of qualities do you think seperates the best shotmakers from others? People like Filler, Shaw, Shane, etc. Obviously every pro has their strengths and weaknesses, but what do you think it is that most seperates the absolute top from the rest of the pros, when it comes to pure...

This was my thought process in the match as well, went for full offense and shot it hard enough to be guaranteed some sort of shape on the 9 without caring what happens if I miss.

I guess it might be if you are good at long banks. For me, I'd say the rail first one-railer is 30-40% to pot and get shape (would be higher % to just pot 8, but need to shoot it harder than usual, to get shape for the 9), and leaving a long bank + making it is maybe 15-20%.

9-ball, CB frozen to the cushion. I had this exact layout and ended up going for the rail-first pot to play position for the 9 ball. Was left wondering if it was really the right shot. I couldn't see any high percentage safeties, and all normal pots were out of the question. No realistic...

In the example you show, I'd elevate about 25 degrees, put maximum left and shoot it hard. With the CB roughly 1 diamond away from the OB, with that shot you don't need any aim adjustments so it's easy to execute the pot. The tricky part is controlling the CB enough, without jumping off the...

Yeah, you're right, up/down movement. I don't know those plane/axis terms too well.

A lot of this discussion about aiming systems is also about the semantics of what constitutes an aiming system. For example, my whole PSR is very deliberate and carefully decided, but the part where I actually align myself for the cut angle is done with a deliberate focus on "moving sideways to...

A few have mentioned the rail situations where you'd use a rail bridge. I set up those by having two fingers (middle and index) around the cue from both sides, but nothing on top of it, so I'd still classify that as an "open" rail bridge. Is this a bad bridge in some way that I might not...

I've heard people say that, there are certain shots where even those pros who primarily use an open bridge switch to a closed bridge. Does anyone have any examples of those? Shots where a closed bridge performs objectively better than an open bridge? I shoot all shots with an open bridge and...

I recently made a similar thread about shaft focus, which was about looking at the OB, but utilizing peripheral vision to focus on the shaft during the stroke, to make the stroke straighter. It definitely helps me to do it like that. I have tried the method you said of primarily looking at the...

Is it always the same one or few people or are there a lot of them? From what I can see in this thread, there's only one person derailing it into CTE an unneccessary amount. Haven't been here for long so don't know the patterns yet :)

Well, that's an easy way out of any discussion. I was trying to understand your perspective, since to me, it sounded like it was slightly questionable, possibly because I didn't understand it enough. But if you refuse to elaborate on anything and block me for asking things, it tells me enough...

Why? What about my questions bothers you? I am trying to understand your position better.

I know that there are some pros who use CTE. But what proportion of pros use it? I'd guess pretty low, probably below 5%. What about the large majority that don't use CTE, are they doing it wrong? Or are you suggesting that most pros do infact use CTE, but perhaps don't reveal it? Or do you not...

What better measure is there? I don't see him saying his ultimate goal is to raise his fargo. It's just the most common measure for defining your skill level. It's like if a chess player says their goal is to reach the level of 1500 elo. They aren't obsessed over the elo, but rather that they...

Feel is the most common aiming style for pros. Sure, the nuances of the pre-shot routine can be very different, but the common factor is that they don't consciously put effort into analyzing what they see to deduce the right aiming line. There are exceptions, but that is the most common style...

This middle->left->right->middle thing is interesting to hear. I use a similar process for my normal aiming (which I do down on the shot, but same principle whether you do it up or down). I don't consciously pick those spots, it's just a "dance" I let my subconscious do. Left, right, then settle...

If I understood correctly, he means using a lot of side at such an angle and speed that the correct aiming line goes through the center of the OB. Or in other words, a shot where to compensate for the throw, you aim to the center of the OB.

I guess there's bad losers in all skill brackets. I've just personally seen the most of them among those who can play well and run racks, but are still nowhere near being a pro, around the 550-650 fargo range. Below and above that they seem to take losses better on average.

Not having a tantrum when they lose against a worse player.