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I am also much better in rotation than 8-ball, but that probably boils down to having played and practiced rotation games 100x more than 8-ball, so not a suprise. As Poolmanis said, 8-ball requires more short shot finesse and more nuanced tactical planning which can be weird at first when coming...

I have tried (hundreds of shots) both double the distance and the aforementioned edge connecting method, but they are less reliable for me for tougher shots, than the two methods I mentioned in the OP (pure feel, and angle calculation). Might be poor 3D visualization skills or just a lack of...

How do you aim very close cut shots? Do you have some different method for them, or visualize and execute them just like any shot? Image of the types of shot I'm talking about: They are a big weakness of mine, so I'm looking for inspiration of some system, method or trick for them. I aim...

With the mirror system, I almost always aim into a fractional point between diamonds. After standing away from the table, pointing the cue from the mirror point towards the cueball, I observe where that line crosses the diamond line, and memorize it, sometimes as a number, decimal or fraction...

During today's practice session, I did some one-rail testing with two different methods that I found the most promising for the most common range of shot angles: 1. Top spin, soft rolling speed, using the diamond line as a mirror 2. Top spin, varying shot speed by a combination of knowledge and...

First of all, I would tell that I am not an instructor or a pro, and that everything I say should be taken with a grain of salt. With that clear, I would ask what you already know, and what you want to learn. If you were a beginner, I would start by saying that learning one rail kicks well is...

From this thread, to not repeat myself or others too much, I'll just say that there's very knowledged people on here and I appreciate all the information and opinions that have been posted this far. In general, all sorts of things. Some systems, some principles, some intuition, some knowledge...

From this thread, or in general?

I agree, but think that it's about how good you are at certain shots. Efren and other great kickers do that varying of spin/power for practically all kicks because they simply are so good. For them, hitting the target to not scratch in most kicks is trivial, and they are able to reliably control...

You can, and should do both. Shoot 200 a day and think a bit on top of that. I find that even better than just kicking 200 with no attempt of analytical understanding about what you are doing on top of it. Intuition develops faster when you understand more, and also the analytical understanding...

This makes sense. I guess the better and more consistent your speed control is, the more you start to find stun more preferable over curving the ball with top, when all other things are equal.

Agreed, I like to sometimes watch pro matches on YouTube, pause at the start of their shots, think about what I would do, watch if it was the same solution or not, and if not, try to assess why they chose the shot they did. This can be a good alternative when you are sick or don't have access to...

My curiosity for the technicalities of the game does not take away from appreciating and doing the grind of shooting all the common shots thousands of times required to get better. I don't see how those two take anything away from eachother. It's both an interesting game to understand deeply...

To clarify on this, even if using that method, wouldn't you still need to hit the cue ball at a very specific speed, for the cue ball to have exactly the right amount of spin left upon hitting the rail? So CB further from the rail = need to hit with more speed. Any info on this?

When there's no pressure, and I am in an explorative state of mind, just trying crazy shots for the sake of it. I guess my mind knows there's nothing to be afraid of and no consequences, and therefore doesn't even consider what happens if I were to miss or chose the wrong shot, which...

For thinner kicks like 3 (or 4 which isn't drawn in that diagram following the same logic), I personally find it more consistent to shoot them hard, but with top instead of stun. Might just be that I'm more used to doing it like that, but stunning for me seems more prone to missing the target...

Interesting. With gearing outside, in this context, I assume you mean the amount of outside english that cancels throw out. Is that amount of english constant across different speeds? And more generally, do some other variables affect it than speed, or is it (the amount of sidespin for gearing...

While I agree with you mostly, for finding consistency from a practical standpoint, I don't think that those points take anything away from trying to find more nuanced understanding in minimizing errors by technical understanding vs. just relying on HAMB and experience. Both are valuable and...

Is there mathemathical resources/information somewhere about the compensation effect of that system to minimize errors? The range of speeds it works well at, how well it works across different rebound angles, what type of benchmarking should be done when playing on a new table, etc. I've heard...

I agree with this. Especially when forced to shoot jacked up next to a ball in a very awkward position, I try to be aware of this fact, that a seemingly much simpler route can have lower % of success than some other non-jacked up route, even if it was harder in theory if you always shot...