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Interesting take, although I'm still not sure if I see it that way. Definitely gives me something to think about and reflect on. Are you suggesting that the sort of nuances that are there to be found are too table specific to be generalizable past that, even on a weaker level? And yes, I do a...

I've found some general discussion about them (both from this forum and elsewhere), but not much to do with the intricacies of adjusting with minimizing error margins for various angles in consideration. Made this thread to hear some less known, or more nuanced perspectives on one-railers, that...

I wasn't suggesting a naive all-working method for all shots existing, obviously spin and speed, what happens if you miss, maximizing probability of winning the frame taking everything into consideration, needs to be considered in all sorts of ways in individual shots just as you say. Which is...

For answer 1: Interesting, never heard of this. Why does that neutralize table condition variances, can you clarify more on the reasoning? For answer 2: This seems like a nice starting point for a method, especially when the shot at hand requires soft speed. The question then becomes how...

First of all, to ensure clarity in what I will be talking about, here's an image of one-rail mirror lines; the paths that the cue ball would travel, if the cushions behaved in the mathematically simplest possible way. Checking where you'd need to aim for a mirror kick (using, for example, one of...

Alright. A mod can move this if they want to, I assume I don't have permissions to do so myself. Although, I'm not sure if it belongs here to not, it's in a gray area maybe. It doesn't directly talk about an aiming method, but it's still about doing your aiming method, whatever it is, in a...

I agree with you. Wouldn't suggest this to a beginner. And even for non-beginners i'd be cautious as well, but worth trying if you know what you are doing and find it useful somehow. For me, it's too easy for something to go wrong, especially under pressure, using the traditional method in...

Yes, exactly. Consistent cue placement on the chin and consistent head rotation relative to the cue. It won't work without those.

Yes, what I am proposing lets you do even those bigger motions with no loss in accuracy, as long as you ensure that the important parts are aligned once you get ready to shoot (shot image, chin and head rotation), and feel comfortable in your stance and stroke. It simplifies things by not having...

I don't mean that I even have to be close to not have to stand back up, with my method you could be standing way off, and make the required (way bigger than you'd ever practically even do by accident) adjustments when down, shifting your body as you do so. I've tested this by deliberately...

Yes, the GPS only moves sideways. Good analogy. Is this a known method, or did you come up with the analogy now?

Yes, indeed. If I had the ability to always drop down perfectly straight into the shot and keep that exact alignment 99%+ of the time, I'd do the normal way on much more shots. This just works much better for me personally and requires less effort.

To sum it up, in step 5 I move my body sideways, moving what I see (shot image) until it looks right. This evaluation is done largely subconsciously, I don't deliberately judge what I see, I just let my subconscious find the right shot image based on memory and experience. So, super simplified...

I agree with your last sencence, it is definitely something you shouldn't teach a beginner. Merely an alternative tool that might help someone, if they are already at a point where they are aware enough of the correct way of doing things, and if some of those might not be personally suited for...

I've played for about 3 years, and had horrible fundamentals for majority of that time, only within the last months finding greater improvement in consistency. I don't have a fargo due to not playing in any "real tournaments", I mostly practice on my own table and sometimes play with friends or...

3. Other thoughts I'm sure this topic will be pretty controversial, since 99%+ of players don't aim when down, and I fully expect for people to find it useless, tell me I should change to aim when standing, and do it like everyone else. It's a tool in your toolbox just like anything else, that...

1. Why would it even be useful? It is generally instructed that it is a horrible habit to change your aim deliberately when down on the shot, due to your alignment being then thrown off, such that even if your shot picture looks correct, you'd most likely miss the shot. This makes sense, you...

Hey all, first post here. Thought I'd share an alignment method that I came up with, that lets me adjust my aim when down on the shot without losing accuracy. For all I know, this might be common knowledge, but just deemed useless, due to the typical alignment method (aligning yourself when...