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This is an excellent tool to help fractional aimers, those who use the basic ob quarters or eighths and fine tune from there. It's called a "ghost aimer", but ghostballs are not visible, hence the use of the vertical line or aiming slice. This little device shows what should be referenced -...

Not a difficult shot at all, especially being that close to the 1. A soft speed, thin hit....pretty good (and easy) safety shot, compared to other options. It wouldn't take much speed to move the cb toward the end rail.

Tough shot. If it's for money or a tournament, I'm not doing any fancy stroke shots here. I'd thin the right side of the 1, softly, sending the cb off the side rail and to the end rail. The 4 will block the 1 and your opponent will have to pull something out of his magic hat to win.

Yes....Adjustments have to be made anytime the cb is within about 8 to 10 inches or closer to the ob. Maybe this method Oikawa has would work nice when the balls are close. That would be sweet.

Thanks, Larry! Look at PJ's shot images... The ob is on 20. It's so easy from there to just look where the cb-ob centerline points to on the rail. If it points to 10, it's a halfball shot. No measuring or estimations needed.

My point was this: If you can be that accurate with a gb estimate, then there is your aim, no need for any measurements or estimated lines trying to pinpoint a value in the middle of the table, like that "1.7" value shown in the diagram. Also, being off by a couple of millimeters on the gb...

I've never seen this method. Looks pretty neat, but if the gb is part of the equation then it's a bit flawed. I mean, you're arriving at the solution by using the solution. Poolology does not rely on ghostball. With Poolology, that ob is sitting on a value of 26. The cb-ob centerline points...

No apology necessary. Poolology isn't a one-size-fits-all solution for developing aiming skills. But for many players out there it certainly does help speed up aiming development. Knowing for certain whether or not a particular cb-ob relationship is a dead halfball shot is a major...

Some very good points made about aiming. This is exactly why the Poolology aiming system is designed to help players recognize shots quicker than old-school trial and error (HAMB), or, as Sharivari says, you begin to know how to aim after hitting thousands of shots. I say you can learn a hell...

Looks like more of a fractional aiming tool, rather than ghostball aiming. Neat device.

Yes. Small adj are likely no more than 1mm to 2mm. Does that sound about right?

Not sure what the designers for ICA have planned next. But the camera sounds cool!

Most bridge sticks are not low deflection. If you're used to applying spin with a thin LD shaft, you certainly won't get the same results when using a fat one-piece bridge cue. (Joking, of course! Lol)

In the book it was definitely an old Packard. And the movie was very close to the book, so they probably used a Packard.

The pad helped your mind visualize a more precise target area. That's a great way to develop stronger visualization skills. The better you are at visualizing shots and cb positions, the more successful you'll be when it comes to making those shots and achieving those desired positions.

I believe most of them use instinct/visual experience/feel, whatever we choose to call it. And Stevie Moore was a great player before CTE was even being taught. His best years were prior to becoming a spokesman for CTE. I'm not saying he doesn't use CTE, but I believe it's probably a case of...

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Think about the fundamentals of playing position: You'd like the cb to enter the position zone for each shot on the wide end, moving toward the ob (relative to the shot line) rather than across the position zone (lateral/sideways to the shot line). When you look at a layout, look at the...

Yes, they are different by a couple of degrees. But with a little more distance between the balls, the difference begins to look equal. And that's what matters, what it looks like, not how it draw up on paper from a 2D overhead perspective. I was just showing the difference in perspectives...

Here's an interesting comparison that shows why a 2D drawing isn't quite accurate when referencing contact points. From the shooter's perspective, the perception of the shot is much different than what is shown in a 2D representation or overhead perspective. With the 3D and the real shot...