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"Feel" (to me) is simply knowing it when you see it. If I had no diamonds in my pool table rails, I would still be able to visualize the mid point of any rail, and I'd be able to visually split each half in half again for quarters, then again for eighths. The length of the rail is always...

Yep, that's where subjectivity comes in. Those with good spatial skills automatically do better with things that require estimating fractional references and the in-betweens. Those with poor spatial skills need to work a bit harder to develop such skills.

For practical purposes, the useful in-betweens that fall within each quarter alignment are typically no more than 1/8 of a ferrule in aim/alignment difference. In other words, using the width of the ferrule as a guide/gage, one can easily learn to aim 1 to 2 degrees thinner or thicker than the...

This is so true. Fact is, the vast majority of pool players are league players and bar bangers that enjoy playing at local bars, sometimes competing in a small local tournament every now and then. When it comes to skill level, some are very good, some are beginners, but most are just...

I have a friend who won a free 14 day lesson/seminar with Tor a few years ago. Tor came to his house, called it the "great pool experience" or something like that. My buddy said he was a great person, great player and instructor.

Exactly. Jump cues make strong safety play a bit trickier, raising the bar for what's considered a solid safety. Anyway, jump shots have always been legal, despite the fact that stand-alone jump cues are a more recent addition to pool equipment (last 30 years or so). Does anyone know when...

They play bigger because the pockets are the same size, yet the tables are not the same size.

Gotta get that ball close to the pocket or just outside the pocket on the end rail. The speed isn't too difficult. I watched a match between Chohan and Pagulayan a few years back where this situation came up. I think it was Chohan. Anyway, he played it like this, and I started doing it like...

You're right. The angle the cb takes into the 1st rail (especially with a little draw on it), results in the ball coming off with left/running english. There are some very interesting and creative shots that can be played with this type of spin and angle when needed.

As bbb stated, the cb loses the inside spin when it strikes the end cushion, and then it rolls off of that cushion (which produces a little left/running spin), then it just rolls into the side cushion and bounces out. You really have to stroke a shot to keep inside spin on the ball after it...

I bank this ball back toward the pocket where the cb is, not to make it but to leave it close to the pocket. Using top outside spin brings the cb off the side rail and chokes it up near the center of the end/foot rail. Opponent will usually pocket the ball and leave the same shot. And then I...

Sounds like you're using just enough inside to choke/slow the cb when it hits the end rail, then it simply rolls into the side rail and out for the 6. Playing the shot with just a little inside spin (about half a tip), and about a tip of high on the cb at medium speed, is a more...

Yes, it's true. When using outside spin (more than gearing english), you can hit the ob a little fuller, or sometimes should hit the ball a little fuller, especially at slower speeds or slow stun shots.

What "calculations"?? You are making the Poolology system so much more complicated than it actually is. There is no math, no "calculations" to do. If so, it probably wouldn't be so popular. It is really simple: Example... You step up to the table and look at an ob positioned on 10. If...

Best quote of the day! Lol Once again... I don't understand what's so complicated about this. Come on 7Stud, what is so hard to understand about this?

Here is an ob sitting at a position value of 10 for the side pocket. Each of these cb's shows the basic alignment values representing each quarter aim point. The system works just fine for each of these shots because the numbers work. An alignment of 2.5 indicates a 3/4 aim will work. An...

Common sense answer: When the numbers don't make sense, the shot falls OUTSIDE the parameters of the system. It's really 100% as simple as that. I believe the book explains that, and it has been stated here too many times to count. I'll post a picture of the side pocket shot setting on 10...

Same here. But after knowing/understanding what I know now, I wish I had started off with fractional aiming, using simple numbers from 0 to 7 for the eighth references. I believe combining that with the Poolology lines would allow a beginning player to develop pocketing skills a hell of a...

With ghostball or contact points it doesn't matter. With fractional aiming, however, developing the ability to recognize shot angles (in degrees) can enhance/sharpen aiming skills. It's probably better to focus on recognizing the basic eigth of a ball reference line numbers, rather than the...

If the "challenging shape" is the shot you play in the side pocket, it's really not that challenging. With the ob so close to the pocket, manipulating the path of the cb is very easy, considering the fact that there's such a large portion of the ob to work with (you can hit the ob anywhere on...