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The two primary reasons for missed shots are poor/faulty stroke delivery and poor/faulty aim (bad guesswork or estimation in the aiming process). For beginners or inexperienced players, I don't believe one of these reasons is anymore prevalent than the other. If you miss a shot, you either...

The shots I notice that get overcut more often than undercut is a small angle cut, around 7 to 10 degrees or so, but also some shots between 10 and 30°. I believe it's because some shots simply LOOK thinner than they really are. But I don't know of any data or research that's been done.

I find that when shooting out into thin air beyond the ob, using the distance between the side of the shaft and the ob (a tip distance, half a tip, 2 tips, the width of a piece of chalk, etc...) isn't that difficult to estimate.

The 30° angle is the departure path the ob takes after being struck by the cb. The 30° is measured from the line/path that the cb travels on it's way to the ob. The cb gets sent down path A, and upon contact with the ob, the ob is sent down path B. The shot angle has always been defined as...

Wow, never noticed that someone resurrected a 10+ year old thread. 😳

Use a stripe ball for the cb in this experiment: Place the stripe ball so that the stripe is horizontal. Place another ball about a foot away and lined straight into a pocket. Put a fresh coat of chalk on your tip (not Taom, because you want to leave a good chalk mark on the ball, and Taom...

I agree. But I also believe that most players (and most authors of pool books over the years), might refer to a halfball shot as a halfball "hit" simply because, at the point of impact, half of the cb overlaps half of the ob. The exact contact point of the hit is irrelevant. When the cb...

I read where Bob said a lot of players thought a halfball shot was 45°. I think that's because, due to the shooter's skewed perspective of the shot, a 30° cut shot looks closer to 45°. Here's an example. This is a 30° cut, but it sure doesn't look like it from behind the cb.

All is excellent. Have a new wife and a new job. Hope all is well with you, and same to everyone else here at AZ. My new job has me traveling a lot, from North Carolina to Maine. I wish I went as far south as Florida, then I could meet up with you while I was there and play some one pocket...

You right Larry. I take it all back. 😆

After thinking about it again, since I never really gave the idea a solid amount of thought, a halfball aim actually does produce a halfball hit, visually across the width of the ob anyway. Aiming ccb to ob edge produces a halfball overlap between cb and ob. The actual contact point lands at...

I'd call it 3/4 because I'd consider a full hit, ccb to cob, to be a 100% hit. Lol It really makes no difference.

I understand completely what you're saying. A "halfball aim" is a halfball overlap, visually, but the actual hit (the contact point from a ccb reference) is not a halfball -- it's a 3/4 ball hit.

True, as far as developing good visual/hand-eye aiming skills, shortcuts do exist. But table time is still required. Poolology may require less table time than other methods before an improvement in consistency is noticed, but many players simply don't invest much time. They want immediate...

Every now and then a thread appears about some pro player's take on aiming. Though some of the information might be good and useful, it's really just another person's opinion on aiming. Granted, pros are very good at all aspects of the game, so their opinions should hold more weight than the...

Answer: No, a "pool player" doesn't need to think fractions in order to see how to pocket a ball. Fractional aiming simply provides consistent references that beginning and aspiring players can use to help build solid visual aiming skills. It doesn't take long at all, when using...

Yeah, she mentions the importance of having references, but then talks about using trial and error, estimating that invisible ghostball, over and over, until you get it working. 🙄 It makes more sense to me (if one is going to rely on the trial-and-error approach) that using consistent visual...

Duckie, is that you? 😆

I really like this guy's style. I've watched several of his videos and subscribed to his channel a few weeks ago. He's entertaining and provides a lot of useful information.

You're right, Poolology is not for you. It's really geared toward helping players reach your level of pocketing skills. Thanks for getting "Playing to Win"! I think it's a much better book than Poolology, especially for players that already have a good eye and stroke for pocketing balls.