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I found places to play pin billiards in several cities in Italy (including Rome) by looking up biliardo in the yellow pages at the hotels where I was staying. I spoke survival Italian at the time (10+ years ago) so could ask about tables and get directions from non-English speakers. I still...

Thanks, Bill. You had me wondering what I had missed, and I was looking forward to your revealing some super simple solution I had overlooked since I know you've got some tricky shots up your sleeve :) I agree it's an easy shot, and it would have been in my first series but the red looked like...

So are you asking what shot you would shoot in an important game, or just a fun shot in the position? Your hint about looking at the post title suggests it might be a time shot ("TIME to have a little fun".) If so, would you really play a time shot in this position needing 1 against Blomdahl...

This does remind me that Bill has been bragging a bit about his powerful stroke on older equipment lately on the forums, so maybe he's thinking the force follow natural is a hanger. :) It sends the white twice around the table for position and safety. Robert

The force follow double the rail is very sensitive at that shallow of an angle. Doable, but certainly not easy peazy! Definitely fun, though :) Robert

Here are another 4: series 3 How much of the left side of the white can you see? Can you get to the rail for a ticky from the white? Or how about enough of it to play the kiss in the 2nd diagram here? The 4-railer off the red is pretty easy if you're comfortable with thin hits. Robert

There are many solutions to this position. Doesn't mean there are many GOOD solutions :) CueTable only lets you put 9 in a series, so... Here are the first 9 obvious ones: series 1 And here are another 7 (Bill might be thinking of the first one here): series 2 Robert

It appears from the geometry in the diagram that it requires you to place the cue exactly between the eyes in order to see the two semicircles form a perfect circle around the object ball (at a particular practice distance, I assume.) Is this correct? If so, does that mean you are now...

I'd love to share it with you, Patrick. As you'll hopefully discover, it's more than just an aiming system as it's usually thought of (although it's certainly that, too.) I'm actually in the process of preparing some of it for publication and would appreciate your feedback in particular in the...

He repped me also. The words "thank you" were involved. I don't think he really understands how these aiming threads are supposed to work. ;) Robert

Figured I might as well make an on-topic post in this thread for once :) I use my own aiming system. I completely ignore contact points and ghost balls. I make conscious corrections for spin, speed, friction, inelasticity and elevation. I use exactly the same aiming system for pool and...

That's true, but we're not talking about aiming at a single spot. We're talking about the error formed by the angle difference between aiming at two spots: the ghost ball center (GB) and the contact point (CP). The angle formed between the CB and two aim points on an OB changes with the...

Working with a good instructor can be useful, but you can accomplish much on your own (and should even if you do work with one.) The counter in one of my bathrooms is close enough to table height to be useful for stroke training in front of the mirror. I take my shirt off to make sure I can...

Joe Tucker's 3rd Eye Trainer is good, but works even better with the larger carom balls or a big bar table cue ball. I find that there is still too much space when used with pool balls. Also, I've found that the cue-mounted laser from www.laserstroke.com provides useful feedback, especially...

To understand the margin of error correctly, it's important to know that when a pocket opening is 2 ball widths wide, the actual size of the target (minus rail distortion and approach angle effects) is really only 1 ball width wide. To see why, think of two imaginary balls frozen together...

That jump-masse with two cues on the table where the 1st OB moves the 2nd cue over to let the CB through was neat. Never saw that one before. Robert

I meant to say I've never seen a jump cue used in competitive play. I know Mike and am familiar with that great shot you're talking about. He has an amazing stroke and is one of the only guys I've seen really incorporating jumping in three-cushion artistic shots in a new way (i.e. combining jump...

I think they should ban cutting balls directly into the pockets. It makes it too easy for weaker players to run balls, and allowing it completely negates all the years of hard work it takes to acquire carom and banking skill. In fact, just ban those pesky pockets altogether. Then we might...

Interestingly, I'm pretty sure quantum mechanics says you can't. Also, the ball can't take on an infinite number of rates of spin either. Obviously, any decent aiming system has to base its number of discrete aiming lines on the Planck constant :grin: Robert

It may be legit in the sense that the guy will send your order once the money is transferred, but those photocopied books are illegal pirated copies and in no way legit in any other sense of the word. Robert