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When I place 2 balls firm against the short rail at the other end of the table about 3 inches apart, I'm able to use BHE beautifully to pot either one. I find it easier to do with the UW shaft than my BD. I'm not sure why, but I just feel more confident with it. It's probably a "head" thing.:smile:

On bank shots I'm very happy with the method(s) I've learned from Dr. Dave after having purchased his book "The Illustrated Principles of Pool & Billiards". Truly, I've read this book from cover to cover at least 20 times. Every time I go through it I get something else.

LOL!:grin:

In the right corner pocket.

When I bend down to the table and align my left side of the ferrule with the left edge of the CB (I'll be pocketing the OB to the right hand corner pocket from the head spot), I firmly plant my closed bridge hand on the table aligned with the edge of the OB and then leaving my hand planted...

I've been having so much success with "pivoting", I almost don't dare re-align with a parallel shift (but I'll try it, because foremost, I'm an experimenter);)

breakthrough I'm not anywhere near the billiards room right now, but I'll try to reconstruct from memory what I've found that is working: In your question, if I'm down near the foot spot and the OB is on the head spot, after I do my initial aiming while standing up, as I bend down into the...

I'm having most of my improvement around the TOI, but I've also noticed that lining up the edge of the ferrule and then pivoting has been a great help, too.

I'm really excited lately after having tried the CTE and TOI method(s). I've finally hit a breakthrough and I'm potting balls like crazy. My thanks to all of you for posting this helpful aiming systems information.

Ordering another Meucci cue I love my Meucci cues so much, I'm going to order yet another one. This order is going to be for the PA-5 Patriot with 2 Ultimate Weapon shafts. I can't wait. :)

I've been reading all the different topics related to CTE and TOI and a host of other aiming methods with great curiosity here on the Forum lately. I've also been trying them all in fragmented, half-understood ways. Today, I had a breakthrough! I've been standing up at the table eying the line...

Yes, I understand. If we scratch on any object ball, it's a foul and the opponent gets ball-in-hand anywhere on the table (except on the break a scratch is played in the kitchen). If we scratch immediately after potting the 1-Ball or the 15-Ball, these balls are spotted and play continues with...

The way we all play 1-15 is that the only balls that get re-spotted are the 1 and the 15. That way, I can pot the 1 in pocket after pocket trying to get shape and when I finally pocket it in it's assigned side pocket (to the left of the Breaking Player) than it stays down. Thanks for your reply.:)

Thank you. This makes the most sense.:)

4 of us were playing 1 - 15 (Alabama 8-Ball) at the Senior center today and here's what happened: On the break, no ball was potted. This left an "Open" table. The next shot, an attempt was made at a solid ball but was not completed and the table remained "Open". Continuing on, the next player...

I'm practicing 4 to 4 & 1/2 hours a day, 5 days a week now and all the hard work is producing results, finally. I'd like to work on the sweet spot of a 9-ball break some more. (Just can't seem to pot that danged old 1-ball enough of the time.) Also, just a little more study on staying down...

One-Fifteen is what the fellows call the game here in eastern Tennessee where I shoot billiards every weekday for about 4 or 5 hours. Standing at the head spot, the 1 ball must be pocketed on the left side of the table in the side pocket and the 15 ball on the right side in the side pocket. The...

The evolution of a meme All this Predator talk reminds me of psychology classes I took many years ago in college where "predators & parasites" were discussed. Somewhere along the line, Bob Meucci's company turned out a few poor cues or provided some less-than-satisfactory service and the word...

I've never had even one moment's problem with any Meucci cue stick or shaft. I've got old cues and new cues. I really like the new cues and especially the Black Dot and Ultimate Weapon shafts. I couldn't even tell you how many players have used my shafts and put their Predators away and ordered...

UW a step up from Black Dot! I went ahead and bought the UW shaft after all. I love it. I can barely notice the difference between it and my Black Dots on all the short stuff, but the long shots where I'm using sidespin on the cue have improved markedly. To me, that's what I paid for. My Meucci...