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It seems mad to obsess over these things, but a lot of what the best of the best do and have done they can't explain. So why not try to figure out more of what's going on? And maybe understanding more and seeing things from various perspectives can make us all better. It makes it more fun to...

Hey, guys. I'll set up the same experiment again to be sure I'm not lying to you. I was looking for absolute extremes, and mainly for the smallest angle you could shoot on a specific aim, and about 8 degrees lower than the theoretical is what I found, but only around the 5/8, half, and 3/8 aims...

Yes. I had read your book. I liked it. You may be correct, but I have a low deflection shaft, so I couldn't apply your instruction with my particular cue.

Another great video, Brian. Yeah, I can't be sure exactly how much extra angle I can buy with just the right side spin and softness, but the lower limits are easy enough to find with the draws/stuns at different speeds.

You could certainly put the balls closer to one another, but you need room for cue follow through. I was just trying to suggest not putting them too far away from one another, because the closer they are the less of a chance your aim will be off. As for the soft side spin shots that determine...

I was pretty "stunned" as well. Anyway, you can test it yourself. First, accurately mark cue ball and object ball positions (with hole reinforcements) to a target that would result in a 22 degree shot (theoretical 5/8 ball aim) to a distant pocket. But when shooting, don't aim at the 5/8 ball...

Just keep in mind that throw manipulates the theoretical angle in huge ways. In fact, I've set up a half-ball shot many times recently to see just how much it can be thrown. I've found that with just the right firm stun and my Aramith Tournament Ball set, I can reduce the angle from the...

I'm not quite understanding this. The distance between the two balls shouldn't have any effect on the angle that the object ball leaves after a half ball collision. The distance between them only effects the direction from which you approach the cue ball to find the half ball aim.

That's an idea. And good point... people are willing to spend a lot of money on cues and accessories.

Thank you. Although I'm a good player, I have no reputation as a competitive player or instructor to back me on this, but the system is making me better and I know it will help others. I'm not looking forward to the work ahead of me, but it would help to know that there are folks out there who...

I've come up with a unique system that I believe can be helpful to players of pool, snooker, and any other billiard sport. At this early stage of development, I'm just curious whether a donation-based marketing model would reward me for the effort I'm putting into this. As someone who has paid...

I just read the Precision Potting book, and I find it interesting and potentially quite useful for those not using low-deflection shafts. I wouldn't quite call it an aiming system. I'd call it an ingenious way to buffer an imperfect stroke so that more balls go in the pocket even when other...

Congratulations on the full page review, Brian. I'm glad you're getting some press on this. It's a system that can help a lot of players for very little money. :thumbup2:

If you want to get really precise, the 1/4 ball aim point (without taking into account any throw) would be centered exactly 14.29mm or 0.56" from the edge of the object ball. Or 7.78mm (0.3") from the edge of a 13mm tip to the edge of the object ball.

Yup. It looks like the geometry does work. I find it extremely hard to implement, but it should work if a person can somehow add up all the visualizations and precisely go through all of the motions.

Okay. I'll give it another try later on. Maybe I didn't give it enough time.

I tried it on my table, and sadly I didn't find it useful. I found that with a separation of about 3 diamonds between cue ball and object ball and a bridge hand at a very long 30" it did come close, but that's a lot of accommodation, especially considering that if you can see the contact points...

I look forward to trying this, LAMas. Even if it works for only ultra thin cuts, it would be very useful.

The eyes in an aiming system can be geometrically diagrammed simply as two points or more complexly as two movable points. The complexity of human sight does not preclude a proper geometrical analysis of an aiming system. The eyes can easily be incorporated in the geometry if one truly wishes to...

I wasn't defining the word. I was suggesting how the word should be defined with regard to aiming systems. If any aiming system can't be proved through geometry, how can it be taken seriously?