This could be anywhere in a 3/8" or bigger spot to some. The intended line only emanates from a leetle eety beety teensy tynee point.
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I get that but it's a rectangle and the angles are all the same either way. Near or far, left or right. Not needing to walk the layout is just familiarity and probably less reliable than taking a good look at what your shot is.
Estimation of the point of perfect rolling, the bend of a follow shot, the distance a ball will travel per given, the typing of tables...
As you acquire your feel of a meeyun baws, they will self organize into your personal physics categories.
Hollywood Billiards - Jay Helfert's place I think (never been), was over or under a popular rehearsal studio on Sunset. If they had any curiosity, the streams would have permanently intertwined.
Mirror image the first diamond on the bottom rail and shoot for that, not the ball. No english. That just complicates learning the path of the cue ball.
Lotta street people involved in both. It's part of the pacification of the masses and for many, cool stuff to do/express/portray/soothe whatever hurts/...