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What I am aiming for (I made a pun) is clarification of exactly how to aim and what to aim for and integrating all the necessary aiming elements into a single synchronous connected whole. That is, to describe a step by step process, or routine, to consistently aim and run balls. Once these...

How do you put the desired action on the cue ball? Let's say you need some high right to get position. You have to strike the cue ball on the upper right side. How do you do this? You must aim the cue tip to strike this point on the cue ball to give it the desired action. This is all part...

That is correct. This is part of aiming. A very fundamental part. So how do you get there? That is the question. That's easy. You have to align your body, as well. So in effect, you are aiming with your body, too. Again. How do you get there? By asking the right questions. You can see...

Parallax. Yes. This is the first time anyone mentioned anything related to eyes and sight. This is what I am hinting at. Aiming requires addressing parallax. This is an excellent start. Another is the idea of dominant eye. Here is your freebee, on me. This may boost your game. Let us...

I sense that these, again, are how to align shots and not how to aim, which ultimately means execute a shot. But give me a day or so to find the time to find these references. Thanks. Later.

There are many reasons. How about stress, fatigue, distraction, intimidation, coercion, nerves, loss of perceptual continuity, low blood sugar, ... If you have superior powers of visualization technique, ghost ball is not an estimation. It is precision.

You have just condensed what I am referring to in about 16 words. Actually just 6 words: "Line em up and pull trigger." But not as concise as Gorst: "I just see it." I can see an instructor now saying, "Line em up and pull trigger." How in the world is anyone going to learn how to aim from...

I haven't forgotten. I'm going to make that video sooner or later. Good to hear from you and good to know that you are still out there.

Okay. Forget the ghost ball technique for determining the shot line. What aiming technique do you recommend? I don't think it matters because whatever is used, that cue ball must go from point A to point B consistently every time. And this requires accurate aiming in any and all cases. So...

I'm talking about how no one, as far as I know, has truly explained how to aim. Again, they show you the roadmap, so to speak, that you must go down, but they don't teach you how to make the trip. What must be done to know that you will execute the shot perfectly from the moment just before...

You may have, more or less, or not, persistence of vision and memory. Combine these with intent, like I said, you can visualize a ghost ball as surely as you can see the object ball. These are intangibles. So keep this in mind. When you are matched up, you may have no idea what you are...

Pool is a very energy intense mental game. It requires a lot of work to be good at it. The pros may make it look easy but they are just geared up with desire and years of playing. Like Gorst said, "I just see it." The powers of the mind can make a ghost ball as real as the object ball. It...

Alright. Here's another one. It doesn't take much imagination to visualize the ghost ball. It is the exact same relative size as the object ball it is aligned right next to. Have another. You can see the object ball and visualize its precise center. With this in mind, imagine sliding it...

The center of the ghost ball is a point. A point is as resolved as your eyes can make it and your imagination can visualize it. Oops. Didn't mean to divulge so much. Oh, well.

Okay. Great. Hit a million balls. If done conscientiously it is claimed you should become pretty good at aiming. If this is so, will someone who has hit a million balls, tell us right here, how they aim? Or is this going to be a Gorst explanation: "I just see it." Come on. Spill the beans...

Okay. Ghost ball technique. Determine the line from center of the cue ball to center of the ghost ball. Here's the advice: aim your shot from the center of the cue ball to the center of the ghost ball. Oh? You still haven't explained how to do this. You've only explained what the aiming...

I saw a video that showed the instructor placing the cue ball at the center of the head string. Then his challenge was to shoot the cue ball through the spot at the foot of the table and make it bounce off the rail and come back through the spot and through the center of the head string where...

I was looking for another book and came across it. Thought I'd share it, for old times sake.

The last time I saw Tony was at Hard Times, Bellflower. He was playing Ismael "Morro" Paez in one of Hard Times' frequent tournaments. I bet Calvin $20 on Tony. Tony was playing very strong. And you need to, to beat Morro. But he missed a fairly routine shot just when he was about to seal...

Hey, garczar "I know Matlock always spoke highly of CD. They were from the same 'mold', pure gunslingers." Hope you find this interesting: I found an interview with Tom George talking about when he first met Cole. Now you've heard about how stories change when told as they go down the line...