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Even if you don't play lousy position, the average shot distance will be larger. I agree with Bob, 9ft simply is harder on average, and I'm not sure I get what point you are trying to make. Quantifying the difference between them is an interesting topic, but IMO your points don't show anything...

How does this help the backhand?

A video of your stroke would help a lot. There could be 100 different reasons.

Yep. This is what I've been saying as well, very true. What do you mean? Why would he not believe in that premise, it's obviously true.

I categorize my mistakes by: 1. Non-aim related technique failure (hitting the CB in wrong spot due to arm not going straight, moving the body while down, muscle tension, bridge hand instability etc.) 2. Misjudgement of aim (wrong intuition of the required CB/OB overlap) 3. Not keeping the...

The way I see it is that the logic of deflection, SIT, CIT, swerve, etc. must first be understood (e.g. more swerve if more elevation = more compensation required). Then you practice the basic spin shots to develop a more intuitive feel of which effects to compensate for in which shots. And...

Yep, well summarised. Three years ago when I was starting to grind the game and work on my technique multiple better players instructed me to steer away from that sort of rifle-shooting style approach to cue alignment, and I did for some time, then tried a shit ton of different approaches over...

I took the image from google, the table where I play at is a bit tighter. Not as tight as the one in your image, but not as loose as that google image. I am from Finland as well, not China :D The username is just a random word, no logic behind it. Damn, that's very good! I have never...

Very good for 99% of shots, it's effortless and fast to do. Only gets troublesome with extreme elevation or super-awkward stretches, because it's tricky to keep your head in the same angle relative to the shot with those, but those are tough no matter what you do. I mean, of course I miss many...

With my chin. Head is always in same place/angle relative to the shot line (OB/CB overlap) that I'm seeing with my eyes, so aligning the back-end of the cue with the chin always fixes it to be on the correct line. Front-end of the cue is then obviously aligned by pointing at the correct point on...

As someone who also has some degree of aphantasia, I don't need to "see" visual images in my head to know different types of shots, all I need is to conceptualize the locations of the balls. When I imagine a shot in my head it's happening in like an abstract 2D geometry plane, with the locations...

It does add up a lot in the long run, even if its just that 2ft difference. Especially with the average bar box having more forgiving pockets than 9ft tables. I have a similar habit of practicing on Kaisa tables sometimes before pool matches. Kaisa = game played on super tight tables in...

Depends on the type of shot a lot. For awkward non-routine stances (weird rail-bridge, elevated due to a rail or another ball, mechanical bridge, jump shot, awkward bridge due to obstructing balls, etc.), it is much more likely to miss from stroke/alignment issues instead of aiming issues. For...

As for the main topic of this thread, I agree with his main premise. Obviously there aren't only "two differences" between an amateur and a pro, but his point stands. "He also pointed out that if you are an experienced pool player, you very rarely miss shots because of your aim. You miss shots...

Good stuff. Very useful for beginners and intermediate level players.

For all I know, this could very well be true for a large amount of people with different techniques, but as someone whose stroke is built on the core idea of a dead-straight, simple muscle movement that is always in the same direction relative to my stance, as long as I'm looking roughly near...

As bbb was trying to say, cutting into the wrong side of the pocket is not comparable to cutting into the correct side by a wrong amount. Obviously people will more commonly miss into B than C in your image due to B being just a thinner hit on the correct side, but C being in the completely...

This is good to keep in mind. When faced with such shots, apart from just requiring about 5x more precise aim, there's also the added difficulty from actually judging where to aim, keeping that aim-point, compensating for the spin-induced(?) throw into the 2nd OB from the cut angle of the combo...

I see, that is a good way. I sometimes do the same. What about for actually placing the CB (with BIH) to be millimeter perfect on the ideal line, instead of slightly on either side, do you have any tricks for that?

Does anyone have any insights into how to make BIH combos more effectively? If there is a semi-long dead-straight or almost straight 1->9 combo available (e.g. 9-ball 1.5 diamonds from the corner pocket, 1-ball 1.5 diamonds from the 9-ball), it is suprisingly tricky to sight and place the CB on...