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I find that the easiest and most reliable way to memorize the aimpoint on a rail is to think of it as a fractional point between two diamonds. Typically 1/10 precision is good, or if e.g. it's exactly 1/3 of the way I just remember that instead of 3/10 or 4/10. Or if it's less than 1/10 from a...

Show us a video of your stroke. This will provide much more useful feedback than guessing at potential issues.

My method is similar, but instead of pivoting at the bridge hand, I pivot at where the cue touches my chin. I do my adjustments when up, go down such that the shot image stays the same, have my tip point at the CB wherever I want to apply the spin, have my cue touch the correct (always the same)...

My favs to watch are Fedor and Filler. I usually watch to learn so what better way than watching the best.

Can you elaborate on these?

My way of using side is sort of BHE or FHE, dunno which, I always keep the cue on the same point in my chin. Then I just need to learn the proper adjustments for various speed/spin/elevation combinations and adjust my aim while standing accordingly, and don't have to think about the backhand at...

It'd be interesting to see the spread of different continents of the people who use these forums. If you want, you can also post the country you are from. I am from Finland myself, any other Finns here?

A common reason for unwanted sideways movement during the stroke, either before or after the contact, is that your body (typically the torso) is in the way of your arm. The arm will then move to the side, either from anticipation of the impact or from the actual impact happening.

Someone else can fill that in for me. I don't have enough knowledge about the % of various fargos running 1 rack within a set.

Here's some interesting (rounded, not 100% accurate) math regarding how likely it is to run 100 (7 racks + 2 balls) compared to 700 (50 racks) for various levels of play: Odds of running 1 rack (14 balls) Odds of running 100 balls Odds of running 700 balls 90% 1/2 1/200 75% 1/8 1/2 000...

Can you explain the setup for the FIT method and all the different parts of applying it? Without them, this thread sounds too much like an advertisement for a product rather than an open discussion. There's lots of ideas, but the most important details behind them aren't explained.

I see, I get it now. Good to know, didn't realize this before. I guess the simplest fix to decrease the margin of error (not completely, but by a good amount), would be to memorize the general trend or precisely how much the error is at each angle and just add/subtract that much from the...

Hmm, not sure if I'm following what you mean. I don't see how tangent function is related to it. My explanation was probably poorly written and hard to follow, but the basic idea is that you measure the potting angle in degrees by using table geometry/diamonds as a measuring device. This...

I like it. Clusters make rotation games more interesting.

Between the two extremes of no handicap (lower ranked players will be less likely to join) and high enough handicap that skill doesn't increase your odds (better players will be less likely to join), I'd say the sweet spot is wherever the tournaments/leagues gather the most participants. Just...

If this was the whole story, there would be no need for stroke instructors/coaches. Yet there are many. Even if the end result of a professional often looks simple and natural (e.g. Ronnie), the road to getting there isn't obvious at all. If you take a random 300 fargo bar banger and just tell...

This makes sense, it's probably a common approach. The difference for mine is that I don't include the OB when fixing the cue alignment in relation to the CB. So instead of shaft->CB->OB it's just shaft->CB, and as long as I stay still it works.

Where did I claim it was revolutionary? The point of the topic is to hear the various approaches, and the ideas behind them. As for why should I concern myself with this? Because it's a fundamental part of alignment, which is important. If you get more consistent alignment, you will play...

But, even if you try to aim with side, and accidentally put a bit too much or too little, there will be just as much error in the OB hit. There isn't, conceptually, a magical tip-off point where crossing the middle point of the CB horizontally suddenly makes the result vastly different. For any...

What do you mean with wrong contact?