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Thanks. 9 foot Brumswick, standard pocket size (4.5inch I assume?)

What is that?

600-650 is an estimation, I don't have a real FR since I don't play in any big enough tourmaments that sumbit to Fargo. Could be 550, could be 700, I have no idea. That 600-650 comes from how well I do in a certain progressive rating drill (think it was by Dr. Dave?), and my runout percentages...

Slight update to this: I gave one more attempt at the "normal way" of aligning yourself (pick shot image when up, fall straight into line, stay completely still), figured out a few tricks and things to help me do it more consistently and now switched to using that for 99.9% of shots, instead of...

Nice. Sounds similar to what I described on last page. Not practical due to slowness, but works, and good for the practice table if you need to measure angles for whatever reason.

TL;DR version of the above: A mathematical method of calculating the exact cut angle of any shot no matter the OB/CB distance, however not practical due to being so slow to measure.

To clarify, when I said the GB guess doesn't matter, I meant typical shots where the CB and OB aren't too close. Indeed, the further away they are, the smaller the error from misjudging the GB is. However, if it's a close cut, you can use the self-correcting principle I mentioned in the last...

Your method definitely sounds more practical. Good job on figuring it out. The reason why assuming GB location isn't an issue, is that the amount of error you'd get for slightly misjudging it is small enough to be irrelevant for the outcome. You'd get similar degrees of error either way from...

I figured it out on my own a few years ago. Was looking for the easiest way of calculating any angle on the table, and came up with it. It's mostly useless in games, I rarely use it in a clutch for close cuts or tough banks. But it's a handy tool when you need to measure a shot on the practice...

I absolutely agree that many other things matter much more than raw shotmaking %'s between a 750 and a 850. That being said, there's still those who shine above the rest in any singular part of the game. I guess talent is the obvious answer, but I think that can be broken down a bit further...

Apologies for going off-topic, but just thought I'd like to hear your opinion on this method for calculating the angle for any shot anywhere on the table. I assume you either know a lot about Poolology, or created it. That's why I ask you. You say Poolology lets you know objectively if a shot is...

Of course, but I mean among the pros. All of the top players in the world have surely put in tens of thousands of hours, yet some of them shine above the rest. Many hours of practice isn't enough to be "the best". Of course there is no "one right answer" to this question of what separates the...

What is CCB?

What sort of qualities do you think seperates the best shotmakers from others? People like Filler, Shaw, Shane, etc. Obviously every pro has their strengths and weaknesses, but what do you think it is that most seperates the absolute top from the rest of the pros, when it comes to pure...

This was my thought process in the match as well, went for full offense and shot it hard enough to be guaranteed some sort of shape on the 9 without caring what happens if I miss.

I guess it might be if you are good at long banks. For me, I'd say the rail first one-railer is 30-40% to pot and get shape (would be higher % to just pot 8, but need to shoot it harder than usual, to get shape for the 9), and leaving a long bank + making it is maybe 15-20%.

9-ball, CB frozen to the cushion. I had this exact layout and ended up going for the rail-first pot to play position for the 9 ball. Was left wondering if it was really the right shot. I couldn't see any high percentage safeties, and all normal pots were out of the question. No realistic...

In the example you show, I'd elevate about 25 degrees, put maximum left and shoot it hard. With the CB roughly 1 diamond away from the OB, with that shot you don't need any aim adjustments so it's easy to execute the pot. The tricky part is controlling the CB enough, without jumping off the...

Yeah, you're right, up/down movement. I don't know those plane/axis terms too well.

A lot of this discussion about aiming systems is also about the semantics of what constitutes an aiming system. For example, my whole PSR is very deliberate and carefully decided, but the part where I actually align myself for the cut angle is done with a deliberate focus on "moving sideways to...