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A few have mentioned the rail situations where you'd use a rail bridge. I set up those by having two fingers (middle and index) around the cue from both sides, but nothing on top of it, so I'd still classify that as an "open" rail bridge. Is this a bad bridge in some way that I might not...

I've heard people say that, there are certain shots where even those pros who primarily use an open bridge switch to a closed bridge. Does anyone have any examples of those? Shots where a closed bridge performs objectively better than an open bridge? I shoot all shots with an open bridge and...

I recently made a similar thread about shaft focus, which was about looking at the OB, but utilizing peripheral vision to focus on the shaft during the stroke, to make the stroke straighter. It definitely helps me to do it like that. I have tried the method you said of primarily looking at the...

Is it always the same one or few people or are there a lot of them? From what I can see in this thread, there's only one person derailing it into CTE an unneccessary amount. Haven't been here for long so don't know the patterns yet :)

Well, that's an easy way out of any discussion. I was trying to understand your perspective, since to me, it sounded like it was slightly questionable, possibly because I didn't understand it enough. But if you refuse to elaborate on anything and block me for asking things, it tells me enough...

Why? What about my questions bothers you? I am trying to understand your position better.

I know that there are some pros who use CTE. But what proportion of pros use it? I'd guess pretty low, probably below 5%. What about the large majority that don't use CTE, are they doing it wrong? Or are you suggesting that most pros do infact use CTE, but perhaps don't reveal it? Or do you not...

What better measure is there? I don't see him saying his ultimate goal is to raise his fargo. It's just the most common measure for defining your skill level. It's like if a chess player says their goal is to reach the level of 1500 elo. They aren't obsessed over the elo, but rather that they...

Feel is the most common aiming style for pros. Sure, the nuances of the pre-shot routine can be very different, but the common factor is that they don't consciously put effort into analyzing what they see to deduce the right aiming line. There are exceptions, but that is the most common style...

This middle->left->right->middle thing is interesting to hear. I use a similar process for my normal aiming (which I do down on the shot, but same principle whether you do it up or down). I don't consciously pick those spots, it's just a "dance" I let my subconscious do. Left, right, then settle...

If I understood correctly, he means using a lot of side at such an angle and speed that the correct aiming line goes through the center of the OB. Or in other words, a shot where to compensate for the throw, you aim to the center of the OB.

I guess there's bad losers in all skill brackets. I've just personally seen the most of them among those who can play well and run racks, but are still nowhere near being a pro, around the 550-650 fargo range. Below and above that they seem to take losses better on average.

Not having a tantrum when they lose against a worse player.

Your second point is a big one yes. Apart from draw being harder to control speed wise and less "natural", having a less elevated cue is almost always a benefit in shotmaking percentage, due to less swerve, a more consistent stance and it being easier to see the shot.

I'd say a simple explanation for why accelerating is generally better, is that a truly constant speed requires more muscle effort than an accelerating one. If you just freely move your hand anywhere right now as an example, it starts accelerating and ends deccelerating. Doing the same action in...

Did he explain the reason behind this being helpful?

Bridge length or head distance from the shot doesn't matter for this method to work. If you move your head 1cm to the left, it is indeed a bigger change to the shot line the closer your head is to the bridge or the shorter the bridge is, but if your cue touches your chin as is necessary for the...

Depending on the exact angle I have, I'd either play the same safe as Double-Dave, or follow instead of draw and shoot it a bit thicker, achieving the same thing (distance with no direct pot and possibly getting CB behind 9) with a more natural shot. Hard to judge the exact angle and feel of...

This is a good point. There are exceptions where I deliberately look at CB last, when I know that getting the right hit is more difficult than normal, such as jump shots, masse shots or super short strokes when I have to avoid a double hit. One reason that I believe it's best to not look at CB...

I understand where you're coming from. My idea for not focusing on the CB on delivery at all, is that by the time the backhand is paused and I'm ready to pull the trigger, the cue ideally just has to make a straight motion forward, whatever direction it's pointing at, so the ideal CB contact...