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My opinion is that at the top level, it doesn't make that much of a difference whether they look at OB or CB last, or somewhere inbetween or nearby. The line has been chosen a long time ago, and the muscle memory of a straight stroke relative to their alignment has been burned in enough times to...

If you found an instant cure for this, you'd be a billionaire. I personally have found that improving my level of play, accepting that I will not play my A-game every time, and perhaps most importantly, repeated long time exposure to pressure situations is the only real cure. Some turn to...

If you have spare table cloth laying around, or the next time you change your table cloth, cut off a small strip from the old one before throwing the rest away, and keep that saved for jump/masse shot practice. Place the strip under the CB and the actual cloth on the table won't take almost any...

Low right. Stun route has increasingly better error margins the better your CB/spin control is, but low right is overall safer and I'd pick it over the 2 rail follow route, that one has a bit smaller range of good outcomes.

Let's take this image as an example of my sight picture. Once down on the shot, I focus on the OB/CB as a whole (red circles drawn in the image are what my focus is on), and sense that their overlap is correct (intuitive assessment, if it feels wrong, stand up and restart the PSR), and stays the...

My bad, didn't explain thoroughly enough since didn't want the post to be too long. I'll try to clarify the relevant part, and explain more about how I apply sidespin: I do my necessary aim adjustments (for throw, deflection, swerve, etc.) during my aiming process while standing. Once I'm down...

From a 600ish Fargo level player: I aim with a combination of ghostball visualization and OB/CB overlap intuition while standing, then drop straight into the shot. I don't focus on any singular point on the OB at any time, since it doesn't matter for me, I just focus on the OB as a whole, with...

Yes, but my point was that all of what you described is much clearer/easier to do with better eyesight.

For judging contact geometry you very much need eyesight though? It's harder to visualize things or pick a point and stare at it with a weaker eyesight.

It's a cropped section of this painting, no particular reason for using it as an avatar, just looks visually pleasant to me.

My head/eye alignment is in terms of CB->OB. For english, I just have my bridge hand off-center, I guess some call this FHE(?). I adjust for english by simply aiming into a different point on the OB while standing (adjustment is done by feel). This method seems the simplest and most consistent...

Food for thought, for those who have a hard time finding the zone: Place all 15 balls on the table. Pocket each one of them directly into any pocket. Even with a relatively shitty stroke this should have a 100% success rate with no conscious effort. Try to do this multiple times in a row. You...

Where I play at (in local, non-sanctioned events), it's a common courtesy in 9-ball to put large balls (typically 7 and 8) behind the 9 to avoid early easy 9-ball combos. People here don't see it as a bad thing, even if it's by some definition pattern racking. Doing it in reverse to put the 2...

Yep, I have a shitty 30€ hybrid jump/break cue with a phenolic tip. For me, the break cue's only purpose is to not damage the playing cue. As for the jump cue, I don't really mind it being low quality. I'm a bad jumper but a good kicker, so usually I'll just go for a kick when most pros would...

In my opinion, split bracket format like that is just an unnecessary complexity that favors some players much more than others (those at the upper edge of the lower bracket). Normal handicap tournaments, where you assign everyone a handicap either manually or automatically (Fargo etc.) are more...

Why didn't Krause shoot this with running side? 9-ball frozen to the rail, surely the margin is much bigger with running side than whatever he shot it with (either no side or tiny bit of check side, can't judge well from that image). Is it something to do with table conditions? Not too familiar...

How is this not saying anything? It's fine if you can't be bothered to read it all but his points are clear and the text is well written. Sure, could be re-phrased into a slightly shorter post, but overall good advice.

In my mind, using the mirror point as a baseline for kicks makes a difference. I still have to adjust by feel, but not having that baseline makes the whole process more prone to errors due to not only requiring adjustments but also not even being sure about the original line (perception of...

Uski at least didn't start from snooker, don't know about Chris and Allison. Fedor Gorst also has a piston stroke if I remember correctly.

Chris Melling, Jani Uski, Allison Fisher