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Great idea, will maybe buy it one day for this. Curious to see how the curve would've continued past that power. Even at where it ended (pic above), you'd be looking at a pretty absurly powerful shot, that 99% of people wouldn't be able to pull off. Can you adjust table slickness, cushion...

The squirt is practically the same no matter if you draw or follow, whereas the swerve starts increasing the more you elevate. So I'd say, from a practical viewpoint, more elevation is inherently worse since you're introducing more variables that can change things. One somewhat controllable...

For the shot you described, if you accidentally use some sidespin, at the moment of impact with the rail, the ratio between sideways rotation and speed is different depending on the amount of top/draw used, which results in a larger angle change off the rail with draw compared to follow. To...

Out of curiosity, what is the uncorrected ghost ball system he was referring to? Aiming at the GB without accounting for throw or other effects? Aiming at the contact point instead of GB center? Something else?

Agreed 100%. (Was going to say more, but however I tried to put it, it just kept coming off as very offensive towards CTE. As much as I find it interesting to discuss these things, I don't want to sound too harsh or judgemental, especially when the horse has already been beaten to death many...

I have recently read and watched quite a lot about CTE without any pre-existing knowledge about it. What I think it boils down to is, as stated multiple times on these forums by various people, that CTE is mathematically imperfect on it's own, such that if you don't do any adjustments...

This is hard to beat in terms of low probability, if you ignore any other routes for the CB (e.g. jaw -> jaw -> 7, or jaw -> jaw -> middle pocket jaw -> 7) you could try this a thousand times and not make it once. A good player would always hit the first jaw. With good aim and execution, most...

Imran Majid is an underrated one. Up there with JJ in terms of knowledge and intelligence as a commentator.

Josh's mechanics are just as robotic as any of the other top pros. Aim, drop down straight, shoot straight. On the surface, it can look very different between them due to different learned habits, temperaments, body types, age, etc. but the important mechanics that constitute to the insane level...

I don't play pool to make it into a career or try to be a pro, I just enjoy pool in all aspects so much it's what I want to do for many hours a day. It is what it is, an addiction, but a much healthier one than most.

Well said. To add to this, I don't know how others experience it (vision and how low you are on the shot might vary from person to person a lot), but when I look at the OB during the final stroke, I have a clear image of both the CB and the stick in my peripheral vision. I can utilize that...

I am in my early 20s, and I am a student so on weekdays I have roughly 7-8 hours of free time per day, and I choose to spend a large portion of that (4-6h a day on average) playing pool. I don't really do much else on my free time apart from necessities.

I practice, on average, 30 hours a week. Out of this, maybe 10-15 hours are spent on systematic drills, patterns, individual shots, fundamentals, all sorts of more intense "proper" practicing of the most important things. Then maybe 5-10 hours of various runout drills or playing the ghost, e.g...

Seems like a good option if you are confident in this shot (to make it over 50% of the time) and know the table conditions well. Might be impossible on some tables if the angle doesn't change enough off the rail even with max spin transfer.

Do you mean like this, freezing the 7 there, or some other cut angle?

9-ball situation I had recently. 7 and 8 are touching, and the angle is off for the 8 to go by throwing it in. I ended up trying this to get 7 touching the rail, trying to at best leave the CB behind the 8, at worst leave a bank, counter-safety or a tough long pot. Ended up misjudging the power...

Some people are good at aiming naturally, why wouldn't they be? Genetics, eyesight, hand-eye coordination, spatial awareness, past experiences, mindset, personality, intelligence, age, confidence, all sorts of thing can affect your starting point and learning speed. If someone, for whatever...

The sensation of feeling a bad stroke is probably from knowing, on a more subconscious level, that you did something you don't usually do, for example, steer the cue, tense your muscles, move your body, drop the elbow or have a weird timing. You just might associate that feeling with wrong...

What is your opinion on the focus being on the peripheral vision image of the cue? So basically, look at OB (as a whole), but pay attention to the peripheral vision of your cue going in a straight line. A bit unorthodox for sure, but by how much, I don't know. I do this because I don't know...

In general, I like to think of my fundamentals in terms of how well they function at their worst (under pressure, with no warming up, when having a bad day, etc.), not how well they do at their best. After trying all sorts of things to find what works best for me, this mentality has led me to a...