Practice, practice, practice. When they go in, your subconscious will learn to recognize that alignment as the one you want.I am just wondering if anyone has any tips to find quarter ball (or the A/C references in CTE)?
I am having trouble visualizing the precise quarter.
Thanks.
I am just wondering if anyone has any tips to find quarter ball (or the A/C references in CTE)?
I am having trouble visualizing the precise quarter.
Thanks.
Practice, practice, practice. When they go in, your subconscious will learn to recognize that alignment as the one you want.
This kind of unavoidable learned estimation is one of the (many) reasons there's no such thing as totally "objective" aiming without subconscious involvement.
Just gotta deal with it.
pj
chgo
I am just wondering if anyone has any tips to find quarter ball (or the A/C references in CTE)?
I am having trouble visualizing the precise quarter.
Thanks.
You can also place a striped OB with its stripe vertical and centered facing you. The edges of the stripe are pretty close to the quarters.Yeah, I had this same issue a couple of years ago. This will get you real close.
Just so you will understand what I'm going to say, place a striped ball on the table with the stripe vertical. Stand back from the ball, notice the shadow of the ball on the table.
Where the shadow meets under the ball (looks like this >--<) that is real close to an "A" or "C". It gets even clearer when you get down into the shooting position.
Just try'in to help out.
John
LMAO.............. same old same oldWait for the Truth Series to come out. They will be well defined and very objective.
Yeah, I had this same issue a couple of years ago. This will get you real close.
Just so you will understand what I'm going to say, place a striped ball on the table with the stripe vertical. Stand back from the ball, notice the shadow of the ball on the table.
Where the shadow meets under the ball (looks like this >--<) that is real close to an "A" or "C". It gets even clearer when you get down into the shooting position.
Just try'in to help out.
John
Some people have excellent visual skills while others need to work on it. A quarter of a circle is halfway between the center and the outer edge. You either see it easily or you don't.
There he was talking about the sightline, not the aimline, aimline is still CB edge to A/C - quarters.
I am just wondering if anyone has any tips to find quarter ball (or the A/C references in CTE)?
I am having trouble visualizing the precise quarter.
Thanks.
I am just wondering if anyone has any tips to find quarter ball (or the A/C references in CTE)?
I am having trouble visualizing the precise quarter.
If you can find an “older” Centennial striped ball, the edges of the stripe are at 1/4, or A & C. Newer centennials and Aramith balls are close, but the old Centennials are dead on. As someone else stated, place the stripe where you are looking straight at it. Do this and you’ll burn in the A & C visuals in a VERY short time.
Here's the same balls with their quarters marked.Here are two balls to show how close the stripes are to matching the quarters.
https://i.imgur.com/aSlD7NW.jpg
The top ball is a 25yr old Brunswick centennial. The stripe is only 1 and 1/16" wide. Should be 1 1/8 to match quarters perfectly. The bottom ball is generic. The stripe is 1 1/4" wide....too wide. They are close, but one is 1/16 too thin and the other 1/8 too thick.
Here's the same balls with their quarters marked.
The stripe looks bigger than it is in the middle of the ball because it's closer to the camera - it's actually a little more narrow at the top and bottom.
pj
chgo
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Cool. But I held a tapeline over the balls and tried to get a visual on width. The centennial looked like 1 1/16. So then I wrapped the tapeline around the ball and measured the arc length of the stripe. It was a littlle thinner than 1 1/8. There's no way the straight on view of the stripe, in comparison to the diameter of the ball, can be bigger than the actual arc measurement on the ball. It must be a camera illusion.