Aiming systems are great, but regardless of some of the ridiculous claims I've read here, systems aren't magic.
One poster even said that once you start using this certain aiming system your stroke magically improves. What really happens (with any aiming method) is you miss a lot of balls until you develop a good enough stroke to strike the cb where you intend, consistently sending it to where it needs to be in order to pocket the ob. Regardless of the method you use for aiming, an inconsistent or poor stroke will give you poor results.
If you are using ghostball, CTE, fractions, split the difference, or whatever....you will still miss balls on occassion, regardless of how great you believe your system of choice to be. It's funny how some here continually post "proof" that one system works better than another, when if we study the greatest players of today, and of long ago, we find a mix of aiming methods. And not one of these players would say they never miss a ball. Well, Mosconi did say once that he never missed a ball that he intended to make, but that says more about shot selection than anything else.
Bottom line, aiming systems aren't magic. When someone posts "proof" of an aiming system, like a young pro playing great supposedly because they use one system or another, don't fool yourself into believing they're playing great due to any system. So much table time goes into perfecting a pro's game that the actual process of aiming becomes automatic, not systematic.
And regardless of what method we use for aiming, no player is immune to missing shots, not even pros. So we use what feels good and what works for us, and in time we become very proficient at it, if we do it enough. It's a seasoning of skill that occurs, not magic.
Sometimes when reading posts here, I laugh out loud at some of the childish things people write. It's like having a front-row seat at a grade school name-calling competition, or being subjected to a my-dad-is-better-than-your-dad argument. When it comes to perfecting hand-eye coordination skills, like with about any sport in the world, it's the individual player that makes the difference, not the specific tools they use. A champion can make any tool work for them.
One poster even said that once you start using this certain aiming system your stroke magically improves. What really happens (with any aiming method) is you miss a lot of balls until you develop a good enough stroke to strike the cb where you intend, consistently sending it to where it needs to be in order to pocket the ob. Regardless of the method you use for aiming, an inconsistent or poor stroke will give you poor results.
If you are using ghostball, CTE, fractions, split the difference, or whatever....you will still miss balls on occassion, regardless of how great you believe your system of choice to be. It's funny how some here continually post "proof" that one system works better than another, when if we study the greatest players of today, and of long ago, we find a mix of aiming methods. And not one of these players would say they never miss a ball. Well, Mosconi did say once that he never missed a ball that he intended to make, but that says more about shot selection than anything else.
Bottom line, aiming systems aren't magic. When someone posts "proof" of an aiming system, like a young pro playing great supposedly because they use one system or another, don't fool yourself into believing they're playing great due to any system. So much table time goes into perfecting a pro's game that the actual process of aiming becomes automatic, not systematic.
And regardless of what method we use for aiming, no player is immune to missing shots, not even pros. So we use what feels good and what works for us, and in time we become very proficient at it, if we do it enough. It's a seasoning of skill that occurs, not magic.
Sometimes when reading posts here, I laugh out loud at some of the childish things people write. It's like having a front-row seat at a grade school name-calling competition, or being subjected to a my-dad-is-better-than-your-dad argument. When it comes to perfecting hand-eye coordination skills, like with about any sport in the world, it's the individual player that makes the difference, not the specific tools they use. A champion can make any tool work for them.
