This is being made much harder than it is.
For every successful alignment (ie lined up correctly to pocket the ball), the tip of the cue is pointed at something. One of the five alignment options will line up with either the center of the object ball, or the edge of the object ball for most shots.
For shots that do not lie within that range, you have to learn how to be precise with a visual estimation off the edge of the ob.
It is really not difficult, its not magic. You still have to accurately align your stroke to the line, and stroke straight on the line.
Its just a visual trick to align to the shot. Nothing more, nothing less.
He is just pointing to the shaft in that video, but he is not aiming or saying he is aiming, with the meat of the shaft near the joint collar.
Are you really thinking thats what he was talking about? Cause thats kind of funny if your constant reply of "thats bullshit" is based on your complete misunderstanding of what he is talking about :thumbup:.
I'm not sure who is making it much harder than it is. But you accused JoeyinCali of completely misunderstanding what Shane was talking about. Yet Joey knew Shane was pointing to a specific spot on the shaft to aim from.
There's more to it than you understand. Shane is explaining how to aim the shots that can't be aimed using the ferrule. If you understood what he was saying, you wouldn't be telling us "For shots that do not lie within that range, you have to learn how to be precise with a visual estimation off the edge of the ob." Why didn't Shane say that? Because he's exchanging "visual estimation" for exact aim points. Watch the video again.