Yes, what I am proposing lets you do even those bigger motions with no loss in accuracy, as long as you ensure that the important parts are aligned once you get ready to shoot (shot image, chin and head rotation), and feel comfortable in your stance and stroke. It simplifies things by not having to be super precise about your backhand, legs, torso etc.
Yes, exactly. Consistent cue placement on the chin and consistent head rotation relative to the cue. It won't work without those.
I guess it's good that it works for you. I would never, ever suggest to a beginner to do all of their alignment and fiddling while already in shooting position.
I agree with you. Wouldn't suggest this to a beginner. And even for non-beginners i'd be cautious as well, but worth trying if you know what you are doing and find it useful somehow. For me, it's too easy for something to go wrong, especially under pressure, using the traditional method in tougher pots. But I know this isn't a proof of my method being better, it merely reflects my own weaknesses and lack of experience/knowledge in using the traditional method at a high level of accuracy.
I suppose you could put it in the "Ask an Instructor" forum. Or even the main forum. But if you put it in the main forum, be very, very careful to not say it has anything to do with aiming.
Alright. A mod can move this if they want to, I assume I don't have permissions to do so myself.
OP is saying with chin on cue there is an easy confirmation of stroke hand position. Just as easy (or easier for people with chin off the cue) is to use the section of the pool cue in front of the bridge hand as the aim confirmation, at address.
Yes. Small adj are likely no more than 1mm to 2mm. Does that sound about right?
Something like that. It might be a different line, different side spin, different follow/draw.
I agree with you. Sometimes the adjustments come sooner than others.
It would seem bridge length would play an important role. Longer the bridge, the more distance the backhand movements effect the tip "movement".
Bridge length or head distance from the shot doesn't matter for this method to work. If you move your head 1cm to the left, it is indeed a bigger change to the shot line the closer your head is to the bridge or the shorter the bridge is, but if your cue touches your chin as is necessary for the method to work, the cue will "follow" wherever your head moves sideways by that same amount, always being on the line. Or in other words, you don't place the backhand on line yourself, the backhand position follows from head position due to keeping your cue touching it.
You got to a 650 FR and ability to run 6 racks of 9-ball in 3 years? No other cuesports or banging around on a table before that?
600-650 is an estimation, I don't have a real FR since I don't play in any big enough tourmaments that sumbit to Fargo. Could be 550, could be 700, I have no idea. That 600-650 comes from how well I do in a certain progressive rating drill (think it was by Dr. Dave?), and my runout percentages reflected against what I've seen people talk about online.
Although I do have a pretty strong and refined break on the table I always practice on. Leaves an easy layout most of the time. I'd say my current strength is being consistent at the super routine runouts (no clusters, 5-7 balls left on the table, easy shot on the first ball), e.g. I almost never miss the "easy" shots, but the semi tough shots that pros still make 90%+ of the time I might only make 50-60%.
That's great progress. What size table are you playing on? That makes a big difference - bar box vs 9 foot, etc..600-650 is an estimation, I don't have a real FR since I don't play in any big enough tourmaments that sumbit to Fargo. Could be 550, could be 700, I have no idea. That 600-650 comes from how well I do in a certain progressive rating drill (think it was by Dr. Dave?), and my runout percentages reflected against what I've seen people talk about online.
And that 6-pack was an one-off thing, I don't think I'd get it again now even if I tried for 50 hours in a row
I am in my early 20s, and practice around 4-6h a day on average. Was a quite weak player for a few years at the start but refining my technique to be compact and "robotic" helped a lot. I did play 8-ball pool and other pool video games before those 3 years, quite a lot, for many years, so maybe that helped a little in the brainy parts of the game, real pool is physical so can't really get a big benefit from those games.
Thanks. 9 foot Brumswick, standard pocket size (4.5inch I assume?)