aiming systems

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I was wondering which aiming systems people in here use. I'm teaching a friend how to play pool and she doesn't seem to understand how to aim.

When I started playing, I learned the ghost ball system. I also learned doubling the distance. Someone told me the "light sytem" that someone had talked about in here earlier, but I didn't like it. I have a hard time picturing a whole ball for some reason, so now I aim at a point on the cloth where I think the center of the ghost ball should be.

My friend doesn't seem to quite get the ghost ball system. She often asks me how much of the ball she should hit, like 1/2, 3/4, etc., but I have a hard time explaining it to her because I don't play that way. Personally I don't know where she could go without understanding ghost ball, but if she wants to use the shades of the ball to aim, I thought I'd learn it myself, and possibly other aiming systems so I can explain it to her.

She just started learning how to play pool, but this is beyond not having a straight stroke. She doesn't understand the physics of aiming.

any suggestions?
 
Don't teach her aiming systemS. It'll just confuse her.
Teach her cueball control. You can't control the cb if you don't know what happens when balls collide. Watching the cb and the ob collide and what happens to them is a must to control the cb.
The ob going in is incidental to cueball control.
If she can picture what a tangent line is, that's "aiming" already.
 
Hmm I guess she just has to watch the balls and see what happens to them first. She's an adult, an athlete, and I wanted her to know why balls react the way they do when they collide. Yesterday she told me she thinks it's weird that we don't aim the cue ball straight into the pocket even though you're trying to make it go in. ???????? She doesn't understand that if when you hit the CB to the right of the OB, the OB goes to the left...........So yeah, I guess I need to take a step back.
 
Tell her to look at balls like they are 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 disks.
Don't laugh. Parica told me once he looks at balls this way.:)
 
..there are several Training aids to help someone get a feel for AIMING the shot & knowledge can be learned as to the direction of the Cue ball travel after impact. And, if used properly, they WORK !

A local Pool Playing PROFESSIONAL is probably the real ingredient required here, don't even PASS GO, go directly to a PRO. If the woman wants to learn to Play Pool & learn correctly, go to a PRO.
Stumbling around banging Balls & trying to pick this game up on your own can take years & possibly limit your results.

REMEMBER, if you instill some bad habits in playing, UNLEARNING BAD Technique is tougher than learning Proper technique.
A couple of hundred dollars for a dozen lessons, is a "GIVEAWAY Program". If you like the game of Pool & the social culture that goes with it, being a GOOD PLAYER is omnipotent for a high level of enjoyment. GO TO A PRO.....
 
Thanks Ceebee and Joseph. I will consider making a suggestion to her and tell her to go get lessons from a pro, but I don't think she will ever do it. She only comes in on Tuesday nights (lady's night at our pool hall - 2 hours free). After the 2 hours she likes to play 8 ball games with her friends that take like 20 minutes each...

I realize she is kind of in a tough situation where a whole bunch of people make all kinds of suggestions and doesn't know who she should listen to. Most of her friends are players who learned it the hard way, banging balls for years like you described above.

She also tells me that she has a learning disorder so she doesn't really put herself out there to really make it a serious thing for her, although she has been an athlete all her life and she can relate pool to other sports she has been doing.

I guess I can't make her do what I believe are the right things to do even as her "instructor." I'm certainly not a pro or the best player in the area but I believe I learned it the right way. I'm hoping that she'll eventually get a feeling that she CAN become a good pool player and be able to enjoy the "art" of pool. That's when she'll get serious about it.
 
quote < I'm hoping that she'll eventually get a feeling that she CAN become a good pool player and be able to enjoy the "art" of pool. That's when she'll get serious about it.>

there are an estimated 40 million Pool Players on this planet. There are probably only 10,000 great players... the reason for this is stated simply, "Everyone wants to play, instead of learning first then playing well later".

There's an old saying, "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink". I find this scenario to be amazing, most humans are repelled by knowledge & education. But, when they watch a shining star, they see themselves being able to do that with two weeks of effort... Ha! Ha! Ha!

If someone goes Bowling & throws a lot of GUTTER BALLS, very soon they will no longer go to the Bowling Alley. And soon after that, they won't even drive by the Bowling Alley. Same goes for Pool Players.

Maybe you could take the lead, for yourself & your friend, & take some lessons to improve your game. Remember this >>> Playing Professionals take lessons too.... Good Luck
 
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