Straight question.
Does TOI help in preventing CIT misses ?
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I'm a T.O.I. practitioner, but now, and even before I started with the method, I've never given a moment's thought to CIT. I'm aware that it exists because I've read about it, but I don't think about it or consciously compensate for it in any way, shape, or form.
I don't use it all the time, but when I do, I find that the firm-hitting TOI style of play makes CIT less of a factor.
This article seems to support that, explaining how CIT is reduced at higher shot speeds and how inside english can make the amount of throw more consistent and predictable.
http://billiards.colostate.edu/bd_articles/2007/june07.pdf
This article seems to support that, explaining how CIT is reduced at higher shot speeds and how inside english can make the amount of throw more consistent and predictable.
http://billiards.colostate.edu/bd_articles/2007/june07.pdf
It depends heavily on the cut angle and the amount of inside spin.
For fuller cuts - up to, say, half ball - a little inside spin will increase throw, but more spin can reduce it. For cuts thinner than half ball, inside spin will always reduce throw.
But I'm not sure that reducing throw is necessarily an improvement - it's part of most shots, so it's built into our perception of how to aim. Maybe the best way to cope with it is to not try to "fix" it.
pj
chgo
For fuller cuts - up to, say, half ball - a little inside spin will increase throw, but more spin can reduce it. For cuts thinner than half ball, inside spin will always reduce throw.
But I'm not sure that reducing throw is necessarily an improvement - it's part of most shots, so it's built into our perception of how to aim. Maybe the best way to cope with it is to not try to "fix" it.
pj
chgo
Firm hitting can produce deflection of the CB away from the aim line with TOI that can compensate or reduce the under cut produced by CIT.
A CTE shot is usually less than the popular 30 degrees attributed to it. TOI might get one closer to that 30 degrees.
Be well
A CTE shot is usually less than the popular 30 degrees attributed to it. TOI might get one closer to that 30 degrees.
Be well
It works the same as a flat tip does putting any other type of English on the cue ball. You have to figure out how far outside or inside your tip will allow you to hit and then adjust accordingly.