DUCKIE .....I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU

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actually 2 questions
1) what do you call the part on the ball where we stop seeing ball and see cloth instead
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2) since you would not say aim at the edge to make the shot
how would you tell someone to aim at that spot ...NOT THE CONTACT PATCH BUT THAT PART OF THE BALL
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The contact patch is where any ball touches the table. With contact patch, you dont aim at the OB, you aim for a spot on the table that is 1/2 ball width from the OB.

Put a ball on the spot. Next freeze a ball to that ball such that it goes into one corner pocket. Place the CB some distance and angle from the spotted ball.

Remove the spotted ball. The spot now represents where the CB contact patch needs to roll over to make the ball go in the corner pocket.

With contact patch there is no need to look at the OB. If you look at the OB, you are not looking where the CB needs to be. By look at, I mean your central vision is on the OB.

Now go stand in a postion that is behind the OB and on a line to the center of the pocket. The spot is gonna be on that line also which is also the same line the OB contact point is on.

Now place the cues tip on the center on the spot and rotate till the center line of the cue is over the top of the cue ball.

Now you are on the shot line.

This is nothing new. What I have done is just added more detail to Babe Cranfields spot on the table he taught. His training aid the arrow points to the to where the CB contact patch needs to be.

And there you have it……..and no 13 chapters needed to explain it.
 
duckie said:
The contact patch is where any ball touches the table. With contact patch, you dont aim at the OB, you aim for a spot on the table that is 1/2 ball width from the OB.

Put a ball on the spot.
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There are no spots on a flat plane. :eek:
 
You never see water spots say on your car or windshield after a light rain?

How bout you cut yourself and blood drips onto a flat piece of wood?

I can do this all day…..
 
duckie said:
You never see water spots say on your car or windshield after a light rain?

How bout you cut yourself and blood drips onto a flat piece of wood?

I can do this all day…..
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If you had a measles cloth like the measles cue ball then you'd have spots on the cloth. Otherwise a flat, green plane has no spots.
 
duckie said:
The contact patch is where any ball touches the table. With contact patch, you dont aim at the OB, you aim for a spot on the table that is 1/2 ball width from the OB.

Put a ball on the spot. Next freeze a ball to that ball such that it goes into one corner pocket. Place the CB some distance and angle from the spotted ball.

Remove the spotted ball. The spot now represents where the CB contact patch needs to roll over to make the ball go in the corner pocket.

With contact patch there is no need to look at the OB. If you look at the OB, you are not looking where the CB needs to be. By look at, I mean your central vision is on the OB.

Now go stand in a postion that is behind the OB and on a line to the center of the pocket. The spot is gonna be on that line also which is also the same line the OB contact point is on.

Now place the cues tip on the center on the spot and rotate till the center line of the cue is over the top of the cue ball.

Now you are on the shot line.

This is nothing new. What I have done is just added more detail to Babe Cranfields spot on the table he taught. His training aid the arrow points to the to where the CB contact patch needs to be.

And there you have it……..and no 13 chapters needed to explain it.
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duckie
i understand the contact patch concept
but you have not answered my question
i want to aim at the BALL not a spot on the table
how would you describe that spot in my diagram?
and how do you describe the the farthest part of the ball you can see from where you are standing?
 
Dan White said:
If you had a measles cloth like the measles cue ball then you'd have spots on the cloth. Otherwise a flat, green plane has no spots.
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my table has flat tournament blue
and some spots from "accidents"
just sayin
😂
 
bbb said:
duckie
i understand the contact patch concept
but you have not answered my question
i want to aim at the BALL not a spot on the table
how would you describe that spot in my diagram?
and how do you describe the the farthest part of the ball you can see from where you are standing?
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horizon...?
 
The_JV said:
horizon...?
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Depending on what side you're looking at, it's either the east or west meridian. The word edge sounds gross, like you're gaggin' up a brown loogy.

East Meridian sounds poetic, almost romantic. West Meridian evokes distant shores and adventure.
 
Boxcar said:
Depending on what side you're looking at, it's either the east or west meridian.

East Meridian sounds poetic, almost romantic. West Meridian evokes distant shores and adventure.
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i deleted the part in your post i disagree with.
the rest is a interesting way to look at the edge........... (y)
 
Pool balls are spheres. Spheres don't have edges.

An edge is where two faces meet. For example a cube has 12 edges, a cylinder has two and a sphere has none.
 
Wait a second! Now I'm confused. Which edge of the pool ball touches the kitchen table?
 
what's weird is that a person wants to go literal regarding the edge of a sphere but at the same time wants to claim that a piece of paper will train you to consistently find and "see" the center of an invisible ball exactly at the correct distance away from an invisible spot on the face of a sphere.

AND - not only that but to adjust that invisible spot EXACTLY as much as needed to compensate for contact induced throw.

But telling people to orient to the "edge" of the half of the existing sphere that is visible to the eye is somehow not good because "spheres don't have edges". Well the eyes don't have rulers in them that give exact distances either.
 
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