Excited with new "method(s)"

Drawback

Drawback

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I've been reading all the different topics related to CTE and TOI and a host of other aiming methods with great curiosity here on the Forum lately. I've also been trying them all in fragmented, half-understood ways.

Today, I had a breakthrough! I've been standing up at the table eying the line from center pocket to object ball and then bending down into my shot routine and aligning the outside of my ferrule with the outside edge of the cue ball and then moving in to (roughly) center ball and firing away with great success. If the angle is to the right I use the right hand side of the ferrule and and pivot in to the right; if it's to the left, I use the left side and pivot to the left.

I broke and ran 4 racks of 8-ball in a row before coming home today! This is very rewarding for me.

I'm not a real technical guy, but WOW!

Thank You all for my breakthrough!:)
 
Drawback,

How are you moving in to center ball?

And let me confirm this. Let's say you are cutting a ball on the spot to the right corner pocket, are you putting the left edge of the tip at the left edge of the cue ball & then 'moving' in to center? And what are you aiming where on the object ball?

Thanks in advance &
 
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ENGLISH! said:
Drawback,

How are you moving in to center ball?

And let me confirm this. Let's say you are cutting a ball on the spot to the right corner pocket, are you putting the left edge of the tip at the left edge of the cue ball & then 'moving' in to center? And what are you aiming where on the object ball?

Thanks in advance &
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I'm not anywhere near the billiards room right now, but I'll try to reconstruct from memory what I've found that is working:
In your question, if I'm down near the foot spot and the OB is on the head spot, after I do my initial aiming while standing up, as I bend down into the shot, I place the left edge of my ferrule to line up with the left edge of the CB and then rotate to the right to approximately CCB and then I add just a smidgeon (TOI?) of inside (say 1/4 tip RHE) and fire away....presto, in the pocket it goes! (Sorry about not being anymore technical.)
 
Drawback said:
I'm not anywhere near the billiards room right now, but I'll try to reconstruct from memory what I've found that is working:
In your question, if I'm down near the foot spot and the OB is on the head spot, after I do my initial aiming while standing up, as I bend down into the shot, I place the left edge of my ferrule to line up with the left edge of the CB and then rotate to the right to approximately CCB and then I add just a smidgeon (TOI?) of inside (say 1/4 tip RHE) and fire away....presto, in the pocket it goes! (Sorry about not being anymore technical.)
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So...you are rotating/pivoting on your bridge hand & not sliding to 'center'.

When you come down on the shot is your 'bridge/cue & tip' in line parallel to what would be center or is your bridge etc. where a center hit would be?

I guess what I'm 'trying' to ask is, where is your bridge hand coming down?

Center cue ball or left edge of cue ball?

Again, Thanks to You &
 
In order to pivot to the center of the CB (CCB), he must be offset to the side of the CCB, say one tip to the left with the right side of the tip aligned with the CCB...one can then pivot from the bridge so that the center of the tip is aligned with the CCB.

My take is that with the tip offset to the left side of CCB and the left side of the tip aligned with the right edge of the OB and the right edge of the tip aligned with the CCB - to shoot the OB to the left. One then pivots the tip at the bridge until it is aligned with the CCB.
 
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Drawback said:
I'm not anywhere near the billiards room right now, but I'll try to reconstruct from memory what I've found that is working:
In your question, if I'm down near the foot spot and the OB is on the head spot, after I do my initial aiming while standing up, as I bend down into the shot, I place the left edge of my ferrule to line up with the left edge of the CB and then rotate to the right to approximately CCB and then I add just a smidgeon (TOI?) of inside (say 1/4 tip RHE) and fire away....presto, in the pocket it goes! (Sorry about not being anymore technical.)
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Are you playing the OB in the right, or left corner pocket?
 
ENGLISH! said:
So...you are rotating/pivoting on your bridge hand & not sliding to 'center'.

When you come down on the shot is your 'bridge/cue & tip' in line parallel to what would be center or is your bridge etc. where a center hit would be?

I guess what I'm 'trying' to ask is, where is your bridge hand coming down?

Center cue ball or left edge of cue ball?

Again, Thanks to You &
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When I bend down to the table and align my left side of the ferrule with the left edge of the CB (I'll be pocketing the OB to the right hand corner pocket from the head spot), I firmly plant my closed bridge hand on the table aligned with the edge of the OB and then leaving my hand planted firmly, I rotate my left wrist, index and middle finger until my cue stick lines up with approximate center CB. Then I adjust slightly more to the right (perhaps a 1/4 tip) and fire away and it's incredible how the ball just does what it's supposed to!

If I want to pocket a ball to the left side, I use the RHS of the ferrule on the RHS of the OB and pivot left using the exact same technique for this side.

I believe that the final adjustment of 1/4 tip allows for the CIT. I'm not technical, so I wouldn't swear to it.:smile:
 
You are aiming the side of the ferrule at the CCB through th CB at/to the edge of the OB. Got it.
 
Drawback said:
Then I adjust slightly more to the right (perhaps a 1/4 tip) and fire away and it's incredible how the ball just does what it's supposed to!

I believe that the final adjustment of 1/4 tip allows for the CIT. I'm not technical, so I wouldn't swear to it.:smile:
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Drawback,

That's interesting. Is it working for you from all over or have you found any gaps where it does not work?

Thanks again. I appreciate you answereing my questions.

One more just to clarify. Where & what are you lining up on the OB visually?

Best Regards to You &
 
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Sounds like a variation of Ron Vitello's 90/90 aiming. Quit analyzing and keep running out! jumping0006.gif

Best,
Mike
 
ENGLISH! said:
Drawback,

That's interesting. Is it working for you from all over or have you found any gaps where it does not work?

Thanks again. I appreciate you answering my questions.

One more just to clarify. Where & what are you lining up on the OB visually?

Best Regards to You &
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On bank shots I'm very happy with the method(s) I've learned from Dr. Dave after having purchased his book "The Illustrated Principles of Pool & Billiards". Truly, I've read this book from cover to cover at least 20 times. Every time I go through it I get something else.
 
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