Interesting thread. I think everyone has to decide what's good for them. Without criticizing aiming systems I don't understand how people that use them can achieve their full potential.
I've had players ask me over the years how I "aim" particular shots & they often seem perplexed when I say I really don't know, because I don't think about it.
For me it's a picture, I see this picture in my mind of the shot being executed, the ball traveling to & then into the hole & the cue ball then traveling to its destination for the next shot. Once I've seen that I just drop on the ball & shoot it.
I don't know if that's considered feel, I'm sure it isn't an aiming system. I liken it to pulling up a file. Perhaps some play well with an aiming system but I feel like this is a game where conscious thought is more of a detriment than anything else as I believe it gets in the way of allowing the subconscious to do its job of directing your body to perform the task at hand. In order to perform well I think a quiet mind is the ideal state & I don't know how you achieve this with the check off list of items an aiming system requires rattling around in your head, but to each his own.
I've had players ask me over the years how I "aim" particular shots & they often seem perplexed when I say I really don't know, because I don't think about it.
For me it's a picture, I see this picture in my mind of the shot being executed, the ball traveling to & then into the hole & the cue ball then traveling to its destination for the next shot. Once I've seen that I just drop on the ball & shoot it.
I don't know if that's considered feel, I'm sure it isn't an aiming system. I liken it to pulling up a file. Perhaps some play well with an aiming system but I feel like this is a game where conscious thought is more of a detriment than anything else as I believe it gets in the way of allowing the subconscious to do its job of directing your body to perform the task at hand. In order to perform well I think a quiet mind is the ideal state & I don't know how you achieve this with the check off list of items an aiming system requires rattling around in your head, but to each his own.
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