Fractional Aiming/Cue Ball

[Brookeland Bill]

I’ve been playing pool since 1961. There were no ‘aiming techniques’. I started reading about them online on the Billiard Digest site. Hal was one of the contributors and explained fractional aiming breaking down the object ball into fractions (1/2, 1/4 and 3/4). But instead of breaking down the object ball I began to breakdown the cue ball when aiming. It works and is just as well if not better than breaking down the object ball.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

I’ve been playing pool since 1961. There were no ‘aiming techniques’. I started reading about them online on the Billiard Digest site. Hal was one of the contributors and explained fractional aiming breaking down the object ball into fractions (1/2, 1/4 and 3/4). But instead of breaking down the object ball I began to breakdown the cue ball when aiming. It works and is just as well if not better than breaking down the object ball.

I'm sure it can be made to work either way with familiarity, but it seems to me that aiming with the center of the CB makes it more likely that the cue will be on or near that line.

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[heater451]

I’ve been playing pool since 1961. There were no ‘aiming techniques’. I started reading about them online on the Billiard Digest site. Hal was one of the contributors and explained fractional aiming breaking down the object ball into fractions (1/2, 1/4 and 3/4). But instead of breaking down the object ball I began to breakdown the cue ball when aiming. It works and is just as well if not better than breaking down the object ball.

So, would that mean aiming say the edge of the cue ball to the center of the target ball, or like the 1/4 or 3/4 quarter point of the cue ball, to certain points on the target? A more specific example: Left-cut, with left 1/4 point (half way from the left 'edge' to the vertical centerline of the cue ball, to the right 'edge' of the target ball?