geometrical aiming

[ceebee]

Here is a simple method of defining the Shot Line. Place your cue midway between Cue Ball & Object Ball on the Center Line between balls. Rotate Cue to point at the contact point on the Object Ball. Move Cue parallel back to the center of Cue Ball a shoot parallel to the line passing through contact points of Cue Ball & Object Ball. See picture...

 

[Bob Jewett]

Here is a simple method of defining the Shot Line. Place your cue midway between Cue Ball & Object Ball on the Center Line between balls. Rotate Cue to point at the contact point on the Object Ball. Move Cue parallel back to the center of Cue Ball a shoot parallel to the line passing through contact points of Cue Ball & Object Ball. See picture...

This system is neater than sliced bread! Also note that after you rotate the stick and before you move it sideways, it also passes over the contact point on the cue ball.

 

[ceebee]

locating the Cue Stick Tip midway through the geometrical centers of the Cue Ball & Object Ball and on the Centerline developed by the tww balls, causes the rotation to be mirrored on the center line of the two balls, passing through both contact points. Then you just move parallel to the newly developed line and stroke the cue.

Have fun...

 

[Purdman]

Very Good CeeBee

Nice job Charlie.
Don

 

[drivermaker]

Nice job Charlie.
Don

Don...as a certified BCA Instructor, how do you teach a newbie to aim? If a friend brought his 18 year old to you that only popped balls around with his buddies for a couple of times and had no clue, what would you teach him? And since you liked Ceebee's system, do you believe that aiming methods have validity to them and are better than nothing and groping to find it on your own?

 

[Purdman]

Don...as a certified BCA Instructor, how do you teach a newbie to aim? If a friend brought his 18 year old to you that only popped balls around with his buddies for a couple of times and had no clue, what would you teach him? And since you liked Ceebee's system, do you believe that aiming methods have validity to them and are better than nothing and groping to find it on your own?

Drivemaker, my friend, there are many aiming systems and drills to help improve ones game. Ghost Ball, pennies on the rail, ceebee's equal angle and many more. The first thing I would work on is the stroke mechanics. Do a video analysis, go over the proper mechanics, and then review the video and allow the student to critique himself. One needs to find out if what they perceive really is. Take a golf ball. Put a small black dot in the center of it. Place it on the end rail. Line your cue up aiming at the dot. Put the cue down and then sight it in. Usually we are off a bit. This "bit' will ruin your aiming. Work on it. No system that I know of will help you with all the other factors. Squirt, cling induced throw, curve, etc, etc. This can only be accomplished with drills and experience. This is how we develop our rote system. That is why most people have different strokes. Rote! Look at McCready, Stricklin, anybody. They do not shoot the same. They have developed what works for them. We cannot make someone a better player, we can show them how to improve their game, it is up to them. There are three things you can do to improve your game, Practice, practice, practice.
Purdman