Ghost ball aiming

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duckie

GregH
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Here is a good clip of how the contact point version of ghost ball is used.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEkpZSbOmE4

As I have written before, I use the contact patch version of the ghost ball. The contact patch being where the ball meets the table. Babe Cranfield's Arrow is based on this concept.

Where the x is placed for the contact point in the clip, that x would be on the table representing the ghost ball contact patch and would be 1/2 cb from the ob on the same line from center pocket to the contact point.

The point of the arrow represents this x on the table. This makes it a very valuable training tool and very simple.
 
champ2107 said:
Just because you like to trash cte with your unbelievable points you think you make and past digs :)


Shane Van Boening and Ghost ball
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I love how he said " ... ghost ball.. I don't even know what that is.." And then he missed. LOL!!! Oh well.

Okay, sorry that wasn't meant as a dig at ghost ball. I think the ghost ball is powerful if people can see it.

Freddie <~~~ can't see it well
 
duckie said:
Here is a good clip of how the contact point version of ghost ball is used.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEkpZSbOmE4

As I have written before, I use the contact patch version of the ghost ball. The contact patch being where the ball meets the table. Babe Cranfield's Arrow is based on this concept.

Where the x is placed for the contact point in the clip, that x would be on the table representing the ghost ball contact patch and would be 1/2 cb from the ob on the same line from center pocket to the contact point.

The point of the arrow represents this x on the table. This makes it a very valuable training tool and very simple.
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Little Al Romero teaches the ghost ball system a little differently than anyone I know of.
Al is probably 80 years old now and was a hell of a one hole player.
Beat Ronnie Allen for the cash getting 10-8 one time so bad, the pool hall closed b/c Al beat the owner out of his rent money by backing up Ronnie.
Al teaches the ghost ball not right next to the object ball but right before it approaches the object ball. His contention is, that visualization makes the shot a shorter distance shot.
If you have a hard time imagining where the ghost ball is frozen to the OB, try a ball or maybe up to three balls from that gb towards the cueball.
 
JoeyInCali said:
Little Al Romero teaches the ghost ball system a little differently than anyone I know of.
Al is probably 80 years old now and was a hell of a one hole player.
Beat Ronnie Allen for the cash getting 10-8 one time so bad, the pool hall closed b/c Al beat the owner out of his rent money by backing up Ronnie.
Al teaches the ghost ball not right next to the object ball but right before it approaches the object ball. His contention is, that visualization makes the shot a shorter distance shot.
If you have a hard time imagining where the ghost ball is frozen to the OB, try a ball or maybe up to three balls from that gb towards the cueball.
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Little Al is someone I still would rather not play in 9 ball. Never seen him play one pocket though. His approach sounds similar to the line of cue balls Phil Capelle talks about in Play Your Best Pool. This really seems to help me on shots where the cue ball is a long distance from the object ball. I have been working more on using ghost ball lately with a few tweaks for throw etc on longer shots. There have also been a couple other pieces of advice which have helped lots on shots I had problems with.
 
nine_ball6970 said:
Little Al is someone I still would rather not play in 9 ball. Never seen him play one pocket though. His approach sounds similar to the line of cue balls Phil Capelle talks about in Play Your Best Pool. This really seems to help me on shots where the cue ball is a long distance from the object ball. I have been working more on using ghost ball lately with a few tweaks for throw etc on longer shots. There have also been a couple other pieces of advice which have helped lots on shots I had problems with.
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The other night at the clinic I was shooting some shots and JA was observing my fundamentals. I missed one of the shots and he set it back up and placed an object ball in the ghost ball position. He told me to take a minute and look at the two balls together from the shooting perspective and study it until I can remember it. Repeat as needed with any shots you have trouble with. He wasn't saying I was having trouble with that particular shot per se. I think he just took that opportunity to show us all what he does to stay sharp with his aiming system of choice. I was so nervous with him observing me but after I shot about a half dozen shots as he watched from several angles he said to me in his southern drawl "man you look good". It really made my day because I went last and he had picked my friends apart pretty thoroughly already trying to help them.:smile:
 
metmot said:
The other night at the clinic I was shooting some shots and JA was observing my fundamentals. I missed one of the shots and he set it back up and placed an object ball in the ghost ball position. He told me to take a minute and look at the two balls together from the shooting perspective and study it until I can remember it. Repeat as needed with any shots you have trouble with. He wasn't saying I was having trouble with that particular shot per se. I think he just took that opportunity to show us all what he does to stay sharp with his aiming system of choice. I was so nervous with him observing me but after I shot about a half dozen shots as he watched from several angles he said to me in his southern drawl "man you look good". It really made my day because I went last and he had picked my friends apart pretty thoroughly already trying to help them.:smile:
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Have you tried double distance aiming?
 
LAMas said:
Have you tried double distance aiming?
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I have not but I believe Dr. Dave explained it in his VEP DVD's that I own. I recall it's not nearly as revolutionary as CTE but kind of passed over it. Do you recommend it as a valuable aiming tool to learn and use?
 
metmot said:
I have not but I believe Dr. Dave explained it in his VEP DVD's that I own. I recall it's not nearly as revolutionary as CTE but kind of passed over it. Do you recommend it as a valuable aiming tool to learn and use?
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Since you can see the contact point on the OB:
It is very parsimonious...it works well unless the CB and OB are very close together.

From Colostate, Dr Dave's site:
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