Honest Question For Aim System People . . .

[RRfireblade]

Well, I see players pointing at one diamond then the next diamond...then shoot a 3 rail kick to the CHOSEN SIDE of the OB.

One of them is Efren Reyes.

(-:

Jim

Question tho , how many Efrens do you run into on an average night at the pool room and how many of the 'other' guys.

I love it when poeple use like one of the the top 5-10 players in the world to back an arguement against say 100 million regulars.

 

[cookie man]

I love it when poeple use like one of the the top 5-10 players in the world to back an arguement against say 100 million regulars

We do that because we are inspired to play more like the 5 or 10 than one of the 100 million regulars.

 

[jimM]

Two different theories

It seems that there are two different theories working here and two different types of players. Obviously the people who like aiming systems have tried them and they have gotten some good out of them.

It seems that the players who hate the idea have never really tried an aiming system to the extent of knowing if it can work or not.

I use an aiming system because I always fealt that when it came down to the wire, I wanted to be able to count on something other than instinct which seems to get all jumbled up when I get nervous.

Everyone misses, even those who live in a pool room. I find that I miss more now if I override the system with my instinct.

So there really is no arguement. If a system works for you, it is good. If you try it and it doesn't work for you then you just know more about your game and it has nothing to do with everyone elses game.

All I'm trying to say is that to say something is not good without trying it just might stop someone from doing something that could really help.

Thanks,
Jim

 

[3andstop]

Another tidbit of food for thought. Has anyone considered that when someone is trying to improve by experimenting with an aiming system they also are consciously trying harder, and by trying harder they are paying more attention to their delivery.

 

[Angle Detective]

Here is a great idea that a very good player suggested as an easy way to determine if your delivery is in fact an issue. Anyone interested, do yourself a favor and try it if you want to learn a ton about your stroke instantly.

Throw a dozen balls on the table. Completely disregard the pockets. No pocketing of any balls. Simply choose any of the balls on the table, and shoot the cue ball at it, at NO ANGLE, completely straight.

Forget pockets, drive the balls into rails, drive them into other balls, it doesn't matter. Just pick an OB, decide what is needed to hit it straight on, no matter where it ends up going.

What does matter is stop your cue ball DEAD each time. Short distance, long distance, any ball, any position. Just simply shoot to stop the cue ball completely and totally dead.

No angles involved here. Everything is straight on. See if you can stop your cue ball dead each time. If you can't, then forget all that geometry, and work on your delivery because you're not hitting the cue ball where you think you are and the most accurate estimation of a pocketing angle isn't going to matter a hill of beans unless you can hit it there.

I did this today for about an hour. Excellent, excellent practice! I strongly recommend everyone try to do this. This is going to be one of my regular practice routines.

At first, it vividly showed me just how sloppy I've allowed myself to get. Then within about 10 minutes, I became sharper and over the hour became very sharp with my sighting and my alignment.

I decided to make it a game. I'd only do the stop shots, but I'd plan which of the balls I could stop on to have either a stop shot on another into a pocket or a bank into a pocket. It took me about 10 minutes per rack of balls to pocket them all.

Another thing it does is make you aware of intricate bank shots. 2 rails, 3 rails. You hone your banking speed control to make a long angle go shorter or let a short angle run as long as can be. Also, caroms come into play.

My eye pattern really improved as well. I slowed my preshot routine down and allowed a new eye pattern to begin to develop and to synchronize with my stroke.

For some reason I got kind of dizzy doing all of this. Maybe the eyes are in shock with a new routine and such sharp focus.

After I'd had enough, I decided to do full table length stop shots with the object ball midway to test how sharp I had become. I pocketed almost all of them and stopped the "cueball" (actually I used any ball as the cueball) dead each time ready for the next cueball.

Another thing that became absolutely clear is that I hadn't been "thinking" with the stroking hand enough. Mullyman posted a while ago something that I find to be crucial. Someone told him to try to strike the aiming point with a point on the stroking hand. It seems obvious, but the combination of 3andstop's drill and Mully's suggestion make all the difference for me.

Thanks for suggesting this.

 

[PKM]

BTW poolplaya9, these are my sentiments exactly. I got to the level I am today by 10-14 hours of PRACTICE every day for about 10 years. It really is magic.

That's a lot of practice.

 

[JoeyInCali]

Another tidbit of food for thought. Has anyone considered that when someone is trying to improve by experimenting with an aiming system they also are consciously trying harder, and by trying harder they are paying more attention to their delivery.

Maybe but if they miss, they prolly think they aimed bad.
Fact is, if you send the cueball to the wrong spot, you'll likely miss.
So, keeping in mind that by sending the cueball to the right spot, you'd make the ball might be a simpler approach.

 

[3andstop]

Maybe but if they miss, they prolly think they aimed bad.
Fact is, if you send the cueball to the wrong spot, you'll likely miss.
So, keeping in mind that by sending the cueball to the right spot, you'd make the ball might be a simpler approach.

Thank you ... exactly what I've been preaching. Proper delivery.

 

[LAMas]

Someone here on AZ said to set up long straight in shots and follow the CB into the same pocket to test your stroke and alignment. You need to deliver your CB to the exact spot.