Obviously I will, and so will you. My advice is for the remote possibility that when you ask me questions you might actually want an answer. If that's not what you want then you're doing fine.
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How Do the Pros Aim
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But its you that wants me to do the unnecassary.
I don't want you to do anything. My advice is so you can get what people normally want when they ask questions - answers.
I've given you this advice more than once, but you don't seem to like it. OK, I'll just ignore you if I don't understand you (which is most of the time). No problem.
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I do not need answers. When I do I will seek those that has them and ask nicely. I may even make an offering in exchange for the reserved knowledge. So don't worry about me....I will get by. I once had to hunt down my instructors pet chicken. You just do what you want...when I need to know cit...I will ask u.
Ha as much as I've been around some of the top ones, that's one thing they never wanna share!
I know a couple top players who use aiming systems, they might tell people about it or show it. Shane mentioned a stick aiming that he uses, sounds like the shaft method I have been using that I was taught about a year or so ago. People are curious how I improved so much, about a 2 ball or more improvement and I told them I learned a method and am pocketing balls so much better now. There is a big thing between knowing where to hit the ball and guessing, feel players have hit so many balls over the years they just know and the guys who have been playing for a long time and still miss, well they never learned where to hit the ball. 
P.S. Hand eye coordination does come into play here, some people are naturally better gifted then others.
P.S. Hand eye coordination does come into play here, some people are naturally better gifted then others.
Hi James 
I hope you are doing well.
I agree with most of what the others have said. To take it a little further the pros just dont have to shoot as many difficult shots as everyone else. They make less mistakes on the previous shot and get the right angels to perform there outs. If you watch one of the guys/gals in dead punch they are never more than 2 feet away in posistion and at the correct angel to get to the next ball. There execution is flawless shot after shot. The magic formula everyone is searching for is some natural ability and 40+ hours a week table time and there are no substitutes or shortcuts. This is all my opinion of course :thumbup:
-Britt
I hope you are doing well.I agree with most of what the others have said. To take it a little further the pros just dont have to shoot as many difficult shots as everyone else. They make less mistakes on the previous shot and get the right angels to perform there outs. If you watch one of the guys/gals in dead punch they are never more than 2 feet away in posistion and at the correct angel to get to the next ball. There execution is flawless shot after shot. The magic formula everyone is searching for is some natural ability and 40+ hours a week table time and there are no substitutes or shortcuts. This is all my opinion of course :thumbup:
-Britt
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Most pros can't or won't tell you their "secret" of aiming because there is no shortcut or magic trick, but I find it amusing how many can be developed to sell a DVD. I think everyone develops curtain little tricks for different shots and that makes it hard to come up with one sure fire one all fits all.
Stan's DVD "Pro One' has a good method but even that one has many exceptions and it still takes practice. Even using this method there are too many other factors involved in making the shot. This helps to pocket a ball but it doesn't help if you want to position the OB in another place and doesn't work if you don't have a good stroke.
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Most pros can't or won't tell you their "secret" of aiming because there is no shortcut or magic trick, but I find it amusing how many can be developed to sell a DVD. I think everyone develops curtain little tricks for different shots and that makes it hard to come up with one sure fire one all fits all.
Stan's DVD "Pro One' has a good method but even that one has many exceptions and it still takes practice. Even using this method there are too many other factors involved in making the shot. This helps to pocket a ball but it doesn't help if you want to position the OB in another place and doesn't work if you don't have a good stroke.
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I know a couple top players who use aiming systems, they might tell people about it or show it. Shane mentioned a stick aiming that he uses, sounds like the shaft method I have been using that I was taught about a year or so ago. People are curious how I improved so much, about a 2 ball or more improvement and I told them I learned a method and am pocketing balls so much better now. There is a big thing between knowing where to hit the ball and guessing, feel players have hit so many balls over the years they just know and the guys who have been playing for a long time and still miss, well they never learned where to hit the ball.
P.S. Hand eye coordination does come into play here, some people are naturally better gifted then others.
Great post Lenny.
Better than most of us.
It is not whatever system they may or may not use, it is the fact that they get the CB where they want. That is application of a system which is more important than the system. It is how well you uses the tools that matters.
I was joking around with some 3 cushion guys and made the comment that no matter what table I played badly on, that I was always there. But the same is true when I play good. It's all me, good or bad and not something outside me.
It is not whatever system they may or may not use, it is the fact that they get the CB where they want. That is application of a system which is more important than the system. It is how well you uses the tools that matters.
I was joking around with some 3 cushion guys and made the comment that no matter what table I played badly on, that I was always there. But the same is true when I play good. It's all me, good or bad and not something outside me.
That's the good thing about the game of pool. It's all you against the table. To avoid those few lucky roll by the other guy, just keep control of the table. Johnnyt
I know a couple top players who use aiming systems, they might tell people about it or show it. Shane mentioned a stick aiming that he uses, sounds like the shaft method I have been using that I was taught about a year or so ago. People are curious how I improved so much, about a 2 ball or more improvement and I told them I learned a method and am pocketing balls so much better now. There is a big thing between knowing where to hit the ball and guessing, feel players have hit so many balls over the years they just know and the guys who have been playing for a long time and still miss, well they never learned where to hit the ball.
P.S. Hand eye coordination does come into play here, some people are naturally better gifted then others.
Years ago when Shane passed through New Orleans, I asked him about a particular shot and he said "That is a quarter-ball shot", referring to fractional aiming. Don't know how he aims but that is what he said many years ago before he became the great champion of today.
Did youj ever see the Movie Spirit of Sta Louis about Lindbergs fist flight crossing the Atlantic?
When asked how he would find Ireland he said"By dead reckoning"!
I think most players would subscribe to this theory too. I reckon if I hit it here it will go there!!!The secrets of the game are not abundant. Also what works for one doesn't work for everyone.
if we could have locked Mosconi and Efren in a room together, i doubt they would have agreed on everything. of Course that is obvious as Mosconi didn't agree with anyone on anything!! LOL
I was watching a segment of Clash of the Titans pool tournament on you tube. Alex P. vs. John Morra and Shane Van Boening was a guest commentator.
At some point in the match they were talking about aiming and Shane mentioned that he doesn't look at the cueball he just sees the tip of the cue stick. It was interesting to say the least.
Then they start talking about the break and Shane mentions playing a guy in Alabama in 2005 that had the best break ( 9ball) he'd ever seen.
He was spotting the guy the 7 ball but Shane admitted he (Shane) had no chance of winning the way this guy broke. Shane couldn't remember his name. Wonder who that was?
That comment by Shane about the other guy's 9 ball break is a hell of compliment coming from Shane. That guy must have been Shane's inspiration for improving his own break.
Some shooters have great spacial comprehension and can visualize the effects of the colliding spheres. Couple that with a great memory of angles, the results of shots and shape from the past to be recalled for a given circumstance - that would result in a superior shooter.
A straight stroke for repeated accurate execution to build confidence is also necessary to progress. I guess some call it "feel" or intuition.
Just sayin.
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A straight stroke for repeated accurate execution to build confidence is also necessary to progress. I guess some call it "feel" or intuition.
Just sayin.
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This is a great post and I think you hit it out of the park. Thanks so much for taking the time to post your thoughts about my pro pool player question.
James