i would say 99% of the time they are aiming to make the ball and get position:thumbup:
I think the top filipino players play alot. so they probably aim like all the other pros in the world: BY FEEL
Interesting how no pro gave any useful information. I guess they would'nt want to tell anyone. All repetition, memory, ghost ball hits, fractional but no aiming system....... cough....... cough.......
As soon as someone starts telling you about an aiming or banking system, then says, "now you have to adjust...", it will immediately tell you it doesn't work.
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Of course there is a system behind it. but in fact to pot a ball is very complex. depending on deflection, throw and spin the path of the cue and object ball will alter. If you shoot a fairly easy half ball hit, the object will change its way to the pocket depending on the spin or speed you gave the cue ball.
You can not think about that all the time. And definitely the PROS do it neither. So I ll stick with my opinion that they aim BY "FEEL". ALTOUGH THEY GAIN THEIR "FEELING" FOR THE SHOTS through PRACTICING a SYSTEM.
Good summary; although, the back-hand English "aiming system" can be very useful for aiming firm and/or close shots with English (e.g., a thin-hit rail cut shot with running English).Majority of players aim by feel, which comes from repetition seeing the same thing over and over.
At first players will use some kind of ghost ball or a variation of it, nobody starts out with some complicated system and few will go there later in life.
They just refine everything through experience. The majority of thinking is a little less or a little more but it is all non-verbal it is feel.
I have asked many strong players and a former world champion and they all aim like that.
When you add a lot of English and various amounts of speed the systems become useless.
There are a lot of snake charm salesmen peddling the holly grail of pool ‘the secrect of the pros’.
Efren’s aiming system through the cue ball seems the easiest.
Efron said it very simply when asked a question. There are 2 ways to aim. Through the center and with the edge. I never heard this before I came up with Perfect Aim. I read this when 2 people were arguing about who they would rather learn to aim from. One person said this certified teacher said it was one way with one of the aiming systems out there that nobody hardly understands and the other person said that they tended to think Efron knew what he was talking about more because obviously he can play and he know's what works. Who do you think would know more? Daaaa............
After that you can use fractional aiming or you can shoot with feel. By getting the eyes in the perfect position either way will work for you. If the eyes are not in the perfect position hardly nothing seems to work right.
If you shoot 7 days a week 8 hours a day your eyes will somewhat get in the perfect position. Eventually you can get there naturally with repetition. Any pro that plays good lives on the table for a week before the big tournament. Some live on it all the time. Or you can learn or be taught how to get the eyes in the correct position so you really have something to zero in on instead of guessing on so many shots.
Now you can actually work on the other parts of the game and be practicing aiming all the time because you know how to get there. But if you can't aim the shot perfect how can you put any english on the ball and shoot it.
Efron is right. This is what makes Perfect Aim work. All that's left is to know how to position the eyes. It's simple and easy after that.
Have a great day. Geno..............
Geno, sounds like you are a fan of CTE, after all EFRON said it.