How SPEED AND SPIN Affect AIM

dr_dave

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FYI, I just posted a new video that demonstrates how speed, topspin, and bottom spin affect cut-induced throw (CIT) and cling/skid/kick. I also show how to adjust your aim to compensate for throw by overcutting shots or by using gearing outside spin. Check it out:


Contents (with timestamp links):
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Cut-Induced Throw (CIT)
1:45 ---- overcut aim
3:14 ---- gearing outside spin
3:57 - Cling/Skid/Kick
5:15 - Topspin/Bottom-Spin Effects
6:18 ---- OB swerve
7:22 ---- speed effects
8:12 - Summary

As always, I look forward to your feedback, comments, questions, complaints, and requests.

Enjoy!
 
FYI, here are the useful supporting resource mentioned in the video:

- Throw Tutorial: https://billiards.colostate.edu/tutorial/throw/
- Using Gearing Outside Spin to Eliminate Throw: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/sidespin/outside-gearing/
- Cling/Skid/Kick Examples: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/throw/cling/
- Throw Topspin/Bottom-Spin Effects: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/throw/draw-follow/
- Object Ball Swerve: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/swerve/object-ball/
- Aim Compensation When Using Sidespin: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/sidespin/aim/compensation/
- Squirt, Swerve, and Throw Effects: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/sidespin/aim/effects/
- System for Aiming with Sidespin: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/sidespin/aim/saws/
- Chalk Brand Comparison: https://billiards.colostate.edu/faq/chalk/comparison/
 
dr_dave said:
FYI, I just posted a new video that demonstrates how speed, topspin, and bottom spin affect cut-induced throw (CIT) and cling/skid/kick. I also show how to adjust your aim to compensate for throw by overcutting shots or by using gearing outside spin. Check it out:


Contents (with timestamp links):
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Cut-Induced Throw (CIT)
1:45 ---- overcut aim
3:14 ---- gearing outside spin
3:57 - Cling/Skid/Kick
5:15 - Topspin/Bottom-Spin Effects
6:18 ---- OB swerve
7:22 ---- speed effects
8:12 - Summary

As always, I look forward to your feedback, comments, questions, complaints, and requests.

Enjoy!
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Dirty/clean balls can change the dynamic big time. Good video.
 
Poolmanis said:
Perfect pool instructional video does not exi...
Whoops. Here come Dave ... Hold my beer!
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Thank you! I've been wanting to do this one for a long time. Honestly, the results were more convincing than I thought they would be, especially with the topspin vs. bottom spin stuff. I find that the better I get, the more I appreciate (and adjust for) the intricacies of throw at the table.
 
I learned this stuff from your earlier content over the years, and i would not be player that i am today without knowledge of this.
Especially helpful if you teach someone to aim.

It is vital piece of information to reduce frustration when you try to figure out why you miss!
I play that shooter´s pool on online too, and especially snooker there it is something you need to adjust or you won´t be any good.
 
Poolmanis said:
I learned this stuff from your earlier content over the years, and i would not be player that i am today without knowledge of this.
Especially helpful if you teach someone to aim.

It is vital piece of information to reduce frustration when you try to figure out why you miss!
I play that shooter´s pool on online too, and especially snooker there it is something you need to adjust or you won´t be any good.
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The better you are, the more you notice and the more you are able to adjust when necessary.
 
dr_dave said:
Thank you! I've been wanting to do this one for a long time. Honestly, the results were more convincing than I thought they would be, especially with the topspin vs. bottom spin stuff. I find that the better I get, the more I appreciate (and adjust for) the intricacies of throw at the table.
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I was talking to a friend the other day about this exact thing.

When you're learning you simply use "top left" or you just "draw" the ball.

Then, as you improve you start working with full tip adjustments, maybe half tip.

Then, you start learning how force follow or draw will take the CB off the tangent line to the rail.

Then, you start learning how combined english (bottom right, top left, etc.) affect the ball on the 2nd or 3rd rail.

Then, you start learning how very minute changes (sub 1/8", sub 1/16"? Just guessing here) to tip location affects the CB.

I came up with "layers of experience" and we were discussing how to tell which "layer" people are at. Clearly, one person may learn a certain layer before another but there's a general base of knowledge that must be learned to reach certain layers - in my humble opinion ;)
 
I used to allow an opponent get his stroke in gear and before playing I would ask him if I could clean the balls. 95% of the time they never understood why the game all of a sudden went south.
 
Chili Palmer said:
I was talking to a friend the other day about this exact thing.

When you're learning you simply use "top left" or you just "draw" the ball.

Then, as you improve you start working with full tip adjustments, maybe half tip.

Then, you start learning how force follow or draw will take the CB off the tangent line to the rail.

Then, you start learning how combined english (bottom right, top left, etc.) affect the ball on the 2nd or 3rd rail.

Then, you start learning how very minute changes (sub 1/8", sub 1/16"? Just guessing here) to tip location affects the CB.

I came up with "layers of experience" and we were discussing how to tell which "layer" people are at. Clearly, one person may learn a certain layer before another but there's a general base of knowledge that must be learned to reach certain layers - in my humble opinion ;)
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And most players never gain full understanding or intuition for the 25 throw effects (items 16-40 in the numbered lists on the squirt/swerve/throw effects resource page), some of which are very subtle.
 
MitchAlsup said:
I used to allow an opponent get his stroke in gear and before playing I would ask him if I could clean the balls. 95% of the time they never understood why the game all of a sudden went south.
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I also hate it in league when an an opponent is using a "sticky" chalk and I see chalk marks all over the CB during a game. It makes me want to use gearing outside spin on every shot.
 
dr_dave said:
I also hate it in league when an an opponent is using a "sticky" chalk and I see chalk marks all over the CB during a game. It makes me want to use gearing outside spin on every shot.
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My son found a piece of "sticky" chalk recently and brought it to my house and I informed him he will not be using it on my table and when he asked why I chalked up the stick, put a medium hit on the CB and picked it up and showed him the mark.
 
“A top spin shot throws more than a bottom spin shot.” I notice this so often with shots down the rail. I rattle out A LOT of follow shots.(Dang, I thought a little inside would help hug the rail there.) This will definitely replay in my head as I’m planning my shot along with things like, “throw is greater with less speed.”

Thanks for continuing to kick derrière.
 
VarmintKong said:
“A top spin shot throws more than a bottom spin shot.” I notice this so often with shots down the rail. I rattle out A LOT of follow shots.(Dang, I thought a little inside would help hug the rail there.) This will definitely replay in my head as I’m planning my shot along with things like, “throw is greater with less speed.”

Thanks for continuing to kick derrière.
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I'm glad you liked it. You're welcome, and thank you.
 
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