I am done with aiming!

noMoreSchon

noMoreSchon

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You know what, I am done with constantly trying new things out to make the ball easier. Guess what I make them pretty easy now. Not saying I am a pro but I consider my shot making when it matters A+. It has not always been this way, but much practice lead me to believe in my PSR to be the best at making difficult shots look easy. I have recently contracted the PRO/1 bug, and do very well with it, so much so that I forgo my PSR because it contrasts with the lining up in PRO/1. Last night I had a very tough shot and did not use PRO/1 but instead lined up the trusty GB like I know I can do and drilled it center pocket and drew whitey to exactly where I needed to be. It was refreshing to know how and why it happened. Will I forgo PRO/1 in the future? Probably not. I know the reason I miss is not because of my aiming system. It is from an improperly hit CB. If I just started playing today and all this talk of a magic system to make balls easier was available as it is today I would bite. But the truth is most people do not develop the stroke to employ these systems to the fullest. Balls are easy to make, not for the system I use but because of the flawless (sometimes:wink:) stroke I have developed over two decades of playing...

David
 
Sometimes I wish that I had never learned any aiming systems as well. But then there are those shots which always gave me a TON of trouble that I now drain because of not coupling an illusion with a good stroke or trying to correct a faulty aim with a throw stroke.
 
Learning aiming systems is one of the best things that has happened to my game. It added an element of discipline that was sorely lacking.
 
I hear what you are saying, and I sometimes just very instinctively go back to aiming naturally, almost automatically, especially when playing well. I can't tell if that's a very subconscious implementation of my aiming system, where I'm picking up lines etc. on the way down just very fluidly, or if I really am just ignoring the visuals and just shooting. I know I like being able to fall back on the system for consistency sake and for difficult shots especially, and my ball pocketing has improved because of it.

I also struggled with integrating my PSR in the beginning, as you said it didn't fit. My solution was to make it fit. It took work, but I changed the way I was initially standing before the shot and it all fell into place. I used Pro One for a while and now use SEE and I think most of the time the movements are so natural that no one would have any idea what I'm looking at or that I'm even pivoting or rotating into the ball, even when I slow it down for very difficult shots. But that natural look took conscious work to get there.

Ultimately you have to do what works best for you to put the ball in the hole and retain your rhythm and feel and imagination. Systems aren't for everyone, they work but take time and effort to learn and to gain the confidence required to utilize properly. Feel free to keep experimenting and working on it and then go "off the grid" when required to get the job done.
Scott
 
noMoreSchon said:
You know what, I am done with constantly trying new things out to make the ball easier. Guess what I make them pretty easy now. Not saying I am a pro but I consider my shot making when it matters A+. It has not always been this way, but much practice lead me to believe in my PSR to be the best at making difficult shots look easy. I have recently contracted the PRO/1 bug, and do very well with it, so much so that I forgo my PSR because it contrasts with the lining up in PRO/1. Last night I had a very tough shot and did not use PRO/1 but instead lined up the trusty GB like I know I can do and drilled it center pocket and drew whitey to exactly where I needed to be. It was refreshing to know how and why it happened. Will I forgo PRO/1 in the future? Probably not. I know the reason I miss is not because of my aiming system. It is from an improperly hit CB. If I just started playing today and all this talk of a magic system to make balls easier was available as it is today I would bite. But the truth is most people do not develop the stroke to employ these systems to the fullest. Balls are easy to make, not for the system I use but because of the flawless (sometimes:wink:) stroke I have developed over two decades of playing...

David
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I agree.
I believe the less you fiddle when you are down, the better too.
It's best if you go down on the stroking line.
 
JoeyInCali said:
I agree.
I believe the less you fiddle when you are down, the better too.
It's best if you go down on the stroking line.
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Everyone goes down on the stroking line no matter how they aim. No one above apa3 is going down and then moving their bridge hand around unless they have some sort of problem.

Aiming is done standing and going into the shot the line is already chosen.
 
JB Cases said:
Everyone goes down on the stroking line no matter how they aim. No one above apa3 is going down and then moving their bridge hand around unless they have some sort of problem.

Aiming is done standing and going into the shot the line is already chosen.
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They may not move their bridge hand, but a whole lot of them move their back hand and/or hips to fidget to what they think is the right line.
 
Neil said:
They may not move their bridge hand, but a whole lot of them move their back hand and/or hips to fidget to what they think is the right line.
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Well, since the bridge is the fulcrum they have to be addressing the ball somewhere other than center ball then.

I get what you mean though. Pat Johnson is a famous fidgeter. I have video of him getting down and literally doing visible adjustments until he is happy. He pockets balls this way though. He didn't even realize he was doing it until I pointed it out to him.
 
JB Cases said:
Everyone goes down on the stroking line no matter how they aim. No one above apa3 is going down and then moving their bridge hand around unless they have some sort of problem.

Aiming is done standing and going into the shot the line is already chosen.
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I like to practice with the lights off. ;)
 
JB Cases said:
Everyone goes down on the stroking line no matter how they aim. No one above apa3 is going down and then moving their bridge hand around unless they have some sort of problem.

Aiming is done standing and going into the shot the line is already chosen.
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Some move their arce sometimes to change the stroking line.
 
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