It's pretty common to do that around here too. I haven't used it much but on some shots that are a bit odd angled I get behind the object ball and lock my eyes on the spot where the center of the ghost ball should be and then walk back around the table never letting my eyes leave the point I want the cue ball to cross. A nice trick for backcutting balls and it doesn't give the other player anything to whine about. The original method doesn't give people anything legitimate to whine about but we have some world class whiners around here who never miss a chance to stay in practice, valid reason or not.
The video gives me a great idea. I just put a roll of the blue low adhesion masking tape in my cue case along with one of the laser level thingies that throws lines across walls and floors and such. Next time I have an interesting shot I'm going to break out the level and start taping lines on the floor and far wall. Should make whomever I'm playing with crazy especially after I break out a tape measure and calculator and do some high level cyphering! (yeah, jacking with the whiners is one of my joys in life, what else can I say? :thumbup
Hu
This works for me... you have to visualize and really focus, use your head and ignore eveything else, think positive and only think about how good its gonna look and feel when that ball does exactly what you are trying to make it do... it works everytime, and you will miss ALOT less than you already do if you do this. The key is FOCUS!!! You must learn to unleash that deep focus within, when you do that it shows the full potential of your true skills and you will know how good of a pool player you truly are.