Johnny Archer Facebook Question

Which is more important, A or B?

  • A. Hit the cueball correctly

    Votes: 54 62.8%

  • B. Aim correctly to the shot

    Votes: 32 37.2%
  • Total voters
    86
DAVE_M said:
If you could hit the cue ball correctly, assuming 'correctly' means hitting the cue ball the correct way to make the shot, then you don't need to aim.
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That's the way I look at it. How do you aim a 30º back cut to the left with two tips of inside, two feet from the OB to the corner pocket and three feet between the CB and OB, using a medium-hard stroke?

You don't. You hit the CB correctly to make the shot, and if you did, the shot goes in.
 
Just did a real quick tally on JA's thread. Seems to be about 2 to 1 in favor of the CB. Some pretty good responses there, a few good players and coaches have left comments. Worth a read if you have the time.

Still no answer from Johnny, though.
 
Sloppy Pockets said:
Wow! It was 3 to 1 in favor of the CB just a few hours ago. Now it's only 3 to 2.

Looks like the aiming folks finally crawled out of bed. :p
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. . . it should eventually balance out to near 50-50.
Can't stay at the table long, one without the other.

Time for another c-c-cup of c-c-coffee so I can h-h-hit what I'm aim-m-m'n at.
 
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Sloppy Pockets said:
Wow! It was 3 to 1 in favor of the CB just a few hours ago. Now it's only 3 to 2.

Looks like the aiming folks finally crawled out of bed. :p
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Guess you don't understand that the first step to every aiming system is to have a straight, repeatable stroke.:p
 
How in heaven's name is one going to be successful with just one of those things?

I thought I read that Johnny was gonna return to gambling. He must be trying to fake someody out with that.
 
Black-Balled said:
How in heaven's name is one going to be successful with just one of those things?

I thought I read that Johnny was gonna return to gambling. He must be trying to fake someody out with that.
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Or he's making the point that people with crap fundamentals don't aim great either, no matter how they do it.
 
Accuracy starts at the cue ball.....where else would it start?

If you can't hit whitey where you intend to, everything else you learn are seeds falling on
barren ground.
 
I said B, when we did the legends DVDs Nick Varner said "making the ball is always the #1 prority."
If you do not aim correctly you go sit down. I read Johnnys answer and now I see it was a loaded question. IMO

Mark
 
pool101 said:
I said B, when we did the legends DVDs Nick Varner said "making the ball is always the #1 prority."
If you do not aim correctly you go sit down. I read Johnnys answer and now I see it was a loaded question. IMO

Mark
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This is what Mr. Archer said in a subsequent post on FB:

In my opinion the answer to the question is A. Your aim can be a little off as long as you hit the cueball correctly. That's just the way I see it. Thanks everyone.
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I'll leave it to others to decide if it was intended as a loaded question or not.
 
If he posted it on here he would get answers just like you see. He asked to answer A or B. How hard is that?
 
Rjmoncrief said:
If he posted it on here he would get answers just like you see. He asked to answer A or B. How hard is that?
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He got a good amount of the same kind of answers on his FB page. Lots of "both", "chicken vs. egg", "neither is more important", etc. CJ Wiley commented, "Which one is more important when clapping your hands.....the left hand or the right hand?" Figures. Wonder if he knows what the sound of one lip flapping is?

I guess the main point is that Johnny himself thinks "A" is the answer. It's more important to hit the CB correctly. I think it's always good to hear the opinions of the elite players, whether we end up agreeing with them or not.
 
Sloppy Pockets said:
He got a good amount of the same kind of answers on his FB page. Lots of "both", "chicken vs. egg", "neither is more important", etc. CJ Wiley commented, "Which one is more important when clapping your hands.....the left hand or the right hand?" Figures. Wonder if he knows what the sound of one lip flapping is?

I guess the main point is that Johnny himself thinks "A" is the answer. It's more important to hit the CB correctly. I think it's always good to hear the opinions of the elite players, whether we end up agreeing with them or not.
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There is simply no case for B.
 
ok, ok. i've been deliberating for 2 fricken days on this. and it's driving me mad! so i had to simplify it, and bring it down to "feel".

yes, you lineup the shot to the pocket. but at some point (perhaps it's a female-thing), you get down on that shot fully knowing where you SHOULD/HOW hit the cue for action. and then you simply "feel" it. you don't see the OB; you are centered on the CB to pocket. those lines become one. and you just stroke....

i have to vote for A & pray i don't miscue since i have no Magic Russian Chalk.
 
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