I think that is the ideal formula for anyone that wants to excel in any field, whether it be pool, guitar, carpentry, etc. You learn from those who are better and more knowledgeable than yourself, then you work your tail off. Of course there are other factors involved, but there is no substitute for hard work, and gaining wisdom and insight from those that know better.
Hi, just wanted to say thank you to all that gave advice. The reason I asked about an aim point is; I've been playing for 20 years now. I use to aim at the point of contact on the object ball, then gradually switched to ghost ball and won many games that way. But after changing my stance, approach, aim and timing, none of those previous aiming methods work for me now. So I was just curious if after changing all those things like Mark shows in his videos, if a new aim point is needed by me or just do the old trial and error for another 20 years! Again, thanks to all who shared and will share info. And thank you to Mark Wilson, a Team Mosconi Coach sharing info with us all.
Changing things such as your stance will change your perspective a little bit. It did for me what I started getting down on the cue more, apparently where I should be. Try this... Set up ywo object balls Frozen and pointing toward the pocket. Get down in your stance and aim at the first ball. Just before you shoot, have somebody move that ball away, and shoot at the remaining ball where the other ball was sitting. And shoot firm to minimize any Collision induced throw.
By the time you're down on the ball you should be ready to shoot basically wherever the stick is pointed. Prior to this you can shift your gaze to check that the cuts line up but you basically shoot straight ahead of you.
After a 20 year hiatus, my game is much better now than ever. All because I changed my stance and created a pre-shot routine. My aiming is taken care of before I get down for the shot. There's still a lot to work on, but those long shots aren't near as intimidating as they used to be.
Works a helluva lot better than haphazardly eyeballing everything for sure. You hear a lot of teachers throw out acronyms like PSR and SPF but very little on what the brain is doing; what the shooter thinks, during these steps.
straightline...Once again you show how clueless you are. You don't even know what SPF is about, nor how it is used to create great repeatable PSR's! Anyone who understands SPF knows that connecting the brain to your PSR #1 (there are 3 PSR's) is essential.
BFD your agenda. Whyncha explain what the thought process is or is SPF just a CNC algorithm?