I can’t explain it as eloquently as you did but I had the same problem decades ago. It wasn’t caught on video at the pool schools and never would have caught it if not for the trained eyes of a seasoned money player. He simply said, “you’re aiming with your right(grip) hand. I’m like WTF are you talking about?
He explained .. some players think they see one line, the shot line, but in fact they’re playing two. The line to the CB and the line from the CB to the OB. They set their alignment perfectly on the CB, PSR looks great as they’re focused on the CB. When ready to pull the trigger they switch their focus to the OB, Now their grip hand accelerates through the the CB steering their tip down the new line. It even looks good when finished because their tip is on the cloth right on the shot line. No problem here!
He had me tweak a couple of alignment problems focussing on the true single line but most importantly taught me the function of the grip hand/wrist. It simply goes to “finish” with proper speed. He said if you would have been using your grip hand properly in the first place you would have been missing a lot of balls and corrected your alignment instead of compensating with your back hand. It affects everything as some players need a half tip of side to bring the CB around the table while others are out on the miscue line to get the same result
Edit .. He told me before I left, “ don’t bring a baseball swing to a golf tournament “
He explained .. some players think they see one line, the shot line, but in fact they’re playing two. The line to the CB and the line from the CB to the OB. They set their alignment perfectly on the CB, PSR looks great as they’re focused on the CB. When ready to pull the trigger they switch their focus to the OB, Now their grip hand accelerates through the the CB steering their tip down the new line. It even looks good when finished because their tip is on the cloth right on the shot line. No problem here!
He had me tweak a couple of alignment problems focussing on the true single line but most importantly taught me the function of the grip hand/wrist. It simply goes to “finish” with proper speed. He said if you would have been using your grip hand properly in the first place you would have been missing a lot of balls and corrected your alignment instead of compensating with your back hand. It affects everything as some players need a half tip of side to bring the CB around the table while others are out on the miscue line to get the same result
Edit .. He told me before I left, “ don’t bring a baseball swing to a golf tournament “

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