Paul_#_
Well-known member
This is not the more-common intuitive aiming of pros where aiming is done standing up with only a cursory check while down on the shot.
Sharivari discusses Moritz in his YouTube video suggesting that amateurs could benefit by spending more time setting up shots as does Moritz and the pros. Moritz told Sharivari that he uses his method because he just struggles to get the right perspective for cut shots and straight shots.
I have tried the Moritz' aiming method today and it seems to help. No problem in lining up the line of object ball to pocket center. I tend to lose the line of cue ball to ghost ball, however, when I move my eyes right and left of that aiming line. The cue ball I see when down on the shot, too, is different from what I see while doing the back-n-forth eyeballing. I am trying to figure whether I can find during eyeballing the aiming spot on the object ball or the amount of cue-ball overlap of object ball. And, then, use that to aim when I go down on the shot.
Times when to watch videos:
Sharivari: 0:50
Matchroom (he won the game): 6:30 starts shot,
16:35 stands a couple of steps back of table;
eyeballs the line the object ball travels, moves head back-n-forth from that pocket path
16:40 eyeballs aiming line, head moves back-n-forth from aiming line;
16:46 turns eyes up
16:48 stands and takes two steps forward while going down on the shot
16:55 takes shot
17:08 in the next shot he aims while standing up
17:35 last shot, he moves head back-n-forth to aim about 10 degree shot
33:30 does back-n-forth aiming
34:10 stands up to rethink shot, does back-n-forth with object ball and then cue ball
34:30 takes shot
35:45 last shot
35:50 starts back-n-forth with cue ball aiming line, then object ball pocketing line, and back to cue-ball aiming line
Last edited: