Pro aiming: Eyeball object-ball path & then cue-ball path with eyes near pool-table height

[Paul_#_]

Pro Moritz Neuhausen aims eyeballing the path from object ball to pocket with eyes not far above pool-table height and stands a couple steps behind pool table. His eyes go right and left of that object-ball path and back to pocket center. He then repeats this aiming but for the aiming line of cue ball to ghost ball.

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

 

[boogieman]

View attachment 890743Pro Moritz Neuhausen aims eyeballing the path from object ball to pocket with eyes not far above pool-table height and stands a couple steps behind pool table. His eyes go right and left of that object-ball path and back to pocket center. He then repeats this aiming but for the aiming line of cue ball to ghost ball.

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

If I'm not being lazy I will crouch/squat down and look at the OB into the pocket line on anything but dead easy shots. It helps. I can't help but think the act of standing up and seeing the perspective change helps avoid optical illusions. The more info you give your brain the better it can calculate.

I probably look like an idiot doing so but I get a few "good shots" at most league nights. Difficult shots can be easier if you give yourself the spacial data to know you're seeing what you think you see.

If you're playing on a shot clock and down to the money ball and have an extension left, take it and do this... I'd guess it's helped me eliminate 90% of the choke shots where I miss an easy money ball. Plus it keeps you from rushing an "easy" shot.

 

[Paul_#_]

. The more info you give your brain the better it can calculate

Despite no obvious improvement in the short time I have used the Moritz method, I like it because it seems I should be able to capitalize on it. What is not to like? How can assuring oneself that the object ball line to pocket and the cue ball line to object ball are true? Moritz seems to get a more definite advantage from the two aimings. I figure one aiming is solid (object ball to pocket) and the other, theoretical and goofy (cue ball to ghost ball with eyeballs going too far right and too far left of aiming line).

 

[Island Drive]

For me it's swinging straight thru my chosen contact spot on the cue ball with a Few practice swings If I like it..... I then look up at the obj. ball to confirm my aim.
If I don't' like it, I get back up off the shot and walk up a little more left or a little more right.
I KIS.