Quadrant aiming is a name that I made up to describe a way that I "aim." Gve it a try and see if you like it.
The goal of quadrant aiming is to zero in on the contact point. Once you know where the contact point precisely is it is easy to visualize the shot from there. So you locate the contact point and from there you have the tangent line, the ghostball location etc. and everyone knows this but it is taught that locating one of the 360 ticks (precise contact point) is hard when I dont think it is. Try this method and see if it becomes easier.
Quadrant aiming refers to concentrating on one quadrant of the object ball and narrowing the contact point down from there. The quadrants on the object ball are front left, front right, back left, and back right. The front and back halves are divided by an imaginary line parallel to the foot and head rail and the right and left halves are divided by an imaginary line parallel to the side rails. No matter where the object ball is on the table the quadrants will stay the same. No matter where the cueball is in relation to the object ball, the quadrants on the objectball will always stay the same. Now lets move on.
Now on any normal shot there is only one quadrant of the objectball that you will need to focus on. For instance, if you are going to pocket the shot in the lower left corner then your contact point is going to be somewhere in the front right quadrant. Get the idea? Now to narrow the quadrant down even further imagine this. If you are shooting into the lower left corner you can imagine a line from the corner to the side pocket. If the object ball rests on that line then the contact point is going to be precisely in the middle of the front right quadrant. If the object ball rests to the right of the imaginary line then the contact point will be on the right side of the quadrant in equal proportions and the opposite is also true. With practice it is easy to see precisely where the correct contact point is no matter where it rests on the table or if the shot is a straight in shot, a cut to the left, a cut to the right, a backwards cut, it doesnt matter... the contact point will be easy to find by looking within the correct quadrant based on the pocket chosen and narrowing the precise point of contact within the quadrant down proportionately to where the objectball is resting on the table.
Once you narrow in on the precise contact point you simply shoot the cueball to hit it... much like playing baseball and picking a location on the plate that you want to throw to if you are pitching. In baseball you pick the location and you throw it... in pool you pick the contact spot and you hit it.
Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.
The goal of quadrant aiming is to zero in on the contact point. Once you know where the contact point precisely is it is easy to visualize the shot from there. So you locate the contact point and from there you have the tangent line, the ghostball location etc. and everyone knows this but it is taught that locating one of the 360 ticks (precise contact point) is hard when I dont think it is. Try this method and see if it becomes easier.
Quadrant aiming refers to concentrating on one quadrant of the object ball and narrowing the contact point down from there. The quadrants on the object ball are front left, front right, back left, and back right. The front and back halves are divided by an imaginary line parallel to the foot and head rail and the right and left halves are divided by an imaginary line parallel to the side rails. No matter where the object ball is on the table the quadrants will stay the same. No matter where the cueball is in relation to the object ball, the quadrants on the objectball will always stay the same. Now lets move on.
Now on any normal shot there is only one quadrant of the objectball that you will need to focus on. For instance, if you are going to pocket the shot in the lower left corner then your contact point is going to be somewhere in the front right quadrant. Get the idea? Now to narrow the quadrant down even further imagine this. If you are shooting into the lower left corner you can imagine a line from the corner to the side pocket. If the object ball rests on that line then the contact point is going to be precisely in the middle of the front right quadrant. If the object ball rests to the right of the imaginary line then the contact point will be on the right side of the quadrant in equal proportions and the opposite is also true. With practice it is easy to see precisely where the correct contact point is no matter where it rests on the table or if the shot is a straight in shot, a cut to the left, a cut to the right, a backwards cut, it doesnt matter... the contact point will be easy to find by looking within the correct quadrant based on the pocket chosen and narrowing the precise point of contact within the quadrant down proportionately to where the objectball is resting on the table.
Once you narrow in on the precise contact point you simply shoot the cueball to hit it... much like playing baseball and picking a location on the plate that you want to throw to if you are pitching. In baseball you pick the location and you throw it... in pool you pick the contact spot and you hit it.
Give it a try and let me know if it works for you.
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