Shooting Without “Aiming”

Brookeland Bill said:
I realize what your saying. I’m just not using a formula or the mechanics that are touted in this section of AZB.
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I don't use a 'system' either when playing. Which is what I now believe you meant when you said you don't 'aim'.

I advocate for the ghost ball method (system/whatever), and preach solid fundamentals, but in reality I really don't make much effort to adhere to those suggestions. That aiming method and strict fundamentals accelerated my progression as a player early on, and it's a nice crutch to lean on when things aren't going my way. However I'd hazard a guess and say I don't handle aiming these days any differently then you.
 
I don't know why some think it's impossible for some to see the angle of approach to the OB automatically ?

This has been proven in videos . They teach the no feathering or practice stroke shooting in snooker .
And is also taught by Tor Lowry .
Setup shots, shoot without practice strokes .
I wish I was 25 years younger and had time to practice it .
 
Brookeland Bill said:
I realize what your saying. I’m just not using a formula or the mechanics that are touted in this section of AZB. I do utilize the 1/2 ball hit for spot shots But the half ball hit has been around years before Hal and fractional aiming.
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And that halfball aim is the core of my fractional method. It comes in very handy to know 100% whether or not any particular shot can be made using a halfball aim.
 
JoeyInCali said:
I don't know why some think it's impossible for some to see the angle of approach to the OB automatically ?

This has been proven in videos . They teach the no feathering or practice stroke shooting in snooker .
And is also taught by Tor Lowry .
Setup shots, shoot without practice strokes .
I wish I was 25 years younger and had time to practice it .
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You'll enjoy this......
 
Brookeland Bill said:
I realize what your saying. I’m just not using a formula or the mechanics that are touted in this section of AZB. I do utilize the 1/2 ball hit for spot shots But the half ball hit has been around years before Hal and fractional aiming.
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Thousands of players do the same. There are also quite a few aiming systems, some of which can help players of all levels. Even pros will use systems on occasion for particular shots.
 
I think not needing to aim is related to being good enough to keep the pool manageable. That is, in line, same ole shots/angles, passing the "difficult" shots for simple safeties. Ultimately though, if you haven't aimed, you guessed - not my idea of good sense.
 
straightline said:
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You obviously have never been to a honky tonk or roadhouse. Only beer and wine, coin operated tables, horse trough for a urinal, only country and western on the jukebo, Lonestar and Jax beer and real country folks. Travel back in time I East Texas and get a dose of it.
 
Brookeland Bill said:
You obviously have never been to a honky tonk or roadhouse. Only beer and wine, coin operated tables, horse trough for a urinal, only country and western on the jukebo, Lonestar and Jax beer and real country folks. Travel back in time I East Texas and get a dose of it.
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Nope not much on wanderlust. Went to LV one time in the 70s. Lost a couple hundred lol. I do recall country music was the preference in the action bars/small rooms I've been to though.
 
"horse trough for a urinal"

Galvanized and painted the same color as the wall above, with a pipe with holes bored in it that ran the full length that trickled enough water to keep the piss flowing. You mean that urinal?
 
Boxcar said:
"horse trough for a urinal"

Galvanized and painted the same color as the wall above, with a pipe with holes bored in it that ran the full length that trickled enough water to keep the piss flowing. You mean that urinal?
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Yep...tilted so it leads to a hole with a pipe that goes through the floor and ends up on the ground right under the wood frame honky tonk...you got it...back in the 60’s there was a wall separating the Blacks and the Whites...a segregated beer joint....all the beer cans were steel and just piled up outside in the woods about 6 foot high to rust and decompose...
 
Brookeland Bill said:
Yep...tilted so it leads to a hole with a pipe that goes through the floor and ends up on the ground right under the wood frame honky tonk...you got it...back in the 60’s there was a wall separating the Blacks and the Whites...a segregated beer joint....all the beer cans were steel and just piled up outside in the woods about 6 foot high to rust and decompose...
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I'm only 75, so you've probably got a couple of years on me, but I'd go back in a NY second.

Old Milwaukee 16 oz.....those rascals would rust right in front of your very eyes!
 
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