The more you watch this guy, the more you'll realize that he is using a couple of basic quarter aim points on the OB, then applying left or right english to thin or thicken the angle up as needed. It's a good way to develop a feel for spinning balls in.
He's using 3 aim points. 1/4 ball just happens to be one of the three. It's center ball, 1/4 ball, and edge. After that it's edge to edge.
As Spider suggests, you have to experiment with it to figure out the limitations for using a center to center alignment, then do the same for using a center to edge alignment.
And a center to 1/4 ball alignment.
Then experiment with varying degrees of english, or keep the english consistent and experiment with varying bridge distances.
He never discusses bridge distance and I've never messed with it for over 10 years. Keeping English consistent is the way to go except on center to center alignments with fairly small cut angles to prevent an overcut. The pivot is to a specific spot which produces more than sufficient spin for pretty much all shots. If you go beyond for more spin, it will affect accuracy.
Then once you get it working from close range, you'll need to experiment with varying distances between the balls and between the ob and the pocket.
It's not a tedious process. It's very easy and quite apparent.
It seems like a good tool to use on certain shots where you need a good tool, but too many variables at play to use it consistently on every shot from all over the table, unless you devote a few thousand hours of practice.
Not true. Not true at all. It's absolutely deadly, easy to see and align with only 3 aim points, and spin the ball at the same time with accuracy. It's without a doubt the FASTEST method of anything I know because of it's simplicity for visualization to the aim points.
Again, I should know after 10 years of work and using it.
Still, just experimenting around with it for a little while can help you develop a great understanding of how english affects cut angles.
Experimenting with it to learn English for use on another system doesn't make sense to me. Just use the damn 3 Line aiming system! If you want to use another aiming system, learn how to apply English with IT.
Here's the same thing he's doing, minus the last-second swipe of english. I'm use BHE..... Fine-tuning aim with english
There are different ways to apply BHE. Unfortunately for many pool players, they refuse to use it at all and stick to parallel English which I think causes more misses because of guesswork or not enough guesswork for squirt/deflection. I'm seeing more guesswork from you in your video than what the 3 Line system calls for with pivot. The end result is the same but you're complicating it. I think what you need to look at more closely is, where is your tip aiming on the OB after the pivot. I'll bet it's where he says it is in the original video.
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