The Ultimate Aiming System REVISITED

I started using this when it was first posted. I don't use it all the time but find that it comes in very handy so far with very thin cut shots where it might be more difficult to see the ghost ball but easier to use the ferrule.

Have you noticed that there has been no fighting in this thread nor was there any in the original thread?

Maybe thats because the video was short yet informative, easy to understand, remember and thats all someone had to do was watch it and take it to the table. A few practice shots and it was clear that it is a simple system that actually works.

I'm glad you re posted this so others who might have missed the original
can see it.
 
Blue Hog ridr said:
I started using this when it was first posted. I don't use it all the time but find that it comes in very handy so far with very thin cut shots where it might be more difficult to see the ghost ball but easier to use the ferrule.

Have you noticed that there has been no fighting in this thread nor was there any in the original thread?

Maybe thats because the video was short yet informative, easy to understand, remember and thats all someone had to do was watch it and take it to the table. A few practice shots and it was clear that it is a simple system that actually works.

I'm glad you re posted this so others who might have missed the original
can see it.
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Thank you. :)
 
Joe started playing much better, I would say in pool talk about 2 balls better some time ago. Eventually he explained this system to me but I was hesitant. "I have my own way and that is as good as it gets for me." However, I thought,
The system must be looked at. the improvement i see in Joe is real.
This whole thing put me in such a slump a while ago, and has taken a while to wrap my brain around, and I still do it my own way, but I find myself using this system more and more on all shots near and far. I am still fairly screwed up with my aiming, nothappyaboutthat, I might need another few months, but I know it will be for the better.
I would say give it a try, if it works for you so be it.try the other systems. pivot or whatever. if it gets you better it is all good.
steven
 
I've seen this video once before but it's been a long time now. Always interesting to revisit another aiming system.

Thanks for posting it.
JoeyA
 
A simple test to understand the visual alignment for this system is to set up a shot with a known angle not using this method. As you sight the shot, notice where the edge of the cue stick is. If you are lined up correctly, the edge of the cue stick will be able to be seen with one eye or the other.

For a left cut, you right eye will be sighting the cue stick line to contact point and vice versa. This occurs naturally as the eyes blend their images. For each player, it is a different amount of blending because we each have different amount of dominances in our eyes. We compensate for this and move our alignment accordingly.

If you close one eye and then the other as you aim, you will see the object ball move. If you are lined up correctly, one visual image will look bad and the other will look good. You should notice the edge of the stick is pointing at the contact point with the good image. The eye opposite the shot direction will direct traffic as the other eye moves out toward the edge of the cueball.

IOW, for a left cut, the left eye moves toward the left edge of the cueball. The right eye moves to the left edge of the stick and lines up with the contact point. This is probably how almost all shooters use their eyes at an advanced level whether they notice the edge of the cue stick or not. Over the years these systems have sprung up from reverse engineering correct alignments. If you don't get using both eyes to aim, or have a completely dominant eye, you will not get this method. Two equally blended eyes will work, also.

Best,
Mike
 
I was curious if anybody has tried these adjustments I've described? This system was erroneously dismissed by several posters without realizing how accurate it can become with practice and relatively few adjustments.

What seems to be and what is really happening, describe this method to a T. What we initially preceive and diagram is not what the eyes can tell us visually. With a deeper look we can find that this method is extremely accurate as the cuts get thinner. In fact, the 80+ degree cuts are quite possible and are made by looking at the edge of the object ball contact point.

If you try the procedure I've written in previous posts, there is no guess work. Just aiming at a contact point and using a similar Perfect Aim alignment to pocket balls. Understanding how your eyes aim is the key to becoming successful using it.

A strong player I know from Texas uses a variation of this system and didn't want me to post this. He kept it to himself for years and didn't tell me. After I figured it out, he showed me what he knew. If he would've showed me from the git, I wouldn't be posting this now. :grin:

Best,
Mike
 
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