Theory v Application

[duckie]

My go fast system. 04 Yamaha YZF R1,1000cc, 175ish hp, 400 lbs torque monster.

Whats this got to do with pool and aiming......well.....not a thing. Not too bad for a 63 year old fart.

ZOOM ZOOM.......

 

[Renegade_56]

When I walk up to a table that I randomly rolled the balls out onto the table, the pic below is a example of what I may see.

What I do with them depends on what the objective is of that roll out.

The objective could be any one of the following:
Any ball, any pocket, any spin
Any ball, any pocket, specific type of spin
Stripes then solids, solids then stripes
Solid, stripe, solid, stripe.....
banks....one two,three rails
carom
combos
Any combination of the above three
kicks....one, two, three rail
Safety battles with myself
And a few more, this is just a short list

Some of the shooting positions could be:
shooting jacked up over a ball
shooting one handed
shooting behind my back
shooting with the CB frozen to a rail
shooting goofy footed
shooting leaned out across the table, cue no where under my head
shooting with the bridge
and a few more

This list comes from what I have experienced in spending alot of time at the table. This list are the requirements I judge any aiming system on.

The killer of all aiming systems is spin. Once any from of spin is used, every system fails. Even when this is mentioned, in passing by the system designer, it gets overlooked. This is why aiming systems look good on paper, but are not truely able to be applied in the real world.

Kinda like thinking the world is flat......looks good on paper, but in reality, it aint so.

Roll 15 out there and use nothing but high inside on all cut shots. Meaning if the cut shot is a right cut into a corner, then use top right spin. That drive the sticking aiming and pivot boys crazy.

Freeze a OB next to the CB and shot jacked up.......what now with the bridge hand needs to be xx distance away?

Use the bridge........how the hell you gonna get your head over the cue?

Oh.........I made the 6 past the 9......wasn't a low percentage shot for me.

Every shot I post.......I made...........first try.....no miss and try again, no practice then film as was done with the curtain shots.

I'm about mastering pool, not going from a APA 3 to APA 4. This prevents me from accepting any form of bullshit about what it takes to do so.

This is also why I want those that do have the same level of passion to master the games of pool to understand what it truely takes which does not include any make believe, pretending things are there when they are not.

Its amazing one little guy can cause such a uproar......just because I refuse to believe in things that are wrong.........like spheres have edges, you can hit fraction of a ball and there are objective aiming systems. (Just waiting to be misquoted on the last one.....as people with no character are apt to do.)

Well, maybe is just that it proves them wrong in there thinking and just too willing to remain ignorant of the real world.....unwilling to learn and grow.....ie flat world thinkers of old.

Finally!

After years of reading completely and utterly selfish aiming arguments, we now have in print, the way you want us to aim,,,,,,,,

workin on it now,,,,,,,,,,,

aiming arguments should now die away.

 

[duckie]

Actually, there is one thing in common............the human.

In theory, that bike is one fast bike. It's got all the right stuff on it.

Stainless steel exhaust...less weight
Velocity stacks for great mid range
Ktech valves in the forks
Ohlins rear shock
Power Command
Quickshifter
Sticky tires
Unreal front brakes
Setup done professionally.

But......in application, which is all on me......it does not go as fast as it can. My current skill level is the limiting factor. There are things I need to work on in order to go faster..

Same in pool.......whatever method a person develops or chooses is only as good as the person applying the method.

Now it's good to have the right method, but that's all personal choice.

ZOOM, ZOOM........