Two types of aiming

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duckie

GregH
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There are two types of aiming........direct and indirect.

Direct aiming is when there is a direct path to the OB for the CB.

Indirect aiming is when there is not a direct path to the OB for the CB. Common example is having to send the CB to a rail first then the OB like can happen in safety play. Another is going CB rail first to pocket in order to get a better angle off the OB or go around a ball blocking the ball you want to pocket.

Any system that requires using parts of both the OB and CB for aiming is direct aiming, meaning it is limited when it comes to indirect aiming. Fractional is a example.

Any system that uses CB location on the table can be used for direct and indirect aiming as it doesn't depend on using parts of the OB for aiming, Ghostball.
 
duckie said:
There are two types of aiming........direct and indirect.

Direct aiming is when there is a direct path to the OB for the CB.

Indirect aiming is when there is not a direct path to the OB for the CB. Common example is having to send the CB to a rail first then the OB like can happen in safety play. Another is going CB rail first to pocket in order to get a better angle off the OB or go around a ball blocking the ball you want to pocket.

Any system that requires using parts of both the OB and CB for aiming is direct aiming, meaning it is limited when it comes to indirect aiming. Fractional is a example.

Any system that uses CB location on the table can be used for direct and indirect aiming as it doesn't depend on using parts of the OB for aiming, Ghostball.
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not sure i agree with this
if you consider a full ball hit (ie straight in) as a fractional aiming target than
hitting your target on the rail imagining it as a full ball hit would allow you to make an indirect aim as you call it using fractional aiming
jmho
 
Fractional aiming indirect also. If you go rail first with the CB the you first pick out the line of aim into the rail then the rebound angle. Once you've found this you then predict how you want to have the balls overlap to send the OB where you want. Either way, ghost ball or fractional, you still have to have the ability to pick out your point of contact on a rail if you go rail first. If you want to pocket a ball this way your ghost ball position is determined by where the OB is on the table. So, you have to use both balls. The same is said for direct pots. You pick your ghost ball spot based on where the OB is.
 
duckie said:
There are two types of aiming........direct and indirect.

Direct aiming is when there is a direct path to the OB for the CB.

Indirect aiming is when there is not a direct path to the OB for the CB. Common example is having to send the CB to a rail first then the OB like can happen in safety play. Another is going CB rail first to pocket in order to get a better angle off the OB or go around a ball blocking the ball you want to pocket.

Any system that requires using parts of both the OB and CB for aiming is direct aiming, meaning it is limited when it comes to indirect aiming. Fractional is a example.

Any system that uses CB location on the table can be used for direct and indirect aiming as it doesn't depend on using parts of the OB for aiming, Ghostball.
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Those "direct" shots are probably 95% of the shots in pool, unless you really suck at position. Good thing there are some great systems for direct shots, and for indirect there are plenty of useful systems for those too. Much better than guess-ball, er ghost-ball.
 
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