Using a "Touch" of outside on cut shots

[Patrick Johnson]

Here is a new video by @Sharivari explaining the myth of "ball and rail at the same time". (You have to hit the "Watch on YouTube" button. He has turned off remote embedding as it decreases monetization.)

(I find that the Go-Pro POV stuff makes me sea sick.)

Throw doesn’t go away when the OB is frozen to a rail.

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[Bob Jewett]

Throw doesn’t go away when the OB is frozen to a rail. ...

I think he had most of the explanation right. Some of it could have been phrased more clearly.

 

[Tennesseejoe]

I guess my main question still is: Isn't just aiming a tick thinner with center-ball to account for throw just the same as adding a "touch of outside"? Aren't you just trading one variable for another, which also is going to add deflection and curve to the equation? I genuinely could be completely wrong, so I guess I'm just asking for other opinions to see if my thinking is perhaps just wrong on this..?

It seems to work that way for me and is accurate. When the cue ball hits the object ball it seems to deaden the hit which holds up the cue ball. Very helpful for position.

 

[Tennesseejoe]

A good test shot for TOI is a perfectly straight shot for power draw, with the cue ball close to the object ball, where you would typically not apply sidespin. Hit it hard--TOI has its uses.

Define 'close'.