When you look at the object ball, What do you see?
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There are three things I use as a reference on the OB: Each edge and the center. Nothing else is objective and everything else produces illusions.
As the other guys said, "I see edges."
As the other guys said, "I see edges."
I see dead people
This isn't as scientific as an aiming system but basically when I get down on the shot, I can tell if it is on or not. The terms that I like to use are borrowed from Phil Capelle. It is natural aiming and shot picture. Using experience as your teacher, getting down on the shot just looks on (shot picture). But, I try to watch the cueball hit the contact point.
I gotta say that I agree with this and that's the way I see It and do It too.I would go out on a limb and say 99% of all pros do this also.Might be to easy of a concept for some,though lol.John B.
Priceless. Thanks John, that's my new signature! (looking forward to your new dvd, btw.)
Everything has a price.But your welcome.lol John B.
easier said than done
i think this is the best way if u can do it but its not so easy. i always hit too thick. like spidey said - illusions. thats why i went to aiming with center of shaft and edge of shaft/ferrule - works better for me
i think this is the best way if u can do it but its not so easy. i always hit too thick. like spidey said - illusions. thats why i went to aiming with center of shaft and edge of shaft/ferrule - works better for me
While I appear to be in the minority here is another thought for you. If you construct the aim line when you are standing, the point on the CB changes as you bend over. For this reason I continue to stare at the aim point while I am bending over. In this way I know what I am trying to hit when I am in the shooting position. I also find that it helps to see the changing picture of the aim point on the OB as I bend. This seems to improve the visualization of the lines.
Watching Allen Hopkins play (on you tube) I noticed that when in the shooting position he would sometimes raise his head prior to pulling the trigger. Apparently he was checking the aim line and or the CB line of travel following the hit. It appeared to me that he was checking the aim line most of the time.
Here is another thought. On long shots I often pick a point between the OB and the CB to see if the stick and CB are on the same line to the OB point of contact. I fell over this trick some time ago and when I discussed it here on AZB someone pointed out that golfers often do the same thing when they have an intermediate target for a golf shot.
Watching Allen Hopkins play (on you tube) I noticed that when in the shooting position he would sometimes raise his head prior to pulling the trigger. Apparently he was checking the aim line and or the CB line of travel following the hit. It appeared to me that he was checking the aim line most of the time.
Here is another thought. On long shots I often pick a point between the OB and the CB to see if the stick and CB are on the same line to the OB point of contact. I fell over this trick some time ago and when I discussed it here on AZB someone pointed out that golfers often do the same thing when they have an intermediate target for a golf shot.
So have you given up on Stan's CTE, which also involves visuals of quarters and eighths of the OB?
I'm not sure but the starter of this thread does not want to know how you aim, but wants to know what you see when you are looking at the object ball (and I'm assuming after you have already aimed). I think he wants to know what a perfect sight picture is supposed to look like. (It should look PERFECT).
Of course not.
I find the quarters by first identifying the edges and center and then finding the midpoint. Quarters aren't as objective as the edges and center.
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I find the quarters by first identifying the edges and center and then finding the midpoint. Quarters aren't as objective as the edges and center.
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thats inherent with picking a section of ball which is not always easy to see against ITSELF. This is why some players use back of ball type aiming system (B.O.B.), the shadow method I describe in old posts is a style of this. Thats why i call it more of a referencing technique.....shot aim reference, not like normal single point on a blue screen field kind of aiming.
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I see a point on the OB, and the corresponding point on the OTHER SIDE of the CB . . . Good imagination I guess, but that's what my brain sees.
Make sure that the target point that you choose on the OB is exactly on the ball's equator (exactly halfway between it's vertical axis) or you are right, that point will move on you as you bend over the shot...
You beat me to it. Thanks for that...