Where r u lookin when you pull the trigger?
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Set, Pause, Finish.... looking at the contact point on the object ball. imo
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Once you decide where you want to be looking when you pull the trigger, just keep doing it.
I like to look at the cue ball last. This is because this is the only place I can control with my stroke. If I look at the ob last I look at the imaginary vertical line of the ghost ball, that intersects the imaginary horizontal line of where I want the ob to travel.
Long shot especially, I will look at the ghost ball spot on the cloth or vertical + horizontal line of OB and intended path.
But in both cases, I will look a the contact point on the cue ball, the line to the object ball, and back to the point on the cue ball. I do this until I feel it is time to execute. Then I pause and pull the trigger. Sometimes it is 3 strokes sometime it is 4 or 5.
I like to look at the cue ball last. This is because this is the only place I can control with my stroke. If I look at the ob last I look at the imaginary vertical line of the ghost ball, that intersects the imaginary horizontal line of where I want the ob to travel.
Long shot especially, I will look at the ghost ball spot on the cloth or vertical + horizontal line of OB and intended path.
But in both cases, I will look a the contact point on the cue ball, the line to the object ball, and back to the point on the cue ball. I do this until I feel it is time to execute. Then I pause and pull the trigger. Sometimes it is 3 strokes sometime it is 4 or 5.
I thought those cues with triggers were outlawed!!!!!
I'm watching the girl on the next table with the low-cut top. I'm drinking it all in before some fool complains and spoils it for everyone else.
Soft shots look at both (see the table Luke) with more concentration on contact spot on OB.
Normal shots back and forth then zoom in on the contact spot on OB.
Hard shots back and then zoom in on CB-tip contact point.
Money shots look heavenward.
For don't matter shots order a drink wait till it arrives watch barmaids fanny as I shoot.
Normal shots back and forth then zoom in on the contact spot on OB.
Hard shots back and then zoom in on CB-tip contact point.
Money shots look heavenward.
For don't matter shots order a drink wait till it arrives watch barmaids fanny as I shoot.
When I was young I asked a top player this exact question before our match,
I was truly interested, it turns out he never thought about it before, for some reason it messed with his head during the match and it completely threw him off his game and I ended up beating him.
It was an innocent question, I had no intention of messing his head up, he told me after the match that every time he went to shoot he would think about where he was looking and couldn't keep the thought out of his head, he was a good friend and we had a good laugh about it later.
BTW: I look at the object ball when I pull the trigger.
I was truly interested, it turns out he never thought about it before, for some reason it messed with his head during the match and it completely threw him off his game and I ended up beating him.
It was an innocent question, I had no intention of messing his head up, he told me after the match that every time he went to shoot he would think about where he was looking and couldn't keep the thought out of his head, he was a good friend and we had a good laugh about it later.
BTW: I look at the object ball when I pull the trigger.
Out of curiousity, why would it change on kicks?
spot on the object ball.
Exception (this really works and I think everyone should learn it):
look at the cue ball last when shooting jacked up over another ball, especially when you're just going to hit center ball (on the top of the CB) and just cinch the shot.
I've tried both for breaking with little luck. But mostly I look at the head ball. I'll try cue ball some more since other people seem to go with that.
Exception (this really works and I think everyone should learn it):
look at the cue ball last when shooting jacked up over another ball, especially when you're just going to hit center ball (on the top of the CB) and just cinch the shot.
I've tried both for breaking with little luck. But mostly I look at the head ball. I'll try cue ball some more since other people seem to go with that.
because he's probably looking at the rail that he needs to contact in order to hit the OB. In other words.. the rail becomes the object before the object ball
Unless I'm completely wrong and just made a fool of myself?
Do you use a soft or hard break out of curiosity?
because he's probably looking at the rail that he needs to contact in order to hit the OB. In other words.. the rail becomes the object before the object ball
Unless I'm completely wrong and just made a fool of myself?
I think He's saying that he looks at the cue ball last when shooting kicks, but he looks at the object ball whilst potting balls.
I would think that you should be looking at the aiming point on the rail, as you mentioned, as it would be in keeping with his typical eye pattern.
Thought you were supposed to close your eyes ?
No, you close your eyes when you're...well, never mind.:canoodle:
Stand up and circle the table while imagining the ghost ball where it should be, factoring in spin, deflection, speed, throw, etc. Then get down on the shot and stop thinking.
You already planned it out and anything going on in your head besides instincts and fundamentals is polluting the process. Get in position, practice strokes, pause, look at the place where you imagined the ghost ball, execute with a smooth follow through, and move on to the next shot. Repeat until you get paid.
You already planned it out and anything going on in your head besides instincts and fundamentals is polluting the process. Get in position, practice strokes, pause, look at the place where you imagined the ghost ball, execute with a smooth follow through, and move on to the next shot. Repeat until you get paid.