Hallo!
I haven't told this anybody yet. Maybe everybody does it like this and I'm a slow learner, I don't know. So I wasn't sure whether I should share this or not. A short disclaimer though: This is not a system!
Let's say you are faced with a straight shot (no angle). When you are down on the shot, you will see a picture similar to this.
From that perspective the cueball appears to be bigger than the objectball. The goal is obviously to aim the center of the cueball at the center of the red ball. However it's sometimes difficult for me to find the exact center of both balls. I'm not sure why, maybe it has something to do with my dominant eye and the fact that the cueball is very close to my eyes. This, of course, leads to inconsistencies. Sometimes the shot looks right, but my gut feeling says I'm not on the correct line.
A different way to aim is instead of focussing on the the aiming point (the center of the red ball) to focus on the thickness of the shot (full eclipse). The balls are essentially two circles. If you visualize vertical tangents at the left and right edges, you will get something like this.
For a straight shot the distance between the left white line and the left red line has to be the same as the distance between the two lines on the right side.
For a slight cut to the left the picture may look like this.
On every shot I deliberately focus on the edges of the balls and use them to get the correct line of aim. The shots tend to look much clearer that way, especially shots with little angle (maybe 0° - 15°) and thin cuts. This has been part of my routine for more than a year now. It's funny because it's so simple, I almost feel stupid. Sometimes, when I lose concentration, the shots can still start to look wrong, or something just doesn't feel right. Then I focus on the edges again and will usually discover that the edges/tangents aren't where they're supposed to be. And interestingly the error always appears on the left side, meaning when I'm shooting a straight shot and I happen to be on the wrong line, it would look more like the third picture (slight angle to the left). That's why I think it might have something to do with eye dominance.
Well, that's it. That's how I aim. If you want to learn more, you will have to wait for the DVD.
Does anybody else do this?
I haven't told this anybody yet. Maybe everybody does it like this and I'm a slow learner, I don't know. So I wasn't sure whether I should share this or not. A short disclaimer though: This is not a system!
Let's say you are faced with a straight shot (no angle). When you are down on the shot, you will see a picture similar to this.
From that perspective the cueball appears to be bigger than the objectball. The goal is obviously to aim the center of the cueball at the center of the red ball. However it's sometimes difficult for me to find the exact center of both balls. I'm not sure why, maybe it has something to do with my dominant eye and the fact that the cueball is very close to my eyes. This, of course, leads to inconsistencies. Sometimes the shot looks right, but my gut feeling says I'm not on the correct line.
A different way to aim is instead of focussing on the the aiming point (the center of the red ball) to focus on the thickness of the shot (full eclipse). The balls are essentially two circles. If you visualize vertical tangents at the left and right edges, you will get something like this.
For a straight shot the distance between the left white line and the left red line has to be the same as the distance between the two lines on the right side.
For a slight cut to the left the picture may look like this.
On every shot I deliberately focus on the edges of the balls and use them to get the correct line of aim. The shots tend to look much clearer that way, especially shots with little angle (maybe 0° - 15°) and thin cuts. This has been part of my routine for more than a year now. It's funny because it's so simple, I almost feel stupid. Sometimes, when I lose concentration, the shots can still start to look wrong, or something just doesn't feel right. Then I focus on the edges again and will usually discover that the edges/tangents aren't where they're supposed to be. And interestingly the error always appears on the left side, meaning when I'm shooting a straight shot and I happen to be on the wrong line, it would look more like the third picture (slight angle to the left). That's why I think it might have something to do with eye dominance.
Well, that's it. That's how I aim. If you want to learn more, you will have to wait for the DVD.
Does anybody else do this?
