You either shoot straight or you don't...

[lfigueroa]

Lou:

Post after post, if you keep bringing "cookies" into this, "cookie man" is going to come after you! Maybe "CTE" stands for "Cookie Template Expansion"?

-Sean

Sean, there's no "CTE" in the subject line of this thread, so I think we're safe here from CM

Lou Figueroa
but let's not press
our luck

 

[LAMas]

If you can shoot 10 out of 10 long (CB and OB far apart) straight in shots (or more), I say that you're shooting straight. To do that, you most have a good visual alignment, stance, stroke...for that shot.

If you can shoot 10 out of 10 spot shots (from the kitchen or more) while aiming at the edge of the OB (30 degrees), I say that you're shooting straight. To do that, you most have a good visual alignment, stance, stroke...for that shot.

There are many more shots/cut angles that need to be mastered by some form of visualization or where to aim the cue. Shooting a million varied shots can't hurt, but is there a faster way?

I practice shots that I miss and often I miss that same shot the same way untilI change my aim for that cut angle. I wonder if my memory of that shot is wrong for I made that shot before many times, or is that I am not focusing at where I am aiming, did I hit the CB off center?

That I have a spot that I know that I need to hit gives me a starting point to make corrections. One needs to shoot straight at whatever you aim at to replace the GB with the CB.

It seems like I'm sarcastic, but you need to shoot straight at the right spot.

Then there comes the application of speed and English to the shot that changes where one aims.

 

[alstl]

Does anybody else feel this way...??

Sorry but I couldn't resist seeing how 75% of the threads on the front page are about aiming methods that I think are bogus...

I asked two world champions about them last week and they started laughing... Just sayin...:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

That statement sort of implies that you are stuck with your current speed. There are ways you can improve yourself. The best way IMO is to play a lot of pool.

 

[ridewiththewind]

I'll admit...I don't use an aiming system...never have. If I am in true stroke, the rest is a matter of 'feel' to me.

Pool is very much about 'muscle memory'. Most of the shots you are taking you have taken thousands of times before. Believe it or not, your brain has recorded those shots. When you are not over-thinking, and just start doing what you already know how to do, the results can be quite satisfying. You can set on a shot and just know...this is what I mean by 'feel'...if you're on the shot correctly or not, you subconsciously know. I also add just an everso slight pause in my final backstroke...because it 'quiets' the mind just long enough for the messages your brain is sending to get through.

This has worked for me, and as I play more, it works even better.

Lisa