Billiards - Potting Method

[bongo]

Striking the ball, posture, bridge and grip - no, no maths whatsoever.. How those little things behave on the table - its all maths..

OK, so what use has this "maths" got to us? How will it make us better than our opponents? How will it help us to improve our game?

BTW, I totally disagree with you there is no matchs whatsoever in the Striking the ball, posture, bridge and grip.

[9outof10]

Every shot between 0 and 90 degrees shares one common thing. Do you know what that is? Do you see a 79 degree shot the same as a 22 degree shot? Can you use one derived line of aim for every shot?

If not I can be mailed at snooker.method@gmail.com haha

Nah, seriously I got enough, but you're still welcome.

And guys I know the economies bad but hey all this over $5. I didn't know they kept computers at the shelter. But seriously, if someone came to me and said, "Hey I got something I don't think has been done before, you want in for $5?" I'd like go hell yeah. I'll even do it through paypal so I can't rip you off.

[bongo]

Every shot between 0 and 90 degrees shares one common thing. Do you know what that is? Do you see a 79 degree shot the same as a 22 degree shot?

That still doesn't answer my question of what use it has to a normal player. You're not expecting people to get out their protractors when playing snooker are you?

[9outof10]

It gives you one line of aim for everyshot, a 79 degree shot is made exactly the same way as a 22 degree shot. No guessing or estimation, all angles become one.

[bongo]

It gives you one line of aim for everyshot

Right, so we have (finally) established that your secret method of maths and equations helps players find one line of aim, and you are claiming that this is a new method that you have thought of?

If you have any knowledge of snooker coaching at all then you will have gathered that the line of aim is a very important thing in snooker. Never ever has any knowledgable coach ever said that you should have two lines of aim. The way to find the line of aim is to stand behind the shot, looking directly down the line of the shot. Your nose, the real cue-ball, and a ghost cue-ball at its contact point on the object ball should all be aligned. Then simply step down onto the line not allowing any sideways movement of your head, and you're on the only line of aim.

Well, for people reading this, you have saved $4.95 and also saved having to experience loads of unnecessary confusion. Thank you.

[9outof10]

Ghost ball works for some for others, it is years of frustration.. Remember what you posted earlier.. My idea is an alternative to that that doesn't require mentally visualising a cue or ball or fairy pointing where the ball should go.

Ghost ball requires two things, the visualisation and then the aim. My idea is simpler and promotes a feel for shots over a conscious mental picture.

[Krypton]

cool, whenever I approach the table and see 'well, I'm on a 31.76 degree pot on blue' I just got to calculate a simple equation to see that... yessssss, a full ball hit, as every angle is the same, will lead to a guaranteed miss. quite helpful. If I could judge the angle right...

[9outof10]

haha, duh.. yeah it is really that flawed criptton.. you a freakin smart dude alright..

Doesn't matter, I've done what I wanted to do.. And mate, you opinion didn't matter at all..

[bongo]

Ghost ball works for some for others, it is years of frustration.. Remember what you posted earlier.. My idea is an alternative to that that doesn't require mentally visualising a cue or ball or fairy pointing where the ball should go.

Ghost ball requires two things, the visualisation and then the aim. My idea is simpler and promotes a feel for shots over a conscious mental picture.

I should have made it in my post that I don't recommend to use the ghost ball method when down on the shot. But when standing behind the shot, trying to align yourself with the line, it's perfectly fine to use a ghost ball. The ghost ball is on the line of aim so when trying to align yourself with the line of aim when standing behind the shot is not incorrect. The ghost ball isn't difficult to find.

And there is no way that finding a ghost cue-ball on the contact point on the object ball is more complicated than the equations you were referring to earlier.

[bongo]

cool, whenever I approach the table and see 'well, I'm on a 31.76 degree pot on blue' I just got to calculate a simple equation to see that... yessssss, a full ball hit, as every angle is the same, will lead to a guaranteed miss. quite helpful. If I could judge the angle right...

haha, duh.. yeah it is really that flawed criptton.. you a freakin smart dude alright..

Doesn't matter, I've done what I wanted to do.. And mate, you opinion didn't matter at all..

Yes but the thing is that Krypton is correct in what he is saying!

[9outof10]

only because I left derived out of the sentence.. Quick look it up..

[9outof10]

And there is no way that finding a ghost cue-ball on the contact point on the object ball is more complicated than the equations you were referring to earlier.

If you read posts instead of just imagining what people say you would see that in my model, visualising a contact point actually, most of the time, just puts you off..

[9outof10]

Ok, I will post my theory but I want a new thread for it..

[bongo]

If you read posts instead of just imagining what people say you would see that in my model, visualising a contact point actually, most of the time, just puts you off..

I said you should find the ghost ball when standing behind the shot, not when down on the shot. It may be distracting if down on the shot but not if you visualize the ghost ball when standing behind the shot.

[poolqjunkie]

Bongo,
I dont think his method involves the imagination of a ghost ball.
I think it is about associating the angle with a distance from the center of the ball, so the visualization is 2-D rather than 3-D.
You know like you can aim a 3/4 ball as being 1/4 from the edge from the object ball, and a 1/4 ball also as being 1/4 of a ball from the edge of the ball, just a mirror image of the former.
So, if you memorize the angles, which are 2-D, then you can just automatically tell which reference point on the object ball you need to aim. Basically, each angle is related to a distance from the center of the object ball or from the edge of the object ball. It is not about trying to stand behind the ball, think of a ghost ball, and then shoot at this ghost ball.
May be his method is completely something else, but if it is a maths thing, I think it would be something like what i just said.