This is really great. For me personally, you would be the IDEAL teacher--your analytical approach to things is just like mine (and, I suspect, a fair proportion of those who like to play pool enough to consider learning more from an instructor).
By experience I find that half ball results in about 26 1/2 degrees cut on the best new cloth and 28 1/2 on old cloth. You can use the diamonds as a guide to set an object ball on an angle ratio of 1:2 which gives a tangent angle of 26 1/2 degrees - in other words a perfect 1/2 ball cut on new cloth!
Jack Koehler's "The Science of Pocket Billiards" Figure 5.5 (page 57) has the cueball deflection angle maxing out at about 38 degrees for a cut that is a little less than half-ball. You have to read his small print. He's not talking about the final PATH of the cueball. Rather he's talking about an effective angle after 24" of cueball travel that incorporates the early curve of the cueball off the tangent line. If he hit a little harder, he'd have a whole new graph.
Natural Roll and Reverse Natural Roll are NOT symmetrical situations with respect to the tangent line (think about the vector orientations). If you put true RNR draw on the CB, you will overdraw the 90 degree reference by about 18 degrees - a significant margin. You're thinking of a draw/speed ratio of -0.625 instead of -1.0. This is an especially critical difference when the CB and OB are close together (2ft or less apart, depending on table friction).
His system is very good, just explore this method and make a 3 standard angle ,the rest are minimal adjustment only, Im using this degree or angle method but not a halfball hit =) almost the same but different way.
I think you have a little mistake in the vid, or at least some inclearity.. When you show examples of the half ball hit you draw a line from the center of the cue ball to the center of the object ball. If i understood right the first part of the vid, the line should go from the center of the cue ball to the edge of the object ball to indicate correctly the desired path of the cue call. Am I wrong here?
GHOST BALL METHOD WORKS ON SOME SHOTS BUT NOT ALL. POINT OF AIM TO POINT OF CONTACT WORKS ON ALL SHOTS AND IS CONSISTENT AND LIMITSM YOUR THINKING ON METHODS. ALL THESE OTHER AIMING METHODS CAUS YOU TO THINK TOO MUCH AND PREVENT YOU TO GET IN RHYTHM AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE ZONE WHICH IS A POOL PLAYERS HEAVEN.
This is really great. For me personally, you would be the IDEAL teacher--your analytical approach to things is just like mine (and, I suspect, a fair proportion of those who like to play pool enough to consider learning more from an instructor).
Sounds like there is a heartbeat during the image comes up with star and ABC in the picture
By experience I find that half ball results in about 26 1/2 degrees cut on the best new cloth and 28 1/2 on old cloth. You can use the diamonds as a guide to set an object ball on an angle ratio of 1:2 which gives a tangent angle of 26 1/2 degrees - in other words a perfect 1/2 ball cut on new cloth!
Thanks for this, I'm going to work on half ball hits around the table, looking at this I think it will help me a lot.
Jack Koehler's "The Science of Pocket Billiards" Figure 5.5 (page 57) has the cueball deflection angle maxing out at about 38 degrees for a cut that is a little less than half-ball. You have to read his small print. He's not talking about the final PATH of the cueball. Rather he's talking about an effective angle after 24" of cueball travel that incorporates the early curve of the cueball off the tangent line. If he hit a little harder, he'd have a whole new graph.
Great video I was wondering about half ball shots and know I'm going to put this I to practice
well said and good video. more power buddy.
The video helps me alot，thank you so much!
Natural Roll and Reverse Natural Roll are NOT symmetrical situations with respect to the tangent line (think about the vector orientations). If you put true RNR draw on the CB, you will overdraw the 90 degree reference by about 18 degrees - a significant margin. You're thinking of a draw/speed ratio of -0.625 instead of -1.0. This is an especially critical difference when the CB and OB are close together (2ft or less apart, depending on table friction).
sorry-my bad-the first time i had no sound and didnt realize there was sound-Duh!
Good video!!
His system is very good, just explore this method and make a 3 standard angle ,the rest are minimal adjustment only, Im using this degree or angle method but not a halfball hit =) almost the same but different way.
Had to listen on headphones because the sound is so low and muffled.
I heard it fine on my iPad
I like a half ball CTEl
I think you have a little mistake in the vid, or at least some inclearity.. When you show examples of the half ball hit you draw a line from the center of the cue ball to the center of the object ball. If i understood right the first part of the vid, the line should go from the center of the cue ball to the edge of the object ball to indicate correctly the desired path of the cue call. Am I wrong here?
You are 100% right. The 30 degrees is based on the direction the cue ball is travelling.
GHOST BALL METHOD WORKS ON SOME SHOTS BUT NOT ALL. POINT OF AIM TO POINT OF CONTACT WORKS ON ALL SHOTS AND IS CONSISTENT AND LIMITSM YOUR THINKING ON METHODS. ALL THESE OTHER AIMING METHODS CAUS YOU TO THINK TOO MUCH AND PREVENT YOU TO GET IN RHYTHM AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE ZONE WHICH IS A POOL PLAYERS HEAVEN.
totally useless-what is the point?
Half ball hit