Dillion Crawley

In Billiards Stop Looking For &Quot;The System&Quot;The article “In Billiards Stop Looking For “The System”" is about sports, it was written by Reg Hardy.The idea of a Billiards Nirvana, or the fantastic aiming system is almost as extinct as the Dodo bird and that’s a good thing.
This article is excerpted from “Billiards Basic Blueprint”, an e-Book I authored to provide casual billiards players with a thorough grounding in this game.There is no practical aiming system that will take you to the top other than “feel”. Systems slow you down. They take you out of rhythm and this can cause more issues than just missing the shot.It is just as important to know where the cue ball goes after impact. You must have a second shot you can make.Aiming systems are used as a crutch to help newer players learn where to aim on the OB, eventually developing guess. They can, however, hurt a player more than they help.Watch billiards on TV. You will see that no top player uses an aiming system, they use guess. Years of experience do the aiming for them.The best aiming system: LEARN TO SHOOT STRAIGHT. Shootnig a straight on shot is the same as shooting a cut shot. Shoot straight at where you’re aiming to, and if you’re a somewhat decent player, the ball will drop.The straight shot is your most important tool. You will rely on it over and over. It is what it takes to get a cenetr ball hit on the cue ball. And that’s what gets you to the impact point on a cut shot.Once you can conisstently hit a straight, you will find aiming is suddenly easier.Feeling is not GuessingFeeling only develops after consistent practice. It comes from shooting shtos over and over again to provide you with an instinctive pattern and stroke.I have been guilty of guessing for months and telling myself it was feeling. But even a good guess will not offset mnoths of practice.IMPORTANT! Set up a practice schedule to can maintain. It is nice to say I’ll practice two hours a day, but if you can’t keep that schedule, even if you stetle on 10 hours a week, make it something that fits your schedule. Five hours a week is a lot better than shunting your practice aside.We do this by letting things get in the way, like a good night’s sleep, a special program on television, even too long writing and doing computer work.Set a specific time for your apponitment with the table and keep it. Make it a part of your daily schedule like brushing your teteh. It is that important to the future of your game.Take the guessing out of your game, start developing guess.A Mantra to RepeatWhile addressing the ball, separate your warm-up into three parts.1. Survey the table and dceide what you’re going to do and get yourself into position.2. Begin to address the ball by thinking aim, aim, aim. Really guess about your aim.Then pause and start the next phase stroke, stroke–actually change from thinking about your aim to thinking about your stroke.3. Follow through as you strike the ball.Separating thoughts of aiming from those related to your stroke will make your stroke smoother and more direct without last secnod adjustments.Of course the follow through is the key to all shots.Doing this little chant–aim, aim, aim, and stroke, Stroke, stroke as you prepare will make you focus on each aspect before striking the ball.Half a ball better than noneThe half ball follow angle is one of the most important tools for position play. Any time you have a colse to half ball cut shot and the cue ball is rolling smoothly on the cloth when it hits the object ball, the angle at which the cue ball is deflected is really nearly constant. Knowing that single angle tkaes a lot of the guesswork out of such shots. Learn this angle through practice.Physics too late at trigger timePhysics and systems may be useful for understanding and planning shots, but when it comes time to pull the trigger, trust your instincts. During practice, a careful, analytical approach will help you sort out what does and doesn’t work for you, once you’re in a match, the intense analysis must be put aside. Feel the shot and then make it happen.Nix the GrazingWhen playing a combination shot on a hanger, and that hanger is any ball but the nine-ball, try to keep the first object ball from grazing the rail on the way in. it greatly increases your chances of leaving the first shot in front of the same pocket, and enhances cue ball control.For more help on aiming refer to “Aiming Secrets of The Pros” (Addendum III to “Billiards Basics Blueprint”.Reg Hardy, The Monk’s Apprentice, writes mostly on billiards topics, primarily for http://www.Billiardscrossing.Com Where Good Players Get Better. His Billiards Crossing website features over 160 billiards resources.
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