I remember a guy in the pool hall told me this - if I ever get faced with a long straight shot, just think of it like a scratch. It was a game changer.
That is f'ing amazing. Had seven straight-in shots in my practice session today and made every one with your method. I don't think I've ever made seven in a row without missing in my long (70 years) life. Thanks a bunch. So glad I subscribed!
@@charlesvidscots I started with this. Then I got little further on same principle :) I do similar stuff cut shots too, but it is too complicated to talk with text. Most important thing(for me) is when i need a lot of accuracy bend down and look spot from far where i gonna line my cue. Then I just line up to that spot. I see ball in between but not looking it. I just "feel" if it feels right and shoot straight!
Darren ive met you in Oslo couple of years ago, ive heard that you pass a serious problem. I wish you HEALTH and a stronger come back my friend. Anastasios from Greece
A very informative genius tip that many intermediate and some advanced players do not employ or have faith in. The truth is as this "man" Darren said on a perfectly straight shot the line of sight to the pocket, not the ball is the objective. As in all else practice makes perfect and practicing and honing your stroke to follow that line of sight is critical. Once down on the ball and lined correctly just before your stroke is loaded and ready to fire, you can close your eyes and make that shot with practice. Once you are down on the table everything mechanically should be factored in and no last second adjustments should be made at this time. In fact practicing that shot with your eyes closed after being loaded helps dramatically. Now I would not advise doing so in a game situation but the confidence it builds takes out any thoughts of the difficulty of the shot. Start at half table and work your way back to the pocket increasing the length until the cue is at the pocket. As the "man" Darren said with his clever tip developing an unconscious stroke blinded to the ball but to the destination is invaluable. Your stroke itself will benefit from his tip without question. Best advice I have heard on youtube to up your game in all facets and I am long in the tooth.
I remember playing you at a Kimberly Ales event some 20 years ago. I had this very same shot as I was on the black ⚫️ it rattled in the pocket. You then potted the black by doing basically a figure of 8 with the white ball as you bounced off four cushions close to corner to corner pockets, to then pot the black. I was amazed and gutted at the same time.
Excellent tutorial Darren and thank you. I’ve not done this before but will be giving it a go today. Also, I do use this same method (to some degree) when I line up a combo. I run an imaginary line through ball #1 through to the ghost ball shot line of ball #2. From there, I aim to hit ball #1 to a spot on the rail where the line continues thru the ghost ball. I totally disregard ball #2 and only focus on getting ball #1 to travel along this imaginary line. Ball #2 (object ball) is then, only in the way and gets cut into the pocket. Thanks again Darren for the great tip 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I basically do this on my every shots. Many players told me that they look at the object ball at the moment they shoot the ball. But this is the way that works for me ; )
Never really thought about it this way but makes perfect sense! Luckily this shot comes up once in a decade or so😁 Keep pumping up those videos Darren! Good stuff🤜🏻
I've been doing this for years, I just took it that everyone useses this system of cueing on the pool table, and when there's money on the table, I take every advantage I can get.
Yep. Longer angles, larger margins. And you are not relying on your eye focus being on collision, your eyes are focused at a distance. Some people don't have the same level of vision as others!
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Was shooting balls around on the 9 footers one day and figured this out. Definitely helps with these shots and even shots very similar to it that may be slightly easier.
You wanna twist your pool mind? Start watching "aiming system" TH-cam videos. Center-to-Edge or whatever. They're all BS. On paper they may sound good but in practice they're impractical. There's no magic bullet in pocket billiards. Best aiming system, and the only aiming system is playing and as much as you can. Over time, your brain automatically determines the aim point on the object ball determined by the cue ball and object balls position on the table. 95% of the time you don't even need look at the pocket. Your brain instantly figured out the angle and aim point. This only comes with table time. You watch pros and good amateur players, they're playing instinctively. Far far more important than any "aiming system" is developing a laser straight consistent stroke. You can aim all you want but one little twitch in your stroke mechanics and any "aiming system" is useless.
@@beercanbrian1880 I completely agree!!! But I believe always you can learn something new! Special from him! I am not looking to throw it out everything I know, just want to know how pros think!
@@beercanbrian1880 Amen brother. We can always give new theories a listen, but usually in the end the simplest solutions are the surest solutions. Table time, repetition, experience, testing under pressure, and being creative in terms of envisioning your shots (keeping an open mind)…those skills are what make the pros become successful and the legends maintain their glory. I saw or read in an interview that Efren never even contemplated a “system”, it’s just a feel for something that he’s grown so accustomed to through hard work and dedication. This video is definitely not a fool proof “system”, but I believe it’s an incredibly good starting point for tackling long straight shots. I will definitely begin applying this method, as I already use a variation of it for multiple rail kicks and banks.
Darren have a friend and yourself put a cue ball over 2 opposing corner pockets and shoot the 2 cue balls over the blue spot/center table simultaneously, and the cue balls will bounce off each other and come back into the corner pockets. My friend and I made them both on our first try, on a 6x12 snooker table.
Any good billiards instruction book will tell you this. It's the simplest version of an extended aiming point. But any good book will also tell you that the most important thing for that shot, is to learn how to use feathering strokes so that you are certain that you are hitting the cue ball with zero side spin, and a centre ball hit.
you could also add or use it alone. draw the cue 1-2 cm. pause. and fire when the cue is on line. less movement. try it a few times to get the hang of it.
You have to hit dead-center on the cue ball, AND your stroke has to be dead straight. It’s all about the cue ball, that’s what I’ve found. I put my tip right up to the exact place on the cue ball that I want to hit, and hit something like a lag shot-shooting the length of the table, and making the cue ball come straight back at your tip, and just touch the short rail. It’s harder that it seems, but you have to be able to shoot the ball straight or you’ll introduce sone unwanted spin, and that’s a way to sharpen that skill. It’ll also help you use wanted spin-also not as easy as it might seem, since you have to move your cue a bit from center, and still shoot straight. I started with short, easy, soft shots. And speed comes into play, because using spin can make the ball run, or kill it. Very different from a center-ball hit. This is a great game, but it takes time. Hey, if it was easy anybody could do it, right?
@@raystanczak4277 I agree that using 'wanted spin' is a good tactic. For me, every shot has a built in tolerable error range, so if you can use spin effectively, and make the object ball grab that cushion properly to pull itself into the pocket, then you've got more of a chance of making the ball. This effectively increases the width of the pocket. But, you do have to decide which side of the pocket is the best one to go for, and apply the appropriate spin. Of course, if you are off a bit in your aim, the ball will still go in if it doesn't hit any cushion. I'm a proponent of lining up for the shot, closing my eyes just before making the stroke to 'calm down' most of the frantic micro-adjustments that my eyes are telling me to make, and then just take the shot. It's gonna go where its gonna go, whether I am looking at it or not.
Hi Darren! Great binge-worthy content and I doubt you'll see this comment, much less respond, but I'd like to see a video demonstrating various pro players' strokes. Some players have a long, beautiful almost "wavy" or loopy, loose and relaxed stroke resembling a"figure 8" or see-saw motion like many Filipino players, including Efron and Bustamante. While others have a high and frozen elbow with a straight take-back and follow-through. Hope I'm describing this right. I love Efron and SVB's stroke. Thank you!
Darrell how you feeling I hope you’re good health and getting back into the game I haven’t seen you in a while I hope everything’s fine you have a great day can’t wait for your next video
Great tip!!! I have seen most players use a cinch stroke and hit the back of the pocket. That usually eliminates roll of from the table and just makes the ball and strike be more straight and true. Would you agree?
Wtf this shit actually works. Not that i doubted a champ like Darren but i couldnt help and be like “Huh? Does this actually work?..”. And well, boy was i wrong, and gladly so lol. Great advice from a true champ. Appreciate the great content Appleton💪🏼
BONUS TIP! Any "almost straight" in the corner shot, practice this with different scenarios, long shot, almost straight, but misses the pocket by 1 2 or 3 ball widths. Now shoot THROUGH THE OBJECT BALL no aiming at ghost balls or pockets or contact points, SHOOT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CENTER OF OBJECT BALL, and use top english with opposing right/left to what it takes to throw the ball in. Your throw ability at this point IS FAR SUPERIOR to your fine eyesight to hit the correct object ball!
@@brett6314 No. Squirt/swerve occur when you shoot down on a ball, when you are jacked up.... if you are talking deflection, you can do my strategy 2 ways: use spin induced throw to throw the ball, so a slight shot to the left requires right English to throw it left....... or you can use deflection and hit it firm to get deflection on purpose, which would require left English in this example to throw the cue ball slightly right..... 2 different approaches. Only one approach deviates the cue ball path and the other deviates the object ball path. I suggested top right, because using top keeps you centered on the cueball hit more, since you can naturally see the top center of the cueball, and also because finer left and right adjustments are made and you won't overthrow the object ball, makes it easy to throw the object ball a small amount rather than drastically. Also it helps on full length straightish shot where your cueball is stuck on the short rail. Since you can shoot it with top English as if the rail was not there. Try it out in practice.
I really like shots like that that are straight in where you have to follow the cue ball but you're trying to get shape so you have to the ball straight straight so you hit it off to one side and put English on it to throw it back the other way so that when it comes across the ball it's kind of like a bowling ball when it's coming into the pocket for a strike he comes in and goes across the ball it hits the right it hits the right point and throws in the pocket but then the cue ball will hit the rail and then take off and when you hit one of them clean it's just like yeah that's why I play pool. It's just those times when you hit one so good you hit it as good as it could be hit by anybody and it's just like yeah I did that I get off on that part anyway thanks bye
Ok, that "secret" tip is for that very rare situation when everything is perfect straight?! Well, how often do you run into that "perfect situation"? I really can not remember a perfect straight shot the last 6 month...
I thought marking your target by placing chalk there was a no no....just kidding lol. That's a great pointer! When I was a beginner I used to use a similar method by picturing the ghost ball, and then lining that up with a spot on the rail or wall near the table to make sure that I was keeping the line of my cue ball where it needed to be. Once I got more skill I changed it up but with certain shots it is definitely very important to have a different way to aim. I haven't learned how to jump properly yet but I imagine there is a unique aiming method for that as well, especially if the object ball is far away, because at the moment of striking the cue ball, you have to be looking right at it and the object ball is out of your line of sight. Very happy to see you have a channel going Darren! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us :)
Alignment for Jump shots you find your line before jack up and trust the process same when cueing over balls I have a video on my page just need to search it Thanks bud
I've been playing for 6 years and still csnt make a shot like this. Maybe my brain works differently but it doesn't comprehend the spherical shape of the balls. Round up and down, left and right. Its impossible for me to aim. Then look away from the object ball and forget where the spot I'm supposed to hit on it. If I focus on the object ball then I miss the cue ball completely. Is there a way around this?
I remember a guy in the pool hall told me this - if I ever get faced with a long straight shot, just think of it like a scratch. It was a game changer.
That is f'ing amazing. Had seven straight-in shots in my practice session today and made every one with your method. I don't think I've ever made seven in a row without missing in my long (70 years) life. Thanks a bunch. So glad I subscribed!
Hi Darren. When i started doing this some years ago, my aiming got so much simplified. That how i got that 147 done! ;) So I confirm this works!
Would u mind if I ask what exactly you did because what he did seems can only apply to this shot specifically.
@@charlesvidscots I started with this. Then I got little further on same principle :) I do similar stuff cut shots too, but it is too complicated to talk with text. Most important thing(for me) is when i need a lot of accuracy bend down and look spot from far where i gonna line my cue. Then I just line up to that spot. I see ball in between but not looking it. I just "feel" if it feels right and shoot straight!
@@PoolManis This is much more better if you image how the ball will roll to the pocket its a great aiming system makes me run out balls
147? A Snooker 147?
@@thekub32 yeah. just in practice made it couple times. I don´t play it often so match only 143. You can see it in my channel. I use my poolcue :)
Darren ive met you in Oslo couple of years ago, ive heard that you pass a serious problem. I wish you HEALTH and a stronger come back my friend. Anastasios from Greece
Thanks, Darrin. Took me 30 years to learn this shot! So simple, yet so powerful!!!
A very informative genius tip that many intermediate and some advanced players do not employ or have faith in. The truth is as this "man" Darren said on a perfectly straight shot the line of sight to the pocket, not the ball is the objective. As in all else practice makes perfect and practicing and honing your stroke to follow that line of sight is critical. Once down on the ball and lined correctly just before your stroke is loaded and ready to fire, you can close your eyes and make that shot with practice. Once you are down on the table everything mechanically should be factored in and no last second adjustments should be made at this time. In fact practicing that shot with your eyes closed after being loaded helps dramatically. Now I would not advise doing so in a game situation but the confidence it builds takes out any thoughts of the difficulty of the shot. Start at half table and work your way back to the pocket increasing the length until the cue is at the pocket. As the "man" Darren said with his clever tip developing an unconscious stroke blinded to the ball but to the destination is invaluable. Your stroke itself will benefit from his tip without question. Best advice I have heard on youtube to up your game in all facets and I am long in the tooth.
I remember playing you at a Kimberly Ales event some 20 years ago. I had this very same shot as I was on the black ⚫️ it rattled in the pocket.
You then potted the black by doing basically a figure of 8 with the white ball as you bounced off four cushions close to corner to corner pockets, to then pot the black.
I was amazed and gutted at the same time.
Excellent tutorial Darren and thank you.
I’ve not done this before but will be giving it a go today.
Also, I do use this same method (to some degree) when I line up a combo.
I run an imaginary line through ball #1 through to the ghost ball shot line of ball #2.
From there, I aim to hit ball #1 to a spot on the rail where the line continues thru the ghost ball. I totally disregard ball #2 and only focus on getting ball #1 to travel along this imaginary line. Ball #2 (object ball) is then, only in the way and gets cut into the pocket.
Thanks again Darren for the great tip 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I basically do this on my every shots. Many players told me that they look at the object ball at the moment they shoot the ball. But this is the way that works for me ; )
Never really thought about it this way but makes perfect sense! Luckily this shot comes up once in a decade or so😁
Keep pumping up those videos Darren! Good stuff🤜🏻
Yes I was thinking that exact thing lol what if the object ball is slightly off straight? Lol
I've been doing this for years, I just took it that everyone useses this system of cueing on the pool table, and when there's money on the table, I take every advantage I can get.
I try and working werry well.Thank you Darren.
Hoping you have other aiming tips in the future, thanks.
Yep. Longer angles, larger margins. And you are not relying on your eye focus being on collision, your eyes are focused at a distance. Some people don't have the same level of vision as others!
thank you BRILLIANT. I have so much trouble with straight shots, I'm going to experiment with this on some other shots. thank you
Awesome tip, straight in shots are tough lol gonna give it a go
Excellent advise. I’m going to practice that right now
Great tip , never would have thought about basically taking the object out of play , can’t wait to put this into practice
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Was shooting balls around on the 9 footers one day and figured this out. Definitely helps with these shots and even shots very similar to it that may be slightly easier.
Now make that shot when there is a wall 2 feet behind you, and your cue is pointing directly into the sky. Gotta love plying in bars 😂😂😂
Would you please make a video for a aiming system for a regular shots?
Thank you
You wanna twist your pool mind? Start watching "aiming system" TH-cam videos. Center-to-Edge or whatever. They're all BS. On paper they may sound good but in practice they're impractical. There's no magic bullet in pocket billiards. Best aiming system, and the only aiming system is playing and as much as you can. Over time, your brain automatically determines the aim point on the object ball determined by the cue ball and object balls position on the table. 95% of the time you don't even need look at the pocket. Your brain instantly figured out the angle and aim point. This only comes with table time. You watch pros and good amateur players, they're playing instinctively. Far far more important than any "aiming system" is developing a laser straight consistent stroke. You can aim all you want but one little twitch in your stroke mechanics and any "aiming system" is useless.
@@beercanbrian1880 I completely agree!!!
But I believe always you can learn something new! Special from him! I am not looking to throw it out everything I know, just want to know how pros think!
@@beercanbrian1880 Amen brother. We can always give new theories a listen, but usually in the end the simplest solutions are the surest solutions. Table time, repetition, experience, testing under pressure, and being creative in terms of envisioning your shots (keeping an open mind)…those skills are what make the pros become successful and the legends maintain their glory. I saw or read in an interview that Efren never even contemplated a “system”, it’s just a feel for something that he’s grown so accustomed to through hard work and dedication.
This video is definitely not a fool proof “system”, but I believe it’s an incredibly good starting point for tackling long straight shots. I will definitely begin applying this method, as I already use a variation of it for multiple rail kicks and banks.
Darren have a friend and yourself put a cue ball over 2 opposing corner pockets and shoot the 2 cue balls over the blue spot/center table simultaneously, and the cue balls will bounce off each other and come back into the corner pockets.
My friend and I made them both on our first try, on a 6x12 snooker table.
I'm a big fan of yours Darren, love to watch you play pool!
This is a new tip for aiming I never knew. Great instructions from Darren.😊
insightful...thanks man.,..I'll try it soon. And, that side pocket speed drill was great. Got me warmed up and focused. Thanks again.
Very interesting. Never heard of it. Looking forward to trying this. Thank you sir
Most shots are missed because of stroke not aiming. Still a great tip from an elite pro himsef!
This makes perfect sense…. I’ll be doing this from now on👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
Any good billiards instruction book will tell you this. It's the simplest version of an extended aiming point. But any good book will also tell you that the most important thing for that shot, is to learn how to use feathering strokes so that you are certain that you are hitting the cue ball with zero side spin, and a centre ball hit.
you could also add or use it alone. draw the cue 1-2 cm. pause. and fire when the cue is on line. less movement.
try it a few times to get the hang of it.
Excellent video! I can’t wait to try it! Thanks Darren!
Thank you Darren, looks like you got yourself a Rasson table........
Pro tip: Don´t look at object balls just shoot white against any pocket you want, maybe there will be a ball there to pocket
Darren I've been using that on all my cut shots on or near the rail easy to use on my other shots don't even have to think about it anymore
Lmao that first clip of you jumping on your back 😅
Awesome..... Gonna have to give this a try
This is brilliant. SOOOO obvious, and I never thought of it. And yeah, I HATE that shot. Maybe it and me will get along a little better in the future.
Thanks for the tip Darren
Love it! I like how you spoke for a couple mins before you did the shot too!
How do you avoid putting unwanted side on?
You have to hit dead-center on the cue ball, AND your stroke has to be dead straight.
It’s all about the cue ball, that’s what I’ve found. I put my tip right up to the exact place on the cue ball that I want to hit, and hit something like a lag shot-shooting the length of the table, and making the cue ball come straight back at your tip, and just touch the short rail. It’s harder that it seems, but you have to be able to shoot the ball straight or you’ll introduce sone unwanted spin, and that’s a way to sharpen that skill.
It’ll also help you use wanted spin-also not as easy as it might seem, since you have to move your cue a bit from center, and still shoot straight. I started with short, easy, soft shots. And speed comes into play, because using spin can make the ball run, or kill it. Very different from a center-ball hit.
This is a great game, but it takes time. Hey, if it was easy anybody could do it, right?
@@raystanczak4277 I agree that using 'wanted spin' is a good tactic. For me, every shot has a built in tolerable error range, so if you can use spin effectively, and make the object ball grab that cushion properly to pull itself into the pocket, then you've got more of a chance of making the ball. This effectively increases the width of the pocket. But, you do have to decide which side of the pocket is the best one to go for, and apply the appropriate spin. Of course, if you are off a bit in your aim, the ball will still go in if it doesn't hit any cushion.
I'm a proponent of lining up for the shot, closing my eyes just before making the stroke to 'calm down' most of the frantic micro-adjustments that my eyes are telling me to make, and then just take the shot. It's gonna go where its gonna go, whether I am looking at it or not.
Seen Earl Strickland doing this shot over and over again in the past, and drawing the cueball back to the rail or even in the pocket.
Thanks for the tip, I'll definitely be trying this.
Excellent
Hi Darren! Great binge-worthy content and I doubt you'll see this comment, much less respond, but I'd like to see a video demonstrating various pro players' strokes. Some players have a long, beautiful almost "wavy" or loopy, loose and relaxed stroke resembling a"figure 8" or see-saw motion like many Filipino players, including Efron and Bustamante. While others have a high and frozen elbow with a straight take-back and follow-through. Hope I'm describing this right. I love Efron and SVB's stroke. Thank you!
search “how to get a good stroke in pool”by niels feijen. very helpful video on that
So it's like having a longer sight radius on a gun. Your perception of any movement off of target is amplified. Nice.
Glad u r back and healthy DA! Now go make my prediction correct. Ill be rooting for ya!!
Thanks Dynamite!
Does this work on cut shots as well
Wow. Great video. I tried it and made the ball on the first try!
Darrell how you feeling I hope you’re good health and getting back into the game I haven’t seen you in a while I hope everything’s fine you have a great day can’t wait for your next video
Thanks, Uncle Darren!
Honestly if you meet me as a pro in the future this video is what has transformed me
Wish i had a table so i could get up and try this rn lol. Gotta remember to try this out next time i hit up a pool hall!
I will definitely try this out on UK 8ball table - will it work? Any more ’secrets from the pro’s’? Keep ‘em coming 😉
Great tip!!! I have seen most players use a cinch stroke and hit the back of the pocket. That usually eliminates roll of from the table and just makes the ball and strike be more straight and true. Would you agree?
Wtf this shit actually works. Not that i doubted a champ like Darren but i couldnt help and be like “Huh? Does this actually work?..”. And well, boy was i wrong, and gladly so lol. Great advice from a true champ. Appreciate the great content Appleton💪🏼
BONUS TIP! Any "almost straight" in the corner shot, practice this with different scenarios, long shot, almost straight, but misses the pocket by 1 2 or 3 ball widths. Now shoot THROUGH THE OBJECT BALL no aiming at ghost balls or pockets or contact points, SHOOT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE CENTER OF OBJECT BALL, and use top english with opposing right/left to what it takes to throw the ball in. Your throw ability at this point IS FAR SUPERIOR to your fine eyesight to hit the correct object ball!
Do you have to adjust for swerve/squirt too or do you hit it harder? This sounds like a good strategy.
@@brett6314 No. Squirt/swerve occur when you shoot down on a ball, when you are jacked up.... if you are talking deflection, you can do my strategy 2 ways: use spin induced throw to throw the ball, so a slight shot to the left requires right English to throw it left....... or you can use deflection and hit it firm to get deflection on purpose, which would require left English in this example to throw the cue ball slightly right..... 2 different approaches. Only one approach deviates the cue ball path and the other deviates the object ball path.
I suggested top right, because using top keeps you centered on the cueball hit more, since you can naturally see the top center of the cueball, and also because finer left and right adjustments are made and you won't overthrow the object ball, makes it easy to throw the object ball a small amount rather than drastically.
Also it helps on full length straightish shot where your cueball is stuck on the short rail. Since you can shoot it with top English as if the rail was not there.
Try it out in practice.
Good strategy for when the alignment is absolutely 100% dead straight. How often does that happen.
Wow, Thank You for this tip!
Awesome
Mind blown! Thank you! 🧨
Thanks Darren
Interesting. Would this work with angled shots?
Thanks man. I’m going to try this way. Appreciate it
Brilliant !!!!
awesome...just keep posting!!!! cheers 🏆🏅
I really like shots like that that are straight in where you have to follow the cue ball but you're trying to get shape so you have to the ball straight straight so you hit it off to one side and put English on it to throw it back the other way so that when it comes across the ball it's kind of like a bowling ball when it's coming into the pocket for a strike he comes in and goes across the ball it hits the right it hits the right point and throws in the pocket but then the cue ball will hit the rail and then take off and when you hit one of them clean it's just like yeah that's why I play pool. It's just those times when you hit one so good you hit it as good as it could be hit by anybody and it's just like yeah I did that I get off on that part anyway thanks bye
Punctuation would make this readable...
Wow sometimes the simple things are genius - will try tomorrow on my 8ft super supreme english pool table
Hey darren.. I really like your content.. Could you make a video regarding the CTR aiming system.. Just your comments on it.. Cheers mate
Hey Darren....I watch this video when u posted but I didn't comment but quick question can this principle be applied on cut shots ?
I wonder if this will work for snooker. I will give it a go.
This type of shot is the only one where I watch the cueball at last, exactly because I don't wanna put side on (as said by Darren)
- [ ] I use the center ball aiming to pocket balls. It works great, however I cannot achieve position for the next shot.
This trick might maybe work only if the cue ball, the object ball and the pocket are all lined up....
Good advice, Darren!!!
Amazing you are so good thank you
Surely only works with straight shots?
Thanks Champ......! 👍👍👍
Still comes down to "practice" and often.
Ok, that "secret" tip is for that very rare situation when everything is perfect straight?! Well, how often do you run into that "perfect situation"? I really can not remember a perfect straight shot the last 6 month...
Fantastic tip thank you!
Cool tip, going to try it next time
Cheers.
shoot the same spot on the OB that you use on the CB can you tell us more?
You made that look easy
tks so much
What if the object ball was slightly askew?
He's probably the only one who does this. If it works for him.
I thought marking your target by placing chalk there was a no no....just kidding lol. That's a great pointer! When I was a beginner I used to use a similar method by picturing the ghost ball, and then lining that up with a spot on the rail or wall near the table to make sure that I was keeping the line of my cue ball where it needed to be. Once I got more skill I changed it up but with certain shots it is definitely very important to have a different way to aim. I haven't learned how to jump properly yet but I imagine there is a unique aiming method for that as well, especially if the object ball is far away, because at the moment of striking the cue ball, you have to be looking right at it and the object ball is out of your line of sight. Very happy to see you have a channel going Darren! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us :)
Alignment for Jump shots you find your line before jack up and trust the process same when cueing over balls I have a video on my page just need to search it
Thanks bud
Thanks
I've been playing for 6 years and still csnt make a shot like this. Maybe my brain works differently but it doesn't comprehend the spherical shape of the balls. Round up and down, left and right. Its impossible for me to aim. Then look away from the object ball and forget where the spot I'm supposed to hit on it. If I focus on the object ball then I miss the cue ball completely. Is there a way around this?
“Trust the Process?” Darren must be a frustrated Arsenal fan LOL
I’ll try it, thanks.
Can’t get over how wide your radiator is
What about cut shots pls. Getting the contact point.
That's how I used to do when I'm young. Now even the pocket have double shadows, so the method don't work anymore ^^.
you have the longest radiators in your room I've ever seen... do you like warm or you live in a very cild place? ;-) Btw, great video and tips, thx!
How many times is this shot going to be perfectly straight?
A lot will come up in your career but doesn’t need to be bang straight to still use it just use the part of the pocket you need etc
I just like hearing him say object ball because it sounds like yup yup ball 😂
This isn’t an aiming system. It’s how to make a perfectly straight shot.
interesting and it works !
Im gonna try that