How to Play Billiards : Billiards: Aiming

To aim in billiards, draw a line from the pocket to the ball to determine the contact point that the cue ball must address. Aim and determine the correct angles for making billiards shots with tips from an experienced pool player in this free video on billiards.

Expert: Joe Nichols
Contact: www.breaktimetenpin.com
Bio: Joe Nichols has been playing the game of billiards for approximately 43 years.
Filmmaker: Reel Media LLC

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• pool
• billiards
• games
• cue sports
• cue stick
• billiards table

[demonfire456]

these videos are very helpful

:D

[bore2008]

Beginners may be better off vy visualizing a gost ball that is in contact with your point of aim. One can put an a ball where the ghost ball could be and needs only to aim at replacing that ball, just have someone remove that ball before shooting. Actually one needs to aim at the exact center of that ball, hence at the center of the ghost ball,,,

[ashesawful]

@kmxtornado This is like saying that the point of aim on a target isn't the point that you want to hit when you shoot at the target. There's no better way to explain how to aim.

[kmxtornado]

I'm not an expert either, but the point of aim is definitely not the same as the contact point. What you refer to as the "point of aim" is incorrect. In your particular shot, you want to aim to the right of the contact point, but your video says nothing about aiming. You only discuss where the contact point is. I hope your next video will be more helpful and accurate.

[kmxtornado]

I'm not an expert either, but the point of aim is definitely not the same as the contact point. What you refer to as the "point of aim" is incorrect. In your particular shot, you want to aim to the right of the contact point, but your video says nothing about aiming. You only discuss where the contact point is. I hope your next video will be more helpful and accurate.

[silbaar]

@espresso747 I am not an expert player, but I am quite good at aiming (the only thing in pool I can say I really am good at) and I do exactly the mental process that Joe explained. If it is basic, I don't understand why. I find it correct

[ibejdo66]

lol it is like he said inner sex xaxaxaxax :)

[espresso747]

I appreciate the effort to remain simple in the explanation, but it's just incorrect. This is one of the problems in aiming.... That point if aimed at will miss, the way to determine the proper location is to set up the exact same shot until you just see it. Pool balls being round, the cue contacts the OB before the point is reached, resulting in hitting it too full. See the entry on cut shots in Ray Martin's 99 Critical Shots. (shot no. 1). No offense to this gentleman however, he is basic

[usukker]

lol

[Jeremiah0san]

ah I see

[sixcues]

@2por2a4d - I do just that in my manual "Reflections on the Cut Shot", see my site "the cut shot dot com", I show you what part of the object ball to hit and what part of the cue ball to hit it with! If you have invested $hundreds in quality cues, you need to invest in your knowledge of the game also to get the most out of your cues!