Billiards the Game

Here is a quick way to find the bank angle. This works for any kind of aiming system. When using CTE for banking, the angle is crucial to pick the correct reference line and pivot. Here is a quick way to estimate the angle into the rail on a bank shot. Continue reading →

With Center-To-Edge aiming, by far the hardest part of the system to grasp is the pivot. Spidey has a good explanation of the fundamentals. Continue reading →

After getting the hang of CTE, I began to wonder if the pivot aiming itself wasn’t really what was pocketing balls. Maybe the whole pre-shot routine that is CTE just helps me get in line with the shot, and the pivot helps me understand where the aim line falls, and thus I was subconsciously lining up the pivot to the aim line, and not the other way around (the pivot taking me there.) Continue reading →

When it comes to blending in english (spin) with CTE, Back-Hand-English (BHE) works extremely well. For those who do not know what BHE is, it is moving the back hand (hand gripping the cue) up/down/left/right, to apply spin on the cue ball after a center cue ball line-up. You are essentially pivoting the cue on the bridge hand, moving the tip of the cue around on the cue ball to apply the spin. Continue reading →