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When you have a good grasp of the basic fundamentals, the next step is learning how to pocket balls. To do this, you must understand how the aiming process works. Aiming helps you become a shotmaker.

All professional players are excellent at pocketing balls. Each one of them have their own aiming systems and ways which help them develop this skills as shotmakers. This section will show you some of the basic aiming systems that pool players use.


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1 How to Aim - Contact Points and Ghost Ball Easy Pool Tutor
2 How to Aim Successfully Anonymous
3 Ghost Ball Theory, the Holy Light System, Dominant Eye and Stroke Anonymous
4 Another Aiming Tip Anonymous
5 An Experiment in Aiming Joe Waldron, Ph.D., Psychologist (retired)
6 Parallel Aiming Technique Easy Pool Tutor
7 A Systematic Approach to Aiming and Stroking Joe Waldron, Ph.D., Psychologist (retired)
8 Fractional Aiming System Easy Pool Tutor
9 Another Aiming Perspective Anonymous