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Box Method of Aim

By Matthew Sherman, About.com

Drawing imaginary lines (illustrated as purple lines) perpendicular to the table’s short rail and long rail, box to the center of the object ball under consideration.

What I mean by “center of the ball” is the topmost part of the ball you can see, or its exact geographic center, or its base where it rests on the table.

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