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Use Your Cue Stick To Make A Super Kick Shot Pool Aimer

When All Else Fails, Use The Cue Stick You're Holding Anyway

By , About.com Guide

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A pool aimer for the ages is in your hand whenever you shoot pool

Photo (c) Matt Sherman, licensed to About.com, Inc.
There's no handier pool aimer than a cue stick, whether you are playing online pool or on a real table.

When calculating a challenging bank shot or kick shot, simply look for an equally bisected angle between the starting point and the destination point for the target ball.

For example, make the cue ball, C, acheive the ghost cue ball target, G, so the stripe sinks in the top right pocket as shown on this page.

Here's the instant pool aimer--your cue stick above the table helps you see these lines force quickly and cleanly. That's it!

For detailed explanations of the angles, calculating on the square and more, please review our related articles as linked here and below.

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