Don't include me in that statement. From everything on here, it seems that you are always the "quibbler". Nobody else seems to go to the extremes you do in the quibbling.
Not EVERYTHING on here is LITERAL. People need to be able to read between the lines. When I write something, I expect the AVERAGE idiot and I've me thousands upon thousands of them in the pool hall would understand it. Nobody should have to write manuscripts to explain things in that minute of a detail to people.
Do you notice that NOBODY quibbles 99% of the things that you do?
I don't give a damn what Fran says and it is nothing against her. I also don't care what any other instructor says on here just because they SAID it. I've played pool for more than 50 years and know just because somebody says something it doesn't always apply to everybody and mean it is the gospel.
You need to give people a "foundation" on which they can build a game. You can't hit every ball for them and determine "feel" for them or "control" what is in their mind while they are shooting. They will have to put in the table time to figure it out...NOT SPEND ALL DAY ON HERE QUIBBLING.
All we have with which to attempt to communicate is words.
If one misuses words there is rather little chance of any true & real communication.
When Fran Crimi says, "Remember, you can't really rehearse the stroke because you would have to follow through, and you can't do that when you're set up behind the cue ball."
AND...
Scott Lee says. "Ridiculous! Of course you can "rehearse" the actual stroke. You just have to set up on an imaginary CB right next to the real one."
Whose doing the 'quibbling'?
The OP & Fran Crimi were talking about pre shot stroking at the REAL cue ball...
And Scott Lee goes into one of his contrivances & uses the word "rehearse" in what is a technically incorrect manner, IMO, while calling what Fran Crimi said "Ridiculous".
Then you said that one can do what Scott Lee said, which is that one can "rehearse" the shot.
So in essence, you too were saying that what Fran Crimi said was ridiculous.
All the while she is correct in what she said & especially in the context in which she said it.
So the "Ridiculous" remark was completely uncalled for & I think it was obvious why he made it.
ALL Best Wishes for You & Yours & ALL.