I find Stan to be full of himself and goes on and on preaching the esoteric. I scroll through(fast forward) his verbose videos and cherry pick. In golf we call a lot of adjustments “woo’s”...works only once...like golf there is too much out there on-line and without good hand/eye coordination you might as well be tossing handgernades or horseshoes...sorry guys and gals but that expensive over-inlaid multi-colored cue and leather case might get you through the front door but that’s where it ends...
What exactly do you mean about the "esoteric"?
Not that I disagree with you about Stan, but he can back it up on the table and to me, that tilts the scale for me to take him seriously.
I listened to one of his videos where he said "it can be explained OBJECTIVELY" and that's where I can start to accept or understand where he is coming from, because he is a teacher and I too have found its very difficult to explain method to someone when they get down on a shot, especially when you try to explain, the concept and method or idea is understood, but then they get into address wrong right out of the gate and I either stop them or let them shoot, and my mind is racing to get ready for more explanations that I know is going to open up another can of worms.
From their perspective, I can see or understand how it gets frustrating and then of course, they just go off on their own direction or dismiss me because at the end of the day, most people want to have "fun"......but they want to get better.....BUT they don't want to work hard at it which means correct aproach.....BUT they want to get better, so I ask the most important question in pool: analyze......COMPLETE:
CONJECTURE: what level of pool do you want to attain and be honest.
FACT: as good as I can be: analyze.......COMPLETE:
FACT: NON SEQUITUR
2+2=5
2+2=5
2+2=5
I think where Stan crosses the line, is when CTE can be explained but ghost ball can't be seen, contact points are too small, angles are too hard to judge etc etc as if they are garbage and CTE is clean.
That's fine by me because I got enough nerve to say I can shoot out of the corner of my undoninant eye, strictly using the limit of peripheral vision just short of shooting blind and deliver a shot I can't seem to do "aiming" comfortably and that to me is as objective as it gets imo.
Go try it but I make no guarantee of success. But the attempt should be pretty clear. In your stand up, if you are left eye dominant, right handed, shift your head way to the left and judge the shot line, a zero angle straight in, from the limits of all the way to the right side of your right eye just short of not being able to see the shot itself on the verge of "blind". Now hold that position while getting into address and retain that visual and I guarantee your stroke mechanics and body alignment will be different.....as well as the judgement in visual shotline will be very alien indeed.
Now pull the trigger.
Enjoy