So, let's get this on record. Lou says...Players can't see center to center and reliably know a visual line from the center of the cue ball to the center of the object ball. ( Visual disabilities do not count.)
The same is true for a fractional CTE alignment. Everyone can see that even people that have never picked up a cue.
Here's the deal.....Your visual assertion is nothing more than one of your bullets for trying to kill CTE.
Stan Shuffett
I'm saying that what I see as center, from where my eyes are when I stand at the table, probably isn't what you see as center from where your eyes are located. And I am definitely saying not all players can reliably visualize a line from whatever center they see at the CB to the center of an OB.
I play 1pocket with all levels of players but they have all been playing for many years and thousands of hours. But even having put in similar amounts of time they all play at different levels. Why is that?
Take a dead-on two ball takeout on the other guy's side where all you have to do is kill the CB. IOWs two balls near the other guys pocket and all you have to do is hit the first ball dead on (a straight center-to-center hit) into the side of the second ball and both balls go to your side.
How many times do you see average to better players blow this shot? A lot. How many times have you seen the guy miss the second ball entirely, actually make the first or second ball into the other guy's pocket, or just make a poor off side hit that screws up the shot? A lot.
Sometimes I play with a guy that's an excellent rotation player but is not as experienced at 1pocket and he cannot visualize a shot I'm telling him to shoot. Some guys, you tell them where to hit on the rail for a kick shot and they miss the simple hit to the rail. Other times it might be a simple carom and they hit the ball way too thick or thin. Why? After all, it's a simple visualization of a line, no?
Besides all that, not every player has 20/2O. In addition to different visualization capabilities some have less than perfect vision, different dominant eyes, some wear glasses, others contacts, or have amblyopia, glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts, and so on. Blend all that with tall players vs short players, guys that get down low on the ball vs more erect players, guys with right eye over the cue vs guys with left eye over the cue vs guys that center their cue and there are all kinds of different lines to be seen.
Saying everyone sees the same lines is wishful (and false) thinking.
Lou Figueroa
