The CTC and CTE initial alignment points are just that...a visual foundation to begin the process of connecting the cue ball to the object ball and the object ball to the pocket. We all do this now, but most do it poorly and without a consistent point of reference.
This is one of the reasons Pro One, through experience and using continuous consistent beginning alignments can develop into a strong shotmaking system. The TOI doesn't show you where to aim, but rather puts your eyes in a recurring position to learn where to develop the correct angle and speed to pocket the ball. Both systems require experience and a trust in your setup to allow the eyes to do their job.
Best,
Mike
Well said and that´s my interpret of it also. It´s in my experience a great mindset/approach to have when feeling the aim/connection, it´s simplifies the process - makes it faster imo.
I haven´t used Pro One, got the disc when it came out but put it on the shelf, hmm will look at it now I think. Anyway, one aim I think works good with TOI is Gene´s Perfect Aims, place the dominant eye over the line. Would be fun to hear Gene´s take on this.
My top speed before was quite high or actually the top was very high but of lack of consistency. Something that I have worked with the last 2 years since beginning to play more again. Checking my fundamentals on various different ways, finding my flaws - feeling them, acknowledge them and correcting them. I did however feel that I still don´t quite have it, my best speed was real good but I still felt the lack of understanding it - ok maybe I have been thinking to much about instead of just going with it but .... well that´s me
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TOI so far have given my much better understanding of things. Heavy, floating CB, holding the CB in a better and more consistent way even when a slight mishit occurs - way strong! The long draw shots that has to be so much in line to be good etc, short also for that matter. A numerous new way of consistent being able to produce new paths of the CP, - position play.
The simplify of the connection part. A easier way to find the game when being "off".
The pivoting for outside. Before I always used parallel aiming - or I would say I thought I did. I think me and most of us always have pivoted slightly before we go down - it´s natural to correct the squirt, we have done it without thinking of it.
A more compact stroke, TOI gives you this automatic - or at least it does for me.
It has also given me feedback of things that I have always felt but hasn't been able to express in the sense I can now, the squirt, the curve, the visualizing etc. I have done several of these shots before but not with the same mindset and that´s where one of the big keys lies imo.
However like all new things you start out with it has it´s bumps, my game in one way have suffered of course but I´m still hanging in there and the pieces are beginning to flow together more and more and my trust when going down is increasing all the time - of course bumps on days but in the overall it´s increasing. Heck bad play wasn´t that hard to do before either
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To learn to walk good took time and training and so will this, one thing for a long time player that will take some time is that you are creating (at least for me) a new PSR and the more aware you were about your PSR the harder it takes to do a new one imo. When I play bad I feel like I mix every piece of knowledge I have and it´s just getting mixed up big time and I start to loose the feel, hitting them thick, shooting real bad to sum it up
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Well what I´m trying to say is that I´m starting to find my way of "TOING", probably not exactly the way CJ does or what he feels but I´m not him either. However I will take a vid and send to him when I´m setup for it and hopefully get some more pointers so I can finetune it a bit more.
Thanks for all the help CJ, both in your posts here and in private, do keep them coming since I feel that you get better and better in explaining it. I´m looking forward to the bank/kick vid
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Regards
Chrippa
Ps one more thing to add is that even if I have made so much crazy shots, attempts on changing stuff, playing bad I´m still happy for them because they learn me more than playing good without knowing why. In other words - What seems bad can be good in the long run, you just have to view it differently. To learn you have to take responsibility for your actions, if not we would still be crawling around on the floor instead of walking. To have the same mindset as a child when they learn new things is a blessing we all should have I think, or we do have them still but we are complicating things a bit to much I would say
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