Yep.
LOL. OK, John. We know we can count on you to give your honest, unbiased opinion without showing favoritism to The System You're Sworn To Defend Against All Threats Real Or Imagined (whatever that might be).
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Oh sorry, you mean to say then to all the people reading this that they should practice using the Aiming by Guessing method and then when they are in an actual game they should ONLY take the shots that they have figured out using the Aiming by Guessing method?
It's not defending Pat. It's contrasting.
Your way, which I am starting to think you are serious about, confines the player to the range of shots that they have "figured out".
My way, which is to use the sytematic approach to aiming, opens up the player to every shot on the table at any time.
That's a pretty big difference to me.
In a tournament game if I come up to a shot which I haven't practiced ever then I have a way better chance to make it by using the systems I know than your student would have using the Aiming by Guessing method you advocate here.
If that's not significant to you then I have to conclude that you honestly do not care whether people reading this get better.