CTE, aka Cener to Edge Aiming? Anyone still trying to learn the "system"

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CTE, aka Center to Edge Aiming? Anyone still trying to learn the "system"

I say "system" as CTE is a "system to aim with", I have been trying to master it maybe 90 days + or -, and I honestly think it has been one of the best things shown to me on "aiming" in recent years.

Anyone else have anything POSITIVE to REPORT?:smile:
 
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I have been working with the Shaft method like center of the shaft the edge of the ball and so on, I use the shaft to aim, works very well for me. It is all about what works for you to get the muscle memory right. :smile:
 
It works, at least for me. I learned it from Hal Houle over the telephone. I don't really use it these days to aim, but it gets me on the center of the cue ball and I can pretty much aim naturally from there. You need to get to a point where it's automatic like everything else. If you have to think too much about it, it will interfere with your concentration.
 
We teach it every day in Pool School. We refer to CTE as "SAME AIM".
SPF=randyg
 
I have been waiting for Stan's DVD to hopefully give a clear method before I jump into this. Hopefully it is coming soon!
 
mantis99 said:
I have been waiting for Stan's DVD to hopefully give a clear method before I jump into this. Hopefully it is coming soon!
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I had the opportunity to speak with Stan Shuffett yesterday at the 14.1 championships in New Jersey. (Landon was playing in the tournament). He stated that he would be reviewing the first proof of the DVD next week and that it will be released very soon.

(Incidentally, I'm not advocating for or against Pro-1 or CTE. Like you, I'm looking for a clear and comprehensive explanation of what it is and how it works. Stan was very pleasant to talk with.)
 
Been fooling around with it....although it might just be my version of it based on what I've read on these forums. Its the triple nuts on "unusal cuts" as far as I'm concerned.

This is one set up quite a bit:

Standing at the short rail. Put the cue ball one ball away from the first diamond on the long rail to your right. Then put an object ball one diamond up from that...also a balls width from the rail.

So both balls are on the end of the long rail. The cb at the diamond closest to the short rail and a dimond farther up is the ob. Both one balls width from the rail.

This would be a simple long rail shot up the table to the corner.

But I shoot it to the far corner using cte. I make it regularly and never, and I do mean never, consider where the pocket is...

So basically instead of hitting damn near center to center and shooting it straight up the rail to the corner, I cut it left and send it to the corner on the other side. Not a simple "contact point" shot imo. But cte plants it much more often then not.
 
CTE vs. CTC - The Dumbdown

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Where is the post explaining CTE??? Thanks.
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Here it is:


Center-to-Edge (CTE) aiming:

1. Start with your cue aimed through the center of the cue ball at the edge of the object ball (a half-ball alignment).

2. If the cut should be fatter than half-ball, aim fatter.

3. If the cut should be thinner than half-ball, aim thinner.


CTE is very simple, but I think players deserve something even simpler - so I've invented the new, ultra-simplified Center-to-Center(TM) aiming system.


Center-to-Center (CTC) aiming:

1. Start with your cue aimed through the center of the cue ball at the center of the object ball (a straight-shot alignment).

2. If the cut should be to the left, aim to the right.

3. If the cut should be to the right, aim to the left.


Watch for my DVD (with extensive mathematical proof).


You're welcome,

pj
chgo
 
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Patrick Johnson said:
Here it is:

CTE is very simple, but I think players deserve something even simpler - so I've invented the new, ultra-simplified Center-to-Center(TM) aiming system.


Center-to-Center (CTC) aiming:

1. Start with your cue aimed through the center of the cue ball at the center of the object ball (a straight-shot alignment).

2. If the cut should be to the left, aim to the right.

3. If the cut should be to the right, aim to the left.


Watch for my DVD (with extensive mathematical proof).


You're welcome,

pj
chgo
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Interesting method.....In regards to 2 & 3 above....How Far??? (do you aim to the left or to the right).....1 tip 2 tips...to the edge...does it change when the angle gets steeper?

BTW...I am sure you are aware that there is already a Center to Center method....You line up the center of the CB to the center of the Ghost Ball....Done....No adjustment necessary...I can't see it getting any simpler.

Note....if you extend that aim line through the center of the ghost ball...it will continue on to (usually) one of the HH 3-line aim points....which is exactly where all of the other systems end up.
 
BRKNRUN said:
Interesting method.....In regards to 2 & 3 above....How Far??? (do you aim to the left or to the right).....1 tip 2 tips...to the edge...does it change when the angle gets steeper?

BTW...I am sure you are aware that there is already a Center to Center method....You line up the center of the CB to the center of the Ghost Ball....Done....No adjustment necessary...I can't see it getting any simpler.

Note....if you extend that aim line through the center of the ghost ball...it will continue on to (usually) one of the HH 3-line aim points....which is exactly where all of the other systems end up.
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If you know where the ghost ball is why not concentrate on sending the cueball to that spot?
I thought CTE was for people who can't see the ghost ball.
 
BRKNRUN:
How Far??? (do you aim to the left or to the right)...
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This ain't onea them nanny systems that does everything fer ya. Take some personal responsibility fer yer game, fer crissake.

pj <- not yer nanny
chgo
 
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