I've been doing quite a bit or reading in the last couple of days, trying to see where the arguments about aiming systems originated.
Except for the continuous flow of mean-spirited comments, the retaliations and the hot buttons being pushed by both sides, I think I have come to understand the problem that exists, at least, about CTE/Pro One.
First: YeaSayers. Many of them claim that CTE/Pro One is an exact aiming system. And it is for them. EXACT to them means that they do something exactly the same every time they use CTE/Pro One and they feel the proof is in the pudding so to speak. In essence, they believe that they are using an EXACT and ACCURATE aiming system and for them, they are.
Secondly: NaySayers claim that CTE/Pro One is not an exact and accurate aiming system. While the NaySayers are losing the battle about whether it is an accurate aiming system, they are going to fight to their last dying breath that it is not an exact aiming system. I think they have been beaten so bloody well by the YeaSayers, that they are being forced to concede that CTE/Pro One is more than "snake oil", more than a stupid method of aiming, more than a hypnotic lesson from it's originators. Each day as more and more people discover the Visual Perceptions that are necessary for the successful use of CTE/Pro One the NaySayers grudgingly are being FORCED to admit that it is an effective aiming system.
The NaySayers have their definition of exact and accurate and the YeaSayers have their definition of exact and accurate and neither one can hear the other.
I guess I am in the camp that says that CTE/Pro One is a VERY EFFECTIVE method to use for aiming and shooting.
As to whether it is exact and accurate, apparently depends upon how you use the word exact and accurate. Personally, when using CTE/Pro One, I do PRECISE, EXACT and ACCURATE movements with my eyes and body with my eyes leading the way EACH AND EVERY TIME I use CTE/Pro One. There is NO GUESSING, no major adjustments, except for the fine tune adjustments as I like to call them (for throw, shape etc).
I've never been one to suggest that CTE/Pro One or any other aiming system is going to make you a top player. However, I can speak from personal experience, learning CTE/Pro One has opened up my mind to the importance of finding the center of the cue ball and the value of minimizing the use of side spin. You would think that with all of the books and videos and pool lessons that I have taken that these two things would have sunk in but they apparently didn't, until CTE/Pro One. These things were lagniappe, unexpected bonuses along with the additional confidence of knowing that I was lined up correctly to make the shot.
Is it the best aiming system in the world? I don't know. I do know at least for myself, learning it has not hurt my game and it may have helped in ways that I had never expected.
CTE/Pro One is not something that you can do consistently well until you work on a while on the visual perspectives.
