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My reaction last night was a knee jerk and certainly very unfair to One Pocket John.

My apologies for allowing a little frustration to rule my thoughts.

Stan Shuffett
 
My reaction last night was a knee jerk and certainly very unfair to One Pocket John.

My apologies for allowing a little frustration to rule my thoughts.

Stan Shuffett

*thumbs up*
Hats off Stan :-)

Your last video for example brought something towards me, which really helped me so much. It was just a nuance of knowledge-- but something i *missed* all the time. But these 2 seconds gave me a *big Aha-effect*.

Of course it s not burned in for me nor it is bulletproofed for me. But ran today a run in the 30 s- buy just using manual cte VERY concsiously.
Was a lot of fun-- and proud bc i forced myelf to use it also on *dead straight in* shots. Funny how little things let an old bag feel happy and satisfied ^^.

This *new land* is pure fun to me. Even if i also have sometimes tooth-ache with it-lol.

lg from overseas and from the edges :-)
 
My reaction last night was a knee jerk and certainly very unfair to One Pocket John.

My apologies for allowing a little frustration to rule my thoughts.

Stan Shuffett

Hey Stan,
After putting over 10 years of your life into CTE and have made it thru the years of being bashed by others........you Stan, owe no one an apology.

I watched this video again today and then spent the next 4 hours performing the moves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Psy5hOJT0

Your the Master, we are the students. Like in the tv show Kung Fu, while others have been able to snatch the pea from your hand and move on, I have just started my journey.

By the way, having 3 points on an OB is way better that a bunch of aim points on an OB. (back of the ball aiming)

Also, thanks Monte for posting the latest of Stan's videos.

I hope DVD2 comes out soon, as if I didn't have enough to practice already. :)

Take care Stan.

John
 
*thumbs up*
Hats off Stan :-)

Your last video for example brought something towards me, which really helped me so much. It was just a nuance of knowledge-- but something i *missed* all the time. But these 2 seconds gave me a *big Aha-effect*.

Of course it s not burned in for me nor it is bulletproofed for me. But ran today a run in the 30 s- buy just using manual cte VERY concsiously.
Was a lot of fun-- and proud bc i forced myelf to use it also on *dead straight in* shots. Funny how little things let an old bag feel happy and satisfied ^^.

This *new land* is pure fun to me. Even if i also have sometimes tooth-ache with it-lol.

lg from overseas and from the edges :-)


Thanks, Ratta!

I am glad you are enjoying my videos.

A compliment to you... Your command of the English language is getting up to a high standard. You have worked at it...and it shows.

Stan Shuffett
 
You have posted negatives......

I have no issues with communication. Everything about CTE PRO ONE to this point has been explained. I am sorry you do not understand the system because if you did you 'd have NO problem with the left cut bank. It's no different than making 2 inside As or inside Bs that have different angles . I find it extremely to hard imagine that you did not know that outside A can produce various angles.

Also, you clearly stated that some of my YouTube videos in some way were doing more harm for you than good.

Concerning the question that you wanted answered about a recent video: We had a phone conversation a month ago concerning the very subject of CB OB perception. I asked you to check something out and I wanted your feedback. You said you would , You did not call back . I called you days later and asked again for you to check it out and then we could have discussed it .No call again. So, now, you come on here and want answers as if I have ignored you! I have given you the perceptual info and about how the CB OB orientation works relating to handling various angles. Real CTE is of a another dimension in aiming. The perceptions I speak of were never supposed to be but they are and I do the best I can with them. Sorry again I do not meet up to your standards for explanations concerning my work.


It would have been great for you to come to KY to assist in some editing. Please do not act as though that were a simple thing to make happen. You could not come to KY for lessons..... You would not have come to KY for editing.

Stan Shuffett

Wow, now I know why some of the other guys got into such heated arguments with you - you really do know how to spin people's words, instead of at least attempting to answer an honest question...


I certainly do understand the system - I was one of the first people to use it after the DVD came out and have helped many others. It's comical that several posters didn't seem to read my post - maybe too long for some... I can demonstrate most of the shots you can Stan - well, maybe the curtain ones are a bit much - but I know what alignment and sweep to use for most shots on the table, and yes, it certainly works.

What I was asking was - WHY!!!!! Which you still haven't answered. And the only reason I asked, was because your latest videos - which are good by the way - stirred up that old unanswered question I had from over a year ago that I shoved aside in the interest of just letting the system work. Somehow the CTE and ABC alignments are connecting to the pockets to make the same alignment travel in two different places, just can't put that piece of the puzzle together. Sure it works, but how? I was simply asking if you knew - not mathematically, just visually.


If questioning you is posting negatives, then yes I did. I've never, EVER, said the system doesn't work, or said anything negative about you. I did post things about DVD1 that I thought were unclear, and always followed it up with compliments to yourself and the effort you put in and the effectiveness of the system, both publicly and privately to others.

If I said your videos did more harm then good, I apologize, but I certainly don't remember saying that in that way. If you do then please direct me to the post. I may have said they opened up some more questions. But I have been a big proponent of your support videos, they have answered a lot of questions and significantly added to the content of DVD1.

Yes, I did not call you back, I have simply been busy - 3 jobs, 4 kids and a wife in the final throes of nursing school will do that to you... And while what you asked was a quick thing to experiment with, a few days went by and it slipped my mind completely - actually, very completely until you just mentioned it. I have no doubt it would have worked as you described, but probably still would have left me wondering why. Sorry, just can't help it... :)

As for editing - yes, I said it would be tough for me to travel to KY right now for lessons with work, family, etc. Were you to extend an offer to help edit the material, I may have made plans to do that as well as some lessons. However, that was not even mentioned. When I emailed you about it, you responded quite some time ago:

"all my editing will be thru dropbox and is pretty much set, content-wise.
Pretty straight forward with no compromise.
I do appreciate your offer."

Apparently you are still editing, I believe that email was about a year ago. That's why I didn't pursue it anymore, seemed like a pretty definitive response.


Anyway, no need to continue this discussion. You awakened the beast with the latest vids and I guess I got tangled up in the why again. It definitely works, as I can attest through personal experience and I can probably use it just as well if not better than most on here. Certainly appreciate the efforts by yourself and people like Gerry and Monte and others to clarify things and continue to demonstrate it's effectiveness. Not sure how I suddenly fell into the "them" category just by asking a freaking question, but I guess that's all it takes... Please continue refining and adding to your material for those who use the system, I'm sure it's much appreciated.

Scott
 
Wow, now I know why some of the other guys got into such heated arguments with you - you really do know how to spin people's words, instead of at least attempting to answer an honest question...


I certainly do understand the system - I was one of the first people to use it after the DVD came out and have helped many others. It's comical that several posters didn't seem to read my post - maybe too long for some... I can demonstrate most of the shots you can Stan - well, maybe the curtain ones are a bit much - but I know what alignment and sweep to use for most shots on the table, and yes, it certainly works.

What I was asking was - WHY!!!!! Which you still haven't answered. And the only reason I asked, was because your latest videos - which are good by the way - stirred up that old unanswered question I had from over a year ago that I shoved aside in the interest of just letting the system work. Somehow the CTE and ABC alignments are connecting to the pockets to make the same alignment travel in two different places, just can't put that piece of the puzzle together. Sure it works, but how? I was simply asking if you knew - not mathematically, just visually.


If questioning you is posting negatives, then yes I did. I've never, EVER, said the system doesn't work, or said anything negative about you. I did post things about DVD1 that I thought were unclear, and always followed it up with compliments to yourself and the effort you put in and the effectiveness of the system, both publicly and privately to others.

If I said your videos did more harm then good, I apologize, but I certainly don't remember saying that in that way. If you do then please direct me to the post. I may have said they opened up some more questions. But I have been a big proponent of your support videos, they have answered a lot of questions and significantly added to the content of DVD1.

Yes, I did not call you back, I have simply been busy - 3 jobs, 4 kids and a wife in the final throes of nursing school will do that to you... And while what you asked was a quick thing to experiment with, a few days went by and it slipped my mind completely - actually, very completely until you just mentioned it. I have no doubt it would have worked as you described, but probably still would have left me wondering why. Sorry, just can't help it... :)

As for editing - yes, I said it would be tough for me to travel to KY right now for lessons with work, family, etc. Were you to extend an offer to help edit the material, I may have made plans to do that as well as some lessons. However, that was not even mentioned. When I emailed you about it, you responded quite some time ago:

"all my editing will be thru dropbox and is pretty much set, content-wise.
Pretty straight forward with no compromise.
I do appreciate your offer."

Apparently you are still editing, I believe that email was about a year ago. That's why I didn't pursue it anymore, seemed like a pretty definitive response.


Anyway, no need to continue this discussion. You awakened the beast with the latest vids and I guess I got tangled up in the why again. It definitely works, as I can attest through personal experience and I can probably use it just as well if not better than most on here. Certainly appreciate the efforts by yourself and people like Gerry and Monte and others to clarify things and continue to demonstrate it's effectiveness. Not sure how I suddenly fell into the "them" category just by asking a freaking question, but I guess that's all it takes... Please continue refining and adding to your material for those who use the system, I'm sure it's much appreciated.

Scott


Scott ,

I thought it was fairly well understood that whatever WHYs I am going to advance will not occur until the release of DVD2. My posting history will bear this out. ( I may touch on the WHYs to some degree with a YouTube video or 2 at DVD2 release time.)

Will my WHYs spiral downward to the lowest common denominator of CTE perceptions and their connection to pockets? I am satisfied that It will all come together but as has been the track record , some will want more about this.... Perception stuff .

Personally, I no longer search for the WHY. I have the WHYs to my satisfaction....what I also know is, is that CTE explainable perceptions that were never supposed to be have emerged and they connect to pockets.

I think I have done quite well with sharing lots of knowledge on my videos in spite of having a ton invested in my upcoming DVD2. I hope to one day have a hundred YouTube videos. My ultimate goal is to advance real CTE.

Stan Shuffett
 
Thanks, Ratta!

I am glad you are enjoying my videos.

A compliment to you... Your command of the English language is getting up to a high standard. You have worked at it...and it shows.

Stan Shuffett

Thank you Stan.
Need to take my time to write more understandable sometimes. I just tend too often to just write what comes into my mind. And then "grammar accidents* happening.
Was already offended by some *users*- sometimes also in a harsh manner- what surprised me a bit. Would have been easier to just *correct* me :-)

Have a smoóth stroke.
 
Stan, you might not actually know the answer to this question, and that's fine. I'm more looking to feed my curiosity.

I watched this video that John posted earlier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Psy5hOJT0

In all the time using Pro One, I never focused on which eye was picking up the visuals. But I decided to give it a try tonight and see how it went. Now I know that I am extremely left eye dominant. At least from doing the various tests you can do. So I tried picking up the visuals with my left eye by standing at more of an angle to the table (usually I'm pretty square). Then I tried sweeping and having the cue under my left eye.

I COULD NOT MAKE A BALL!!

So for grins, I decided to stand how I normally do, and sweep until the cue was under my right/non-dominant eye. BINGO!! It was like I couldn't miss.

Can you think of any explanation for this?

Thanks

Jon
 
Stan, you might not actually know the answer to this question, and that's fine. I'm more looking to feed my curiosity.

I watched this video that John posted earlier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Psy5hOJT0

In all the time using Pro One, I never focused on which eye was picking up the visuals. But I decided to give it a try tonight and see how it went. Now I know that I am extremely left eye dominant. At least from doing the various tests you can do. So I tried picking up the visuals with my left eye by standing at more of an angle to the table (usually I'm pretty square). Then I tried sweeping and having the cue under my left eye.

I COULD NOT MAKE A BALL!!

So for grins, I decided to stand how I normally do, and sweep until the cue was under my right/non-dominant eye. BINGO!! It was like I couldn't miss.

Can you think of any explanation for this?

Thanks

Jon
When you shoot down, are you looking to the cue from a side or offset?

I have the same situation, just symmetrical, lefty with right eye dominant. I can do both, either bend more and use my dominant eye over the cue or non-dominant eye, but I have to offset my vision in this case.

I suspect you overcut balls consistently to one side, is it correct?
 
I suspect you overcut balls consistently to one side, is it correct?

Correct. However, tonight when putting the cue under my non-dominant eye, I had no problems making balls in any direction. It's funny, but my stroke also felt much better/straight.
 
Correct. However, tonight when putting the cue under my non-dominant eye, I had no problems making balls in any direction. It's funny, but my stroke also felt much better/straight.
Recently I tried to do the same and I also felt better. At the same time when I got back to the dominant eye above the cue, I had to adjust my view (body position) to shoot correctly.

I believe it is a matter of how one perceives the vision center. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=680o8EChP_o

The good part once I was able to have my eyes fixed on CCB it did not go anywhere. I could shoot correctly with either of eyes above the cue but still I had to understand where my vision center is and adjust accordingly.
 
Recently I tried to do the same and I also felt better. At the same time when I got back to the dominant eye above the cue, I had to adjust my view (body position) to shoot correctly.

I believe it is a matter of how one perceives the vision center. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=680o8EChP_o

The good part once I was able to have my eyes fixed on CCB it did not go anywhere. I could shoot correctly with either of eyes above the cue but still I had to understand where my vision center is and adjust accordingly.

I always had problems with that vision center drill. I posted on here before that I found I was putting unwanted right spin on the CB. To remedy this, I tried two different things with decent success

1. Aim a little to the left of perceived center.
2. Twist my hips a little so my perceived center actually was center ball.

Both of those turned out to be short term fixes, and weren't comfortable in the long run. I don't want to get too excited, but I may have found my vision center. Very comfortable with it, but won't know for sure until I put more time in. Hopefully next time I practice, I can record a video so I can see exactly how I'm lining up and all that.
 
When down in the shooting position looking at the QB you are seeing it with the center of your dominant. When you look at the OB some distance away your dominant eye becomes less dominant and your vision center moves closer to the bridge of your nose.

In the standing position it is probably best to look at the distant OB with both eyes, letting your eyes put you into the proper shot line and stance to get down on the shot.

Just knowing this is what is happening is a step in the right direction.

Have fun :smile:

John
 
Stan, you might not actually know the answer to this question, and that's fine. I'm more looking to feed my curiosity.

I watched this video that John posted earlier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1Psy5hOJT0

In all the time using Pro One, I never focused on which eye was picking up the visuals. But I decided to give it a try tonight and see how it went. Now I know that I am extremely left eye dominant. At least from doing the various tests you can do. So I tried picking up the visuals with my left eye by standing at more of an angle to the table (usually I'm pretty square). Then I tried sweeping and having the cue under my left eye.

I COULD NOT MAKE A BALL!!

So for grins, I decided to stand how I normally do, and sweep until the cue was under my right/non-dominant eye. BINGO!! It was like I couldn't miss.

Can you think of any explanation for this?

Thanks

Jon

It seems that your left eye is not your strongest visual alignment. Whatever the strongest visual alignment is for full stance can work quite well as the focal point for seeing visuals. It is all about self-awareness and consistency.

Stan Shuffett
 
Pro One is 99% subconscious for me now - it makes a huge difference when you see and shoot. I am not calculating aim points any longer - I see the angle and I move in naturally without any distracting thoughts.

Was able to beat the 10 Ball Ghost 9-4 last night. Started with a 5 pack, dogged 4 and then finished with a 4 pack.

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1X72QegUM4&feature=c4-overview&list=UU8rNnGNPTLwihnszKS4Zg2g

Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbnwqTmPxIE&feature=c4-overview&list=UU8rNnGNPTLwihnszKS4Zg2g

I reviewed the video after and noted my sweeps and alignments - they were as they should be. It was intense conscious training that has gotten me this comfortable with the best shooting system I have ever seen.

I owe a lot to Stan for his support - the system continues to get better each and every day for me.

Cheers,
Gerry
 
Correct. However, tonight when putting the cue under my non-dominant eye, I had no problems making balls in any direction. It's funny, but my stroke also felt much better/straight.

Hello. I think you need to check this a lot of times. Perception is a very strange thing. One day you make every shot and you go home with a big smile and you say: "that's it, i got it !!!". But the other day nothing goes in....... You have to practice the same shots and a lot of "tough ones" at any distance and keep notes on your results. It's not that easy. I had the same problems in the past............
Thanks for reading

Panagiotis
 
Pro One is 99% subconscious for me now - it makes a huge difference when you see and shoot. I am not calculating aim points any longer - I see the angle and I move in naturally without any distracting thoughts.

Was able to beat the 10 Ball Ghost 9-4 last night. Started with a 5 pack, dogged 4 and then finished with a 4 pack.

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1X72QegUM4&feature=c4-overview&list=UU8rNnGNPTLwihnszKS4Zg2g

Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbnwqTmPxIE&feature=c4-overview&list=UU8rNnGNPTLwihnszKS4Zg2g

I reviewed the video after and noted my sweeps and alignments - they were as they should be. It was intense conscious training that has gotten me this comfortable with the best shooting system I have ever seen.

I owe a lot to Stan for his support - the system continues to get better each and every day for me.

Cheers,
Gerry

Damn strong Gerry!
Enjoy to see how much fun you still have at the table :-)
 
Pro One is 99% subconscious for me now - it makes a huge difference when you see and shoot. I am not calculating aim points any longer - I see the angle and I move in naturally without any distracting thoughts.

Was able to beat the 10 Ball Ghost 9-4 last night. Started with a 5 pack, dogged 4 and then finished with a 4 pack.

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1X72QegUM4&feature=c4-overview&list=UU8rNnGNPTLwihnszKS4Zg2g

Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbnwqTmPxIE&feature=c4-overview&list=UU8rNnGNPTLwihnszKS4Zg2g

I reviewed the video after and noted my sweeps and alignments - they were as they should be. It was intense conscious training that has gotten me this comfortable with the best shooting system I have ever seen.

I owe a lot to Stan for his support - the system continues to get better each and every day for me.

Cheers,
Gerry

I'm almost there. What I've found out recently is I'm just walking up to each shot, quickly finding the visuals, and then getting down on the shot. The best part is how quickly I'm playing now.
 
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