CTE. Why I think it works...

stan shuffett said:
If you are ever in the Kentucky area, I can easily show you where your thinking is totally incorrect as related to CTE.

Stan Shuffett
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Thanks for the invite.

I don't really have an opinion on CTE, I was just commenting on your post that I quoted about focusing on CB to OB.

If I plan on coming your way, I'll pm you for your contact info, if that's alright. If you're ever coming up to Big Dogs, pm me.

Jeff Livingston
 
Just the other day I was on the pool table and the cue ball was sitting there and there also was an object ball. I used CTE and the ball fired straight into the pocket.

It really works folks.
 
chefjeff said:
Thanks for the invite.

I don't really have an opinion on CTE, I was just commenting on your post that I quoted about focusing on CB to OB.

If I plan on coming your way, I'll pm you for your contact info, if that's alright. If you're ever coming up to Big Dogs, pm me.

Jeff Livingston
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Thanks, Jeff!
That works.
Stan Shuffett
 
Skippy27 said:
After spending numerous hours on it and even taken lessons on it, I believe the only thing CTE actually does for you is put your body in a pretty good position to approach the shot from the correct line thus it puts you in a "pretty good aim" line with your body in a decent position preshot. You will still need to adjust as you actually approach the ball and get your final aim before shooting. A few shots will work perfectly just because the alignment and the pivot just happen to be at that sweet spot. I believe the rest of it is 100% you just learning the angle / shot from doing it over and over and over again.

At the point that you can look at the ball and say that it is a 15 left pivot or a 30 right pivot, you pretty much have learned the angles and the pivot and is just a formality that is done because you are so use to doing it.
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You are 1000000% correct. It gives you a consistent starting point, looking at the edge. The rest is automatic.
 
what about all of the time and money and contractors and heavy equipment that az set in place to construct a dedicated aiming forum?

why isn't this there?

oh the humanity!

best,
brian kc
 
bigfred said:
Does CTE work on banks?
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It does if you practice it. Your brain has to know what it is doing before it works consistently.

With my test with my son I couldn't understand how he was missing shots that I found so easy. It's because his conscious self was telling him where he should be shooting it. His "computer" did not have the program to just do it.
 
Kickin' Chicken said:
what about all of the time and money and contractors and heavy equipment that az set in place to construct a dedicated aiming forum?

why isn't this there?

oh the humanity!

best,
brian kc
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Because CTE is no longer "Aiming" It's just "Visual Sighting" LOL
We need a new section for that now.

Any system that starts with aiming while standing, gets your body, bridge hand, head and stroking arm in the correct positions, can work with enough practice.
 
SilverCue said:
Because CTE is no longer "Aiming" It's just "Visual Sighting" LOL
We need a new section for that now.

Any system that starts with aiming while standing, gets your body, bridge hand, head and stroking arm in the correct positions, can work with enough practice.
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You just showed your hole cards about how aiming really happens. That is okay, though, you don't know what you don't know.

Stan Shuffett
 
Johnny "V" said:
It does if you practice it. Your brain has to know what it is doing before it works consistently.

With my test with my son I couldn't understand how he was missing shots that I found so easy. It's because his conscious self was telling him where he should be shooting it. His "computer" did not have the program to just do it.
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While a very short sample size, I find the experiment with your son interesting, especially given the results compared to fractional.

When he was using cte did you guide him as to what visual & pivot to use or did you leave him on his own?

Best,
Rick
 
Your arguments for cte are that your son could not use it and you can make some shots without your glasses on? Someone call Dr. Dave he's finally proven it!
 
erhino41 said:
Your arguments for cte are that your son could not use it and you can make some shots without your glasses on? Someone call Dr. Dave he's finally proven it!
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I think you may have missed his point.

He's not arguing FOR it in the normal sense.

He's saying that it is rather like fractional in that it gets one in the general physical locality & then the fine tuning is done based on one's subjective experience & the shot pictures that one has learned subjectively over time... that is basically in one's subconscious.

At least that is what I take from what he was saying.

I guess he can either confirm or deny if I've stated his take correctly.
 
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ENGLISH! said:
I think you may have missed his point.

He's not arguing FOR it in the normal sense.

He's saying that it is rather like fractional in that it gets one in the general physical locality & then the fine tuning is done based on one's subjective experience & the shot pictures that one has learned subjectively over time... that is is basically in one's subconscious.

At least that is what I take from what he was saying.

I guess he can either confirm or deny if I've stated his take correctly.
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Read again. That's not what he (the OP) is saying at all. It's what you are interpreting it to mean because you are seeking affirmation for your own personal beliefs. That's what's known as... "subjectivity".
 
Sloppy Pockets said:
Read again. That's not what he (the OP) is saying at all. It's what you are interpreting it to mean because you are seeking affirmation for your own personal beliefs. That's what's known as... "subjectivity".
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That is why I was more or less suggesting that he could confirm or deny.

His original post was rather short & not that definitive.

Hence I took it one way & it seems that you took it another.

But why then was his son pocketing balls using fractional & could not when using CTE?

Is it not supposed to be 'an objective aiming system' that takes one to the center pocket shot line with a slight over cut to counter collision induced throw because it is connected to all 2:1 ratio tables?

Perhaps the table was not a 2:1 ratio table.
 
ENGLISH! said:
I think you may have missed his point.

He's not arguing FOR it in the normal sense.

He's saying that it is rather like fractional in that it gets one in the general physical locality & then the fine tuning is done based on one's subjective experience & the shot pictures that one has learned subjectively over time... that is is basically in one's subconscious.

At least that is what I take from what he was saying.

I guess he can either confirm or deny if I've stated his take correctly.
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I understand what he meant, he said it in plain English. His tests prove nothing nor are they relevant in any way to anybody. He inferred whatever he wanted to from two situations that may have been caused by many other reasons than "eureka CTE works!". His first example is actually an argument against cte. Something doesn't work if it is something else that got the job done, it's like when someone can't open a jar and then someone else pops it right off then saying "well I loosened up for you".
 
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