best cte videos on youtube?

[Low500]

I am not on any particular "side". That's the problem that never seems to go away -- anyone that questions CTE, or learns how to do it only to discover that it requires more than just perceptions and half tip pivots as explained by Stan in his videos, is considered "against" CTE and Stan and you and others that use the system. I've never cared much for the "you're either with us or against us" attitude. And the most derogatory comments I've seen here since joining back in 2017 have come from the likes of those who've been "chased off", like Dave (Spider) and Stan himself, mainly because of the 20yr war that has nothing to do with me and many others here that weren't part of all that mess back then. Anyhow, I believe Mohrt was the only one I found to be civil in CTE discussions.
None of this matters. <====Yes it matters. The simple truth is that I know how it works and how it doesn't work,<====no you do not. and you don't like me telling others that the best way to learn for themselves is to just watch and listen to Stan's YouTube videos. There are 3 or 4 vids that show exactly what he is doing, and anyone that follows those instructions objectively will learn what I've learned.

You have not learned how CTE works and you never will.
You're completely biased because you ballyhoo and $ell a book that you wrote about aiming with more misinformation in it than your friends Dan White, Patrick Johnson, and you ever found in your nonexistent studies of CTE.
Your idea of "being civil" is for someone to just roll over and agree with you.
Well, I for one, will not do that.
And I have read your book and have taken it to the table. It's bad information in my opinion.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

You have not learned how CTE works and you never will.

It appears that the only acceptable evidence of "understanding" CTE is to lose the ability to communicate intelligently about it.

pj <- gotta be magic
chgo

 

[BC21]

You have not learned how CTE works and you never will.
You're completely biased because you ballyhoo and $ell a book that you wrote about aiming with more misinformation in it than your friends Dan White, Patrick Johnson, and you ever found in your nonexistent studies of CTE.
Your idea of "being civil" is for someone to just roll over and agree with you.
Well, I for one, will not do that.
And I have read your book and have taken it to the table.

Excellent. But my idea of being civil is actually open and honest debate/conversation, not close-minded where it's a one way conversation that only good and positive things can be brought up. You guys just can't do that with CTE, and it's a shame because more people could actually learn it if there wasn't such a strong defensive attack everytime someone points out something that's not exactly good or positive while trying to learn CTE.

Anyway, if you have read Poolology and have taken it to the table, then you've discovered one of two possibilities:
It either worked immediately for you, as it does for 9 out of 10 players; or you could not understand it or get it to work, which is a problem reported by about 1 out of 10 players.

Regardless of what you or cookie or Stan or any CTE guru believes, I've had Stan's DVDs, watched all of his YouTube videos, NUMEROUS times. I also have TWO friends that have taken a CTE lesson with Stan. (And I should add that they said it was a great lesson with a great guy.) I probably understand more about CTE than you do. I have taken all of this to the table and made some very interesting discoveries regarding pivot style aiming systems, all pivot based systems. This is when I really learned how the system works, especially after Mohrt suggested that I should start with straight in shots to make sure I was doing the "perceptions" correctly. And like 9 out 10 that try to learn it objectively, I discovered that it needs more than what the instructions call for. 9 out of 10 is a guess, because the only place to read any reviews is here, and out of thousands of AZers only a handful praise the system here, and everyone else is considered anti-CTE, or a CTE "hater".

Nevertheless, I don't see anything wrong or inappropriate or uncivil to tell people that are interested in learning CTE to go watch and listen to Stan Shuffett's videos on YouTube. Buy his book when it comes out. Go see him personally. But no matter what you do, if you find that it's not as objective, not as straightforward as you thought it would be, DO NOT come to this forum to ask questions or to give opinions or reviews.

 

[BC21]

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Yes, the Truth Series and the Book will make things MUCH more clear and understandable.

I'm not on here to argue with anyone... CTE Pro One is my preferred method. If someone prefers something else, more power to them, but I play a decent game using Pro One. I have a few players in my pool room that use it, and they play well with it.

I sound like I'm "Selling" Pro One, but really, I'm not. Someone wants to learn it, there are endorsed instructors out there that will teach it (yes I'm one of them, but my Air Force retirement check is a LOT more than what I'd ever make teaching Pro One! :smile: ). Right now, I've suspended teaching CTE Pro One until the books release, because the book contains some of what I consider NECESSARY information.k Like Cookie Man said, the Truth Series and Book will reveal a LOT.

By the way, I keep hearing that it takes MONTHS to learn Pro One. Not true. I can teach CTE Pro One in one day, to a point that a player will be using it to make easy to tough cuts and banks... now it may take "months" to make it "automatic", but it would take months to make ANY method automatic.

Straight shooting!

Bob

Good post. When I was interested in CTE, I found your videos to be very helpful. So for those here that are wanting to learn the system, and can't wait for the book or "truth" videos, watch Bob Nunley's videos in addition to Stan's.

 

[cutemonster]

Is Truth series going to happen this year? What is the status?

 

[cookie man]

Is Truth series going to happen this year? What is the status?

No real updates at this point. Still in the works.

 

[cookie man]

And like 9 out 10 that try to learn it objectively, I discovered that it needs more than what the instructions call for. 9 out of 10 is a guess, because the only place to read any reviews is here,

9 out of 10 would be a very bad guess IMO. Don't know of any users at all that would agree with this. Everyone that i know that has had personal lessons agree it's all that Stan says it is.

 

[BC21]

9 out of 10 would be a very bad guess IMO. Don't know of any users at all that would agree with this. Everyone that i know that has had personal lessons agree it's all that Stan says it is.

My "9 out of 10" guess is based on those who've tried learning the system simply by using the DVDs and youtube, not private lessons with Stan. So you may be right here. Maybe there is something with the system that can only be learned in person, something that two DVDs and a hundred YouTube clips just can't touch on.

I only personally know two players that have had a CTE lesson with Stan. One of them is a very strong player, has been for years. The other is okay. They each say the lesson was great -- expensive, but great. I haven't noticed any difference in their play. The older player plays like he always has, which is pretty damn strong, and he doesn't use the system he paid good money to learn. The younger one has been hitting them a little better lately, but he's also been playing more pool lately. Table time has always proved beneficial. I have no doubts, however, that his lesson with Stan helped his game, especially if the lesson involved other aspects of the game and not just CTE. They each confirm that Stan is an excellent and knowledgeable instructor.

 

[cookie man]

My "9 out of 10" guess is based on those who've tried learning the system simply by using the DVDs and youtube, not private lessons with Stan. So you may be right here. Maybe there is something with the system that can only be learned in person, something that two DVDs and a hundred YouTube clips just can't touch on.

I only personally know two players that have had a CTE lesson with Stan. One of them is a very strong player, has been for years. The other is okay. They each say the lesson was great -- expensive, but great. I haven't noticed any difference in their play. The older player plays like he always has, which is pretty damn strong, and he doesn't use the system he paid good money to learn. The younger one has been hitting them a little better lately, but he's also been playing more pool lately. Table time has always proved beneficial. I have no doubts, however, that his lesson with Stan helped his game, especially if the lesson involved other aspects of the game and not just CTE. They each confirm that Stan is an excellent and knowledgeable instructor.

Then you have pro's such as Tyler Styer, did you listen to the podcast i posted, Brandon Shuff, Matt Krah, and several others being outspoken on facebook with the exact opposite opinion on how CTE has helped there game. I could list numerous amateurs also but they would be players that you probably haven't heard of. They will all agree that Stan is an excellent and knowledgeable instructor worthy of teaching pro's and amateurs alike.
IMO your buddy has made a huge mistake not sticking with CTE. But hell, he can just go on playing like he always has.
As for the comment about Stan being expensive. i didn't think he was. I checked around and even with travel expenses from Baltimore to Kentucky i thought he was very reasonable for two days of lessons. People can decide that though when he starts teaching again to the public.
I love your style of posting though Brian. Compliments with little digs thrown in. Keeps you in the middle ground i suppose.

 

[BC21]

Then you have pro's such as Tyler Styer, did you listen to the podcast i posted, Brandon Shuff, Matt Krah, and several others being outspoken on facebook with the exact opposite opinion on how CTE has helped there game. I could list numerous amateurs also but they would be players that you probably haven't heard of. They will all agree that Stan is an excellent and knowledgeable instructor worthy of teaching pro's and amateurs alike.
IMO your buddy has made a huge mistake not sticking with CTE. But hell, he can just go on playing like he always has.
As for the comment about Stan being expensive. i didn't think he was. I checked around and even with travel expenses from Baltimore to Kentucky i thought he was very reasonable for two days of lessons. People can decide that though when he starts teaching again to the public.
I love your style of posting though Brian. Compliments with little digs thrown in. Keeps you in the middle ground i suppose.

I did watch that podcast....good interview. Tyler is a good kid. I didn't post the price my buddy paid for a one-day CTE lesson, but it was quite expensive. Price doesn't matter though if you feel you got your money's worth.

As far as my style of posting...it is straightforward, blunt. I don't know of anything in life that is all rainbows and happiness, 100% good, always deserving nothing but positive compliments and praise. There is usually another side, some amount of negativity, elements undeserving of compliments and praise. You call it "digs", but it's just honest appraisal. And when it comes to products or services available for purchase, that's the best thing any buyer can ask for, and also what every seller or manufacturer should expect.

 

[lfigueroa]

Excellent. But my idea of being civil is actually open and honest debate/conversation, not close-minded where it's a one way conversation that only good and positive things can be brought up. You guys just can't do that with CTE, and it's a shame because more people could actually learn it if there wasn't such a strong defensive attack everytime someone points out something that's not exactly good or positive while trying to learn CTE.

Anyway, if you have read Poolology and have taken it to the table, then you've discovered one of two possibilities:
It either worked immediately for you, as it does for 9 out of 10 players; or you could not understand it or get it to work, which is a problem reported by about 1 out of 10 players.

Regardless of what you or cookie or Stan or any CTE guru believes, I've had Stan's DVDs, watched all of his YouTube videos, NUMEROUS times. I also have TWO friends that have taken a CTE lesson with Stan. (And I should add that they said it was a great lesson with a great guy.) I probably understand more about CTE than you do. I have taken all of this to the table and made some very interesting discoveries regarding pivot style aiming systems, all pivot based systems. This is when I really learned how the system works, especially after Mohrt suggested that I should start with straight in shots to make sure I was doing the "perceptions" correctly. And like 9 out 10 that try to learn it objectively, I discovered that it needs more than what the instructions call for. 9 out of 10 is a guess, because the only place to read any reviews is here, and out of thousands of AZers only a handful praise the system here, and everyone else is considered anti-CTE, or a CTE "hater".

Nevertheless, I don't see anything wrong or inappropriate or uncivil to tell people that are interested in learning CTE to go watch and listen to Stan Shuffett's videos on YouTube. Buy his book when it comes out. Go see him personally. But no matter what you do, if you find that it's not as objective, not as straightforward as you thought it would be, DO NOT come to this forum to ask questions or to give opinions or reviews.

Anyone who has followed the CTE saga here over the years knows it does not work as advertised for the majority of those that try it — the posting history of the community at large is irrefutable proof of that.

So 9 out of 10 is probably a conservative estimate. Does it work for some people? Sure, although there is no certainty that it is working for them for the reasons they believe. As a group, pool players are not, generally speaking, a set of Nobel Laureates. I mean one pro believes the world is flat (or was it that the Apollo landing never took place?) so if a pro or two wants to believe and/or endorse an aiming system most players can’t get to work, or find unmoored from scientific principles, that’s going to happen.

But that doesn’t validate the system.

Lou Figueroa

 

[Patrick Johnson]

...there is no certainty that it is working for them for the reasons they believe.

lol

That's about as diplomatically as that can be said.

pj
chgo

 

[cookie man]

Anyone who has followed the CTE saga here over the years knows it does not work as advertised for the majority of those that try it — the posting history of the community at large is irrefutable proof of that.

So 9 out of 10 is probably a conservative estimate. Does it work for some people? Sure, although there is no certainty that it is working for them for the reasons they believe. As a group, pool players are not, generally speaking, a set of Nobel Laureates. I mean one pro believes the world is flat (or was it that the Apollo landing never took place?) so if a pro or two wants to believe and/or endorse an aiming system most players can’t get to work, or find unmoored from scientific principles, that’s going to happen.

But that doesn’t validate the system.

Lou Figueroa

lol

That's about as diplomatically as that can be said.

pj
chgo

And it's exactly this kind of posting by self proclaimed "know it alls" that have chased and kept Pro players and reputable instructors from posting here. Clueless posters. The posterkids for what's wrong with AZB

 

[Low500]

And it's exactly this kind of posting by self proclaimed "know it alls" that have chased and kept Pro players and reputable instructors from posting here. Clueless posters. The posterkids for what's wrong with AZB

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[Patrick Johnson]

The very definition of irony.

pj
chgo

 

[JoeyInCali]

Still waiting for the book.

 

[Dan White]

Still waiting for the book.

Don't expect too much. Stan has already said flat out that the book will not explain how what he calls "the mystery that was never supposed to be" actually happens. This is the part about why his system is supposedly 100% objective. I can probably find the clip if necessary.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Stan has already said flat out that the book will not explain how what he calls "the mystery that was never supposed to be" actually happens.

Well, it's a "mystery that never was", so...

pj
chgo

 

[cookie man]

Still waiting for the book.

Are you on the list for one? If not you might be shit out of luck. You see while the recent CNN poll conducted on here, where you poll people that you already know what they will say, that 9 out of 10 dont like CTE the response in the real world is quite different. Major social media pages and groups have quite the buzz of anticipation along with over whelming support in favor of Stan and CTE that the book will sell out quick. If your question was serious, and we all know it's not, you just like to troll in here just be sure my answer is true and serious. The Book will become a collectors item.

 

[cookie man]

Don't expect too much. Stan has already said flat out that the book will not explain how what he calls "the mystery that was never supposed to be" actually happens. This is the part about why his system is supposedly 100% objective. I can probably find the clip if necessary.

CTE will be explained in it's entirety. Only a biased person will not be able to understand it after that.