Focus, Regardless of Aiming Method
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I have no idea why you would disregard a system that you practice and have faith in
I think I understand the problem. Reading comprehension. Show me where Brian says he is considering to use Poolology for every shot. Better yet, why not just ask him directly?
I know you don't. That's why I've been asking you to restate our argument in your own words so we know that at least you understand the debate.
"All I needed was to focus on the shot at hand, using whatever aiming tools I prefer, and I could've spent more time playing than watching. Instead, I just stepped up and thought, "Yeah, that looks good enough", only to end up missing a slight backcut on a 1 ball by 3in or more."
If this quote by Brian doesn't scream USE IT ON EVERY SHOT THEN I DON"T KNOW WHAT WOULD
"All I needed was to focus on the shot at hand, using whatever aiming tools I prefer, and I could've spent more time playing than watching. Instead, I just stepped up and thought, "Yeah, that looks good enough", only to end up missing a slight backcut on a 1 ball by 3in or more."
Now explain why you shouldn't use it on every shot
I don't think "whatever aiming tools I prefer" means what you think it means.
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Well, that's because of the reading comprehension problem. Let Brian to speak for himself on that if he cares to.
I'm starting to think that you are not going to rephrase our argument in your own words. I explained what you asked, but now you are taking your marbles and going home?
I've been thinking for a very long time that you've pretty much lost all of your marbles.
And this is exactly the reason you're listed as the #2 instigator of the hostile fivesome.
WHO OF THE 5 WILL BE NEXT? We have #1 and #2 today.
Forum Rules Post To Mike Howerton: 9-26-17
Do you really want to see the bashing come to an end? If so, this new rule certainly isn't doing very much.
Your last 3 lines above spell out BAN times. My suggestion is to not have BANS from the entire forum.
But certain individuals who habitually can't control themselves with the CTE Aiming System need to be forbidden to enter any conversation regarding the subject.
#1 on the list is LOU FIGUEROA. He was the primary attacker 20 years ago and still holds a vendetta for it and is the primary attacker today as evidenced in his latest posts. It never stops.
#2 is DAN White.
#3 is BC21, Brian.
#4 JoeyInCali
If #5 is coming back to the forum in the short future it would be PAT JOHNSON. They have no control and revel in their creation of mayhem and dirt.
#6 ENGLISH! Nobody on the planet worse. Around the clock 24/7 posting on all the forums but Aiming is the worst.
Prohibit them from entering into any discussion about CTE or CENTER TO EDGE; starting their own posts about it; interacting with any and all known CTE users reg proponents, and creator of CTE; bringing it up in any other threads related to another aiming system.
Do you want peace and quiet? Try it for one or two months as an experiment and I'll bet the aiming forum gets as quiet as an empty church. If you don't, nothing will change. It's in your hands Mike.
The thing that worked best for that was when you were banned. There was actually nice constructive conversation around here for awhile. Then you returned, and here we are again...
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It was even far better without YOU when you got a lifetime ban and was gone for a couple of years. Then your sentence was commuted.
But glad you came in to post #5. Btw, 1 through 5 is interchangeable on a week to week basis. There are no set numbers and I know how competitive each of you are within your own ranks.
And this is exactly the reason you're listed as the #5 instigator of the hostile fivesome.
WHO OF THE 5 WILL BE NEXT? We have #1,#2, and #5 today.
Forum Rules Post To Mike Howerton: 9-26-17
Do you really want to see the bashing come to an end? If so, this new rule certainly isn't doing very much.
Your last 3 lines above spell out BAN times. My suggestion is to not have BANS from the entire forum.
But certain individuals who habitually can't control themselves with the CTE Aiming System need to be forbidden to enter any conversation regarding the subject.
#1 on the list is LOU FIGUEROA. He was the primary attacker 20 years ago and still holds a vendetta for it and is the primary attacker today as evidenced in his latest posts. It never stops.
#2 is DAN White.
#3 is BC21, Brian.
#4 JoeyInCali
If #5 is coming back to the forum in the short future it would be PAT JOHNSON. They have no control and revel in their creation of mayhem and dirt.
#6 ENGLISH! Nobody on the planet worse. Around the clock 24/7 posting on all the forums but Aiming is the worst.
Prohibit them from entering into any discussion about CTE or CENTER TO EDGE; starting their own posts about it; interacting with any and all known CTE users reg proponents, and creator of CTE; bringing it up in any other threads related to another aiming system.
Do you want peace and quiet? Try it for one or two months as an experiment and I'll bet the aiming forum gets as quiet as an empty church. If you don't, nothing will change. It's in your hands Mike.
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Yeah, posting and reposting your "enemies list" is a surefire way to promote adult conversation...
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Fellas, there's a way to make all this conflict and consternation disappear! OK, everybody just go ahead and send Connie a PM and request that she release the 15 to 18 Truth Vids tomorrow. EZPZ!
You're right I agree....it takes very little time and effort. The thing is, regardless of what system anyone uses, after doing it enough times you simply begin to recognize shots and align your body and stroke in accordance with what looks and feels right based on your experience level. From here on it's easy to get into the habit of relying only on that developed experience, consciously referencing the system itself on occassion like when a shot doesn't quite feel right or look right.
The reality of it all, unfortunately, is that even the shots that do register automatically as soon as you see them (they look/feel right) are subject to the pitfalls associated with playing -- distractions, lack of focus, emotions, stress, etc... Even if you used a system, any system, on every single shot, these pitfalls are there, always trying to trip you up.
For most players, trying too hard to make good things happen is the number one cause for bad things happening. Once you've connected the synaptic pathways in your brain, those subconscious pathways that allow you to play "in the zone", trying too hard is the conscious mind thinking it can pick a better path than what your subconscious mind has already paved. And it can't.
I believe the key to playing more consistently is to use all the conscious real-time data you can gather, which means if you have a system use it often, even if it's just to double check things. Then from here on you no longer consciously think about the stroke or anything else. You just see and do, dealing with the pitfalls as they come.
Exactly. I could've just looked at the line sending that ball to the pocket, or used Poolology, or ghostball. Instead, I had a guy on the adjacent table waiting for me to break a game of 8ball for the league match, so I rushed the shot with zero focus and missed it. And of course Aranas cleaned that rack up. I broke and ran my 8ball rack on that adjacent table. Played 5 games of 8ball that night and ran 3 of them.
Spider is right....had I used the same focus playing Aranas I wouldn't have missed that 1ball by 3". So it's not bad idea to use whatever you have in the bag to ensure your gonna make that shot. I was 8ft from Tyler Styer last night at Griffs in Vegas. He uses CTE, but occasionally you'll see him use the contact point on the ob as a reference. I watched his eyes bounce back and forth between cb and ob several times on most shots, ensuring that he was aligned dead on to what his experience was telling him looked correct. He used every tool in his bag.
If this paragraph could some how or another be integrated into each of our posts or adhered to by one and all, it would be the most unifying group of words formed that should make sense to all of us to go on with life doing what we're doing and be happy.
I'm in favor of almost all the varieties of aiming systems and have used them over the years. It just so happens the one I've really settled on and it's creator gets vilified constantly for decades by a specific group and number of them. Get them to see your point above and the aiming forum just might fade off into the sunset.
Great post!
Yes...I agree
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You probably right.
Actually things were good recently even with spidey here. Turned haywire again when Dan got back