Stepping the cue ball.
In the CTE truth series Stan does a video about the barn and taking different positions by moving his body to the left and to the right of the barn. He is moving around the circumference of the barn not in a straight line to the side of the of the barn.
Imagine this, you have a cue with a tennis ball stuck on the end of it, you line up the OB and your belly button and the tennis ball all in a straight line. Like this, belly button, tennis ball QB then OB all center to center, everything is edge to edge, tennis ball. cue ball and OB. Now moving ever so slightly move to your left or right around the circumference to the OB when doing this the centers will change.
But we don't want center to center, instead we want the your belly button, tennis ball and QB to stay inline but change the edge of those two to a portion on the OB, could be A, B or C. You are not taking a side step, your moving around the circumference of the OB. It's so small of a move or a Tick off of A, B or C.
I posted this in the CTE Terminology thread but felt that it should be posted here.
Video 21 in the truth series is KEY.
There is no head tilt, there is a head turn. while in the standing position if shooting an OB to the left simply turn your nose to the left (your right eye becomes dominant). if shooting an OB to the right simply turn your nose to the right ( your left eye becomes dominant). This is all done while in the standing position. This method changes your visual perception of exactly where the OB needs to be struck.
I now use this method. What happens for me is that the contact point on the OB POP's out.
Keep in mind that there are two different stances that you may notice. On some shots when you begin to get down on the shot you will notice that you are leading your bridge arm with you left shoulder. On other shots you will notice that you are simply just bending over into the shot.
If you mess around with all of this for awhile you'll see what I'm writing is true.
John
In the CTE truth series Stan does a video about the barn and taking different positions by moving his body to the left and to the right of the barn. He is moving around the circumference of the barn not in a straight line to the side of the of the barn.
Imagine this, you have a cue with a tennis ball stuck on the end of it, you line up the OB and your belly button and the tennis ball all in a straight line. Like this, belly button, tennis ball QB then OB all center to center, everything is edge to edge, tennis ball. cue ball and OB. Now moving ever so slightly move to your left or right around the circumference to the OB when doing this the centers will change.
But we don't want center to center, instead we want the your belly button, tennis ball and QB to stay inline but change the edge of those two to a portion on the OB, could be A, B or C. You are not taking a side step, your moving around the circumference of the OB. It's so small of a move or a Tick off of A, B or C.
I posted this in the CTE Terminology thread but felt that it should be posted here.
Video 21 in the truth series is KEY.
There is no head tilt, there is a head turn. while in the standing position if shooting an OB to the left simply turn your nose to the left (your right eye becomes dominant). if shooting an OB to the right simply turn your nose to the right ( your left eye becomes dominant). This is all done while in the standing position. This method changes your visual perception of exactly where the OB needs to be struck.
I now use this method. What happens for me is that the contact point on the OB POP's out.
Keep in mind that there are two different stances that you may notice. On some shots when you begin to get down on the shot you will notice that you are leading your bridge arm with you left shoulder. On other shots you will notice that you are simply just bending over into the shot.
If you mess around with all of this for awhile you'll see what I'm writing is true.
John
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