It's only wrong in the sense that it's not perfectly parallel, it's parallel with a slight adjustment for deflection. But as your way has the cue angled, crossing over the original no-spin aiming line mine is "parallel-ish" to it but completely over to one side of it.
I'm trying to find a better representation of the two side by side, I'll have to do it myself. But this is the difference in the two methods we're discussing.
I can't seem to find any true inepth explanation or videos on parallel english. All I ever find is people saying it only works at slow speeds and close shot distance as you did in your article.
" For example, with a short distance between the CB and OB and/or with a firm shot, BHE (with an...
I feel the same about the swoop, seems extremely simple, but in practice things move too quickly to hit the exact spot you're intending every time.. I'm gonna look him up to see his style.
It's been around forever, it just means that the person aims like they're shooting with no English, then on their final strike they kinda swoop into the English.