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Try telling those same thousands of folks that they should start by practicing some fundamentals of stance and stroke, and I bet 90% will think it's boring, unnecessary, repetitive, and not helpful. When it's probably the last thing they learn, yet probably the most important? They try to...

Neil, I try to keep an open mind, but I've read this 10 times and I don't see "ghost ball" mentioned anywhere... This is post #9 quoted: See, while I do believe that there are aiming systems that are sound in base, they shouldn't be seen as a panacea. I'm all for it, if it bolsters one's...

That is my point... just because somebody missed doesn't mean they aimed wrong. But you can do this text regardless of how far the OB is. As far as "hit" or "feel" I do everything I can to divorce myself of it if the results are what I want. So, no, I don't particularly like the feel on a...

Yes, but there is a reason... the farther you hold the cue from the tip, as long as you hit the center of the CB the angle error of the cue is minimized as much as it can. Thus it's as pure a test of aim as possible.

That's fine, and I do believe your system and Stan's are valid (and I will buy yours and Stan's book when Stan's comes out because I am a collector of knowledge), but my response was to GoldenFlash's about the half-ball hit, loving it when it comes up. My whole point was that I don't wait for...

Autodesk Fusion360 is free for the first year for non-commercial/hobby/entrepreneur use. And it's CAD/CAM as well! Also has a renderer. Don't use it myself, as I use a different CAM system.

I don't see shots that way. I honestly don't even think about angles in that way. My one roadmap is the line from the OB to the pocket, and that gives me all the information I know. To set myself up for the next shot, the CB should be on the opposite side of the OB line that my CB destination...

I am of the belief that most of us here actually aim better than we think. It's the whole process of actually shooting that short-circuits us from time to time. One way to test this is to arrange some balls about a half-diamond away from the foot rail, and place the CB about a diamond or two...

The endless list of first world problems! I remember as a very little kid, losing a 10-card poker game to a parrot at Silver Springs in Florida. I was given a wooden nickel as a consolation prize. Maybe wood coins will become the one-pocket rage... In golf I have two markers - a $1 token...

Personally I'd use a chop saw with a 10", 60T blade, ATB, no rake... should cut like butter.

Great... but how many times does an exact 30deg. cut come up in a random rack?

For the same reason people miss when they have the perfect "aim." Truth is, there is no "perfect" stroke, and we don't aim "perfectly" every time. Otherwise, we'd be all robots, with no feelings or emotions. We strive for perfection in both, but in my view, it's easier to just let some of...

I believe in Tor's case, he does have quite a few progress stories with his students on YouTube. Some of the before/after shoots are pretty amazing.

LOL I guess that's why they're called follow and draw!

Well the whole point of CTE/Pro One is that there are supposed to be no adjustments; once the CTE visual is established, visual sweep, edge to whatever target, then pivot to CB center, the cue is supposed to be in the EXACT aim line provided it is stroked dead center. And yes, the angle is as...

I think the only problem I see with that is, not every person has the same body type, build, flexibility, strength, so not everybody can achieve the same prototypical robot swing. Ironically I am a disciple of the legendary golf instructor and long-ball hitter Mike Austin, whose teachings were...

Thanks for posting! Each one of these has been great, and Ronnie does come off as a really likeable guy. I think however in this day of the Internet it'd be tough for him to go somewhere and not be recognized by someone. Maybe in Tuktoyaktuk, Alaska...

In that example (which I've seen before) the shot "angle" is almost exactly the same each time, and the OB is pretty close to the hole, which increases the margin of error. I think whatever anyone uses to aim, this wouldn't be too difficult because of the margin of error. It would be more...

Petty is claiming someone is stealing your ideas, then saying the same person got it wrong. That said, I think your body of work is safe.

So because you spentthelast 10 years trying to reverse- engineer Hal's work, this gives you "ownership" to the CTE dynasty? You've done great work, don't tarnish that with this pettiness?