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Agree! Since I've been using CTE it truly is automatic. I usually focus more on playing for shape.

Thank you.

Thanks for the update! I've checked his FB page and haven't seen anything current so was wondering. I am envious of your time spent at Stan's. Oh the ties of a full-time job and serious music activities on the side that keep me from doing the same.

I often do a 20-shot test of the same shots so see if I've experienced any improvement (a good mix of simple to difficult shots). In March of 2017 I started CTE after purchasing Stan's DVD-2. I watched it several times, got a headache and set it aside thinking it was impossible without help. I...

CTE JOURNEY LOG 6/5/2019: Played a friend last night - the usual eight-ball, call shot game. I like that game as it requires many decisions - sequence of balls, working around congested traffic, etc. It works the brain well and yet is very enjoyable. During one of our games my opponent broke...

I can see why until you actually experience it. Do this experiment (assuming you are a CTE user ... if you aren't then ... oh well): 1. Set up cue ball and object ball with a slight cut that requires a 15 degree perception. Move your body until you are able to see ETA (or C) and then CTE...

Ok - we are both correct but my focus is entirely on getting my eyes to lead me to the fixed center cue ball and eventually to the shot line. I don't think of moving my head or body then my eyes althought that is physically happening. My eyes lead.

No - my head position is not off. I am left handed and right eye dominant. When I look down the center-to-edge line - center cue ball (cue's contact area) vs. the top center they are slightly different. It's called parallax. Someone - like me - with severe astigmatism, ghosting (caused from...

I had an epiphany the other night thinking about how I can improve my CTE accuracy. Let me first say up front that I do not use the full-circle version as manual pivoting of any kind is appalling. I may move to that at some point but I have a long ways to go. For over a year and a half I've...

Great post. CTE is a new dimension in thinking as it has been a challenge to develop the CTE method in my pre-shot routine. It takes work as my mind contemplates the process as I do it: "Now where exactly is that aim point A? The fulcrum point of my bridge hand lines up with the half-tip point...

Stan said on his DVD that shots beyond 5 diamonds are difficult with the 30. I play on a 9 sometimes but mostly a 7. Doesn't matter for this 55 year-old with progressive lenses. It's hard to see long distances on the table.

My usual Monday night 8-ball match came and I got my butt handed to me on a platter - losing 2-6. It was an off-night for me as I struggled on long-distance shots trying to decide ... should that be a 15-inside or a 45-outside (30 is not used for long-distance shots)? A few days before I...

I have yet to read a post regarding CTE without at least one (DW) chiming in to attempt to divert the intensions of the OP. .... initials are DW in case you didn't catch that. :wink: CTE Learning Process As I've Experienced It: 1) Stan's DVD & YouTube instruction on how it's done (I've...

Ha ha ... I understand. I hate missing ONE shot. But I have to tell myself to learn from EVERY shot and thus my percentages will go up. I have too much pride to be happy long-term with 60%. I'll get there. Just as in my music rehearsal time I make every second a valuable one. I just watched a...

Big difference when a miss = money lost. I don't gamble - and play for personal pride only so I'm not under NEARLY the pressure you are. Interesting article on playing under pressure: https://www.wired.com/2010/09/the-tight-collar-the-new-science-of-choking/

Hmmm... interesting experience. Stan said it would eventually become subconcious - of course I haven't and never will be able to put in that amount of time (I can do about 10 hrs / week. If the shot is 15/O using a left visual sweep I just bend over and make the ball probably 60% of the time...

:wink: Good one.

Stan SEEMS to contradict himself in his teachings (e.g. on his DVD he states that "it's ok to look directly down the 45 degree aim point", then later gives a YT video on improving that line). But! ... when watching Stan's videos (& DVD) one has to remember to give the guy a break as he is...

Thanks. I've never used ghost but I can see how that would help those who have. Having watched Stan's YT videos (as well as the DVD) I find the following most helpful. 1) Determine the location of the contact point on the object ball. 2) When in full stance (down on the table) the slanted...

Thanks Shooting pool has never been more enjoyable.