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Like many new users of CTE/Pro One, sighting the true center on a white round sphere of a cue ball, given the infinitely variable position of one's eyes and body alignment as one goes down for the shot, is the single biggest obstacle to consistency. Many have tried to explain the correct eye and body positioning by words, pictures, camera angles, graphics, foot placements, CAD/CAM drawings, etc. but there is always the gap between what the philosopher Immanuel Kant calls the "nuomenon" or the real world and the "phenomenon" or what the eyes actually see. In effect, what the eyes actually see are not where the objects really are, and the visualization tools I listed above suffer from the common affliction of being two-dimensional and therefore unable to depict reality in all its dimensions. Understanding and compensating for visual parallax is one solution by it is only a partial panacea. And if one happens to be cross-eyed or visually impaired, the problem is even worse.
I am by no means a structural engineer, but it seems to me that if someone can build a physical model of a CTE/Pro One visual image, that we can view from all angles, see and touch with our hands, it would be much easier to figure out the visuals in a CTE/Pro One shooting scenario.I'm talking about the same object that physicists use to build molecular models or DNA double helixes. I thnk you can build one using LEGO components. For example, one can take 2 bamboo skewers like the ones used for barbecues, pretend that 1 skewer represents the CTE line and that another skewer is the OBE line. Then you use superglue to glue the ends to their corresponding spots on the edge and center of the cue ball as well as the A, B & C portions of the object ball. You can build 6 such models representing the 3 object ball panels and the 2 (left/right pivot) cue ball positions. Once you have these models, you just set them on the table and then practice eyeballing them from all angles, shifting you foot position, tilting your head, using your dominant eye, twisting your neck, aligning your chin, and myriad other angles. One you find your most accurate position, burn them in your memory by staring at the models at the correct angle all night long, and practicing them during your waking hours.
Just thought I'd throw this in as a fresh new way of looking at the never-ending quest for CTE/Pro One nirvana.
Flip
I am by no means a structural engineer, but it seems to me that if someone can build a physical model of a CTE/Pro One visual image, that we can view from all angles, see and touch with our hands, it would be much easier to figure out the visuals in a CTE/Pro One shooting scenario.I'm talking about the same object that physicists use to build molecular models or DNA double helixes. I thnk you can build one using LEGO components. For example, one can take 2 bamboo skewers like the ones used for barbecues, pretend that 1 skewer represents the CTE line and that another skewer is the OBE line. Then you use superglue to glue the ends to their corresponding spots on the edge and center of the cue ball as well as the A, B & C portions of the object ball. You can build 6 such models representing the 3 object ball panels and the 2 (left/right pivot) cue ball positions. Once you have these models, you just set them on the table and then practice eyeballing them from all angles, shifting you foot position, tilting your head, using your dominant eye, twisting your neck, aligning your chin, and myriad other angles. One you find your most accurate position, burn them in your memory by staring at the models at the correct angle all night long, and practicing them during your waking hours.
Just thought I'd throw this in as a fresh new way of looking at the never-ending quest for CTE/Pro One nirvana.
Flip
