Quote:I have reached the stage of looking at the CB last. It is so simple. I have the crown of the CB and the bottom of the CB as objective references for my tip position. When I am stopped at CCB, I focus on the CB, just a tick above my tip position. When I pull the cue back my attention never leaves the very small contact area of CCB. My pull back to pause is slow and my visual attention to CCB target is not interrupted by shifting to the OB. I believe this is the ultimate eye pattern for CTE.
When first learning CTE PRO ONE, I recommend staying with the tip at CCB throughout the backswing and then shifting to the OB at the pause position.
This can allow you to eventually consider the CB last as your target. Eye patterns are individual but one problem many players have is that their eye patterns are inconsistent and allow for mental and visual disconnect from the task at hand.Quote:
Hi Stan,
This eye patten is almost opposite to how I was taught. Can you cover this eye patten for Pro/one in debth in your new DVD2.
One million thanks again.
Cheers:smile:
Yes, I cover this on DVD2 but it is fairly straight forward.
CCB connects your aim to the pockets for all shots.
CCB is money!
Use your strongest visual alignment during full stance that allows you to see a perfect CB, particularly your target, CCB.
When you sweep to CCB your first task is to tweak your tip to exact CCB. Use the crown of the CB or its base as a reference. Then look up at the OB. You must resist tweaking your tip position to make the OB look correct. You must learn to trust CCB. If the OB presents a red flag, you will recognize that. Just start over if you have to make horizontal tip movements to get in line. Often there are tweaks, but those tweaks are ALWAYS to CCB.
Since CCB is your target there is not much sense in sawing wood. Zero, one, maybe two practice are sufficient. I used to take 6-8 strokes. I am down to Zero now. I have never pocketed balls better.
Let's say you have CCB as a target with your tip stopped at the CB, dead center.
You have 4 eye pattern options at this point as I see it.
1. Shift up to OB and then engage in backswing and shoot.
2. Shift up to OB during backswing and then continue to your finished stroke.
3. Complete backswing and then during your pause shift your eyes to the OB and then shoot.
4. You are stopped the CB and your eyes are focused 1 tick above your tip placement. As you pull your cue back, your eyes in laser- like fashion focus intently on the exact CB tick that represents your target. Continue to the pause position and all the way to finish. There is no real need to look at the OB.
During my journey With CTE I progressed from 1 to 4. A perfect pattern does not happen all at once. There are factors that must blend together through experience. A strong eye pattern represents a very strong mental/ visual connection to the CB OB relationship. In time a confidence emerges that can allow one trust in the CB as a target vs the OB.
Our game is largely about allowing our visual and physical intelligence to work at their highest level. The highest level is simply see and shoot. The eyes and body figure out how to connect with pockets given enough time.
The amazing thing about CTE PRO ONE is that its objectivity represents a set of instructions that take you to shot lines. This was not supposed to be. Our eyes and body have no words for this.
Pure CTE is simply a set of 2 perceptions and a slight rotation to CCB that connects with the pockets. This description was never supposed to happen and clearly represents aiming in a new dimension.
I show all of this in DVD2. And again, I can and will demo all that I say and present on DVD2.
Stan Shuffett