It ain't happening, it's a lie
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That video i just found
Was first fillet hittin the pan
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That video i just found
Was first fillet hittin the pan
Look out
Man O Man ya got that right.
There is no shortcut, the elevator to success doesn't work....you gotta' take the stairs.
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Respectfully, I can think of two exceptions:
1) Correcting someone's aim knowledge can improve them greatly, faster than in 10 minutes! (Like the many students who "cheat the pocket" from varying cut angles or don't know where true pocket center is to aim center ob. I show them. Boom!
2) I meet a lot of students who overcut frequently when they miss and/or add a jabbing, hard stroke and/or add outside english (three ways to attempt to counteract throw, consciously or subconsciously). We talk about it, soften their stroke, have them slow down to aim a bit thicker, while "feeling" for the cut, instead of forcing the cut/slamming the balls in. Boom!
I won't add the third way, "secret aim systems I know!" because that's not appropriate to do at AZ.
If a player has a good repeatable stroke that can deliver the cb accurately, then he or she should be able to make any objective aiming system work well within a few minutes. Naturally if there are things that need to be stored into memory, like Joe Tucker's grid system or my "zone" lines, consistency/proficiency will require repetition. But if I say "aim here", and point to a spot, and you can send the cb to that spot every time, then yes there are aiming systems out there that you can easily be using successfully within 10 or 15 minutes. You might have to keep an illustration handy until you've memorized some things, but you can easily get it working on every shot in a matter of minutes.
And the more you work with it the quicker you can program your brain to recognize the shots automatically without having to use any system at all. That sounds like a shortcut to me. There may not be a quick elevator ride to being an "A" player, but climbing a few stairs sure beats climbing hundreds or thousands.
And the more you work with it the quicker you can program your brain to recognize the shots automatically without having to use any system at all. That sounds like a shortcut to me. There may not be a quick elevator ride to being an "A" player, but climbing a few stairs sure beats climbing hundreds or thousands.
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No matter what system you learn, except for CTE apparently, when you finally reach the level of just seeing the shot and automatically knowing it it's called ROTE. You recognize the shot from memory, not because your brain subconsciously ran through the system at lightening speed. Lol. The system is no longer needed because the shot picture from memory is now being used.
According to CTE users this does not apply to them. There is never a shot that you just automatically recognize and move straight into the known aim line through ccb. You always use the perception and inside/outside sweeps or pivots. I do believe though that after doing this long enough you're brain recognizes exactly which perception and which sweep/pivot will be needed. So those steps become automatic. But since CTE users focus on that final ccb, instead of visualizing cb-ob relationships, it is different than non-pivot style aiming methods.
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I won't disagree with this.. however.. some aiming systems are actually easier to learn.
Aiming systems saying to preform a bunch of antics before you aim at the OB, or look
for more than 1 aiming line, are only making the learning process harder.... Again IMO
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Yes, it becomes very very easy. The brain takes you right to the perception, and you know we only use a few perceptions
Actually, more then one line makes the aiming more exact.
I don't see how it's "more exact" than using just one exact aim line, but if it makes you feel like it's more exact then that's all that really matters. I happen to feel like I can look straight through ccb at one exact aim line.
So does every aiming method/system - and to each of those few perceptions we add some subconscious "finishing" for each of the myriad cut angles.
Yes, I know you don't get this...
pj
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Cte with it's reference lines locks in and defines CCB. Doesn't get more exact then then that.
You can look through CCB at one aim line but is it really exact. Your experience likes to make you feel it is but does it define CCB exactly. If it doesn't, and it doesn't, how could it be exact.
Like i said when The Truth Series comes out it will be well worth it.
Your act has gotten extremely old PJ. Stay over in the Mosconi thread, i believe you actually made a valid point or two over there
Correct, when you learn the BEST SYSTEM why not use it.
I understand where you're coming from. But seriously, a locked in or "fixed" cb occurs any time you address ccb from any angle, regardless of whether you use two lines to get you there or simply just look right at it through one line. In other words, walk out to any table with a cb on it and look directly through ccb from where you stand. There will always be "two fixed edges" when you are looking through ccb.
my perception of this post has me pivoting away quickly.