Followup for Mr. Burrito
You will find (as I have) that one of the great important aspects of using CTE is in being able to eliminate guesswork when in a pressure situation.
For example: You're on the money ball, and as it always seems, the other guy has pooched it and left you way down there almost wedged in the corner pocket and you've got a backward cut up at the other end for the cheese.
As you're looking at the shot, you can say..."well it isn't a 45, it isn't a zero, so that only leaves a 15 or a 30. The way I'm looking at this sucker it's a 30 and that's the way I'm firing at it". That's high percentage gambling, in my opinion.
Assuming you have a straight stroke (that has to be a given), you line up on that shot with all the confidence in the world that if you do miss it, it won't be due to any guesswork or old outdated ideas about aiming.
I recall Stevie Moore posting on this stuff once and saying that..."if you got a true stroke and you align yourself properly with CTE you can look up at the ceiling and be sure the cueball is travelling to the right spot to pocket the ball"
I'm not in his league by any means...but it does work that way. Look at that cueball last and fire away......especially on those long miserable 45's off the rail.
Keep on punching, pardner, and quietly take their money.
Do like Efren....."I just got lucky man, you're a lot better than me". That diffuses any violence, most of the time, and practically guarantees the guy will come back for more. Mike Siegel learned the hard way about messing with old Effren in that IPT thing. Mike tried every trick in the book, using the 'rough hustle' and Efrren just sat there smiling and took all his money
My hero, as a kid, in another sport, was Joe Louis. After he'd dispatched another bum into la-la land his favorite lines on the radio interview were..."Hello mom, it was just another one of those lucky nights". Yea, surrrrrrrre it was.:wink:
Go get 'em!
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