Let's put my post up here so we're clear on what we're talking about.
"After this, I'm closed for discussion. In order to engage in a back and forth with someone both parties have to be capable of reading and understanding what the other says and then replying in a logical manner.
It appears that this is something you somehow can't comprehend."
In the 1st few sentences (above) I basically say that discussion is pointless due to certain factors. I then continue (below) by giving a verifiable reason for my position.
" Every reply you've given to the people questioning your premises (PJ, Bob Jewett and myself) has had nothing to do with what we actually said.
Instead you're off on another tangent, totally unrelated to any points we've attempted to convey.
Case in point is my opening sentence in this post. We'll see if you've listened."
For a very simple, clear cut example I'd refer you to the posts between you and Mr. Jewett. They are good examples primarily because whenever he questions your premises (on this thread and many others) he almost always does so by asking you a direct question which you invariably fail to answer. He then asks the question again, and again you don't answer. And so on.
The latest in this thread is post 37 where he asks (3 specific questions) and you're off on a tangent (carabao, countless pros, top 50) instead of answering his questions.
His questions arise from previous statements you've made so it logically follows that you might want to answer the question as a means of defending your position.
There are beginner and intermediate players reading this stuff who are trying to learn and we should be very careful to give them the best info possible.
This thread has gotten way off topic as many on here tend to and I'm as much to blame as anyone but when I see (IMO) bad advice being given I'm gonna say something.
More examples:
In post #56 you imply that a swoop stroke causes the side of the tip (instead of the center of the tip) to contact the CB. For heavens sake, look at your own diagrams.
Whenever a tip contacts the outer edge of a CB it always strikes it with the edge as opposed to the middle. It has to because the ball is round. How it got to that point is irrelevant.
I'm questioning your statement and giving reasons why. Would you like to reply?
In post #26 ( despite my lame attempt at humor... the figure 8 stroke) I asked one specific question (why do you say parallel english is not true english) which you never answered. In another post you called it false english. Why?
I then gave my opinion on what factors govern the application of english. You had no reply.
I then gave 2 specific reasons why I would not recommend it. I never boasted about anything or said I dislike it. Perhaps the reason I say to avoid it, is just maybe, I've learned something in 50 years.
I didn't call your teaching methods ridiculous. I was referring to your contention that swooping generates more english while also decreasing the chance of miscue.
I still think it's ridiculous. The overwhelming majority of miscues are stroke related, period. It's my position that a poor stroke is much more likely to occur when using a swoop stroke (due to more variables) than during a straight one.
By the way, in case you haven't checked back I asked you direct questions in this
https://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=496308&page=2 thread also. Hope you get a chance to reply.
My issue is primarily that people ask you direct questions and you never answer them.