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June 21st Recording.
OK --- So I was going to Herman University today to watch my class and earn my continuing pool education units. I was watching because I needed a good laugh, but I actually heard some interesting things.
So, after 2 to 3 racks of random shooting, Marty had a "call-in guest" to the University Show. This guy, whose name is Mark, mentions that he spent a lot of time w/ Gene Nagy and took a number of lessons from him.
They spoke about Gene for a good bit, basically calling him a genius at pool (can't argue that). Somewhere between 21 and 22 minutes, Marty asks Mark to talk a little about Gene's method of aiming. Before I say anything, I wanted to mention it didn't sound like Mark spends any time on AZB or message boards just by the way he answered the question.
Mark says that Gene aimed the center of the CB to the edge of the object ball for all shots. He doesn't go into any detail about the exact procedure; however, he continues to say that Gene told him the technique was passed to him from Luther Lassiter (as well as the trademark comment, "Make sure you don't tell anybody").
Of course, this is hearsay and you never really know. If you listen to the conversation, Mark doesn't seem to know how important that claim is. I've always been fascinated with the history of CTE (back to the days of Greenleaf and Hal). If what Mark says is true, it makes you wonder if they all used it back then, just as Hal said.
Not turning this into an "aiming thread." It's just fascinating to learn the history of certain techniques -- as well as the pros who use them.
June 21st Recording.
OK --- So I was going to Herman University today to watch my class and earn my continuing pool education units. I was watching because I needed a good laugh, but I actually heard some interesting things.
So, after 2 to 3 racks of random shooting, Marty had a "call-in guest" to the University Show. This guy, whose name is Mark, mentions that he spent a lot of time w/ Gene Nagy and took a number of lessons from him.
They spoke about Gene for a good bit, basically calling him a genius at pool (can't argue that). Somewhere between 21 and 22 minutes, Marty asks Mark to talk a little about Gene's method of aiming. Before I say anything, I wanted to mention it didn't sound like Mark spends any time on AZB or message boards just by the way he answered the question.
Mark says that Gene aimed the center of the CB to the edge of the object ball for all shots. He doesn't go into any detail about the exact procedure; however, he continues to say that Gene told him the technique was passed to him from Luther Lassiter (as well as the trademark comment, "Make sure you don't tell anybody").
Of course, this is hearsay and you never really know. If you listen to the conversation, Mark doesn't seem to know how important that claim is. I've always been fascinated with the history of CTE (back to the days of Greenleaf and Hal). If what Mark says is true, it makes you wonder if they all used it back then, just as Hal said.
Not turning this into an "aiming thread." It's just fascinating to learn the history of certain techniques -- as well as the pros who use them.
