I believe anyone that has hit a plateau has accepted and/or is comfortable at that plateau. This is difficult to discuss because everyone has his or her own personal goals. Now, do not underestimate the ability to strike the ball accurately with 100% confidence! All pro’s have that ability! They can get out of line, etc and have the confidence to make ‘That Shot’ and continue the run. I do believe strategy, seasoning, etc is very important as well.
I can be off on my shape a bit or patterns during a game and still run out and win. I can be perfect on my shape and patterns but if I rattle a ball, I could be done?
Does Shane try to play exact shape or does he just try to keep the cb in a good position out of danger? I can tell you I bet one thing he tries to be perfect at and that is sinking the ob.
I do not believe after a few short years a mind/body/eye connection is made and that is your speed for life. I am not 100% sure of what you mean by this so I won't discuss it unless you rephrase it?
I also seen your youtube video and you look very systematic with your aiming style. What do you see yourself doing that is different than let us say a pro1 user in your method of aim?
I am not trying to be an ass also but killing time and see who is up for a discussion. If I come across as offensive, you do not need to answer my posts... its all good :thumbup:
Its simple its the age old debate of nature vs nurture. I'm firmly on the nature side. We won't get to the bottom of that millennia long debate in this thread, for sure
I suck at all sports. I have no talent, or hand eye coordination, or athleticism, whatever you want to call it. It is what it is. If I were to spend a year solid with an instructor, it wouldn't make a difference. I'd still lose to the same guys, and beat the same guys. I played softball for 10 years, and they always stuck me in right field where no one hit the ball cause I can't catch the ball.
My video is very methodical. A few years ago I really worked on my own to find a repeatable way to get into the same stance. What you saw in the video is what I found to work best for me after days of trying different approaches. What prompted me to look for a new approach, (after playing for 15 years), was I purposely lined up off center on my stance, to see if my pocketing suffered. I mean way off line, like 6 inches off. After a few test shots, I saw it did. So I concluded if I get my stance and alignment perfect, I'd be more likely to pocket the ball.
CTE I only know what I've read on here, and several youtube video's I've seen on it and its variations. I never saw Stan's video on it (I don't want to after reading about it for years). So I cant comment exactly how it works. But I'm with the science guys in that it makes absolutely no sense TO ME (I don't want to debate that here, its been debated for years, and you are obviously a former member so you know all the debates as well)
Believe me, I've tried many things over the years. The only way I get better now is by learning a new shot or strategy. And that only bumps your speed very slightly.
If someone had a way to improve athleticism, hand eye coordination, etc, I'd be all ears. But suggesting that an aiming system is going to improve someones play I don't believe.
Its like the tip debate. The pros use the full spectrum of tips available, and they all play jam up. Its not the tip. The amateur on the other hand thinks the tip might mean something. It means absolutely nothing. I feel the same way about aiming. So many interviews and articles have been around about pros and aiming. They all do different things, or don't even know what they do. Yet they all can make any shot. Just like any tip can make any shot.
Its not the tip, its not the aiming system (or non-systme).
Those are my 3 cents
