The nature of cte is that knowing where the pocket is lets you rotate to the correct spot to make the shot. You do not follow a routine with A..B..C OR 1/8 and 1/2 tip pivot and come to the right spot on that alone.
Correct, other than non-users, no one ever made that claim.In fact, Stan has been very clear that that is not the case.
With the 5 set shots its should be obvious to all that an adjustment is needed.
Can we agree on that?? You should say yes..
No, not really. Yes, you are doing something "different", but yet, it can rightly be claimed that you are doing everything the same. The only thing that could be claimed as different is where you initially stand to get your visuals. Which is called visual intelligence. So, while you are initially standing in a different place, you obtained that place the exact same way in each shot. Through visual intelligence of your perception of the shot.
Now lets go to Steve's video.
The first shot... bank cross side went just six inches down the rail for the bank.
The cut to the side was 12. He then states with logic you would think that the ball should've went six inches on the the second shot, but thats not the nature of cte its takes you to right angles and thats why it went 12 to the pocket.
Wait a minute steve... it takes you to right angles..the ball cut 12"..hmmm..did you use a different cte on the first shot? lol Do some of you not see anything wrong here?? Probably not.
Knowing where the pocket is gives you the right perception to rotate to the correct spot to pocket the ball. In truth you are adjusting off your line up if needed.
I can see where you would say that one is adjusting off their lineup. But, that is not really true either. You aren't adjusting OFF your lineup. You are starting on the correct lineup for the shot at hand. What is your perception of the shot? Meaning, what are you wanting to do with the shot? Do you need to bank it? If yes, then your visual intelligence tells you that you need to stand about "here". You can't stand at the other end of the table and make the shot, you have to have some reference to start with.
That reference is called your visual intelligence. It enables you to get on a rough line to make the shot you chose. Some may claim that this is now then subjective and not objective. I disagree. Everyone can objectively pick out a rough line that the cb has to travel down. We aren't talking exact here yet. Just rough. That rough line is easily obtained through several methods, the easiest being ghost ball. The ghost ball line will get you right in the ball park of where you need to be. So, why it is subjective on just what objective line you choose for that, it is still objective in the fact that you chose a line that gets you close to where you need to be. Not the exact line, but an objective line to start from.
You can't say one is adjusting off the line, because they really aren't. They are getting on the objective starting line to start with.
I think where you get stuck on the adjusting is that while "we" claim we do everything the same, which we actually do, our "the same" is not the "same" you are thinking of. You are stuck in 2-D, drawn on paper, mode. That is not reality. You don't take the cue line from the first shot, and then transfer that same line to the second shot. Doing that will give you the exact same results as the first shot.
Instead, look at it this way- Here's the "claim"- "You do the exact same thing on each shot, nothing changed" OK, what does that actually mean? It means that for each shot, you used your perception of the shot through your visual intelligence to see what you want to accomplish and where you want to start from. From your starting point, you use the same visuals that you did on the shot before."
You see, you have to follow all the steps for the system to work properly. You can't leave out the initial step of your visual perception and intelligence of the shot, Yet, you, and others, keep missing that part. It's not an adjustment to the system, it is a vital part of the system. It is different from shot to shot in the example, yet, it is exactly the same steps in each example. There are no "adjustments", only following of the same steps. See the difference in where you have been going wrong??