CTE First, Then Pro One

[nobcitypool]

I originally tried skipping CTE and went to Pro One from the beginning. After my last lesson with Stan, I came to the conclusion this was probably a mistake on my part. I am now saying this was a mistake as I can see how, IMHO, CTE is really like step 1 and has many aspects that help you evolve to Pro One. I believe CTE pretty much forces you into getting into the right position to get the visual and move in for the pivot. If you start moving with the pivot (or even if you don't), you start to get a much better feel for how much movement is required with a Pro One pivot. I believe CTE is somewhat easier to learn. CTE is deadly accurate which provides optimism for where you can end up with Pro One.

I spoke to Stevie Moore about this and he told me this past weekend he spent a couple of years using CTE, even in competition. He said he really didn't make a conscious decision to move to Pro One but rather sort of evolved into it as he felt comfortable.

I thought I'd post this in case there are those who attempted to take a similar approach that I did, going back and spending more time with CTE may be helpful.

 

[mohrt]

I originally tried skipping CTE and went to Pro One from the beginning. After my last lesson with Stan, I came to the conclusion this was probably a mistake on my part. I am now saying this was a mistake as I can see how, IMHO, CTE is really like step 1 and has many aspects that help you evolve to Pro One. I believe CTE pretty much forces you into getting into the right position to get the visual and move in for the pivot. If you start moving with the pivot (or even if you don't), you start to get a much better feel for how much movement is required with a Pro One pivot. I believe CTE is somewhat easier to learn. CTE is deadly accurate which provides optimism for where you can end up with Pro One.

I spoke to Stevie Moore about this and he told me this past weekend he spent a couple of years using CTE, even in competition. He said he really didn't make a conscious decision to move to Pro One but rather sort of evolved into it as he felt comfortable.

I thought I'd post this in case there are those who attempted to take a similar approach that I did, going back and spending more time with CTE may be helpful.

Agreed. I used the manual pivot for a long time before completely converting to Pro One myself. I am refining Pro One every day I use it. I still occasionally use manual pivots on tough/critical shots.

 

[bigshooter]

I did a similar thing early on. I soon realized I was doing it right part of the time but much of the time I was not really pivoting but rather just sliding into shooting position with no real pivot taking place.

I think you really have to commit to the manual pivot until its ingrained in your mind before moving to Pro One. Its also good to go back to manual pivoting occasionally just to check it against your Pro One technique. At least that's my opinion.