This is a thread for people (and EEzBank) who have used CTE/Pro One and who have utilized it for banking. I'll share with some of the posters my experiences with CTE/Pro One and may even summarize the things that I have perceived.
The goal is to avoid arguing and so I am just discussing what the intent is in this thread.
Before I get started, I should mention that CTE/Pro One won't make you a great player by itself. You would need to take Stan's Foundation Course which the professional players take.
I'm just kidding about the Foundation Course but I'm not kidding about the professional players taking Stan's Foundation Course.
When I took my CTE/Pro One lesson with Stan Shuffett we barely spent a few minutes on banking. The vast majority of our time was spent setting up different shots all over the table and grooving the aiming system.
Banking was an unexpected bonus or lagniappe as we like to call it down here in Louisiana. I like one pocket a lot and banking is a big part of that so I started practicing certain shots that come up in one pocket that I normally have trouble banking.
What I found out is that CTE/Pro One's pivoting allowed me to see the shot slightly differently. Sure, someone could continue to fidget and move around until the cows come home and find the same place/aiming perspective but for whatever reason, CTE/Pro One has allowed me to pivot to zero in on the exact perspective that I needed to bank the object balls into the pocket. Now don't get me wrong, I miss banks just like anyone else does even using CTE/ProOne. But it is a fact that I am making more banks and coming closer to the pocket especially with difficult bank shots than ever before.
It appears that after I utilize the CTE/Pro One aiming system and have pivoted, if I look at the shot and it seems like it is dead on I simply shoot it but if it doesn't look correct and looks quite odd, I will simply pivot from a different direction and then the shot looks better and I shoot it. Sometimes the shot looks a bit odd (unfamiliar) but I guess this is where some of the euphoria comes from when using CTE/Pro One; and I shoot the shot even though it doesn't look familiar, yet the ball somehow falls into the pocket. I'm going to try and give an example of one of the shots that look peculiar or unfamiliar but yet when I shoot it I seem to be coming closer to making the shot. Maybe my problem for some of these shots is just a restriction that I have programmed into my visual perception or maybe it's something else.
When I use CTE/Pro One, it seems that I am able to pivot to the correct banking aim line or at least much closer to the correct banking line. Sure table and ball conditions play a large part in being able to make these bank shots but I seem to always bank this short when using contact point to contact point but when I use CTE/Pro One, the OB usually gets MUCH closer to the hole and sometimes I even make it. lol
If I know I'm going to come up short using contact point to contact point, I try moving the contact point and will often bank it three rails but to the bottom rail as the third rail, sometimes leaving a shot for my opponent.
I'm not saying CTE/Pro One is the Holy Grail but if it gives a player another visual perspective that allows them to see the correct aiming line then it has to be a good thing.
The goal is to avoid arguing and so I am just discussing what the intent is in this thread.
Before I get started, I should mention that CTE/Pro One won't make you a great player by itself. You would need to take Stan's Foundation Course which the professional players take.
I'm just kidding about the Foundation Course but I'm not kidding about the professional players taking Stan's Foundation Course.When I took my CTE/Pro One lesson with Stan Shuffett we barely spent a few minutes on banking. The vast majority of our time was spent setting up different shots all over the table and grooving the aiming system.
Banking was an unexpected bonus or lagniappe as we like to call it down here in Louisiana. I like one pocket a lot and banking is a big part of that so I started practicing certain shots that come up in one pocket that I normally have trouble banking.
What I found out is that CTE/Pro One's pivoting allowed me to see the shot slightly differently. Sure, someone could continue to fidget and move around until the cows come home and find the same place/aiming perspective but for whatever reason, CTE/Pro One has allowed me to pivot to zero in on the exact perspective that I needed to bank the object balls into the pocket. Now don't get me wrong, I miss banks just like anyone else does even using CTE/ProOne. But it is a fact that I am making more banks and coming closer to the pocket especially with difficult bank shots than ever before.
It appears that after I utilize the CTE/Pro One aiming system and have pivoted, if I look at the shot and it seems like it is dead on I simply shoot it but if it doesn't look correct and looks quite odd, I will simply pivot from a different direction and then the shot looks better and I shoot it. Sometimes the shot looks a bit odd (unfamiliar) but I guess this is where some of the euphoria comes from when using CTE/Pro One; and I shoot the shot even though it doesn't look familiar, yet the ball somehow falls into the pocket. I'm going to try and give an example of one of the shots that look peculiar or unfamiliar but yet when I shoot it I seem to be coming closer to making the shot. Maybe my problem for some of these shots is just a restriction that I have programmed into my visual perception or maybe it's something else.
When I use CTE/Pro One, it seems that I am able to pivot to the correct banking aim line or at least much closer to the correct banking line. Sure table and ball conditions play a large part in being able to make these bank shots but I seem to always bank this short when using contact point to contact point but when I use CTE/Pro One, the OB usually gets MUCH closer to the hole and sometimes I even make it. lol
If I know I'm going to come up short using contact point to contact point, I try moving the contact point and will often bank it three rails but to the bottom rail as the third rail, sometimes leaving a shot for my opponent.
I'm not saying CTE/Pro One is the Holy Grail but if it gives a player another visual perspective that allows them to see the correct aiming line then it has to be a good thing.
