CTE/Pro One Visuals - Do the Eyes Supply the Fractions?

[Filibogado]

I know it is plain heresy to even suggest that CTE/Pro One is a fractional aiming system. I think we all agree that as far as the object ball is concerned, it is not a fractional system because there are only 6 discrete panels, i.e. Left A, Left B, Left C, Right A, Right B and Right C. My problem is when my visuals tell me that the final aiming line falls right on the borderline between any 2 given panels. Given than this borderline visual is only one tick out of 180 ticks, and is as narrow as a hairline crack, do I then adjust my aim from A to B, or from B to C, or from C to B, or from B to A, etc? And how do I know which way to adjust - left or right?

This led me to the hypothesis that while it is forbidden to view the object ball as susceptible of being chopped into fractional units, the eyes may supply the missing fractions. If you can envision your eyes as being akin to ball bearings and your eye sockets being the equivalent of a bearing's race, then it is possible to suggest that the way you find your correct aim is to rotate your eyes in a circular fashion aroound the bearing's race until you find the correct match between eye position and true target. As Stan keeps saying, " the eyes move and the body follows".

The hard part then is trying to plant your body posture to make sure that your eyes are at the zero point of the dial - the so-called sweet spot - before they start rotating fractionally to find the most intuitively comfortable aiming line. But then you end up introducing feel to get to the truest possible aiming line. There's a guy on YouTube who has a series of excellent videos on CTE and in one of his lessons, he advocates using your toe to anchor and/or triangulate your eye position relative to the floor and the table. I think this is an excellent starting point in one's PSR.

Am I making sense?

 

[Patrick Johnson]

I know it is plain heresy to even suggest that CTE/Pro One is a fractional aiming system.

Heresy is the right word.

I think we all agree that as far as the object ball is concerned, it is not a fractional system

We all definitely do not agree on this.

...because there are only 6 discrete panels, i.e. Left A, Left B, Left C, Right A, Right B and Right C.

That's a typical number of divisions for fractional systems.

The point of fractional systems is to divide the entire 90-degree aiming range into smaller divisions to narrow your "search range" for the aim you need. But if too many divisions are created, then the task of learning/maintaining the divisions themselves outweighs the advantage. A handful of divisions (say, 5 or less) seems to be the happy medium that narrows the "search range" enough to be helpful without the system itself being too much work.

pj
chgo

 

[Filibogado]

That's a typical number of divisions for fractional systems.

chgo

I think I may be having a problem with semantics here. When I say "fractional", I mean like an continuum around a sphere. Take the example of an electric rheostat, which is nothing more than a variable resistor. As you slowly turn the knob, the voltage increases in direct proportion to the amount of rotation. So if you turn it by one thousandth of an inch, the voltage also changes by the equivalent of a thousandth of an inch. I call that infinitisimal movement a "fraction", so an object ball has a quantum more fractions than simply six panels. That's what I meant by the eye movement being on an infinite scale, with an infinite number of movements, at least on a theoretical basis.

Ergo, if you accept the proposition that CTE is represented by 6 fractions, you are in effect agreeing with the proponents of CTE, who see the same 6 panels that you do but they don't call them fractions. The core challenge to the CTE concept is the vagueness of how exactly do you go down on your shot and be geometrically assured that you are on target. That's why the video with the big toe guide is helpful in clearing this ambiguity. It's hard to control the eyes, but it is relatively easy to point your toes in the right direction. Just position your toe correctly along the CTE line and you're good to go. This is much like learning to play the piano by ear - just make sure your belly button is pointed directly at middle "C" and you can turn the lights off and still play "All The Things You Are" even more accurately than if you were reading from sheet music.

Thanks for the intellectually stimulating response.

Fil