CTE Video Of The Day #5 & #6

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SpiderWebComm

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Been watching this NOS you've been posting and so far whatever floats your boat EXCEPT in vid #5 in the first minute or so he includes contact points with the "guessing" methods. If you're guessing at contact points, you're just hacking at pool. Otherwise nothing could be further from the truth. Contact points give you the exact shot alignment including the stick. If you develop your techniques around this fundamental, it becomes as simple as carpentry. There is no guesswork.

Otherwise there's some info to be gleaned from this phase of the series albeit somewhat obtusely.
 
straightline said:
Been watching this NOS you've been posting and so far whatever floats your boat EXCEPT in vid #5 in the first minute or so he includes contact points with the "guessing" methods. If you're guessing at contact points, you're just hacking at pool. Otherwise nothing could be further from the truth. Contact points give you the exact shot alignment including the stick. If you develop your techniques around this fundamental, it becomes as simple as carpentry. There is no guesswork.

Finding the contact point on the OB is as easy as it gets. Matching up the OB contact point with an equal and opposite contact point on the other side of the CB is the real trick and problem. Imagination plays a strong role in trying to see the contact point on the backside of the CB which is an exact match up to the front colliding part. I know this from using contact points most of my pool playing life.

Otherwise there's some info to be gleaned from this phase of the series albeit somewhat obtusely.
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Kudos to you for at least watching the videos.

If you ever got to where you allowed yourself to drop the overwhelming uninformed bias down the commode and dove into this, it would be right up your alley because I know you're intelligent for starters and it would fascinate you. Not to speak of playing at a new level.
 
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SpiderWebComm said:
An understanding of the concept is the foundation for accepting any aiming system before diving in to master it. How balls connect and how to make them connect more effectively.
#5. (32) Subjectivity, Objectivity, and A Little CTE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0Rfxq_PMCM&list=UUW8lTFYIYGN2AjHKN23M-RQ&index=33&t=92s
#6. (49) The Ultimate Perception In CTE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhqJwuHKANw&list=UUW8lTFYIYGN2AjHKN23M-RQ&index=50&t=436s
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Way to go SpiderMan….more exciting truth for those with open minds about aiming in pool.
I got educated about the guesswork business long ago when I kept shooting at the contact points and kept on hitting the object ball too "thick". Danny Jones, one of the greatest 9 Ball players ever and also Billy Johnson (another one of the greatest) explained to me that shooting at the contact point did not allow for "cling" between the two balls. This meant that some favoring english had to be applied or you had to estimate at a point slightly beyond the real contact point. And this even got tougher with long distance shots.
I didn't like the inconsistency of "okay, how much favoring english" or "how do I estimate that area just past the real contact point".
CTE Aiming solved that issue for me. (I never could see any "ghost ball" either for that matter...all I saw was empty space down there). This is good educational material you are posting, SpiderMan. Keep it up, sir.:thumbup2:

NOTICE TO THE READER:

This method is highly controversial. It receives a lot of criticism. If you get involved with it and decide to talk openly about it you better have a thick skin. You will certainly get some heat from the un-informed, the soothsayers, and the negativity preachers.
Otherwise, if you're interested enough to give it a shot (and it won't cost you a red cent), you might just discover a new world of shooting pool that you never dreamed existed.
Good wishes to you, readers,..... and have a safe, happy, blessed day.
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SpiderWebComm said:
Kudos to you for at least watching the videos.
Finding the contact point on the OB is as easy as it gets. Matching up the OB contact point with an equal and opposite contact point on the other side of the CB is the real trick and problem. Imagination plays a strong role in trying to see the contact point on the backside of the CB which is an exact match up to the front colliding part. I know this from using contact points most of my pool playing life.
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Finding the contact point on the cue ball isn't necessary. Example:

If you drop a line from the object ball point to the cloth, you'll see a tangent at the bottom of the ball
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On a cut to the left, you get this   O/   (tangent)

Locate the reciprocal tangent    /O    on the TOP of the cue ball as you sight the shot.

Simply line those into congruence and parallel to the center of the cue ball; done
 
straightline said:
Finding the contact point on the cue ball isn't necessary. Example:

If you drop a line from the object ball point to the cloth, you'll see a tangent at the bottom of the ball
Code: 
On a cut to the left, you get this   O/   (tangent)

Locate the reciprocal tangent    /O    on the TOP of the cue ball as you sight the shot.

Simply line those into congruence and parallel to the center of the cue ball; done
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OK, I see what you're saying. I've never heard of it done that way. Still takes some real imagination to link them up properly from top of one ball to bottom of another and bring it back to center.

For me A, B, C and edges are much easier and faster to see. But we all have our own likes or dislikes. Nothing like the pure white edge of the CB to jump right out at you when overlaid on the OB.

Hunter Lombardo is probably the most cerebral among all the pros. He analyzes the analyzations and then reanalyzes it again to make sure all that's been analyzed is correct.

He is now sold on it and uses the system. You might want to consider his path.
Just relax and let it flow. Don't prejudge and put up the barriers.
 
Low500 said:
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NOTICE TO THE READER:

This method is highly controversial. It receives a lot of criticism. If you get involved with it and decide to talk openly about it you better have a thick skin. You will certainly get some heat from the un-informed, the soothsayers, and the negativity preachers.
Otherwise, if you're interested enough to give it a shot (and it won't cost you a red cent), you might just discover a new world of shooting pool that you never dreamed existed.
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Good advice. But this also needs to be added: If you get involved with it and decide to talk openly about it.....do not question or challenge anything. Do not post any comments that could even slightly be misconstrued as "negative".

In other words, if you disagree with something Stan says, or have a challenging question about it, you should send an email or private message to Stan or Spider or Cookie or Mhort. The only thing that can be brought up "openly" is 100% praise, otherwise keep your comments to yourself or out of public view.
 
SpiderWebComm said:
Hunter Lombardo is probably the most cerebral among all the pros. He analyzes the analyzations and then reanalyzes it again to make sure all that's been analyzed is correct.

He is now sold on it and uses the system. You might want to consider his path.
Just relax and let it flow. Don't prejudge and put up the barriers.
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Getting on in years and the facilities here are limited. I'll keep plugging away at what I already know. If any CTE plugs into that, I'll be the first to plug it in.
 
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