What's your agenda? To ensure that readers here are misled without interference?
Used to be you could find good technical/teaching info here. You might be happy to know that it's pretty much not worth my time any more.
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I don't have one, I don't believe you can dig up any posts from me calling people idiots either, something that can't be said for you or Neil or several others that tear down other people's styles of play when it doesn't agree with your philosophies.
For instance CJ is a friend. He markets a style of play he calls TOI. He didn't "invent it". He marketed it as a style of play as it was shown to him.
It was shown to me by my father, who in turn was shown by Vernon Elliot, a former road partner of his, he could dab it a little. It's a style that is unobtrusive, looks vanilla when witnessed by all but those that understand the different style of pattern play it employs. It's the same shot, same speed every time.
Is it unorthodox? Yes it is. Is it for everyone? No it's not. Are there a plethora of nuances in the way it is applied that you develop when utilized for period of time? Yes there are.
In a nutshell it's a style that in long sessions, 18+ hours, doesn't have the pitfalls of those that spin balls. While at 20 hours in the spin player starts going long or falling short due to fatigue, the inside player is still hitting the same shot unperturbed by the fatigue.
Many here call my friend a charlatan, you, Neil, a host of others. I know first hand that not only was he a great tournament player, but an even better road warrior for the cash before that. I know that first hand.
What I find interesting is he doesn't claim his way is the "only way", even going so far as to say, "it isn't for everyone", because it's not. Those that decry his method do tell everyone that "their way is the only way", and cast aspersions and name calling about. It kind of detracts from your argument a little, that's all.