[For reference later, the balls, left to right as we see them, are 11, 14, 13, 9, 12 - edit: I'll edit in some timestamps later...]
Perception Lesson #2
00:10
I want to follow up the first lesson with some actual cue ball and object balls that are set up as a left cut to the bottom corner.
As I mentioned yesterday, this shot represents Edge to A, Center to Edge, inside pivot to that corner pocket.
00:37
All of the shots in this line can be made with the same visuals and the same pivot, but what happens is that when you pick up the visuals, the way the balls are presented on the table, the orientation of the cue ball to the object ball actually fixes two different edges on the cue ball.
01:01
But, you're working with objective visuals, a consistent pivot, that connects with pockets on a regulation table.
I think one of the first really big lessons that I understood in CTE aiming that made a really big difference to me is the fact that I learned that you do not look at the CTE line from this perspective [holds CB next to face], in other words, do not get directly behind the CTE line.
01:34
Just, once again [stick in hand], if I line up on this first shot and I line up from the perspective of being directly on the CTE line, I have no Edge-to-A. If I line up directly Edge-to-A, I have no CTE perspective, so...
We're working with two lines of aim, and you're not directly behind either one.
02:03
So, I want to take you a step further in the proper approach to arriving at the [the? garbled] visuals. My strongest visual alignment for a straight-in shot is just slightly to the right of my nose, and to the inside of my right eye. So, I'm gonna line up on this first line of balls, that's a cut to the bottom left corner, I'm gonna line up Center-to-Center, with my strongest visual alignment. I'm gonna start rotating to the left, slightly, until the left edge of the CB, the innermost left edge of the CB is at A, and then I have CTE. So, there we are.
02:55
So, it's from that point that I can make that ball in that corner pocket.
Now, my movement, my rotation, to pick up that innermost edge, was pretty insignificant.
Now, as I move over to this next line, I have a Center-to-Center alignment here... Now, this is not the way I do it in a game, this is just a method for you to fall correctly into your visuals. So, I'm gonna start rotating, from this Center-to-Center perspective, so I'm gonna rotate... there we go. I'm sorta going around the circle of the CB, you might say, picking up the innermost edge... there it is. So, now, I , this CB is oriented in such a way, that when I do my Pro-1 Left Sweep, I'm in the proper position to make that ball.
04:00
If we move over to the next one, I have... there's my Center-to-Center, from this perspective, as I begin my rotation... there we go... there we go... still not there... still not there... now, there we are, so I'm slightly oriented on this ball differently from the first two, but my objectives are visual. So, it's from here that I just do my normal left sweep, right into the spot to cut that ball in.
04:37
Now, obviously as we're moving over here, the cuts are going to be much thinner. As I set up for this one, Center-to-Center, and I start my movement, one thing I notice is that I have to rotate more, to bring the two lines into proper perspective. So, here's my rotation... continuing to go... continuing... almost there... there we are. There's Edge-to-A, CTE. I'm in the perfect visual alignment to make this ball into that corner pocket with the same visual sweep, that I used for the previous three.
05:24
Now, this next shot, I think I made a comparison yesterday with the oversized balls... when I, when I drop in on this perspective here [back to the first shot (11)] Edge-to-A, CTE, I'm really pretty thick to this ball, and I can easily see CTE and Edge-to-A here.
05:48
[Back to the last shot (12)] When I try to assume the same perspective over here, it's... it's very difficult even to... to begin to resemble that. It's... I just don't have a CTE, the left edge of the CB, I can make a case for that being on A, but I have not CTE. So, I have to keep rotating... so, center... center-to-center... there's my rotation... still don't have it... there's my rotation... still don't have it... See I'm having to move more on this one to acquire the proper visuals.
06:30
So, I'm gonna start again on this one. The center-to-center... there's my rotation... there we go... there we go... so, there it is: Right there. I'm at the limit, really, of what I could do to cut that ball to the left corner. But, from here... from here, it's the same left sweep that I use for the other four shots.
06:54
It's like I said yesterday, it wouldn't matter if I had a curtain here, because I'm gonna pick up these visuals and shoot them all. It doesn't matter whether a curtain's there, it's just... it's a matter of how the balls are on the surface of this regulation table.
07:11
Now, my strongest visual alignment is [putting hand to face, just right of nose] here. Let's say your strongest visual alignment is slightly to your left eye [hand on the other side of nose], in between your nose and your left eye, so, then you're going to start your center-to-center from this perspective. And then you're going to start rotating until you pick that up... there it is. Now, during the turn, you're gonna stop here, rather than here.
07:44
So, you take your strongest center-to-center alignment, and that's where you begin, and then when you're in full-stance, that... that visual alignment that you used for ball address should match how the cue intersects your... uh.. uh.. face during.. during full stance.
08:03
So, umm... if I were strongly left-eye dominant, I would have to... I mean really strongly left-eye, I might start right here, and then I just rotate... there it is, right there. So, then I would just drop down, and my left eye is really gonna be prominently over the cue at.. that point.
08:27
Now, why.. why do we have Edge-to-A? Or, Edge-to-B? As left... as CTE visuals, for left cuts? Well, there's two CTE visuals that make all shots on the table. For left cuts it would be A, and then it would be... then it would be B.
08:47
So, if... if... if we just revisit this concept again, right here, if I put this CB up to my nose like this, and pick my CTE visuals out, that's.. that.. that's.. that's wrong. I don't want to get a CTE visual from that perspective.
09:07
But, the big lesson in that is.. is that.. if you're not behind the CB with your strongest visual alignment, to pick up CTE, then that means you have to be at an offset. So, where is that offset?
09:27
Once upon a time, I worked with.. you know.. uhh.. CTE aiming from basically one visual line, and I couldn't describe where the offset was. So, I knew that this [back on the 11] was the offset that would make that ball in the corner, but I had no way to describe it.
09:51
If I wanted to cut this 14 ball into the corner, I knew that this was the offset that made the ball, but how could I distinguish between this particular CTE offset perception, ... it.. it's a CTE offset. You only have a perception of CTE. So, my perception for this first shot, as a cut to the corner, is a.. is a thick perception. My perception for this 14 ball [from the first CB] over to the corner, is a thinner perception, but yet I have a perception of CTE.
10:41
I can remember in my earlier days of teaching CTE, and it's even in some of my earlier manuals, well, you.. you line up thicker to the shot. Or, you line up thinner to this shot. Well, that wasn't good enough, and that's one reason I kept at it.. because I knew that there had to be something more, or, at least, I hoped there would be something more. So, I.. you know.. I.. I continued to work with what.. with the material that I had, and the.. uhh.. the whole idea of CTE aiming, so...
11:20
When I look at this thicker shot, what gives me the correct CTE offset, is the fact that I have the left edge perceived to the left quarter of the object ball, which.. which is A. So, that give me the correct offset. If I want to cut this [14, from first CB] ball into that corner over there, then ... [adjusts 14] ..
11:48
I'm just going to face these aim points directly to the CB.. so if I were to .. if I were to line up on this shot [14 ball from first CB], uhh... There's my strongest visual alignment, and I start rotating, well... that.. that's it. So, once.. that.. that's as far as I can go, Edge-to-A, CTE. So, when I turn on this ball, I don't have the cut down there in that bottom corner... but, you know what? I'm on the proper angle to bank the ball back up into this corner.
12:30
The system takes you to pockets. I'll go through the details of this .. in my second DVD. So, what if I wanted to cut that ball into that actual corner? Well, if I start at center, and keep rotating, there's... there's the proper perception to cut this ball in the corner, Center-to-Edge... that's the proper perception.
12:57
How can I repeat that? Well, the left edge of the CB is aimed at B, perceived at B.
13:06
So, you have two CTE visuals, primarily in the support videos I.. I've worked with.. I've worked with A, and.. uhh.. to support those people out there that.. that I have worked with, the people that have.. you know, bought my videos, and then these support videos can also allow you, as.. as a new and interested person in CTE, make a decision if this is something that you would like to pursue.
13:39
When I first started teaching CTE aiming, the people that I saw, primarily, were people that, uh, they knew all about CTE, as far as.. they wanted it. They had some ideas about it, and they were very interested in it. But, these days, it's.. it's not so. They say, well, this guy's got an aiming system, and I wanna learn it, but they really don't have any of the.. you know, any concept about what they're getting in to.
14:06
Well, it's a very powerful, visual-physical system, but these support videos can give you an idea, this is something that you would like, to pursue. I highly recommend it, because, it's the only objective system that I'm aware of that connects with the geometry of a regulation table.
14:28
You know, pool is a visual-physical game, and this system will line you up correctly, physically move you into center ball, and then from there, of course, you have to do the shooting. This system won't make the ball for you.
