If that happened, we might even have a discussion that stays on topic.
Important VISUALS info for CTE PRO ONE
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If that happened, we might even have a discussion that stays on topic.
Look what Earl the Pearl shopped for over the past years ...
arm and/or elbow weights
noise cancelling headphones
longer cue
duct-tape for cue wrap
tinted shooting glasses
Good point. I understand the concept of professional coaching. It's used in every sport with some of the best players in the world. But seriously, if you never miss a ball, I mean never, like many of the top pro pool players, you surely wouldn't waste any time shopping for advice or lessons on pocketing balls.
What would I do if a pro came to me to learn Poolology? Well, I'd be very proud to say that my wife could teach the system, and she doesn't even play pool! lol That's how simple it is, and that's how much I believe in it.
Let's officially call CTE the only "professional" aiming system out there. I'm very fine with that. All the pro's can learn it, or better yet, they can finally realize what they've been doing without even knowing it. The remaining 99% of pool players, the ones that aren't professionals, from bar room bangers to seasoned players, the ones who are just looking for something concrete to help with consistency, well, I think they can benefit from my book. But I should warn them that it's so simple my non-pool-playing wife could show them how it works.
Your attitude has quickly gone south. You can't leave CTE out of it, can you? Your system is easy to learn and teach because it is a slop-pocket system just as Dan White referenced it right here on this forum in a previous post.
Stan Shuffett
Then maybe your wife should have been the one demonstrating it on the video instead of you.
There was absolutely no need to compare CTE with your system especially in the wording and fashion you did it. None at all. Nor to mention it. The SEE-SYSTEM and SAMBA for pool are excellent systems taught by a brilliant instructor and quite a bit more involved than yours. Why didn't you mention them instead of singling out CTE?
Bad, bad decision and poor choice of words there, pardner.
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And CTE isn't a slop pocket system?
It would be an entirely "miss pocket system" for you and the other antagonists on here who don't know the first thing about it. Or in some cases only a portion without having grasped and practiced all of it.
lol. Well, a player must have decent skills to attempt any shot making. That disqualifies my wife. However, it would take her less than 5 minutes to explain the system to any player capable of holding a cue and making basic shots. That's all she'd have to do, no exhibitions or high-dollar lessons needed. That was my point - simplicity. That's the only reason I compared the two systems.
I suppose mentioning cte is taboo, like in the movie Spinal Tap when the guitar player is being interviewed, and he says referring to one guitar, "Don't touch it! Don't even look at it!"
I'm not really sure what I said about CTE that was so bad. I have friends that have purchased the DVDs, even one that took a private lesson from Stan. What I've gathered from them is that cte takes a while to learn/adapt. It's not something from which one can get immediate results. This is the extent of my "bad" comments on the system, besides publicly stating that I don't know exactly how it works from a distance or with the sweeps. If honesty leads to poor choice of wording, then I guess I'm guilty. I'll try to refrain from using CTE in any future statements or posts.
I thought your comments were mild and didn't warrant any negative response. CTE is a work in process. I'm still trying to understand it. It seems as one has to be taught one-on-one to fully grasp it. I wish I lived closer but Stevie and Stan are too far away. All I can say is that when I fully focus on the steps of CTE - I make more shots than an imaginary ball. It is almost uncanny.
BTW - doesn't your fractional system really use ghost ball? I'm just curious.
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There's a big difference between "trying" to do something vs. just not doing it. I hope you choose the latter.
My attidude hasn't moved. I was replying to a question directed to me. I'm sorry that one can't mention cte without you assuming an attack is at hand. I am not attacking you or cte. But cte does exist, and therefore it comes up in aiming discussions. I don't see a need to be uncivil or insulting or belittling. Obviously you feel that cte is the only professional aiming system out there, and you'd be embarrassed to show a pro anything resembling fractional aiming. I, on the other hand, feel that established pro players don't need to waste their time learning an aiming system, ANY aiming system. But if they're lining up outside your door, good for you. I'm just grateful for those that have given my little book a chance, regardless of whether or not you call it a "slop-pocket" or "unprofessional" system. Oh, and what makes it simple is this: It requires no additional skills other than the basic fundaments all pool players learn when they first start playing the game. But it also helps create a feel for shots, and eventually this feel is what makes the balls hit the pockets.
I apologize that this has nothing to do with your thread topic.
LOL yes.....he's in a world of his own. Always one of my favorites!
My system does not use ghostball. It uses aim points that are on the OB or just outside the edge (sorry Duckie). Visualizing an invisible spot on the cloth has never been a concrete method of learning for most players. It took a friend of mine a few months to final start getting in tune with CTE. But he seems to have no trouble now. Like I've said before, your brain will eventually figure out how to make things work. Sometimes it takes a while.
Thanks BC21
CTE has nothing at all to with a set of instructions where one's brain will finally figure it all
out.......CTE is figured out! That is what I have been doing for the past decade-figuring it out.
Stan Shuffett
I don't know about that. Dan White gave a brief description with a picture and it still seemed pretty complicated. Look at this, compare to this, figure out the numbers.
I got immediate results from CTE. From the very first ball i hit with Hal Houle on the other end of the phone
Interesting. My problem has been the dual line visualization. I thought I saw it line up once but then it goes back to the problem of losing the position when I go into full stance. If CTE is aligned then the aim point is 'B'. Easy. But when CTE is aligned (and thus aim-point B is also) I can shift to line-up A (or C if right cut). It seems to work best when I start first by standing behind the CCB and line it up with COB - then shift to the left or right until I see CTE and A/B/C line up. But is it really lined up? Standing above it with the CB and OB more than 6 diamonds apart makes it extremely difficult to the point of guesswork for this 54 year old with bifocals. The CB and OB are so far apart they are tiny in relationship to my body position. Ugh.
But isn't there still some visualization that requires the brain to use info from your eyes and transfer it to your stroke? Maybe a novice player would pick up cte quicker, due to not having years of another ball-pocketing method stamped into their brain. An old-school feel player like myself would have to put more time in for reprogramming what my brain has spent 30 years developing. It's like that for everything in life.
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It's like a door with a combination code. Anybody with a finger can push the buttons, because it's not a complicated process. All you have to do is learn the code.
I am going to do better at not posting off-topic comments. So how's this.....cte may work in this same manner for some players, like a combination lock. Once a player learns the code, which is the visuals this thread was originally about, the balls start going in the hole. For some the code is understood quickly, and for others it takes more time.