So, what is it specifically that takes any and all players over the hump to the next level, the next level, and the highest level?
New aiming systems...
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If they subconsciously adjust, (what triggers the adjustment to tell them it's right or wrong) what's to prevent them from being highly attuned to what they just did to make it consciously ingrained and reproduce the visual over and over again with successful repetition?
Exactly.
My students through the years have often had good fundamentals and strokes. Sometimes it was explaining 8-Ball patterns or their main stroke was good but they struggled with draw or topspin (since there's more than one stroke).
A low-D shaft is technology, on the other hand, I've seen an aim system, which is knowledge, help people in minutes, significantly.
Quite right. A man’s got to know his limitations.
oscargrouch
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No, those aren't other words for what I said.
Seeing where to hit one sphere with another sphere to make the first sphere go in a certain direction is a natural ability I suspect 99% of everyone on this board has.
And do you know what that's called or commonly referred to as? An AIMING SYSTEM. It might be theirs, but guaranteed it's one of many that have already been discovered and taught. Nothing much new, if anything.
No, it isn't natural ability. A beginner doesn't know how to grip the cue, make a bridge or even hit the CB. Most will whiff it entirely. Very few if any have their own tables at home which means very little time to practice and learn. Those who took up the game years ago still have no clue how to play efficiently.
I suspect you are so far off base it would be categorized as clueless. You joined here 2 months ago, have 20 whopping posts under your belt, and already an expert on everything. Are you a pro player in disguise going incognito?
I wonder what the real % of inate understanding about what happens when 2 balls collide really is?
I have a friend with whom I play billiards, he plays straight caroms and I play 3 cushion ( if you have a little knowledge of the no pocket games, but the difference between the two is like checkers and chess). We've probably played about 15x and I bet I am ahead.
The dude is pool retarded. Absolutely no idea what happens when pool balls move.
oscargrouch
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Those things have nothing to do with what direction to send the cue ball. Is anyone here who is talking about aiming systems talking about how to make a bridge?
Because how many posts someone has made on this message board is some indication of knowledge or expertise or common sense? Where did I say I'm an expert? I posited something. I believe it to be true as it's just plain common sense. Your answer here though about how to grip the cue indicates to me that you're just arguing because I've indicated that I don't think CTE is the holy grail of pool.
Some members on here are worth going back and forth with on various aspects of pool. You, on the other hand, are a big time troll and from what you've posted already is in fact a clueless one and guaranteed lousy player. You are now on IGNORE.
Btw, I accidentally hit the thumbs up icon. There is nothing I like from your post or in your head.
oscargrouch
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This guy's all butthurt cuz he started a private conversation with me a couple weeks ago and I asked him some things about CTE, what to watch, what to read and none of it was very good and not at all concise so I gave up. Really did want to understand it.
One thing that nobody has mentioned is how do you get your body and feet in the correct place for the shot, especially a new player?? Thats one thing an aiming system may help with besides getting the ball to the pocket. To me moving your cue side to side while down on the shot is bad practice, something that I think all of have seen beginning players do, learning an aiming system can also teach you how to align your body with the shot.
What do you think is the best way of doing it? How should one link up the OB to pocket and CB to OB? OB to pocket is simple.
The next part CB to OB, is where it usually gets tricky. You do know there are about 100 ways of visualizing and doing it, don't you? Some better and easier than others as well as fit the eyes and brain of the player.
If you think that about pool, it only stands to reason you think pretty much along those same lines regarding golf or other sports? If systems (instructions on something they don't yet know) won't be beneficial, why do so many golfers take lessons from pro instructors?
Even the TOP PRO players have instructors.
Same. I see the lines instantly.
I wonder if being taller would increase the accuracy of the lines.
I'll bet it might have something to do with how many years you've been playing and the number of hours at the table.
Not when you see a number of pro players, men and women, with the bottom of the chin getting raked with the cue as they're setting up and aiming the shot with practice strokes. It goes both ways. Some of the players from yesteryear, like Luther Lassiter and others were very upright.
That doesn't look as good on you as I think you meant it to.
I've always wondered about how consistently top players orient their bodies to the ball.
I'm sure there's a good Dr somewhere that could develop methodolghy to analyze this.
oscargrouch
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I love my aiming system(s). I won many tournaments that I wouldn’t have won if I hadnt learned them. Aiming systems made this game more fun for me.
This thread should be in the Aiming Forum. We all know the path it will go. People who don’t use aiming systems in my opinion shouldnt be poo poo-ing them, and players who use them shouldn’t have to defend them. It’s not life or death. Saving neophytes from the evil aiming systems isn’t that important especially if there’s a chance that some (lots of) neophytes get more enjoyment out of the game by learning them. If the aiming system doesn't work for a player, they abandon it and go on. It’s that simple.
This thread should be in the Aiming Forum. We all know the path it will go. People who don’t use aiming systems in my opinion shouldnt be poo poo-ing them, and players who use them shouldn’t have to defend them. It’s not life or death. Saving neophytes from the evil aiming systems isn’t that important especially if there’s a chance that some (lots of) neophytes get more enjoyment out of the game by learning them. If the aiming system doesn't work for a player, they abandon it and go on. It’s that simple.