I'll tell you what an eye opener is. Trying this blind curtain shooting yourself. I didn't have a curtain so I propped up a flat sheet of cardboard across the side pockets so balls barely rolled underneath, giving me zero visibility to the other half of the table. Here is what I discovered.
This is HARD to do, and this is specifically a 9' table. I don't have anything else to try it on. If you are a ghostball aimer, I don't see how this could even be possible, as there is nothing to line up your contact point to! You would have to put in some crazy practice to accomplish the feat Stan did. I'd like to see that on video.
Concerning CTE PRO ONE, shooting with a curtain also exposes any type of weakness you may have with the system, such as imprecise or improper execution tied to "steering" the shot to make it go in. That will NOT work when the pockets are blind. The ONLY way it will work consistently is to use the system 100% correctly. So for a positive note, blinding the pockets will immediately expose any flaws you may have. It forces you to be true to yourself. I highly recommend it
For me, this immediately exposed how much I use the entire table to determine what aiming lines and pivot to use. This isn't a bad thing mind you, as you always have the whole table in a real game situation. However with half the table gone, you have to devise other ways of finding them. With practice it becomes easier. Then, so long as you use the proper aiming lines and pivot, and you line up everything perfectly, you hear the satisfying sound of the ball hitting the back of the pocket.
After an hour so of messing with it I still can't do 15 balls in a row, maybe half a dozen or so. This is mixing up the shots pseudo randomly. I tried one and two rail banks too, they work just fine, just pick the right aim lines and line it up good
