One of the struggles I've had with Pro One was getting my footwork right. I originally tried to emulate Stan and Landon moves into the cue ball after establishing the visual(or at least what I perceived of their Pro One moves). I tried getting my feet into position first as I wanted to get the move right and eliminate other variables. Obviously, this often left me in an uncomfortable stance that affected my stroke.
I saw Bob's video with his step in routine and started working with that. I thought that might be the solution. From what I can gather from Bob's approach, he relies on this small step to move his eyes right or left and then moves straight into the CB from there.
I've been working on several things since then with mixed success. As I was spending a little time at the table today, it hit me how stupid some of the things I was doing were. I was trying to step into the CTE line while making the move, tried stepping straight in then making a move and several other iterations. I also realized in many cases, when I ended up down over the shot, my dominant eye wasn't aligned with the cue stick. Sometimes the shot went in, sometimes not. But I realized this couldn't be right as I clearly couldn't do any kind of double check that way to see if the shot was right. Seems to me, if the Pro One move is executed properly, you should end up in the correct position, including your eyes, the same as you would (or should) with any other aiming system.
I put together a very crude graph to illustrate what I'm trying to say. This is crude and obviously isn't to scale, it is simply to illustrate a point. I was trying this exact same thing today and undercutting everything. As I started picturing it in my mind, I realized what I was doing. I was essentially making a "move and a half" and thinning out the cut too much. You can see in the crude graph how the step in along the original CTE line changed the line of your eye where you'd make your final cue stick alignment.
I'm just sharing this as it might help some other people who are at the same stage of Pro One I am and having some struggles. The way I look at Pro One, there are 4 critical components. First, you have to understand what is the correct visual you need to make the shot. Second, you need to establish that visual correctly. Third, you need to make the correct Pro One pivot/move to get into position to shoot the shot. Fourth, you have to execute a good stroke. If you think about it, this is the same as you do or at least very similar to other aiming systems. I think the third is far and away the most challenging. The first would be the second most challenging IMHO.
I hope some of the more experienced Pro One folks can grasp the point I'm trying to make with this and offer some suggestions for getting past this particular hurdle.
I saw Bob's video with his step in routine and started working with that. I thought that might be the solution. From what I can gather from Bob's approach, he relies on this small step to move his eyes right or left and then moves straight into the CB from there.
I've been working on several things since then with mixed success. As I was spending a little time at the table today, it hit me how stupid some of the things I was doing were. I was trying to step into the CTE line while making the move, tried stepping straight in then making a move and several other iterations. I also realized in many cases, when I ended up down over the shot, my dominant eye wasn't aligned with the cue stick. Sometimes the shot went in, sometimes not. But I realized this couldn't be right as I clearly couldn't do any kind of double check that way to see if the shot was right. Seems to me, if the Pro One move is executed properly, you should end up in the correct position, including your eyes, the same as you would (or should) with any other aiming system.
I put together a very crude graph to illustrate what I'm trying to say. This is crude and obviously isn't to scale, it is simply to illustrate a point. I was trying this exact same thing today and undercutting everything. As I started picturing it in my mind, I realized what I was doing. I was essentially making a "move and a half" and thinning out the cut too much. You can see in the crude graph how the step in along the original CTE line changed the line of your eye where you'd make your final cue stick alignment.
I'm just sharing this as it might help some other people who are at the same stage of Pro One I am and having some struggles. The way I look at Pro One, there are 4 critical components. First, you have to understand what is the correct visual you need to make the shot. Second, you need to establish that visual correctly. Third, you need to make the correct Pro One pivot/move to get into position to shoot the shot. Fourth, you have to execute a good stroke. If you think about it, this is the same as you do or at least very similar to other aiming systems. I think the third is far and away the most challenging. The first would be the second most challenging IMHO.
I hope some of the more experienced Pro One folks can grasp the point I'm trying to make with this and offer some suggestions for getting past this particular hurdle.
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