PSR and CTE Aiming.
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More generalization and a bad link.
And you're still beating around the bush.
Let's try this again.
15 degrees, 30 degrees , 45 degrees.
Describe the PSR.
More BS answer.
More generalization and a ton of videos that are so vague.
If they were not, everybody would get it .
In fact, you can't even point to a part in those videos where PSR is specifically pointed out.
How you angle the cue while standing up ? Really ??? Where ? So all CTE'rs angle their cues the same way ?
Once again, describe the PSR.
Describe your PSR.
IN DETAIL.
Why would the PSR be different based on the cut angle? Do you use a different PSR for varying cut angles?
Do you place your right foot on the same line to the OB on all shots ?
Do you bridge on the same line to the OB on all shots ?
I really hope you aren't actually thinking about where to put your foot and bridge hand.
Yes, you can do it .
You can explain it in simple terms.
Wait, you can't .
Oh wow, CTE is the PSR now.
They've already been explained in numerous threads.
We flew inverted above a Russian MIG.
I've come to the conclusion that people who can't "aim" are too damn busy on here arguing to actually put in the time at a table to learn how to "aim".
Aiming isn't hard. Shooting a ball straight ain't hard. Hitting where you are aiming isn't too hard. Not for anybody who puts the time in and has good fundamentals and repeats what works over and over.
If you made a shot 5 times out of 10, any shot, then you already know how to aim. The reason you missed it 5 times was you didn't do what you did the other 5 times when you made it.
Nobody is going to make every shot...Willie Mosconi, Efren, Stan Shuffett, Earl Strickland...etc...etc.
CTE is aligning yourself in you PSR where you have the perception (hard to explain) of what needs to be done, and then you do it. If you never have the "perception", then you maybe never will get it.
Bottom line is:
There are only so many places on the object ball that you can hit. If you are cutting to the right, then the left side of the object ball is the target (or a portion thereof). If you are cutting to the left, then the opposite applies.
If you hit the object ball on the right, the left side of the cue ball is doing the hitting. Same thing goes in reverse.
If you can't figure out which portion of the cue ball is supposed to hit which portion of the object ball while you are still standing, then you don't have the perception of the shot.
I am not a student of CTE, but I know how to aim and you can call aiming anything you want, but it is two balls colliding with controlled impact.
If you can't see what you are doing standing, then you are going to be just as lost when you bend over to shoot.
It isn't rocket science.
Aiming isn't hard. Shooting a ball straight ain't hard. Hitting where you are aiming isn't too hard. Not for anybody who puts the time in and has good fundamentals and repeats what works over and over.
If you made a shot 5 times out of 10, any shot, then you already know how to aim. The reason you missed it 5 times was you didn't do what you did the other 5 times when you made it.
Nobody is going to make every shot...Willie Mosconi, Efren, Stan Shuffett, Earl Strickland...etc...etc.
CTE is aligning yourself in you PSR where you have the perception (hard to explain) of what needs to be done, and then you do it. If you never have the "perception", then you maybe never will get it.
Bottom line is:
There are only so many places on the object ball that you can hit. If you are cutting to the right, then the left side of the object ball is the target (or a portion thereof). If you are cutting to the left, then the opposite applies.
If you hit the object ball on the right, the left side of the cue ball is doing the hitting. Same thing goes in reverse.
If you can't figure out which portion of the cue ball is supposed to hit which portion of the object ball while you are still standing, then you don't have the perception of the shot.
I am not a student of CTE, but I know how to aim and you can call aiming anything you want, but it is two balls colliding with controlled impact.
If you can't see what you are doing standing, then you are going to be just as lost when you bend over to shoot.
It isn't rocket science.
Agree, and one of the reasons I got away from using CTE or any aiming system.
It's not difficult to see where you need to stand behind the cueball for it to go in the direction you want.
The issue that most people have is after the fact. When they get down into their stance, a lot of times their head will turn or move to the side, thus causing them to come off the line of aim. Add to that, most people have terrible strokes, and it's no wonder so many people think aiming is the reason they suck.
I don't know if you'd be surprised how many times I've seen pros walk and bend over to check the contact point on the OB.
Even the ones who claim they use a system that does not involve contact points.
Doesn't mean that they aren't using a system. In playing high level pool you use all resources available.
If they are proficient in hitting the contact point, they can also tell you stories how they aim. But, they are really just hitting that contact point.
They are also proficient in knowing the tangent line. For position and for billiards and caroms.