Try this at home. $100 if you can do it.

first of all the shots are set up in the same place
so same hit to make it
shouldnt be so hard
second in the first link there is a fold where the ball went thru the curtain
so there was something to aim at
still shows he can accurately make whatever percentage hit it take to pocket the ball from his preselected starting points
 
spliced said:
why does he gape his mouth open on every shot
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Probably the same reason

some players tap a finger on their bridge hand while down on a shot
michael jordan stuck his tongue out while driving to the basket
michael jackson grabbed his crotch during performances
 
bbb said:
first of all the shots are set up in the same place
so same hit to make it
shouldnt be so hard
second in the first link there is a fold where the ball went thru the curtain
so there was something to aim at
still shows he can accurately make whatever percentage hit it take to pocket the ball from his preselected starting points
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Really did you watch the top video. I watched it all the way through most of the balls were in the same general area but some were definitely much more to our left and a shot or two the cure ball was such that he could hit the end rail. I would say the balls starting out were in similar locations but after about 6 shots he definitely moved around. What Stan is doing is showing the power of system that he teaches. It is called Pro 1 and I would suggest that it works very well.
 
I'll hit them just a bit slower and have my friend stand behind the curtain and push every shot into the pocket for me.
 
JB Cases said:
Think you're good? Try shooting the balls in without being able to see the pockets.

1. Short shots into the corner - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuRBSqPhRJI

2. Long shots into the corners - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByyxC6Pz7SA

And finally.

3. Bank shots without being able to see the rail! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMqPLRUN_b0

Duplicate these videos without cheating or doctoring by the 2cnd and get $100 from me.
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Can I borrow a hundred for a video camera?

Jeff Livingston
 
bbb said:
first of all the shots are set up in the same place
so same hit to make it
shouldnt be so hard
second in the first link there is a fold where the ball went thru the curtain
so there was something to aim at
still shows he can accurately make whatever percentage hit it take to pocket the ball from his preselected starting points
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Get that money then if it's so easy. The balls were not set up in the same place.
 
bbb said:
first of all the shots are set up in the same place
so same hit to make it
shouldnt be so hard
second in the first link there is a fold where the ball went thru the curtain
so there was something to aim at
still shows he can accurately make whatever percentage hit it take to pocket the ball from his preselected starting points
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They are not setup. He is not looking at rails, pockets, diamonds or folds in curtains. He is using the edges and center of cue ball and objective targets on the object ball. Then a pivot/sweep to center cue ball for a center pocket shot line.
 
Questionable indeed...

These videos may be for real... but until Stan puts a 2nd camera behind the curtain to show the balls going into the pocket... well I can only suspect (as others have put it) a Wizard of Oz gag here.

1st - the cue ball when it goes behind the curtain seems to gain a slight touch of speed a couple of times to make it return back to the shooter... I wish my high speed rails had that kind of action.

2nd - Even though I have a GCIV, I play on the same style 9' Diamond Pro-Am table at a PH where I shoot. 15 balls in a single pocket??? (without a single ball backing out???)? We're occasionally pulling a couple of balls out of backed up pockets before shots on Diamonds when they get full (with several balls left on the table and balls in other pockets)... but I'll check it out the next time I go out to shoot. Maybe he has a gully with a rag stuffed in it?

3rd - Stan doesn't allow feedback on his youtube videos. Afraid perhaps that negative comments might hinder (what I suspect may be) the ultimate purpose of these videos? Which brings me to #4...

4th - He list his website where he is selling the "CTE/PRO ONE® Aiming System" videos that he claims gives him this great talent of not missing blind shots and stuffing 15 balls into a single pocket (the latter being the greatest challenge that I see here).

So show me the videos from an overhead camera showing both shooter and pocket or a simultaneous 2nd camera with a split screen... otherwise I'll quote the late banker named David Hannum who spoke of the fraud giant that P. T. Barnum copied from him... "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute". and no Barnum never made that quote (but often people believe what they want to believe). But then again... I also practice magic tricks and illusion so I tend to look for the obvious fake and I could easily duplicate this video in under 15 minutes on my table (even though my pockets only hold about 10 balls max).
BTW... I'm not calling Stan a fake. I hope he is that good... because that's why we play isn't it, to be able to do stuff like this.
 
I've never quite understood the significance of shooting into a covered pocket. I would think that anybody that has been playing pool for years would just intuitively know where the pocket is located. Once you cover the pocket, it's not like you then have no reference for where the pocket is at.

Actually, it's a bit of a head scratcher because someone that is shooting into a covered pocket would almost have to be shooting totally by instinct. This seems completely opposite of going through a systematic process of aiming.

Not looking to hijack this thread, I've just never understood the significance of this.

I'm not really interested in setting up a curtain to test it out myself.



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Just wanted to mention that I have been impressed by all the high runs that have recently been posted by the CTE/Pro One advocates. Something to think about...
 
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BasementDweller said:
I've never quite understood the significance of shooting into a covered pocket. I would think that anybody that has been playing pool for years would just intuitively know where the pocket is located. Once you cover the pocket, it's not like you then have no reference for where the pocket is at.

Actually, it's a bit of a head scratcher because someone that is shooting into a covered pocket would almost have to be shooting totally by instinct. This seems completely opposite of going through a systematic process of aiming.

Not looking to hijack this thread, I've just never understood the significance of this.

I'm not really interested in setting up a curtain to test it out myself.
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The demonstration is only to prove that you can pocket balls simply with objective targets on the CB and OB alone. Now of course stan knows roughly where the pocket is by the visible rails. It is with this information that he chooses the initial objective targets on the CB/OB to find the correct eye position. From that point forward, center cue ball is all that is necessary to line up and pocket the shot.
 
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