Banks
Banned
Seriously???
You can look to other sports which have proven scientifically and to scientists who study physiology and psychology to easily see that improvements in performance can be directly linked to improvements in technique/approach. They don't study just single athletes, they study whole groups and compare average performances over time while factoring in improvements in equipment.
Live and Let Live? Sure absolutely.
The first time I see a thread about aiming that is NOT about the methods introduced by Hal Houle where the Defamation League stays out of it to let the people who WANT to learn it discuss it in peace then I will stay out.
When I see a thread about Ghost Ball that does NOT specifically mention the other aiming methods and mock them then I will stay out of it.
I was the one who said that the "feel" crowd should leave the aiming threads alone and they could watch them die out after a few posts. I was the one who said live and let live. But they CANNOT do it.
So don't even try to put this on me. It's not. Even if I don't post they will seek to destroy every thread about aiming methods they don't agree with.
I HONESTLY don't care if someone truly wants to aim by guessing. More power to you. Pool room owners LOVE the people who think that they can get better by hitting a million balls with no method. If you think that you can learn to play the 10,000 possible shots by practicing each one of them 100 times in a row then go for it.
I offer you a way to get there without having to shoot the same shot 10,000 times. I offer you a way to learn a system that works for any shot on the table. Once you REALLY master it then you OWN all the shots on the table as long as your form is consistent.
But you don't HAVE to try it. As long as you don't ACTIVELY campaign to stop others from trying it we are cool. That is the main problem I have with Pat and his buddies. And of course I have a problem with the continual defamation of character that they perpetrate against the well respected members here who have been giving back to pool for most of their lives.
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I'm not debating the system or whether or not it has benefits. I'm saying that the arguments are started and perpetuated on both sides. Make a post saying that Kamui chalk is the best chalk out there and will bring up everybody's game and that it's value is underrated and that anybody who doesn't believe so can go blow smoke, then see what responses you get. :thumbup:
For those that want to use it, I hope it helps. For those that don't want to, I hope that they don't get spammed with it.