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Ramon gave me an idea for a thread - Lots of aiming systems in pool and in America they seem like they are selling formulas to things - do we need them in snooker - are other players out there already doing things like this without even knowing or being able to describe it - I wonder? Anyway shoot me down I tried out something completely different for a laugh - here was tonight's findings.
Just wondered if anyone uses the aiming theory called CTE in snooker?
Now this is a hotly debated thing on a lot of pool forums apparently so I watched some video's by this guy called Stan who seemed very passionate about it so I thought why not do a little research and give it a try for a laugh on the snooker table. Nothing ventured nothing gained as it where.
Now because of the terminology and translation its hard to get a meaning about it properly lots of pivot this 15 30 half ball pivot disguised pivot etc., and I did not really get what he meant properly but he said one phrase I remembered 'thinking in curves' a golf expression which I will come back to later.
Anyway so there I was pivoting away stood up trying to pivot working out the angles standing up getting it all wrong and balls are flying around everywhere apart from the hole and well I just did not get it really but then I set up a few different shots and visualised the edge and started bringing the cue back from an off set to centre and then cueing through centre ball and bingo things started flying in - I started doing the half ball pivot thing and don't know if I exactly got it right all the time but it started becoming easier and easier so anyway I made a few tons in open play doing this with balls spread - please keep in mind I do this normally anyway - but the visualisation of this method started kicking in and I started seeing it more and more - to be honest it was surprising to me how enjoyable it was it felt a lot less effort the more I continued actually. Anyway its a worthy sighting/visualisation thing I think so I am going to stick with it a bit more and look into it a little deeper - shoot me down for saying it if you want - but I found it fun.
Some pool playing guy called Hal? came up with and he swore by it. I don't think because of the Americanisms it translates well and I mixed it up with normal play at times but hey just saying there's something in it if you ask me. in my first hour I was missing simple 3 quarter blacks off the spot but by the end of the night - I remembered the phrase - thinking in curves - I lined the cue ball up edge to edge sighting centre ball brought the cue back from an off set angled position and then drove through straight and centred - I started spotting the different pivoting positions and suddenly everything was flying in and it was as if a light came on.
Anyway this aiming theory is a bit woolly - or at least my understanding of it is and its hard to explain but the geometry of it works somehow - maybe it was a fluke - maybe it was just that I was on a generous club table tonight but regardless I enjoyed it and I think and its worth a bit more investigation. I would love to have a chat with anyone who knows what I mean or coaches this stuff - thanks.
Just wondered if anyone uses the aiming theory called CTE in snooker?
Now this is a hotly debated thing on a lot of pool forums apparently so I watched some video's by this guy called Stan who seemed very passionate about it so I thought why not do a little research and give it a try for a laugh on the snooker table. Nothing ventured nothing gained as it where.
Now because of the terminology and translation its hard to get a meaning about it properly lots of pivot this 15 30 half ball pivot disguised pivot etc., and I did not really get what he meant properly but he said one phrase I remembered 'thinking in curves' a golf expression which I will come back to later.
Anyway so there I was pivoting away stood up trying to pivot working out the angles standing up getting it all wrong and balls are flying around everywhere apart from the hole and well I just did not get it really but then I set up a few different shots and visualised the edge and started bringing the cue back from an off set to centre and then cueing through centre ball and bingo things started flying in - I started doing the half ball pivot thing and don't know if I exactly got it right all the time but it started becoming easier and easier so anyway I made a few tons in open play doing this with balls spread - please keep in mind I do this normally anyway - but the visualisation of this method started kicking in and I started seeing it more and more - to be honest it was surprising to me how enjoyable it was it felt a lot less effort the more I continued actually. Anyway its a worthy sighting/visualisation thing I think so I am going to stick with it a bit more and look into it a little deeper - shoot me down for saying it if you want - but I found it fun.
Some pool playing guy called Hal? came up with and he swore by it. I don't think because of the Americanisms it translates well and I mixed it up with normal play at times but hey just saying there's something in it if you ask me. in my first hour I was missing simple 3 quarter blacks off the spot but by the end of the night - I remembered the phrase - thinking in curves - I lined the cue ball up edge to edge sighting centre ball brought the cue back from an off set angled position and then drove through straight and centred - I started spotting the different pivoting positions and suddenly everything was flying in and it was as if a light came on.
Anyway this aiming theory is a bit woolly - or at least my understanding of it is and its hard to explain but the geometry of it works somehow - maybe it was a fluke - maybe it was just that I was on a generous club table tonight but regardless I enjoyed it and I think and its worth a bit more investigation. I would love to have a chat with anyone who knows what I mean or coaches this stuff - thanks.
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