CTE - Center to Edge Aiming System - SnipersTest

This is a test of how CTE reacts to some shots proposed by an unknown skeptic of the system on Az Billiards. This person has chosen the name PoliteSniper and continues to post things like this in an attempt to show that the Center to Edge aiming system does not and cannot work. Here I have drawn two chalk lines so as to be able to position the balls in the same place as his diagram. I go through the same steps each time and pocket the object balls each time.

The Center to Edge system easily handles both shots in the Sniper's test.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Center
• to
• Edge
• Aiming
• System
• CTE
• Billiards
• Pool

[kitelooper]

great, have an instructional video....and have some shit jazz playing so you cant hear whats being said..nice work

[jbideastoo]

@kitelooper

Yeah I know. But the problem was I did this with some machines running in my shop and the background noise was unbearable. So I cut the sound and put the music in and tried to say what I wanted to say in the description. Sorry, it was really more a proof of concept following a conversation anyway.

[BigRedDoc]

This will always work so long as the target ball moves closer or further on the same line. That's due to target point on the object ball "moving" more or less during your pivot based on how far away it is. No surprise. Where it breaks down is if you move your white and pink lines half a diamond left and half a diamond right. Shot 1 & 2 a diamond apart (left-to-right). Same aim point plus same pivot will not work. If both shots are made, you varied your aimpoints or swivel - guaranteed.

[jbideastoo]

@BigRedDoc

Of course the aim points are different when the balls are moved. Every ball position requires a different stance position and subsequently another final aiming line. The intial steps, sight the CTE line, put the bridge hand down, pivot to center ball are the same no matter where the balls are in relation to each other. What changes are the positions of the balls and with that the initial approach vector. Since I made this video I have gone over CTE a hundred ways and it works.

[jbideastoo]

@TheSimCaptain

Yes, using the CTE line gets you in roughly the right position. Then the rest of the steps dial you in precisely to the right line. All aiming methods require that a human being make judgement calls based on the accuracy of their perception. I would say that ghost ball requires more judgement than CTE and that the overlap method also requires less judgement than GB. For me CTE produces the most accurate results.

[TheSimCaptain]

@jbideastoo I think I see what you are saying, this technique puts your body on roughly the right line for in between shots. Because in the second shot you played, the cue ball does not stay on the chalk line. For precise aiming I don't think you can beat the overlap method, found at - suite101.com/content/snooker-a­nd-pool-aiming-the-overlap-met­hod.

[jbideastoo]

@vegasmachboylv

Starting with the edge of the object ball for the sighting gets you in the right alignment and then putting your bridge hand down on that line (overly simplified description) and bringing your cue to center ball zeros you in on the shot line. Shooting the cueball to the edge of the object ball is a half-ball hit and is only good for a few shots.

[vegasmachboylv]

why cant i just look and the whole cueball and shoot it at the edge of the object-ball when you look at the edge of the cue ball what does that do?

[jbideastoo]

I know all these shots. The point of the aiming system is not to make proposition shots automatic. But for what it's worth I play a lot of one pocket and having a good aiming system like CTE makes some of the bank shots and removal shots in one pocket pretty easy.

The aiming method doesn't "pull off" the shot, the shooter does. The aiming method only gets you to the shot line.

[jbideastoo]

@Notfunny1

Are you asking if I had to masse' the ball would I use CTE? No I wouldn't. In that case you have use your judgement based on experience and hope for the best. I can masse' pretty good because I have practiced it a lot. And there is a system to determine where to aim for masse' shots. I don't know it because I didn't pay attention but there is one and you can find it with some research.