Pool Lesson: Center-To-Edge (CTE) Aiming System (My Interpretation)

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. Welcome back everyone. I have received numerous requests asking me to give my

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, also known as CTE. Now, through all my research that I have done, I have found this. It's a very controversial topic as to whether or not the CTE aiming system actually works and through all the research I've done and the amount of practice I've put into it, I'm actually going to say that it works and what I hope to bring to you in today's video is the basics on how to line up a shot using the CTE aiming system, so let's get started.

The first thing I want to try to explain is that there are five aiming points on an object ball that helps you cut a ball depending on the width of the cutting angle that there may be now, every time we cut a ball to the left, the three points Middle aiming points are labeled B and C, where A is used for cutting angles that are around 15 degrees B is used for cutting angles that are around 30 degrees and C is used for cutting angles that are around 45 degrees , then there are the two outside aiming points that are used for cutting angles greater than 45 degrees, just like the first shot you saw at the beginning of this video, but every time we cut a ball to the right, the three points The middle aiming points are labeled C B and A where A is still used for cutting angles of around 15 degrees, B is used for cutting angles of around 30 degrees and C is used for cutting angles of around 45 degrees, the following What I will try to explain is the initial position of your cue towards the cue ball and the pivot adjustment you should make just before shooting if you are going to slice a ball. to the right, the tip of your cue will start one point to the right of the center of the cue ball and depending on what angle of cut you have, the tip of your cue will literally point through the cue ball towards aiming point B or C. on the target ball when you actually feel that the tip of your cue is pointing through the cue ball towards the correct aiming point, but where you shoot you are going to turn your cue towards the center of the cue ball and then proceed to shoot Now, if you find that you actually have a cut angle to the right greater than 45 degrees, you will use the left outside sight on the object ball, but you will want to start your cue with a point and a half to the right. to the right of center, so from here, when you really feel like you're aiming for the outside left aim point of the object ball, then you rotate your cube back to the center and then shoot now if you're going to cut a ball.

To the left, the tip of your cube will start one point to the left of the center of the cue ball and again, depending on your cut angle, the tip of your cue will point across the cue ball towards the aiming point a b or c on the object ball. and then when you feel like you've lined it up correctly, you'll turn your cue towards the center of the cue ball and then shoot and then just like for slice angles greater than 45 degrees to the left, then you'll use the right one. outside aim on the object ball and place the tip of your cue one and a half points left of the center and then when you align it properly you will turn your cue towards the center of the cue ball and then shoot. shot now I'm going to try to demonstrate some shots and for a couple of them I'm going to set up my phone to give you another angle to show you what the shot looks like from my point of view, so if we look at In this first example you can see that the shot It's not straight into the corner pocket, it's a slight cut to the right and the cutting angle I set is about 15 degrees, so if you remember what I said before, since we are cutting a ball to the right, the middle three aiming points will be labeled C B and a where a will be on the inside of the cut angle and since this shot is about 15 degrees from a cut shot, I'm going to align my cue should be one point to the right of center of the cue ball and I try to line up where I'm literally aiming for the right edge of the eleven ball stripe because that's my visual cue that we're Target point A is and then when I feel like I'm actually aiming straight for the point of target A, then I'm going to swing my Q back to the center of the cue ball and then fire the shot and as you can see, the shot comes out.

Right in the middle of the pocket, here's another cut to the right, but this time the cut angle is about thirty degrees, so what I'm going to do now is continue with the point of the Q about one point to the right from the center. of the cue ball, I'm going to line up to where I'm now going to aim for the center of the object ball, aiming for point B and then when I feel like I have it lined up correctly, I'm going to continue pivoting with my Q. Go back to the center of the cue ball and then fire the shot.

Now we have a right slice angle of about 45 degrees, so as I line up for this shot, the tip of my Q will still start a tip to the right of center of the cue ball and I'm going to point to the left edge of the stripe of the eleven ball as that is aim C and when I feel like I have it lined up correctly I will rotate my cube back to the center of the cue ball and then fire the shot now let's try some slice shots to the left and remember that Since this time we are going to cut a ball to the left, the three middle aiming points are labeled B and C, where a is still inside of The cutting angle for this example shot here we have a cut to the left which is about 15 degrees, so when I line up this shot point, my cue will start one point to the left of the center of the cue ball and I'm going to try to line up where I'm aiming directly for the left edge stripe of the eleven ball. , since it is now aim A, when I feel like I really have it lined up correctly, I then rotate my cue back to the center of the eleven ball. cue ball and then and now here is a 30 degree cut shot to the left, so we're going to line up and start our cue with a point to the left of the center of the cue ball and we're going to line up until we're pointing directly at the center of the ball number 11 aiming at point B and after we are all lined up turn the cue towards the center of the cue ball and shoot and then here is the 45 degree cut shot to the left so once again let's line up our cue . one point to the left of the center of the cue ball and this time we are going to aim directly at the right edge of the stripe of the eleven ball, since now we are aiming at point C, let's all align ourselves well, turn our cue towards the center of the ball white and then shoot and for these last shots that I want to demonstrate I want to use a solid object ball this time, so that way I can't use the stripe as a visual aid for the aiming points, plus I want there to be some distance between the white ball and the object ball, so for this shot here this should look pretty familiar.

These are the opening shots of the spot shot challenge. We have about a 45 degree cut shot to the right, so I'm going to aim for aiming point C, so line up a point to the right of the center of the cue ball, aim directly for aiming point C on the eight ball , turn to the center of the cue ball and then shoot, here is another starting shot to the point shot challenge, but this time we are going to cut to the left at a 45 degree angle, we are still going to aim for the crosshair C because remember now we're cutting to the left, aim point C is on the right side of the object ball, so let's line up a point to the left of the center of the cue ball aiming directly at aim point C on the eight ball turning towards the center and then and finally let's see a very fine cut shot like the one we did in the opening.

In this video, I'm going to try to slice the seven ball all the way into this corner pocket here, the degree of the slice is about seventy-five to eighty degrees, so when we line up with the cue ball, we'll be This time I will line up one and a half points to the left of the center of the cue ball and we will line up where we are aiming directly at the right outside crosshair of the seven ball when it feels like I'm there and now I pivot towards the center of the cue ball and then I shoot and if that doesn't convince you that the CTE aiming system works and I don't know what works and that's where I'll end today's

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In fact, I found the CTE aiming system to be quite complex as I had to watch several videos several times and read some articles just to have a basic understanding of how to perform the CTE aiming system and that without applying any twists. to the cue ball just a pure center ball strike after rotating the cue back to the center of the cue ball and I hope that with the multiple camera angles that I was able to provide along with the explanations and demonstrations that you now have enough information to be able to understand and perform the basics of the CTE aiming system.

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