\nThere has been some criticism on the part of some of our posters, some of our former students and many of our competitors about GTC not allowing different trains of thought about throwing styles, betting styles, the 5-Count, dice sets and what kind of attitude one should have towards advantage play at craps. <\/p>\n
\tEveryone is wrong and GTC is right. (That sentence ought to delight Dom!) <\/p>\n
\t1.The basic criticism of our training has to do with the fact that we don\u2019t recommend different throws, or different positions at the table. Some of the \u201cdifferent throws\u201d would include an underhanded throw, a bullet throw or line drive. <\/p>\n
\tANSWER ON THROWS: Most throws are not optimum on a regular (normal) table. The line drive throw is a poor throw because it doesn\u2019t lose much energy when the dice skip across the felt. It hits the back wall and strongly bounds out \u2013 losing all or almost all of its non-randomness. Think of trying to get a rock to die on the water so it goes straight down. Do you throw a line drive that causes the dice to skip over the water for a far distance or do you loft the dice so it hits flat and goes down into the drink? Obviously the goal is to get the rock to go down and not use any energy to skip across the surface of the water. <\/p>\n
\tThe same is true with the GTC throw versus the line drive throw. Our 45 degree arc (give or take some) is geared for the dice to lose most of its energy into the table and against the back wall so when they come to rest we have exerted some influence over them. By lofting the dice we enhance our ability to control them; by skimming them or line driving them, we lose almost all of our control \u2013 or we do lose all of our control. We want the dice to die, not fly, off the back wall. <\/p>\n
\tIs a low arc good for some tables? Yes, but it is not a throw to learn from the get-go. It is a throw to learn when one has a real edge over the game and is confronted with a table and no choice to go to a better table. <\/p>\n
\tNow to grips: the pincer grip and the stacking grip might work with the rare experts \u2013 and I am talking about rare \u2013 and to recommend these grips as optimum is to hurt just about everyone who wishes to be a controlled shooter. They are just too hard to master. <\/p>\n
\tThe most eccentric grip and throw I ever saw was the Arm\u2019s, the woman who was in my opinion the greatest dice controller who ever lived. Her dice floated and landed in a way that none of us have been able to duplicate \u2013 and I have tried for a couple of decades to do this throw. Now should GTC recommend this incredible throw even though no one has ever been able to duplicate it because the Arm was so good? I think not. That would hurt our students. <\/p>\n
\tNow the underhanded throw is a good throw for certain tables if done the right way. We teach this throw in our Advanced Class for certain tables but the students learning this throw have already demonstrated the ability to beat the casinos. Should we teach this method in our Primer Class? Absolutely not! Think of teaching a kid (meaning novice) how to ice skate. Do you say the following on his first couple of times on the ice: \u201cNow, I want you to go forward and backward and spin and jump and hold someone up with one arm and do this, that or the other thing.\u201d The kid can\u2019t even go forward and you are hitting him with too many advanced ideas. \u201cRun a marathon little Timmy even though you can\u2019t walk yet!\u201d <\/p>\n
\tNow in our Primer Class we do teach throwing on different types of tables: normal, bouncy, and dead. We have these three types of tables in our class. The GTC throw must automatically be modified without adding the stress of giving too much too soon. Too much information is often no information. <\/p>\n
\tMost of our critics who recommend all sorts of throws are just enjoying hearing themselves pontificate. They know almost nothing about how to teach someone something. <\/p>\n
\tIS THE GTC THROW THE SAME FOR EVERYONE: Another criticism is we have a \u201ccookie cutter\u201d throw. Those of you who watched the instructors demonstrate their throws in our class or in our DVD can see with their own eyes that we all have distinctions in our various throws. Your throw is modeled on a single throw but no one throws it the same way. Stickman is not like Dominator who is not like Billy the Kid who is not like No Field Five who is not like Skinny who is not like me or Pit Boss or Mr. Finesse, etc. <\/p>\n
\tBut our \u201cbasics\u201d remain the same nevertheless. <\/p>\n
\tANSWER ON GRIPS: The best grip for almost all players is the three-finger grip. We recognize that not everyone can do this grip owing to various factors \u2013 but these are the exceptions, not the rule, and not even a significant minority of players. The three-finger grip gives you the most stability in your throw. There\u2019s less of a chance for the throw to start out already weakened by randomizing elements. <\/p>\n
\tWe have seen students who claim to be advanced shooters, many whom have already taken one or several classes with other schools, throw with so many grips that not one grip creates an actual controlled throw. We have to unlearn them before we can actually teach them. They have wasted a significant amount of time creating a gripping disaster \u2013 compliments of poor teaching and poor understanding of the learning process. <\/p>\n
\tDICE SETS: Yes, there are many dice sets. The best for avoiding the seven is the Hardway Set. The best for hitting the 6 or 8 is the 3-V. The best for hitting the 4 or 10 is the 2-V. The best for hitting the seven is the All-Sevens set. <\/p>\n
\tNow beginners and many elite shooters stay with the Hardway Set \u2013 some of our most devastating shooters such as Stickman use that set almost exclusively. <\/p>\n
\tOnce you have passed the SmartCraps tests and that program tells you what the best set is for you, then you can change your set; but experimenting with sets is a waste of time, especially at the tables, as the following shows: <\/p>\n
\t\u201cThe point is a 4, now I want to get that 4, let me change to the 2-V set. Oh, the next throw was a 6 now let me change to the 3-V to hit that. Oops, now the 9 just hit\u2026\u201d <\/p>\n
\tWhat really happens at a table when you are thinking of set changes? You are thinking too much! If you think when you should be in the zone, then the tendency in performance is that you stink \u2013 here\u2019s a saying: Think and you stink! <\/p>\n
\tPicture of a hitter in baseball: If he is thinking as the ball is zooming towards him at 95 miles per hour \u2013 he isn\u2019t going to hit it. If a boxer thinks before he throws a punch, the other boxer hits him first. <\/p>\n
\tThe advocates of constant set changes and too much thinking at the tables should change their thinking because it is harmful to a performance athlete \u2013 which is exactly what a dice controller is. <\/p>\n
\tCRITICISM OF THE 5-COUNT: Almost all of our members know how to use or know about the 5-Count. You know why we use it, how it works, how it keeps us in the game and still allows us to look like regular players. <\/p>\n
\tGo here to read some very important information about this technique and what it can and can\u2019t do for you: <\/p>\n
\t\u201cThe 5-Count is 100 Proof\u201d by Frank Scoblete \t\u201cThe 5-Count Changes the Odds of the Game\u201d by Skinny http:\/\/www.goldentouchcraps.com\/skinny0001.shtml<\/a> <\/p>\n
\n\thttp:\/\/www.goldentouchcraps.com\/proof.shtml<\/a> <\/p>\n