A player may not be seeing what he thinks he's seeing
As I reached middle age, I noticed I began missing cut shots more often...shots that I'd previously had a high percentage of potting. I went to an ophthalmologist for an eye exam.
Eyes checked out okay...all she recommended were some cheap readers for reading a book, etc. Everything else was okay vision wise.
I explained my problems. She informed me that as we get older our depth perception changes. What we think we see standing up may be quite different when down in the shooting position. The angles the eyes see are different according to our stances.
I didn't buy into a lot of that so I got two more medical opinions and the doctors all concurred with her analysis.
I still was not satisfied (the problem continued) so I got instructions/counseling from a Brit snooker expert. And we all know how good they pot those balls on those monster snooker tables. Diagnosis: Straight stroke, good stance, follow through, all that stuff...........but still missing cut shots. Then he suggested I diagnose the angle of the cut in standup stance, (I was using the old fashioned "Mosconi mathematical fraction method" then).....but after getting down on the shot, line it up as a straight in and then move the cuestick to the predetermined angle while at the shooting position at the table.
Bingo! The balls started going into the pockets as in my younger years. This remains consistent after years of practicing it.
When I stumbled on to this CTE aiming deal, I had reservations. But I found that by getting the 15-30-45-60 degree perceptions in standup stance, I could easily transfer that knowledge to the cue when down in shooting position just as before I ever heard of the stuff.
This isn't about CTE.
This is about the concept that what a player sees standing up, may not be the same thing his eyes see when he's down on that shot.........if the guy is getting some age on him. Therefore the information that the eyes send to the brain for shot execution may be incorrect. And...he doesn't even know it. So he starts 'correcting' other things, which ends up compounding the felony and making things worse.
This post is for those with a somewhat open mind. (the haters, the un-informed, troublemakers, and know-it-alls are on 'ignore' anyway, so no need for them to reply to me whatsoever)
This is for intelligent discussion, if someone chooses that avenue.
As I reached middle age, I noticed I began missing cut shots more often...shots that I'd previously had a high percentage of potting. I went to an ophthalmologist for an eye exam.
Eyes checked out okay...all she recommended were some cheap readers for reading a book, etc. Everything else was okay vision wise.
I explained my problems. She informed me that as we get older our depth perception changes. What we think we see standing up may be quite different when down in the shooting position. The angles the eyes see are different according to our stances.
I didn't buy into a lot of that so I got two more medical opinions and the doctors all concurred with her analysis.
I still was not satisfied (the problem continued) so I got instructions/counseling from a Brit snooker expert. And we all know how good they pot those balls on those monster snooker tables. Diagnosis: Straight stroke, good stance, follow through, all that stuff...........but still missing cut shots. Then he suggested I diagnose the angle of the cut in standup stance, (I was using the old fashioned "Mosconi mathematical fraction method" then).....but after getting down on the shot, line it up as a straight in and then move the cuestick to the predetermined angle while at the shooting position at the table.
Bingo! The balls started going into the pockets as in my younger years. This remains consistent after years of practicing it.
When I stumbled on to this CTE aiming deal, I had reservations. But I found that by getting the 15-30-45-60 degree perceptions in standup stance, I could easily transfer that knowledge to the cue when down in shooting position just as before I ever heard of the stuff.
This isn't about CTE.
This is about the concept that what a player sees standing up, may not be the same thing his eyes see when he's down on that shot.........if the guy is getting some age on him. Therefore the information that the eyes send to the brain for shot execution may be incorrect. And...he doesn't even know it. So he starts 'correcting' other things, which ends up compounding the felony and making things worse.
This post is for those with a somewhat open mind. (the haters, the un-informed, troublemakers, and know-it-alls are on 'ignore' anyway, so no need for them to reply to me whatsoever)
This is for intelligent discussion, if someone chooses that avenue.
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