very weird choking. going nuts :s

Solartje

Solartje

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Hi all,

i didnt want to post it, but my g/f encouraged me to do so, and maybe find a cure as monday i came home and i was ready to give the game up. i was fed up, with things that are beyound any explenation i can find... she told me maybe you guys can help and GOD i hope u can but its so weird, i dont know if it will be possible.

(will be long as i want to include any info that might be helpfull. if i make it short then for sure you wont be able to help me)

Ok, ive been playing pool for 2 years now in competition level. had been playing other games before frequently but never took any book, video or so.

Ive changed my game completly since i took pool up as a sport. gone back to the basics, and took out all the nontextbook stuff, and learning about english, squirt, trow, induced english and all the scientific stuff, been training correctly and intensly. my game went down, up , down up, but overall on the longer run (2years) the progress is there.

now since 3 - 4 weeks its going downhill, and i mean FAST in tournaments (it actually started when i had my table installed at home, coinsidence?) before my table i had no practice table in a poolroom and usually id train what i had learned during matchplay. not the best method, but it was my only acces to a table.

At home, my game has improved over the last 3-4 weeks imensly untill monday!! i posted 2 videos here some days ago and i was really happy of the BHE work that was paying off on shots i was msising its. now. here is what happens.

example 1:

2 weeks ago: local ballbanger tournament. i was warming up for an hour, and i don't think i had a run under 10balls, made a 20+, all was ok. then i started to play the tournament, it was 14-1. i won all my matches but i draw all the baddest D level ballbangers around. my high run in 4 matches race to 60 was 5 balls. so in race to 240 my high was 5 balls. i played my first match 2 minuts after i stopped training... i was missing hangers, straight in combo's, i choked my first match completly, my second completly and so i choked on all my matches (i had no presure at all. no $ involved, no trophy , just a friendly local ballbanger tournament with friends, couldnt see the angles, ok can happen.. maybe my head was somewhere else, i had no explenation, but ok. i wasnt breaking my head over it.

i said ok, maybe a day of, not enough sleep.


So, last week, qualification for the national finals 9ball. i warmed up for an hour and half. first half hour a guy asked if we could play to warm up. i cleared 5 racks out of 7. a 2 pack and a 3pack. i was in the zone for an hour and half. tournament is drawn, 2 minuts later im laging for the first round. and i lose HEAVILY. at a certain point i couldnt run a rack of 9ball , even with 5 innings... straight in shots, would go 2 balls wide, hangers wouldnt go in, EVERY single angle was off. second match, same thing. .. ok i came home, played 9ball at home to see what was happening? fatigue? my eyes? and i was back stringing racks...

ok twice, bad luck maybe, so
monday, team competition. came in early in the club, we had been warming up 9ball for 2 hours, and i have cleared each rack in 1 or 2 innings for 2 hours. ok, feeling confidend, i played the first game. again, missing straight in shots, 2 balls wide, didnt run more then 2 balls in 9ball, no matter how easy the hangers where id find a way to miss them. ok second game. first time this guy plays in competition. D- level, straightpool game to 50, he can't run more then 4 balls (his high of the game i think) and i still lost 30-50 or something. i got SO frustrated, i said to the guys look. i can beat this guy my eyes closed... (not to brag or something, but i actually ment what i said, i trow 15balls on the table, and I run 1 minut after the match a 30+ run with my eyes shut on a 9fter. i even turned my head to look behind me after the first 15 to make it even harder... railbirds got together after 10balls, after 30 the whole place was looking. when i missed i took my stuff and went home. (also in between the match, as the match took SO long 1-2-3 balls innings a time + safetyplay) when my opponent was shooting i was potting balls on the table next to it, and see ... is this a fase? is it frustration that make this? and even there i didnt miss a single ball, my turn, i turn my body to the tournamenttable, and i can't pot a hanger... i missed shots: 1diamond in between ob and pocket, and 1 diamond in between ball and ob, straight in. id pot this ball one handed with my eyes closed, goofy if needed. i come home after the match and now i'm playing as bad at home as at the club (before it was only during tournaments...)

this was the final blow , put my cues away and said to my g/f, i quit...


today ofcourse (stuburn as i am) took the cues back out, i taped myself from every single angle, looking for flaws, doing the lag drill to see if im hitting offcenter, everything seems just perfect, but i put the easyest ball in front of me and i miss. im accelerating true the ball not at the ball, folowing true, lose grip, no body movement, 90? elbow, no elbow collapsing, visualising the shot, im paying triple attention to my preshotdrill (maybe thats my problem? i didnt had a preshotroutine before this all started 4 weeks ago). been checking everything from A to Z for 8 hours today, and i wouldnt stop untill i'd find it, and i havent. it is still exactly!!! the same as it was 1 month, 6 months, a year ago.

im in a total choke fase and honestly i'm ready to give it up.....

(ow only thing that seems to work "sometimes" is when i rush my shot, without any preshotroutine, no adressingstrokes, just bend down and shoot, but thats not something id want to do. no matter how fast my natural playing speed is, in the long run this will never pay off. there has to be another method.)

ive never felt so bad as at this time.


(ps only thing that during the 8 hours that does apear to have a small effect is where my cue is under my eyes..) before the last weeks i had a perfect balanced eye dominance, now it seems it shifts back and forward. i know i always had the ability to change consiously my eye dominance (something helicopter pilots need to have) and i think this might (i say MIGHT) be some part of it. once i'm down, my eye dominance could change depending on how far the ob is, how tired i am, do i get direct lightning or not, etc.. and even down on the shot without ANY movement i can see visual image of overlapping and lines etc change. the longer i stay down, and visualise everything: contact point, line to pocket, etc the more i can see my visual image (eye dominance change, i THINK!! im not 100% sure)

ive tried every single small adaptation (bridge hand bit closer, bit further from cb, griphand 1 inch closer further, change cue, closed open bridge, standing a bit higher, changing feet placement... nothing really that helped

i can only hope i will get out of this thing, because i'm getting nuts. i'm sure that if tomorow i go to a local poolroom and play some 9ball rakcs i'll be string them back to back again or not run a rack in over 100 try's...

anyone can tell me how i go from B+ to a D player in a matter of seconds?

do i have aunconsious tournament fear? have i been taking the game TOO serious that i want to prove myself during matchplay and i try to hard? what the HELL!!! is wrong with me.

thanks,

a very frustrated and sad poolchoker

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ps i have been training BHE lately, and i know that after learning something new, you always have an initial downwards move in your level and that with time the game will get better, but even if i play every shot with centerball, im still choking. so i dont think the BHE training could be a reason.

help!

ill play one last tournament for the state championship next week, and after that im puting my cue's down if i dont find a cure for some time. (sucks as with the wintervacation in finally had some time to put in more hours of practise). MY new bob frey cue should be ariving soon, and ill start training again with this cue after a month or two
 
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I remember when you was complaining about using a house cue, obviously your doing very well now, I suggest you get back to the grass roots of pool, or quit. If you dont take every shot serious, hey, your playing better competition now, act like it. I know this may be a bit harsh, but listen if your going to rely on this sport, you have to be tough.


If you miss a ball: set the shot up and pocket it a 100 times. own the shot, or it will own you.

your a cridical cross road, and the reason your games goes down when you get your own table is because you dont know what to practice...

If you want to play like a Pro you have to practice like a pro.


I suggest you spent a week or two at the table, if you need something to practice PM me. but dont bother if your not willing to work.

SPINDOKTOR
 
Soli, to me it sounds like you've got too much going on in your head.

Sometimes you just have to ride through the bad times, often this happens when you're learning something subconciencely, when you figure it out your game is comes around and you're often further ahead than before you slumped.

Stick it out dude.
 
SPINDOKTOR said:
I remember when you was complaining about using a house cue, obviously your doing very well now, I suggest you get back to the grass roots of pool, or quit. If you dont take every shot serious, hey, your playing better competition now, act like it. I know this may be a bit harsh, but listen if your going to rely on this sport, you have to be tough.


If you miss a ball: set the shot up and pocket it a 100 times. own the shot, or it will own you.

your a cridical cross road, and the reason your games goes down when you get your own table is because you dont know what to practice...

If you want to play like a Pro you have to practice like a pro.


I suggest you spent a week or two at the table, if you need something to practice PM me. but dont bother if your not willing to work.

SPINDOKTOR
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Dont worry about being harsh :rolleyes: if i posted this to get some help or ideas, is because im ready to listen. :D took me 1 night of sleep before i got the cues back out. ive put on 8 hours today, and i'll put many more in it. i'm stuburn.

i have a practice program i rescieved from someone here some time ago, its a 3 phase 3 week program and i'll do only that untill i own that practice and folow your advice. i'm ready to do ANYTHING.

the thing is, how can it be that i play well for 2 hours, drop to ballbanger in a matter of 10seconds, and then back to original level. i think my problem is more unconscious. maybe the upcoming mariage stress.. but then the problem should be more or less even over time. its not like zoning in and then zoning out. its like CLICK i string raks, CLICK i cant run 2 balls. like in the example i gave, it is as soon as i know it is a match i lose it. (playing on 2 tables at same time, 1 table in match and one in between shots, on one table is match and im D level, on the other table i'm a B level). there is probably some wire in my head that is triggered as soon as it is a match.

the last shot i missed 2 balls wide in a straight in shot in the tournament, i set it up right after the match (1 minut in between) and i potted it 10 out of 10. i own that shot, i know it! normal, left handed, right handed, behind my back, eyes closed, you name it.

i'm WEIRD :D

ps i have no intention to become a pro :D i just like the game.
ps my girlfriend said something similar: she shad, you are not enjoying pool anymore and taking it to serious. see pool again as fun and not a sport.

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supergreenman. the mariage might be one of those things. i'll guess ill sweat it out like before, but before after some time i found what i was doing wrong, this time its a total mistery.

thanks for the reply's guys!

im open to anything. just like in the karatekid movie where the older guy asks him to paint some wood or wax the carr. was on , wax off.. :o

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branpureza
whats that? i'm not native english speaking :D
 
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Sounds like your simply trying to hard, the brain is telling the muscles to tighten and throwing your shot off, when you get into your shots try letting all your muscles relax but staying dead still at the same time (especially the neck and shoulders), then stroke through your shot in that relaxed mode.
 
Dear Pool Choker, :)

I think you may be suffering from competitive stress syndrome. It happens to MANY people including professional athletes. Also you are competing before matches which is a no-no in my opinion.

Also, do not use the BHE except on RARE occasions. It is a shortcut to Nirvana but it is too difficult to play shape consistently well. Others may tell you differently........The missing of the balls is probably from the first two items I mentioned.

Before a tournament, just hit some balls to WARM UP & RELAX, not to beat the other guy. Save the competitive mode for the tournament.

Since you have a table at home, you do not need to be playing a lot at the pool hall especially before a match.

Just for the record: When the POOL SIREN calls your name, she never lets go. If you quit, you will return. That's the curse of being called by her. :)

Good luck!

JoeyA
 
When I get into competition, something fundamentally changes. When I practice and I am in relatively good stroke, I get to the point where everything is going in, and I don't seem to miss. As soon as I get into a match, I start missing easy shots, and I am not choking. Last night, someone told me that I was backing up a little, after getting set for the shot, and my hand is backing up on the handle past the balance point of the cue. I have no idea why this happens, but at least now there is something I can work on that is mechanical, and I am not going crazy. Well, maybe just a little crazy. You sound like a very good player, and could possibly have a similar problem like I have.
 
I was in a similar position not that long ago (this summer). My 'solution' was to stock up on head-books, and I'll suggest one for you. The Inner Game of Tennis by Gallwey is an outstanding work on the mental side of games. He just uses tennis because he is a teaching pro, but the lessons are universal imo. Anyway, from the sounds of it you are trying to hard, thinking too much, and not letting yourself play the game. You need to re-develop the trust in yourself that you can pot the ball and get position, just like you see it in your head. Get the book (PM me is this is an issue from Europe, maybe I can help), read it, and enjoy the beautiful pool game that your Self-2 has inside you.

Dave
 
Solartje, I know exactly what your going through, there is one exercise I can give you that will change your life if you will commit to it, and you will know by the time your done if this is for you.


SPINDOKTOR




Solartje said:
Dont worry about being harsh :rolleyes: if i posted this to get some help or ideas, is because im ready to listen. :D took me 1 night of sleep before i got the cues back out. ive put on 8 hours today, and i'll put many more in it. i'm stuburn.

i have a practice program i rescieved from someone here some time ago, its a 3 phase 3 week program and i'll do only that untill i own that practice and folow your advice. i'm ready to do ANYTHING.

the thing is, how can it be that i play well for 2 hours, drop to ballbanger in a matter of 10seconds, and then back to original level. i think my problem is more unconscious. maybe the upcoming mariage stress.. but then the problem should be more or less even over time. its not like zoning in and then zoning out. its like CLICK i string raks, CLICK i cant run 2 balls. like in the example i gave, it is as soon as i know it is a match i lose it. (playing on 2 tables at same time, 1 table in match and one in between shots, on one table is match and im D level, on the other table i'm a B level). there is probably some wire in my head that is triggered as soon as it is a match.

the last shot i missed 2 balls wide in a straight in shot in the tournament, i set it up right after the match (1 minut in between) and i potted it 10 out of 10. i own that shot, i know it! normal, left handed, right handed, behind my back, eyes closed, you name it.

i'm WEIRD :D

ps i have no intention to become a pro :D i just like the game.
ps my girlfriend said something similar: she shad, you are not enjoying pool anymore and taking it to serious. see pool again as fun and not a sport.

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supergreenman. the mariage might be one of those things. i'll guess ill sweat it out like before, but before after some time i found what i was doing wrong, this time its a total mistery.

thanks for the reply's guys!

im open to anything. just like in the karatekid movie where the older guy asks him to paint some wood or wax the carr. was on , wax off.. :o

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branpureza
whats that? i'm not native english speaking :D
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Hey Soly they say that when you start to move up a level in pool that you sometimes go into a slump for a few weeks before your skill level catches up. Try setting the chalk on the rail and thinking about nothing but making the ball not playing shape so much and listen to the tip hit the cueball. You will go back to yourself real soon if you just have fun and make balls.

Good luck-- Leonard
 
give up you dog! pack everything up and sell it...take up badminton..oh wait...that requires a little coordination too..nevermind...become a hermit...
 
well

what kind of cues ya got??:rolleyes: lol. ride it out. you will get it. get some confidence.
 
How do you not miss? you are human, you make mistakes, they key in my eyes is to keep yourself within a certain margin of error, so that when you do miss, the ball will fall into the pocket. If Solartje tries the exercise, it will become very clear to as what im speaking.


SPINDOKTOR
 
Solartje said:
(ps only thing that during the 8 hours that does apear to have a small effect is where my cue is under my eyes..) before the last weeks i had a perfect balanced eye dominance, now it seems it shifts back and forward. i know i always had the ability to change consiously my eye dominance (something helicopter pilots need to have) and i think this might (i say MIGHT) be some part of it. once i'm down, my eye dominance could change depending on how far the ob is, how tired i am, do i get direct lightning or not, etc.. and even down on the shot without ANY movement i can see visual image of overlapping and lines etc change. the longer i stay down, and visualise everything: contact point, line to pocket, etc the more i can see my visual image (eye dominance change, i THINK!! im not 100% sure)
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I was going to stay clear of this thread hoping someone else would notice the problem you mentioned in the above quote. You might have several things going on that is messing with your game but this is something that needs attention.

I can often tell when a player is off his mark when I notice their cuestick is not over their dominant eye.
 
What JoeyA said!!! I feel this is exactly your problem and have gone through it myself, still do occassionally. Set your goals for each game, each shot and stop worrying about winning so much. It'll come.
 
A very good question!

This is a very good post. I experience the same "things" you are experiencing. I wish some of the instructors or knowlegeable players would give more examples of ways they have overcome this syndrone. I, like you, practice every waking moment when I can (when the old lady isn't giving me work instruction). I take this sport seriously. One poster has already gave an example of a book to read, I would like to hear some more. Also, I've been checking on this site for the next story on "Competitive Anxiety Disorder" to be released. Last week, when I couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, a practice buddy of mine caught me putting some extra movement in my stroke. It is only there in pressure situations. At least now I know what is causing the terrible misses. Since the problem isn't present when I practice, how do you correct it? I am working on improving my preshot routine and am going to see a certified BCA instructor in January.
 
8ballEinstein said:
I was going to stay clear of this thread hoping someone else would notice the problem you mentioned in the above quote. You might have several things going on that is messing with your game but this is something that needs attention.

I can often tell when a player is off his mark when I notice their cuestick is not over their dominant eye.
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i think this might be one of the main problems (together with unconsious tournament muscle tightning) hence why i posted the info, but how do you put your cue underneath the dominant eye if it changes constanly over seconds. IF i look at the cb (my left eye might be dominant, when on the last stroke i move my eyes to the ob, my right eye might become dominant, when i look at the pocketline it might swift back to left... how can i know, once i'm down wich eye is dominant? i cant just swift my cue fomr left to right. maybe i need to train my eyes so one eye stays dominant!. the reason why i think i have this problem, is once my chin is on my cue and i check how the CB and OB overlap, the overlapping % changes without my body moving, it just depends on my eye focus. once down, a 1/2 ball hit, can become a 1/4 hit without ANY bodymovement at all, i can see it go from 1/2 , to blurry, to 1/4 to blurry to 1/2 again.. all depends where my focus point is. As on a shot you have to focus on OB, CB and Pocket wich are at different distances, im screwed :D

Do you know of any eyetraining that can reinforce the dominance of one eye?

selftaut said:
Sounds like your simply trying to hard, the brain is telling the muscles to tighten and throwing your shot off, when you get into your shots try letting all your muscles relax but staying dead still at the same time (especially the neck and shoulders), then stroke through your shot in that relaxed mode.
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sounds logical to me. its probably subconsious but it might be part of the equation

JoeyA said:
Dear Pool Choker, :)
I think you may be suffering from competitive stress syndrome. It happens to MANY people including professional athletes. Also you are competing before matches which is a no-no in my opinion.
Also, do not use the BHE except on RARE occasions. It is a shortcut to Nirvana but it is too difficult to play shape consistently well. Others may tell you differently........The missing of the balls is probably from the first two items I mentioned. Before a tournament, just hit some balls to WARM UP & RELAX, not to beat the other guy. Save the competitive mode for the tournament.
JoeyA
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competitive stress syndrome: for SURE! ive been thinking to play moneygames to solve this, but there arent any moneygames around. i might be a god at home, but if i cant do it in a tournament, ill always stay that inconsistant ballbanger. ill remember the advice for next tournament. thx joeyA

DaveK said:
I was in a similar position not that long ago (this summer). My 'solution' was to stock up on head-books, and I'll suggest one for you. The Inner Game of Tennis by Gallwey is an outstanding work on the mental side of games. He just uses tennis because he is a teaching pro, but the lessons are universal imo. Anyway, from the sounds of it you are trying to hard, thinking too much, and not letting yourself play the game. You need to re-develop the trust in yourself that you can pot the ball and get position, just like you see it in your head. Get the book (PM me is this is an issue from Europe, maybe I can help), read it, and enjoy the beautiful pool game that your Self-2 has inside you.

Dave
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i have that one and the warbook somewhere on my laptop but hadnt had time yet to read time. s ill start reading them and maybe my mental game can find some answers in it.

poolcuemaster said:
Hey Soly they say that when you start to move up a level in pool that you sometimes go into a slump for a few weeks before your skill level catches up. Try setting the chalk on the rail and thinking about nothing but making the ball not playing shape so much and listen to the tip hit the cueball. You will go back to yourself real soon if you just have fun and make balls.
Good luck-- Leonard
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i dont think this is a slump when you move up level. the reason i think its not a slump( wich ive had before, and have overcome eventually) is that in a slump your game is off allmost allof the time. you go from C to a D level for 2 months or so, and then come back to a C, here i go from B to D in a matter of seconds, the timelaps in between the level changes is to short for it to be a slump. just my 2c , might be wrong ofcoursE.

chevybob20 said:
Since the problem isn't present when I practice, how do you correct it? I am working on improving my preshot routine and am going to see a certified BCA instructor in January.
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exactly. its not something about not being able to play certain shots, or not owning them, or not training enough etc. its a problem of: if i just bend down and shoot without doing adressing strokes, checking correct tip placment, etc a 1/2 hit stays a 1/2 hit, in a match (due to stress, to high goals, due to increased focus on all the keyelements etc) i need to play a 1/2 ball hit a 1/4 hit to make it. Is this due to muscle tightning? probably, maybe, usually, but as i gave the example of being so frustrated i shot on 2 tables at the same time during a match (ok, not very nice to my opponent i admit) on one table the 1/2 is a 1/2 , i turn my back and a 1/2 is a 1/4ball hit. Can stress tensioning change in seconds? i was AS stressed and pissed on both tables. i think that when i'm in a match, i tend to really take my time to see the EXACT contact point, the EXACT ball overlappig, and by really focusing my eyes on these points, its my eye dominance that change. when i dont focus and just BANG, both eyes are equal, when i really focus!! my eye dominance is totally unstable (I THINK) All the other things that have changed probably are ALSO a part of the equation, but its the only reason i can think of how i can miss a ball 2 balls wide in a straight in shot, muscle tightning and stress shouldn't have a this big result in a shot (Correct?).

the other reason why i think its probably eye related, is because the example: if i just bang at home, i dont have any problem with the angles, if i focus my eyes to all the important points and lines, i miss it by ALOT. it apears to happen, as soon as i focus my eyes.

i dont think ive ever read anything about eyedominance-changing .

what you all think about this? i'd like to get deeper into eyedominance changing when focusing the eyes.
Is there a way to check wich eye is dominant when you are down on a shot?
I remember in some testing yesterday, that if the focus of my eyes is on the pocket, the 1/2 is a 1/2, when my focus is on the CB a 1/2 is a 1/4, and when im aligning the shot at the beginning i have no idea... it changes.

Anyway, im ill at home, so ive got 5 days in front of me. im going to do some more eyedominance testing.
i'm going to put something over one eye, and shoot some racks one-eyed. this way , when i focus on long distance points like contact points, for the vision not to be blurry, i'll have to put that eye dominant, and ill put my cue underneath that eye. maybe this can reveal something.

thanks for all the reply's so far. im going to get to the botem of this!!!
 
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test:

i put myself a straight long distance corner to corner shot.

i can do things with my eyes without moving, that when i look normally the cb overlaps the ob 100% (straight in), but i can make it change to a 1/2th hit left, and a 1/2th hit right without any movement. it still is a straight in shot, but my eyes see a half ball left and a right cut shot.

so it looks logic that when i bend down, and i put my cue in the lign of aim, depending on what eye is dominant at that time and i adjust the 3/4 overlapping so that i get a 4/4 overlapping, but looking from above the line is not straight in!! :eek:

here is what i see:

first picture is how the straight shot in looks like when my eye dominance is equal.

az1is1.jpg


the second picture, if my left eye focusses more, i see the 2ball like this (to the left) and if my right eye focuses more, i see it as the red ball.

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The difference in between both equal, or one eye dominant = 1/2 half ball.
i also never miss to the same side. sometimes its 2 balls wide to the left, sometimes its 2 balls wide to the right. (could be explained as both left and right eye dominance can change.)

1/2ball hit = +-30? angle = 2balls wide on most shots...

now when i dont really focus, and i bend down and shoot within one second, i never miss. my eyes dont have the time to change dominance. (i play my best when i play at the speed of tony drago, and when im playing speedpool. (thats how ive played for 6 years before i starting playing pool as a sport).

now i know that THAT isn't going to make me a better player in the long run. A good preshotroutine, and taking the time to check all the points and lines is the path to take to become a consistent player, but then my eyes go all :eek:

i think this is the problem i have :s (+ probably all the other things mentioned here.)

i hope this info is clear :s and i hope i can find a solution for it.

now, what does change my eye dominance:
- fatigue
- lightning
- subconsious changes
- distance in between my eye and the point where i focus. (maybe its always the same? aka CB: left eye dominant, OB: both equal, pocket: right eye dominant.) i guess i need to test this. maybe there is one place where both eyes are equal and i need to align my shot by focusing on that point, and then never change it, no matter how wrong it looks when i switch my eye to tip, cb, ob, pocket. just trust it. THAT + doing some eye dominance training of some sort.

(i remember a very good player that always aligns up with one eye shut... this might be the reason why he does it. he closes one eye, so the open eye HAS to be the dominant, places his cue underneath THAT eye, and then just trust it...)

PS i remember some time ago watchin national geographic where they explained that its a rare "quality" to be able to change eyedominance, and that it was a required quality to have when you wanted to be a war helicopter pilot. one eye has the technical thing over it (radar, + to aim, etc), and the other eye just looks true the window. its this thing that made me think about a possible problem for me.
 
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i put a scarf over my left eye, put the cue under my right eye (feels weird in the beginning but its just a matter of time before it becomes natural) and tried: 20 corner to corner straight in shots.

result: potted 20/20.

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Problem is 100% solved on straight in shots :eek: :eek: it seems

(ok illhave to test it on a much longer run, and many more shots then just 20straight in shots,but it looks to work !!)

on angle shots its a bit harder, as im only using 1 eye, i dont have a feeling of distance once down and my chin on the cue, but as long as i see the angle when standing up, and my brain the tells me how much ball overlapping i need, i get down, and i use one eye to align the overlapment, and i just shoot and it works. im even more acurate then before..

im scared to say, i think I have found the solution.... this is just me, at home, no stress, but DAMN it sure looks like it was a eye dominance problem.

going to continue doing this for 5 days, 8hours / day, and ill try it this weekend or monday on a big tournament (state championship and national finals qualification)...
 
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