Can you name any good players that have improved by your perfect aim system that does not benifit from selling it? I have a open mind to anything, but i have never met a player since i have been back playing or before that has mentioned improving by any so-called aiming system. I will say that you have done the best job at free advertising when it comes to your system. Just my opinion,don't take it personal. If your ever around Al, I would like to see this first hand and i promise to give a truthful feedback!
Using the wrong eye as dominant..........
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They're all good players, they just don't...........
They're all good players. it's just that some of them don't aim so good naturally. The ones that naturally aim the best usually play the best. When I show someone this for the first time it's like turning on a light. And I always see that big smile.
Once a person understands this they can get the eyes in the correct position and feel confident because the shot looks good. Nothing worse than getting down on a shot and you give up on it because you don't know how to position the eyes to see it as good as you can. Many players have these shots that they just dread. they just never seem to look right.
Once a player learns this they can correct their aim themselves. It's priceless info.
Just like shooting a gun or shooting a bow and arrow aiming a pool shot is simular. Players can be taught to aim. I know this from experience.
I don't blame you for being sceptical. There's alot of junk to sort out in this world today.
I gave about 12 free mini lessons last night at Shooters Billiards in Burnsville ,Mn to the league players there. It took about 4 hours. Some of them will schedule a personal lesson later on but for the most part I'm just sharing this info for free to hard working people that love to play pool. it was just great to see all the different reactions to what they just learned.
I'm just a little guy trying to share something that works really well to improve a persons pool game. Word of mouth is the best advertising in the world.
I havn't posted too much here on AZ the last month or so. My health hasn't been the best. Trying to recharge my life battery right now.
Hopefully after the video is done I can get back on the road and teach more players whereever I go how this works. Just have to see what happens......
Have a great day Geno................
They're all good players. it's just that some of them don't aim so good naturally. The ones that naturally aim the best usually play the best. When I show someone this for the first time it's like turning on a light. And I always see that big smile.
Once a person understands this they can get the eyes in the correct position and feel confident because the shot looks good. Nothing worse than getting down on a shot and you give up on it because you don't know how to position the eyes to see it as good as you can. Many players have these shots that they just dread. they just never seem to look right.
Once a player learns this they can correct their aim themselves. It's priceless info.
Just like shooting a gun or shooting a bow and arrow aiming a pool shot is simular. Players can be taught to aim. I know this from experience.
I don't blame you for being sceptical. There's alot of junk to sort out in this world today.
I gave about 12 free mini lessons last night at Shooters Billiards in Burnsville ,Mn to the league players there. It took about 4 hours. Some of them will schedule a personal lesson later on but for the most part I'm just sharing this info for free to hard working people that love to play pool. it was just great to see all the different reactions to what they just learned.
I'm just a little guy trying to share something that works really well to improve a persons pool game. Word of mouth is the best advertising in the world.
I havn't posted too much here on AZ the last month or so. My health hasn't been the best. Trying to recharge my life battery right now.
Hopefully after the video is done I can get back on the road and teach more players whereever I go how this works. Just have to see what happens......
Have a great day Geno................
XOSPro,
You ask a pretty good question and I'll take a stab at this even though I see Gene has answered your question.
I think for better players ("Good Players"), seeing new methods to aim is kind of a redundancy and their improvement may be limited. Some of the "good players" already know how to make the shot and get shape regardless of how they aim. Sometimes, learning a new method to aim can cause some discomfort and may in fact initially cause some reduction in the quality of play.
If you're the person I think you are, I've met you and believe you would give an honest appraisal of Gene's Perfect Aim. I'm just guessing here, but I think you would listen and learn but it would be a difficult thing for you to change.
I've seen Perfect Aim, met Gene and talked to him on the phone and Perfect Aim and Gene Albrecht are the real deal.
I actually believe that different people "see" things differently. When Shooting Arts and I were experimenting with Perfect Aim, I was astonished that he and I actually saw things (shots) MUCH differently. The difference in how we see shots can account for much of the discrepancies in this and other aiming system reviews.
Some professional players aim at certain shots in a specific manner, different from the way other people aim at shots. Players move their head and eyes all over the place trying to find the Perfect Aim and it is my belief that it can be different for each of us. Perfect Aim can help you to find that "perfect place" for your eyes to be. More importantly, in my opinion, Gene is a TOP PLAYER, willing to share equally important information about how you can improve your game.
Gene is one of the few instructors out there who will answer any question that you have for free. In my opinion, it's not the smartest thing to do if you're trying to make a dollar but Gene will help you with all aspects of your game, not just how you aim.
I have so much fun learning how other people aim, execute and how they think about pool, I could not understand how anyone could pass up the opportunity to learn from Gene. I would venture to say that if you don't improve your aiming using Perfect Aim, you should attempt to learn what it is that Gene does that makes him a "good player", ok, "Top Player" and while your game may not be able to be improved much, a little tweak here and there can't hurt.
The other thing I've learned is that each of us has a particular way in which we understand things and learn things as well as teach things. Sometimes, a different person can be saying the same thing and it clicks with one person but not the other. I don't know if its the way people say it or the way the learner perceives the information at the point in time but the truth is I have heard basically the same information from different people but the information was communicated from one person in a manner in which I seemed to "get it", better.
Recently, I was teaching a brand new student of the game, how to aim. The student had been around the pool room for a couple of months and several people had attempted to teach him how to aim the shot. Cutting balls consistently was an impossibility. This was because he didn't understand what was being said to him. I use visualization techniques when I teach in addition to verbal instruction and when he finally "got it", he looked like a neon sign. Keep in mind, that this kid had a composite score of 33 on his ACT tests (of which the maximum score is 36).
We are all individuals who often see, think, comprehend/understand and communicate differently and you may be able to "connect" with one person better than another.
This "difference" in each of us may account for the all of the hatred in the world as well.
I try to see the commonality in each of us because in spite of all of our differences, we are all still brothers and sisters with the same wants and needs and share more things in common than first glance is want to recognize.
This is one high-quality post.
XOSPro,
You ask a pretty good question and I'll take a stab at this even though I see Gene has answered your question.
I think for better players ("Good Players"), seeing new methods to aim is kind of a redundancy and their improvement may be limited. Some of the "good players" already know how to make the shot and get shape regardless of how they aim. Sometimes, learning a new method to aim can cause some discomfort and may in fact initially cause some reduction in the quality of play.
If you're the person I think you are, I've met you and believe you would give an honest appraisal of Gene's Perfect Aim. I'm just guessing here, but I think you would listen and learn but it would be a difficult thing for you to change.
I've seen Perfect Aim, met Gene and talked to him on the phone and Perfect Aim and Gene Albrecht are the real deal.
I actually believe that different people "see" things differently. When Shooting Arts and I were experimenting with Perfect Aim, I was astonished that he and I actually saw things (shots) MUCH differently. The difference in how we see shots can account for much of the discrepancies in this and other aiming system reviews.
Some professional players aim at certain shots in a specific manner, different from the way other people aim at shots. Players move their head and eyes all over the place trying to find the Perfect Aim and it is my belief that it can be different for each of us. Perfect Aim can help you to find that "perfect place" for your eyes to be. More importantly, in my opinion, Gene is a TOP PLAYER, willing to share equally important information about how you can improve your game.
Gene is one of the few instructors out there who will answer any question that you have for free. In my opinion, it's not the smartest thing to do if you're trying to make a dollar but Gene will help you with all aspects of your game, not just how you aim.
I have so much fun learning how other people aim, execute and how they think about pool, I could not understand how anyone could pass up the opportunity to learn from Gene. I would venture to say that if you don't improve your aiming using Perfect Aim, you should attempt to learn what it is that Gene does that makes him a "good player", ok, "Top Player" and while your game may not be able to be improved much, a little tweak here and there can't hurt.
The other thing I've learned is that each of us has a particular way in which we understand things and learn things as well as teach things. Sometimes, a different person can be saying the same thing and it clicks with one person but not the other. I don't know if its the way people say it or the way the learner perceives the information at the point in time but the truth is I have heard basically the same information from different people but the information was communicated from one person in a manner in which I seemed to "get it", better.
Recently, I was teaching a brand new student of the game, how to aim. The student had been around the pool room for a couple of months and several people had attempted to teach him how to aim the shot. Cutting balls consistently was an impossibility. This was because he didn't understand what was being said to him. I use visualization techniques when I teach in addition to verbal instruction and when he finally "got it", he looked like a neon sign. Keep in mind, that this kid had a composite score of 33 on his ACT tests (of which the maximum score is 36).
We are all individuals who often see, think, comprehend/understand and communicate differently and you may be able to "connect" with one person better than another.
This "difference" in each of us may account for the all of the hatred in the world as well.
I try to see the commonality in each of us because in spite of all of our differences, we are all still brothers and sisters with the same wants and needs and share more things in common than first glance is want to recognize.
"Aiming method" to me means things like
Is Gene's Perfect Aim another aiming method that would be added to the above list? Some people talk as if it is.
Or is it just guidance for eye placement, and it would be used along with any one of the above aiming methods?
Or is it something else?
- ghostball
- contact point to contact point
- center to edge (CTE)
- double the distance
- fractional ball
- 90/90
Is Gene's Perfect Aim another aiming method that would be added to the above list? Some people talk as if it is.
Or is it just guidance for eye placement, and it would be used along with any one of the above aiming methods?
Or is it something else?
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I think Perfect Aim is is basically a guidance for eye placement as you correctly stated. It definitely would be useful in the aiming systems you listed. Gene also has a few additions to the aiming method he showed me that also helped my pre-shot routine and initial alignment.
Best,
Mike
Hope you get stronger (well) fast
Please rest up Gene ,with all the wind and rain were getting it is crazy.Stay warm my friend. Drink that elderberry Juice-4 oz-3 days in a row. It will help with ( duration time) if your feeling a cold coming. I happen to think Gene has succeeded at Pool because he has Played pool for like 50 yrs. It sounds like you are having fun on the road too. Great, we all love traveling- going into those towns we went to yrs ago, I think Gene's eye surgery has helped him greatly at the table. Sleep well,godbless. mark
Please rest up Gene ,with all the wind and rain were getting it is crazy.Stay warm my friend. Drink that elderberry Juice-4 oz-3 days in a row. It will help with ( duration time) if your feeling a cold coming. I happen to think Gene has succeeded at Pool because he has Played pool for like 50 yrs. It sounds like you are having fun on the road too. Great, we all love traveling- going into those towns we went to yrs ago, I think Gene's eye surgery has helped him greatly at the table. Sleep well,godbless. mark
XOSPro,
You ask a pretty good question and I'll take a stab at this even though I see Gene has answered your question.
I think for better players ("Good Players"), seeing new methods to aim is kind of a redundancy and their improvement may be limited. Some of the "good players" already know how to make the shot and get shape regardless of how they aim. Sometimes, learning a new method to aim can cause some discomfort and may in fact initially cause some reduction in the quality of play.
If you're the person I think you are, I've met you and believe you would give an honest appraisal of Gene's Perfect Aim. I'm just guessing here, but I think you would listen and learn but it would be a difficult thing for you to change.
I've seen Perfect Aim, met Gene and talked to him on the phone and Perfect Aim and Gene Albrecht are the real deal.
I actually believe that different people "see" things differently. When Shooting Arts and I were experimenting with Perfect Aim, I was astonished that he and I actually saw things (shots) MUCH differently. The difference in how we see shots can account for much of the discrepancies in this and other aiming system reviews.
Some professional players aim at certain shots in a specific manner, different from the way other people aim at shots. Players move their head and eyes all over the place trying to find the Perfect Aim and it is my belief that it can be different for each of us. Perfect Aim can help you to find that "perfect place" for your eyes to be. More importantly, in my opinion, Gene is a TOP PLAYER, willing to share equally important information about how you can improve your game.
Gene is one of the few instructors out there who will answer any question that you have for free. In my opinion, it's not the smartest thing to do if you're trying to make a dollar but Gene will help you with all aspects of your game, not just how you aim.
I have so much fun learning how other people aim, execute and how they think about pool, I could not understand how anyone could pass up the opportunity to learn from Gene. I would venture to say that if you don't improve your aiming using Perfect Aim, you should attempt to learn what it is that Gene does that makes him a "good player", ok, "Top Player" and while your game may not be able to be improved much, a little tweak here and there can't hurt.
The other thing I've learned is that each of us has a particular way in which we understand things and learn things as well as teach things. Sometimes, a different person can be saying the same thing and it clicks with one person but not the other. I don't know if its the way people say it or the way the learner perceives the information at the point in time but the truth is I have heard basically the same information from different people but the information was communicated from one person in a manner in which I seemed to "get it", better.
Recently, I was teaching a brand new student of the game, how to aim. The student had been around the pool room for a couple of months and several people had attempted to teach him how to aim the shot. Cutting balls consistently was an impossibility. This was because he didn't understand what was being said to him. I use visualization techniques when I teach in addition to verbal instruction and when he finally "got it", he looked like a neon sign. Keep in mind, that this kid had a composite score of 33 on his ACT tests (of which the maximum score is 36).
We are all individuals who often see, think, comprehend/understand and communicate differently and you may be able to "connect" with one person better than another.
This "difference" in each of us may account for the all of the hatred in the world as well.
I try to see the commonality in each of us because in spite of all of our differences, we are all still brothers and sisters with the same wants and needs and share more things in common than first glance is want to recognize.
I've heard it called, in the world of therapists, "the Ah-Ha(!) experience". All of a sudden the light comes on! It's a mix of the right person expressing the idea, the right idea and the learner having come just far enough down a particular road to be able to grasp it. It's a convergence. Energies come together and cause friction, that is experessed in the word learning, and the friction of ideas and expression of them light up the world for the person who happens to have come across all those factors at that particular point in time and space. Being a part of that experience for others... helping to make it happen for them is the purpose of life.. imo.
The teacher pours forth that which has come in to them and does that because that's what he does.. that's his life.. his intent.. his predeliction.. and the travelers which "happen" (it's not coincidence.. but it feels like it at the moment) which happen to be at that particular crossroad at that particular second in eternity are there for the purpose of life to be expressed and carried further on down the road, perhaps by a new "teacher", where It will be reenergized and passed on yet again.
It's a beautiful thing.
Joey.. you are a talented communicator. You SEE a broad picture and you paint it in such a manner that a majority of onlookers can better understand what they are seeing in the hogde-podge finger painting that is life. You see the individual brush strokes and call attention to their meaning and contribution to the picture as a whole. What an incredible asset you are to azbilliards and to pool as a whole. You... and Hu.. and Blackjack.. and Tate.. and CC, and Fatboy, and Jay, and JAM and Trigger and Geno and and and and and so dammed many other good people. :groucho:
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This is a beautiful post. Thank you.
Worked with conetip on the phone today.......
Yesterday was kind of a special day. I got a call from New Zealand. I hope I spelled it right.
By using my tests to find out which eye was dominant we found out it was his left eye.
When he does the normal eye dominance test he's right eye dominant.
Then I got a PM saying he thought maybe it was his right eye.
The problem is that unless a person knows exactly how to adjust, knowing the dominant eye does you no good. In order to use Perfect Aim it is neccessary to know which eye is dominant for sure or it won't work either.
I'm going to work with conetip some more. I can't leave him hanging like this.
The problem is the call was just to find his dominant eye. I didn't know he had the video already. I tried to explain it in about 10 minutes because the phone call from New Zealand is very expensive. 10 minutes just wasn't enough. I'm afraid it's going to take another phone call.
This is one reason right now we are working on the new video. To try and make it pretty much stand alone as far as understanding everything. It can sometimes be very difficult to understand. But once you get it you got it. And you'll never aim the same again.
It's always fun to talk to someone from another country. I always wondered how the numbers on the balls look in like Japan or China. :rotflmao1:
Yesterday was kind of a special day. I got a call from New Zealand. I hope I spelled it right.
By using my tests to find out which eye was dominant we found out it was his left eye.
When he does the normal eye dominance test he's right eye dominant.
Then I got a PM saying he thought maybe it was his right eye.
The problem is that unless a person knows exactly how to adjust, knowing the dominant eye does you no good. In order to use Perfect Aim it is neccessary to know which eye is dominant for sure or it won't work either.
I'm going to work with conetip some more. I can't leave him hanging like this.
The problem is the call was just to find his dominant eye. I didn't know he had the video already. I tried to explain it in about 10 minutes because the phone call from New Zealand is very expensive. 10 minutes just wasn't enough. I'm afraid it's going to take another phone call.
This is one reason right now we are working on the new video. To try and make it pretty much stand alone as far as understanding everything. It can sometimes be very difficult to understand. But once you get it you got it. And you'll never aim the same again.
It's always fun to talk to someone from another country. I always wondered how the numbers on the balls look in like Japan or China. :rotflmao1:
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That's very kind of you cookie man.
Jim, I don't know what to say, except thanks.
That's something only a Catholic would say.
Geno
Here is a good one for you. According to my eye doctor I am one of 3% of the population who is not physically able to cross my eyes. Which means that there is a fixed amount of assistance available from whatever eye I am not using as dominant.
I have taken several different dominance tests and they have never been conclusive as I have a dbl image that I apparently ignore and use as dominant whichever eye is physically closest to being on the line. I also get an almost identical shift on swapping eyes on the telephone pole test when I close the eye not on the line.
From a hard focus standpoint I would think that at a certain fixed point directly in front of me and directly between my eyes I would have a single image and be able to feed both hemispheres of my brain for the shot by using the feedback from both eyes. Until I can figure out a way to determine where this convergence occurs I will continue to shoot one eyed and rifle aim with my right eye since it starts out more naturally aligned over my right arm.
If in your studies you have came across any tests for determining actual convergence I would appreciate you sharing. I am almost thinking that this is possibly what you are attempting to teach people when you discuss adjustments for dominance.
~Chris
Here is a good one for you. According to my eye doctor I am one of 3% of the population who is not physically able to cross my eyes. Which means that there is a fixed amount of assistance available from whatever eye I am not using as dominant.
I have taken several different dominance tests and they have never been conclusive as I have a dbl image that I apparently ignore and use as dominant whichever eye is physically closest to being on the line. I also get an almost identical shift on swapping eyes on the telephone pole test when I close the eye not on the line.
From a hard focus standpoint I would think that at a certain fixed point directly in front of me and directly between my eyes I would have a single image and be able to feed both hemispheres of my brain for the shot by using the feedback from both eyes. Until I can figure out a way to determine where this convergence occurs I will continue to shoot one eyed and rifle aim with my right eye since it starts out more naturally aligned over my right arm.
If in your studies you have came across any tests for determining actual convergence I would appreciate you sharing. I am almost thinking that this is possibly what you are attempting to teach people when you discuss adjustments for dominance.
~Chris
you might be the missing link............
Hi there Chris,
thank you very much for replying to this thread. You might have enabled me to put a reason behind why some players can only see the shot when they only use one eye. I call the one eyed wonders. And as your eye doctor says about 3% would be pretty close.
There is a high percentage of top shooting players that shoot with one eye like this. I don't know what percentage it would be but they seem to have an advantage seeing the shot better.
No matter what your eye pattern is you still have to work at the game very hard to get to a higher level but these players seem to aim awful good compared to us mere mortals.
I always just say to them that this is the way your brain is wired with your eyes and you just can't see the shot in the same manner as others. And what you stated here might be the reason that this happens.
And then again it might just be coincidence and you just happen to be one of the one eyed wonders that just happens to have this, can't cross my eyes trouble. But then again yourself and the other 3% might be the most perfect way of seeing things that there is. The rest of us are the ones with the problem. I can't see where crossing your eyes at all can be an advantage.
I'm left eye dominant and shoot a gun with my right eye and right hand. I could shoot left handed using my left eye also because we can isolate that eye when it is looking down the site. The reason I think that I can't do what you do with one eye is the other eye is crossing and trying to help but instead tries to work a little like it's dominant just making a mess of the whole aiming thing with the pool shot.
This is exciting stuff for me. To the players that shoot with one eye it's probably no big deal because they just do what they do. Aim the way they can and many of them are not even aware that they are this way or don't care. All that matters is if the ball goes where you want it to.
Players that shoot with both eyes like myself might get confussed and they might think that they shoot like you. But they need not worry because just like you trying to shoot like me, they can't possibly shoot like you. It just won't work. The cross eyedness just takes over.
Thanks again. I sure would like to talk to you. Please call me some me. evening. I'm in the poolhalls here in Minneapolis playing and giving lessons until early in the morning so after 7:00 in the evening is the best time.
Have a great day geno 715-563-8712
Hi there Chris,
thank you very much for replying to this thread. You might have enabled me to put a reason behind why some players can only see the shot when they only use one eye. I call the one eyed wonders. And as your eye doctor says about 3% would be pretty close.
There is a high percentage of top shooting players that shoot with one eye like this. I don't know what percentage it would be but they seem to have an advantage seeing the shot better.
No matter what your eye pattern is you still have to work at the game very hard to get to a higher level but these players seem to aim awful good compared to us mere mortals.
I always just say to them that this is the way your brain is wired with your eyes and you just can't see the shot in the same manner as others. And what you stated here might be the reason that this happens.
And then again it might just be coincidence and you just happen to be one of the one eyed wonders that just happens to have this, can't cross my eyes trouble. But then again yourself and the other 3% might be the most perfect way of seeing things that there is. The rest of us are the ones with the problem. I can't see where crossing your eyes at all can be an advantage.
I'm left eye dominant and shoot a gun with my right eye and right hand. I could shoot left handed using my left eye also because we can isolate that eye when it is looking down the site. The reason I think that I can't do what you do with one eye is the other eye is crossing and trying to help but instead tries to work a little like it's dominant just making a mess of the whole aiming thing with the pool shot.
This is exciting stuff for me. To the players that shoot with one eye it's probably no big deal because they just do what they do. Aim the way they can and many of them are not even aware that they are this way or don't care. All that matters is if the ball goes where you want it to.
Players that shoot with both eyes like myself might get confussed and they might think that they shoot like you. But they need not worry because just like you trying to shoot like me, they can't possibly shoot like you. It just won't work. The cross eyedness just takes over.
Thanks again. I sure would like to talk to you. Please call me some me. evening. I'm in the poolhalls here in Minneapolis playing and giving lessons until early in the morning so after 7:00 in the evening is the best time.
Have a great day geno 715-563-8712
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I would like to thank Gene for helping me over the past weekend.
My pool game has been slowly going down hill over the past 4 years.
My particular problem ,I see the shot , line up and miss. Even straight in shots I was missing.
When I do all the common dominace tests, I am right eye domainant.
But when using a pistol,I am actually left eye dominant.
After talking to Geno on the phone for a few minutes and then reviewing the dvd,
gave it another go.
So I set up a simple straight in shot.Lined it up and then went to see which eye was where.As it happened my left eye was closer to the alignment than the right eye.
My potting rate went up markedly.Even when it looked like the right eye was the one,I kept the left aligned.
I also noticed that I had to change my stance /feet position slightly,as the whole mechanics was actually wrong.
I had my son be an observer and help to correct what I was doing wrong.
He was impressed at the improvement I made today.
His comment was I was making shots that I used to make 5 years ago.
I am convinced that Geno can help most people who want to be helped.
Neil Lickfold
My pool game has been slowly going down hill over the past 4 years.
My particular problem ,I see the shot , line up and miss. Even straight in shots I was missing.
When I do all the common dominace tests, I am right eye domainant.
But when using a pistol,I am actually left eye dominant.
After talking to Geno on the phone for a few minutes and then reviewing the dvd,
gave it another go.
So I set up a simple straight in shot.Lined it up and then went to see which eye was where.As it happened my left eye was closer to the alignment than the right eye.
My potting rate went up markedly.Even when it looked like the right eye was the one,I kept the left aligned.
I also noticed that I had to change my stance /feet position slightly,as the whole mechanics was actually wrong.
I had my son be an observer and help to correct what I was doing wrong.
He was impressed at the improvement I made today.
His comment was I was making shots that I used to make 5 years ago.
I am convinced that Geno can help most people who want to be helped.
Neil Lickfold
Prime example of using wrong dominant eye..........
Hi there Neil,
I show players how to make the right eye and the left eye dominant so there is no mistakening which one is dominant because then they can make a choice. I try not to keep them over using the wrong eye to long because it makes it hard to stay in the right position with the dominant eye later.
For an experiment one night I forced my right eye to be dominant and I could still make most of the shots. It was tough but I did it for about 2 hours.
When I switched back it was disaster. I had trouble keeping my dominant eye in the proper position. I was playing in a little tournament later that night and I got knocked out right away.
With you being able to switch your eyes with the guns I'm sure it is easy for you to switch back and forth with the pool without even knowing it. So a conscious effort is needed for you to keep that left eye doing what it is supposed to do when you aim your shots. To the right and to the left.
Whenever you accidently make the other eye dominant it is kind of like making yourself crosseyed making it hard to focus on what really looks right for you.
This happens to other players the same way but not to the same extreme. Anytime you make the non dominant work like the dominant eye just a little the shots doesn't quite look right. And everytime this happens it makes it harder to focus on the next shot and get it correct.
This is why sometimes a player just seems to blow up. He starts missing everything. The problem was that he got the eyes crossed on a few shots and now it's hard to get them where they need to be. If he only knew he could correct it. Especially in a high pressure situation like a hill hill match for all the bananas.
Now that you know what you know Niel can you imagine being in this situation on the hill and accidently making the non dominant eye be a little dominant. That's like being a little pregnant when you don't want to be pregnant. Just the wrong eye being dominant a little on a particular shot can be disaster.
Many times a player will miss that shot that he needs to make. He didn't dog the shot.
HE DOGGED THE EYES. THEY WERE NOT IN THE CORRECT DOMINANT POSITION.
If he knew how this worked he could stop this from happening.
Not having the eyes in the right position especially on important shots when we get excited is Pool Shot suicide. The shot have 0% chance of going and if someone was looking down your cue to see if the shot was line up I'm sure they would bet a ton on money you missing the shot.
Thanks again Neil and good luck
Have a great day Geno..........
Hi there Neil,
I show players how to make the right eye and the left eye dominant so there is no mistakening which one is dominant because then they can make a choice. I try not to keep them over using the wrong eye to long because it makes it hard to stay in the right position with the dominant eye later.
For an experiment one night I forced my right eye to be dominant and I could still make most of the shots. It was tough but I did it for about 2 hours.
When I switched back it was disaster. I had trouble keeping my dominant eye in the proper position. I was playing in a little tournament later that night and I got knocked out right away.
With you being able to switch your eyes with the guns I'm sure it is easy for you to switch back and forth with the pool without even knowing it. So a conscious effort is needed for you to keep that left eye doing what it is supposed to do when you aim your shots. To the right and to the left.
Whenever you accidently make the other eye dominant it is kind of like making yourself crosseyed making it hard to focus on what really looks right for you.
This happens to other players the same way but not to the same extreme. Anytime you make the non dominant work like the dominant eye just a little the shots doesn't quite look right. And everytime this happens it makes it harder to focus on the next shot and get it correct.
This is why sometimes a player just seems to blow up. He starts missing everything. The problem was that he got the eyes crossed on a few shots and now it's hard to get them where they need to be. If he only knew he could correct it. Especially in a high pressure situation like a hill hill match for all the bananas.
Now that you know what you know Niel can you imagine being in this situation on the hill and accidently making the non dominant eye be a little dominant. That's like being a little pregnant when you don't want to be pregnant. Just the wrong eye being dominant a little on a particular shot can be disaster.
Many times a player will miss that shot that he needs to make. He didn't dog the shot.
HE DOGGED THE EYES. THEY WERE NOT IN THE CORRECT DOMINANT POSITION.
If he knew how this worked he could stop this from happening.
Not having the eyes in the right position especially on important shots when we get excited is Pool Shot suicide. The shot have 0% chance of going and if someone was looking down your cue to see if the shot was line up I'm sure they would bet a ton on money you missing the shot.
Thanks again Neil and good luck
Have a great day Geno..........
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I played a mini tournament and got to the top 8.
Alot of people commented tonight on how much my game has improved since the last week.So I feel alot more confident .
I found it helped if I approached the shot left eyed.Also found that when I assumed I was aiming properly,mainly a right hand cut, I was actually not correctly aligned with either eye.
They now have a coach at the local place I played tonight.He starts next week assisting people.I told him what I did to improve, he said that eye dominance was usually the 1st thing that is over looked. Similar to my self, he is right handed with left dominant eye in pool, but right eyed for most other things.Once again,Thankyou.
Neil
Alot of people commented tonight on how much my game has improved since the last week.So I feel alot more confident .
I found it helped if I approached the shot left eyed.Also found that when I assumed I was aiming properly,mainly a right hand cut, I was actually not correctly aligned with either eye.
They now have a coach at the local place I played tonight.He starts next week assisting people.I told him what I did to improve, he said that eye dominance was usually the 1st thing that is over looked. Similar to my self, he is right handed with left dominant eye in pool, but right eyed for most other things.Once again,Thankyou.
Neil