Dominant Eye Test and it's Importance ! !

[genomachino]

Thanks Craig..........

http://www.golf.com/golf/instruction/article/0,28136,1565286,00.html

I had heard about this with golf but had never understood it. In fact I am left eye dominant and when I am hitting my short irons I have better success when I have my head back further so my left eye is more over the shot.

I can see where this would be huge for hitting woods too. I hit the woods real good in the front of my stance.

Oh well, I don't golf much right now. I tried last fall but when i hit the ball it felt like when you swing real hard with a baseball bat and you hit on the end of the bet. It would hurt my shoulder something terrible.

Had shoulder surgery last March 15th. I guess I'm going to try it this summer because I do love to golf and it is good excercise but with the pain I quickly lost interest.

Thanks for the post. Very interesting.

Have a great day geno.............

 

[genomachino]

Do you believe everything you read? I don't.......

It is a fact some people do not have a dominant eye, so the question about what to do with someone that doesn't is valid.

Shooting a gun has nothing to do pool. There is no real aminig in pool. There are no real hard points to align, like the sights on a gun.

The importance is just over stated to sell DVD's and nothing more.

For your reading pleasure
http://www.azbilliards.com/poolshrink/column9.cfm

I lived in Missouri for 8 years. That's the show me state. Pretty good slogan.

With pool aiming when you are back 30 feet from the shot the eyes work as one. There doesn't seem to be any visable difference as to a dominant eye.

The closer you get this seems to change. When you get to about 10 feet from the shot standing up standing up straight like in a far back preshot you can shift your body to the right or the left and can see the shot mostly with the right eye or mostly with the left. At this point they both seem to have no preference as to which way looks better.

But as you get closer one eye will take over and give you a much clearer picture to the brain. Granted ther is no hard sight on those balls like with a gun but there is a distinct spot where the eyes have to be. Once you find out how to find this you would see what all these players are seeing that understand how this works.

Bottom line is you can believe what you read and sit in a puddle and never learn how to see the shot so you can play better than ever imagined or you can open your mind and see something that has hampered all pool players from reaching their true ability for decades.

Understanding how this works is the first part of the puzzle. The next part is to learn how to keep the dominant eye in the correct position so your brain is getting the correct info to complete the task on hand.

By doing this you can counter most of these optical illusions that we run into with these round balls, straight rails, pockets in the way of vision and so many more.

You can read thousands of testimonials of players that this has helped their games or you can find one article that says they don't think this can work.

For me if someone says : Hey, I've got this jump stick that I just love. It's great. I might try it. But if I have 20 players tell me this about the same jump cue I have to try it.

Results speak louder than one person with some words wrote down. And like I told Scott, until I find someone without a dominant eye I'm going to believe we all have one.

It's pretty simple. it is what it is............

 

[genomachino]

Absolutely not..........

If someone were to,,,,say look through a keyhole wouldn't you automatically use your dominant EYE

I'm left eye dominant and I have always shot a gun right handed with my right eye.

Years back if they found out in the army that you were that way they had you shooting a rifle left handed. Fortuanately they don't do that anymore.

When you can isolate one eye you can see with either the same way. But when you have both looking together the vision can get real distorted by one trying to work as the dominant eye and giving the wrong info.

It's called optical illusion.

In fact there are many vision games on the internet where you can have a stright line but it will look curved because of the other objects around it.

See it for yourself.

If a scientist told you that you need to look through the keyhole with your dominant eye or you couldn't see good would you believe him. Imagine you were the scientist and you thought this.

The best way is to try it. You would see that it makes no difference.

Once a person experiences the look you get with the eyes in the right position it's kind of hard to try to tell them that this makes no difference. In fact they would look at you and say to themselves; If he only knew.

Many players don't care if anyone else knows, in fact many of the players in their home area don't want anyone to learn how this works because they can see how valuable it is and the other players are their competition.

Most people once upon a time thought the world was flat also:scratchhead:.

They used to drain your blood from your body thinking this would cure you. These were doctors of the time.:shrug:

I guess I got off track from the last thread that said there isn't a dominant eye because a scientist said so in an article.

Seeing is believing. Look through the key hole yourself.

But make sure nobody opens the door on you.

Good advice from scientist Geno.:idea2: If they do you might end up with a lump on you head:banghead::scratchhead:. If you don't believe me have someone do it.

 

[genomachino]

Cowboy, You said a mouthful of truth here..

Everyone has a stronger, and weaker side playing pool. Meaning you have a higher percentage of shots going in on you "stronger side', and a lower percentage on your "weak side". This is no big deal, you need to practice "weak side more". BTW the most important thing in make the ball in the pocket, and moving to cue ball to the next place for an easy shot on the nest ball until the game is won buy you, not the other person. JMHO. I have found CTE helped me with Strong & Weak side shots more than any too I have found. AGAIN JMHO!

Hi there Cowboy,

Long time no hear. I kind of missed you on my threads. Is your health good I hope? I was kind of worried.

I see you understand that pretty much everyone has a weak side and a strong side. Many players have known this for a long time but they don't know how to correct the problem.

Their solution is just what you said. Just play 8 hours a day , 7 days a week and it will get better.

If you 57 like me I can't do this, and if you work 8 hours a day you can't do this.

I see you discovered CTE. This kind of forces the eyes in the correct position on the weak side or at least gets you moving the head so you can see the shot better. Many players don't even know why they see the shot better.

It doesn't really address the dominant problem which really opens the can of worms and tells the whole story of why the shots don't look good sometimes.

When I get to Arizona I do want to meet you my friend.

Thanks for the post.

Have a great day....Geno............

 

[genomachino]

This is one mans opinion.

It is a fact some people do not have a dominant eye, so the question about what to do with someone that doesn't is valid.

Shooting a gun has nothing to do pool. There is no real aminig in pool. There are no real hard points to align, like the sights on a gun.

The importance is just over stated to sell DVD's and nothing more.

For your reading pleasure
http://www.azbilliards.com/poolshrink/column9.cfm

Hi there,

He refers to scientists. What scientists. This is his own opionion.

The dominant eye is what it is. When you see all shots in the right way you will know there is a hard point of aim with every shot.

I know this from experience. Not because someone said so.

With 100's of testimonials to back it up.

The importance is to help players improve their games more than they ever thought possible.
In order to do this they have to know which eye is dominant.

Have a great day Geno.................

 

[Needo]

If you are looking at the shot in the preshot with the left eye in the dominant position and on the way down switch to the right, one way or the other was not correct as far as seeing the shot right.

Sometimes by just closing one eye on the straight in shot you can tell which one is doing most of the aiming.

You need to have the correct picture in the preshot and all the way down to the shot.

Good luck geno''''''''''''''

I want to thank you for making it so plain in this post. I made a conscious effort in choosing which eye I was using for the line-up during the pre-shot routine today. I think it made a positive difference in my comfort level when I got down to shoot. I will have to practice this for the next 3 weeks to make it a habit and see how I feel when I don't have to think about how I'm lining up. Thanks again for your patients.

 

[genomachino]

Practice makes Perfect...........

I want to thank you for making it so plain in this post. I made a conscious effort in choosing which eye I was using for the line-up during the pre-shot routine today. I think it made a positive difference in my comfort level when I got down to shoot. I will have to practice this for the next 3 weeks to make it a habit and see how I feel when I don't have to think about how I'm lining up. Thanks again for your patients.

The more you do it the easier it gets. But it is real easy to slip back the way you were doing it before.

Good luck and happy shooting........Geno,............

 

[mristea]

Perfect aim complete DVD?

Hi Geno,

What is the status of your Perfect Aim Complete DVD? Will you finish it soon?
I'm curious what new methods you will add on this DVD.

Wish you best of health to your shoulder!

M.

 

[genomachino]

We're shooting for a month to 45 days....

Hi Geno,

What is the status of your Perfect Aim Complete DVD? Will you finish it soon?
I'm curious what new methods you will add on this DVD.

Wish you best of health to your shoulder!

M.

Working on the dialog for one of the steps in fact right now.

Putting on a push now to get it done.

Pool tournaments and other pool related fun have slowed my progress down but time to go to work. And a little bit of health problems.

I guarantee though that when it's down I will let eveyone know.

Thanks for asking. Geno............