Glasses when shooting?

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I wear glasses full time. No line bifocals. (got tired of placing reading glasses up on my forehead when not reading). :wink:

Mostly, I need them when I am reading things...or...late at night when the lighting is low.

When playing pool, I do not wear them. Trying to get the correct view in line with my current pair of glasses leaves a crick in my neck and the need isn't that much to affect my game.

Until lately!

I think my sight is getting to a point on long tough cuts that I need to be wearing glasses....or at least try to see if that is going to make a difference. :smile:

The question is for those who are familiar with glasses in pool....is there a special or different prescription needed for the distance on the table versus a pair of normal viewing glasses?

Do you need bifocals or don't worry about the close shots...only the distant shots?

Do they need to be larger in size than my regular glasses to avoid the neck binding?

Is the distance limited to a 9 foot table or further than that?

Appreciate any guidance.
 
Contacts a good option for depthperception

and bifocal line less lenses. A good doc can tune in you glasses and contacts. I wear the reg contact in left eye and a bifocal type lens in the other. The best vision on the pool table yet. The miz played with 2 different contacts! mark
 
I didn't start wearing glasses until a couple years or so into playing. I've accepted them and just play with my regular pair. Took a little getting used to, but all is good now.
 
I'm sure the specialty ones mentioned above are better than what I have, but its worth mentioning.

I talked to my previous eye doc about this, and he kinda laughed at me. So when it came time to have my eyes checked again, I found a different eye doc that my insurance would take, and spoke with her. She got it immediately.

She wrote me a script which moves the bifocal part higher in the lens, to make vision clearer in the 10 foot range. They are quite helpful. Not night and day, as in not using any glasses, but they make my vision clearer and sharper. I chose a frame style that sits higher on my nose, and has a little bigger lens than my usual pair, so that I'm not looking over them with my head down on a shot.

As I said, I've looked into the specialty stuff mentioned above, and I understand RandyG here distributes them as well, but I didn't have the $$$ to go that route. Fortunately my eye insurance covers glasses every couple of years, so my eye doc has me covered.

Talk to your eye doc!
 
I thought those billiards glasses looked pretty goofy, so I just got an oversized pair of cheap glasses at the local store. I told them what I was using them for, so they adjusted the center of focus higher since I will be looking through more of the top of the lense. The most important thing for me was getting the lense basically up to my eyebrow and close to my face so I would never have to look over the upper rim of the glasses. These look goofy too, but oh well.
 
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I thought those billiards glasses looked pretty goofy, so I just got an oversized pair of cheap glasses at the local store. I told them what I was using them for, so they adjusted the center of focus higher since I will be looking through more of the top of the lense. The most important thing for me was getting the lense basically up to my eyebrow and close to my face so I would never have to look over the upper rim of the glasses. These look goofy too, but oh well.
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My problem is I have had my nose broken like 6 times and have never found frames to fit right. I am also diabetic and al the crap tha comes with that.
Last may I started having real trouble nd by september had lost app. 40% of mys vision Then came the laser treatments have had the left eye done twice and right once but more coming. It has helped clear the cloud some butif morethan six feet from the ball, real trouble and who knows what will happen.
I m getting prepped for the permanent contacts and snxious and hopeful they help. Reviews are mixed but I am hopeful. If not, my playing days are done. Glasses just do not work. But with the laser I won't go blind, thank God.
 
I wore contacts from the mid '80s until about 2008 or 2009. I couldn't afford to get new ones after I lost my job. In 2011 after my disability kicked in I got new glasses, a modern style with narrower frame, no-line bifocals. They don't seem to slip down any where near as much as other style frames I've had and I wear them all the time. Probably won't bother going back to contacts.
 
I too had the same problem, so I made my own. The commercial Billiard glasses do aid the problem with the repositioning of the lenses, with the new frames, BUT they miss the mark, because the lens still lean forward, in all the ones I've seen.

I bent the temples to lean back the lens, so that I have a correct (normal + meaning 90 degrees to the focal plane) & that helps tremendously. Looking at an angle through the focal plane causes an aberration (a modified picture). Then I repositioned the nose pieces to reposition the lens higher in my view.

Good Luck
 

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klockdoc said:
I wear glasses full time. No line bifocals. (got tired of placing reading glasses up on my forehead when not reading). :wink:

Mostly, I need them when I am reading things...or...late at night when the lighting is low.

When playing pool, I do not wear them. Trying to get the correct view in line with my current pair of glasses leaves a crick in my neck and the need isn't that much to affect my game.

Until lately!

I think my sight is getting to a point on long tough cuts that I need to be wearing glasses....or at least try to see if that is going to make a difference. :smile:

The question is for those who are familiar with glasses in pool....is there a special or different prescription needed for the distance on the table versus a pair of normal viewing glasses?

Do you need bifocals or don't worry about the close shots...only the distant shots?

Do they need to be larger in size than my regular glasses to avoid the neck binding?

Is the distance limited to a 9 foot table or further than that?

Appreciate any guidance.
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As you can see with the number of responses you got so quickly. people who have found glasses they can play with are excited about the difference they have made for them. People like to pass on their good experiences. I made my own glasses. My main objective was glasses that would not be in the way of shooting and allow me to see the balls correctly without any head straining or twisting. They sit high on my nose at a slight angle so when I am down on the ball they sit perfectly in front of my eyes.

I wanted to see through the glasses correctly and not look through the lenses at an angle causing slight distortion. This is what I came up with and it at least for me was amazing. I had pretty much quit playing now I see like I an a teenager and don't even know I am wearing them. They are titanium with ultra light Polycarbonate lenses.
 

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I had my eye doctor write me a prescription.
He weakened my reading glasses prescription and strengthened the prescription of my driving glasses (long distance).
The combination in a single prescription was perfect for 2 ft to 15 feet clarity and that's ideal for pool.


Then I went to Lens Crafters and bought two pair of sunglass frames (Ray Ban Aviator & Oakley Sports Sunglass).
The aviator frame looks cool and covers you entire eye viewing range....everything is in focus and no eyeglasses frame in your field of vision.
The Oakley frame is just cool since it's a sports sunglass frame and is colored; I chose Burgundy/black with silver.

Both of these frames look so much cooler looking than those goofy looking pool glasses on those websites.
And my prescription is from my local "USA" eye doctor and I can check with him anytime if I have any issues with the prescription.

 
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They make special billiard glasses. I think they come from England. They cost a bundle. I bought some but never wear them. If you have to wear glasses I suggest you buy one of the largest frames you can. I have friends that did this. Not to cool looking but they sure do work well.

My best friend had laser surgery on his eyes. He plays a good game of pool. After talking with him I had the same surgery and my eyes are perfect. No more glasses and I have perfect vision. I would check out the laser surgery before you get the glasses.
 
Kis

The norm seems to be 12' focal point. Not a bad place to start, single vision high on the brow. All the rest is up to you. I saw the match with Appleton two years go, against an Asian player who had round rimless. It was a hill/hill match and Appleton had to jump cut a ball into the side, two ball I'm pretty sure.
 
A late add to this thread. Lasik is not an option for some folks. Have to say I have been thoroughly impressed by Dr. Gordon Harrison at http://www.billiard-eyeglasses.com/ (website is currently being re-built). After having a terrible experience with the Decot-Hy-Wid frames and lenses, I was reluctant to give it another try but Dr. Harrison was very communicative and patient as well as concerned about my getting a usable product. We exchanged numerous emails and he provided guidance for my local optometrist to produce a prescription that would work for me. I found the price to be extremely reasonable as well.

I was skeptical until I put them on. These are going to work.

And now, in an attempt to scare you to death :grin: , I present my yougly face with my adjusted glasses in place. Sorry, forgot I wasn't wearing a shirt when I snapped this selfie. Ladies, don't let this picture drive you to do something foolish. :grin-square:
 

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Underclocked said:
A late add to this thread. Lasik is not an option for some folks. Have to say I have been thoroughly impressed by Dr. Gordon Harrison at http://www.billiard-eyeglasses.com/ (website is currently being re-built). After having a terrible experience with the Decot-Hy-Wid frames and lenses, I was reluctant to give it another try but Dr. Harrison was very communicative and patient as well as concerned about my getting a usable product. We exchanged numerous emails and he provided guidance for my local optometrist to produce a prescription that would work for me. I found the price to be extremely reasonable as well.

I was skeptical until I put them on. These are going to work.

And now, in an attempt to scare you to death :grin: , I present my yougly face with my adjusted glasses in place. Sorry, forgot I wasn't wearing a shirt when I snapped this selfie. Ladies, don't let this picture drive you to do something foolish. :grin-square:
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OK,now give us the side mug shot.:D
 
I made those eyeglasses.

Yes that pic above is a picture of my Billiard eyeglasses. I custom make them so I am particular about how my clients are doing with them. I work hard to make sure my clients can call me if they have any issues and I can genenerally solve all of the problems. PS: Time I got a good looking girl to model my Billiard Eyeglasses.

So far I am able to count on one hand the number of unstatisfied clients, and each one got their money back. I want you to be happy with my Billiard Eyeglasses so if there are any questions or problems call me TOLL FREE at 1-877-465-3058 and we can discuss the issues.

Thank you
Gordon Harrison
 
I bought my pool glasses from my regular eye glasses place. They special ordered the glasses ensuring that the mount point of the frame to the lenses was significantly lower than usual. This results in the lenses sitting much higher than usual which (1) means I can see when I'm shooting and (2) I can by-pass (look under) the glasses when I'm reading. Works incredibly well.
 
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