I'm left handed, left eye somewhat dominant. For most of my pool playing years I shot with the cue comfortably a little left of my chin, not all the way under my somewhat dominant left eye. This gave me a stereo view of my shaft that I could interpret pretty easily and accurately.
But I've always wondered if it would be easier and more accurate to do the final alignment part of aiming with one eye rather than interpreting a stereo view from two eyes. The one eyed view, I reasoned, would be more like aiming a rifle even though the eye is above the stick.
So I've been experimenting with focusing more of my "visual attention" on my dominant left eye when I'm down on a shot, and holding the cue more fully under my dominant eye. The results are promising so far - shifting my focus more fully to my dominant eye as I get down to shoot is becoming an easy, non-strenuous habit, and it has noticeably clarified the shot picture for me, making final aiming alignment more simple, reliable and accurate.
Anybody else do this purposely - or notice that you do it automatically?
Geno, does this make sense to you?
pj
chgo
But I've always wondered if it would be easier and more accurate to do the final alignment part of aiming with one eye rather than interpreting a stereo view from two eyes. The one eyed view, I reasoned, would be more like aiming a rifle even though the eye is above the stick.
So I've been experimenting with focusing more of my "visual attention" on my dominant left eye when I'm down on a shot, and holding the cue more fully under my dominant eye. The results are promising so far - shifting my focus more fully to my dominant eye as I get down to shoot is becoming an easy, non-strenuous habit, and it has noticeably clarified the shot picture for me, making final aiming alignment more simple, reliable and accurate.
Anybody else do this purposely - or notice that you do it automatically?
Geno, does this make sense to you?
pj
chgo