Head/Eye Observation of FSR

Brookeland Bill

Brookeland Bill

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I’ve watched a lot of the 10 ball championship from Vegas and I particularly noticed two thing on closeups of FSR when down over the table. Once he’s determined his aim line and goes down in position he does not move his head up and back down before pulling the trigger. It’s all done with his eyes. They will shift back and forth from the cueball to the object ball but his head and body are totally fixed in place. That’s something I’ve never taken that into consideration all these years but it makes sense.
 
Brookeland Bill said:
I’ve watched a lot of the 10 ball championship from Vegas and I particularly noticed two thing on closeups of FSR when down over the table. Once he’s determined his aim line and goes down in position he does not move his head up and back down before pulling the trigger. It’s all done with his eyes. They will shift back and forth from the cueball to the object ball but his head and body are totally fixed in place. That’s something I’ve never taken that into consideration all these years but it makes sense.
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I think lots of people only move their eyes.
 
I read once where someone asked Darren Appleton what was going through his mind as he was running out the final rack of his World 9 Ball win (in a hill-hill match). Apparently his only thought was "don't move your head."

Head stillness is extremely important from the time you lock your eyes on the shot line until the cue ball has left your tip ("staying down on the ball").
 
It's like turning your head to see if anyone is in your blind spot while driving. Turn your head to the right to check and your car veers a little bit and vice versa. Same thing with pool I believe.
 
Brookeland Bill said:
I’ve watched a lot of the 10 ball championship from Vegas and I particularly noticed two thing on closeups of FSR when down over the table. Once he’s determined his aim line and goes down in position he does not move his head up and back down before pulling the trigger. It’s all done with his eyes. They will shift back and forth from the cueball to the object ball but his head and body are totally fixed in place. That’s something I’ve never taken that into consideration all these years but it makes sense.
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In general, the finest players move only their eyes, and if they dislike what they see, they go back to the beginning of their pre-shot routine--this is true in many stick-and-ball and throwing sports.
 
garczar said:
Great putters do same thing. Once they got 'locked in' its just the eyes.
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There are many pool videos that show the table and you can see only portions of the players' bodies. Everyone should watch the pros' bodies as they shoot, not the balls on the table, then video themselves, to see how much they fidget, waggle and move compared to the pros.

There are reasons for this and something that will help most players is to shorten their "tip gap" (distance between cue tip and cue ball at address) by standing closer to the cue ball to begin their stance process.
 
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