My first lesson with a certified instructor, Dragon Billiards

[mikemosconi]

Most pool players are neither binocular (vision center between the eyes) nor monocular (vision center under one eye). They perform best with the cue stick positioned underneath a point on their face between the nose and one eye.

The vision center, in part, refers to a perfectly straight shot that appears straight when lined up correctly. If you align the shot and then move your head off-line, it will give the impression of a cut shot. This means that all your shots will be off-target unless the vision center is accurately aligned.

I am going to try this today to see where my vision center rests in relation to 60 years of pool playing - hope that I had it correct

 

[mikemosconi]

It's a pretty simple concept -- it's effectively where your head has to be over the cue stick to see a straight shot as straight. This tends not to be somewhere simple, like the dominant eye directly over the cue stick. This has been discussed a lot in the "Ask the Instructor Forum". There are YouTube videos on how to find the vision center.

I would like to thank all those who shared some insight into vision centers as they relate to the pool shot. I have been a student for years of Mark Wilson’s “ Play Great Pool” - I do not recall Mark addressing vision centers at all in his book - so I was curious as to why he would omit this concept in his very extensive and detailed instructions on shot set up and stroke delivery.

 

[Bob Jewett]

I would like to thank all those who shared some insight into vision centers as they relate to the pool shot. I have been a student for years of Mark Wilson’s “ Play Great Pool” - I do not recall Mark addressing vision centers at all in his book - so I was curious as to why he would omit this concept in his very extensive and detailed instructions on shot set up and stroke delivery.

I think that in the past, lots of instructors figured the student would just automatically get their head where they could see the shot correctly. It turns out that lots of beginners don't. In my generation, the concept was never discussed, except for "aim it like a rifle".

 

[Patrick Johnson]

I would wonder how someone could determine that proper head position for another person

They don’t - they show you how to find it accurately for yourself. That’s what Dr. Dave does in the links above.

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[mikemosconi]

They don’t - they show you how to find it accurately for yourself. That’s what Dr. Dave does in the links above.

pj
chgo

I checked mine today - dead center thank goodness