Does this mean to switch eyes from the cue ball to the object ball and refocus while the cue ball is on its way?
Discussion: Focusing on the cue ball compared to other sports
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The dynamics have been learned and all you actually know is the feel of the stick in action anyway. Like I previously mentioned, learn pool first. This would include testing a table.
Table tennis seems to be missing from the "other sports" comparisons. 
I have documented my transition from object ball last to cueball at contact in this thread.
I have found success using both object ball and cueball as my final focus.
When object ball last shot making was my strength. When cueball last my position play is better. Precision strike to whitey leads to Precision cueball resting point at the completion of the shot. My shot making has not diminished either. Well my shot making was on the decline when I made the choice to try cueball last. Perhaps age related eyesight changes is a factor in the results I experience.
I have documented my transition from object ball last to cueball at contact in this thread.
I have found success using both object ball and cueball as my final focus.
When object ball last shot making was my strength. When cueball last my position play is better. Precision strike to whitey leads to Precision cueball resting point at the completion of the shot. My shot making has not diminished either.
Well my shot making was on the decline when I made the choice to try cueball last. Perhaps age related eyesight changes is a factor in the results I experience.
My eyes follow the cueball as it leaves the tip of the cue. There's no switch. I imagine (the big eye) the shot. Then I imagine a pea sized core in the middle of the cueball. My cue tip passing through that core of the cueball is critical for my method. Cueball last is ineffective if I only focus on the impact. My focus is on the cue tip passing through the cueball. As the ball leaves the tip I can see if I have applied any specific rotation to whitey. That is generally when I know if I have hit it good. "How Ya hittin' 'em?" Is a common greating between pool playing friends.
If you have lined up properly, are over the table, and see that you have the cue ball and object ball target in alignment, your target becomes the cue ball and ensuring it travels the LINE.
I am sure most people who are looking at the cue ball last are also seeing the object ball in the distance.
Bowlers do not look at the pins for the most part...they look at the target they are aiming at...a spot on the lane.
I think most good players do a little of each.
I am sure most people who are looking at the cue ball last are also seeing the object ball in the distance.
Bowlers do not look at the pins for the most part...they look at the target they are aiming at...a spot on the lane.
I think most good players do a little of each.
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Mark Williams has been known to look away when the frame is won and balls remain to be potted. Eyes closed or looking away.....it's already locked in. Generally speakin' , Normally (well hard to use normal with him) his eyes are down when striking the white. I try to monitor the eye patterns at every opportunity.
Generally speakin' , Normally (well hard to use normal with him) his eyes are down when striking the white. I try to monitor the eye patterns at every opportunity.
Well I am not most but that's a big Negatory here.
Well it's there in the field of view. My tight focus on the target (pea in center ball) makes the object ball a blur at best. The aim line establishment requires the change of focus from one to the other. Something that these old eyes get tired of.
Once that line is established the path of the tip Through whitey is job 1.
Job 2 is uh headscratch, don't move until the ball drops. Shaun Murphy is a good study in that technique.