The last few months I've been trying to rebuild my game from the ground up and I constantly come back to this. Most of my PSR is pretty set and I'm comfortable, but the one thing I don't have consistency is eye pattern... namely eye pattern when standing/getting down. Once I'm down, I'm fairly comfortable.
Before I use to always aim by looking at the pocket/OB to find the contact point, most of my attention and focus while standing is spent looking from OB/pocket to find the contact. I keep the cue ball in the peripheral and almost never look at it while standing. I "feel" where it is. I'll take a few glances at the cue ball as I get down to make sure the cue is pointed at the center (or whatever english I'm using). I feel like this leads to inconsistency with my pocketing.
Recently (while standing) I'll spend less time looking at the pocket/OB to find the contact, then a lot more time looking from OB/CB (but still mostly the OB) and almost ignoring the pocket or keeping the pocket in the peripheral vision. As I'm getting down, I'll look at the CB a lot more, then flick my eyes to the OB contact point somewhere during the middle of my "getting down". My pocketing is about the same. I'm unsure if it's because I'm uncomfortable with this routine or if it's not any better.
Before I use to always aim by looking at the pocket/OB to find the contact point, most of my attention and focus while standing is spent looking from OB/pocket to find the contact. I keep the cue ball in the peripheral and almost never look at it while standing. I "feel" where it is. I'll take a few glances at the cue ball as I get down to make sure the cue is pointed at the center (or whatever english I'm using). I feel like this leads to inconsistency with my pocketing.
Recently (while standing) I'll spend less time looking at the pocket/OB to find the contact, then a lot more time looking from OB/CB (but still mostly the OB) and almost ignoring the pocket or keeping the pocket in the peripheral vision. As I'm getting down, I'll look at the CB a lot more, then flick my eyes to the OB contact point somewhere during the middle of my "getting down". My pocketing is about the same. I'm unsure if it's because I'm uncomfortable with this routine or if it's not any better.