I can see those quite easily. It’s like looking at something without having a central point of focus. Using that concept at the table allows me to see the pocket, OB and CB all at the same time. This means the central vision part of my field of vision are not converged on any of them. This helps me in seeing the whole shot and not just part. I can get into position without having to converge my central vision on the CB or OB or pocket cause I use my peripheral vision to know where those are located.
How one uses their vision nor their level of sparital ability can be known unless tested.
Another idea.....target fixation. If you ride motorcycles for anything length of time, you’ll will here about target fixation and crashing because of it. In motorcycling riding, there is also the saying, you go where you look.
Target fixation is when you hit something you are trying to avoid. Your gaze is fixated on whatever it is instead of having it on where you need to be going. I’ve experienced this, not the crashing part. I was headed straight for something I didn’t want to hit, like a big ass pot hole, cause I my gaze was on it. Once a shifted my gaze to where I needed to go, I went around it .
I apply this to a pool shot. I look to where I am stroking to as like is done on a one rail kick shot. This is why I wonder how people can be looking at the OB,which means the central vision of their eyes field of vision is converged on the OB,target fixation, but their stroke is away from where their central vision is converged.
There’s a lot of “how to” in pool that are never questioned, but accepted on blind faith. FWIW, for many years, I was a QA tester for a electronic company, in addition to being the tech writer for the products produce and also a trainer of those products.
As a tester, I had to not only make sure stuff worked, but find ways to make them fail.....I was very good at that part, but it made for a quality product.....Our stuffed just worked as advertised.
I carry this into pool world. I can find flaws in what most think is gospel when it comes to pool. Like having your foot or feet on the shot line which was stated in instructor forum recently and not one person openly questioned that statement.......can’t be done.
I shoot one handed shots a lot, comes in handy at times. So by head is no where near or over the cue, nor my feet anywhere the shot line.
Guess the point of all this is ......learn to devolp your on way to play pool that makes sense to you and not just blindly follow what others say.
How one uses their vision nor their level of sparital ability can be known unless tested.
Another idea.....target fixation. If you ride motorcycles for anything length of time, you’ll will here about target fixation and crashing because of it. In motorcycling riding, there is also the saying, you go where you look.
Target fixation is when you hit something you are trying to avoid. Your gaze is fixated on whatever it is instead of having it on where you need to be going. I’ve experienced this, not the crashing part. I was headed straight for something I didn’t want to hit, like a big ass pot hole, cause I my gaze was on it. Once a shifted my gaze to where I needed to go, I went around it .
I apply this to a pool shot. I look to where I am stroking to as like is done on a one rail kick shot. This is why I wonder how people can be looking at the OB,which means the central vision of their eyes field of vision is converged on the OB,target fixation, but their stroke is away from where their central vision is converged.
There’s a lot of “how to” in pool that are never questioned, but accepted on blind faith. FWIW, for many years, I was a QA tester for a electronic company, in addition to being the tech writer for the products produce and also a trainer of those products.
As a tester, I had to not only make sure stuff worked, but find ways to make them fail.....I was very good at that part, but it made for a quality product.....Our stuffed just worked as advertised.
I carry this into pool world. I can find flaws in what most think is gospel when it comes to pool. Like having your foot or feet on the shot line which was stated in instructor forum recently and not one person openly questioned that statement.......can’t be done.
I shoot one handed shots a lot, comes in handy at times. So by head is no where near or over the cue, nor my feet anywhere the shot line.
Guess the point of all this is ......learn to devolp your on way to play pool that makes sense to you and not just blindly follow what others say.