I find it helps a lot on shots that I routinely mis-aim on. Maybe it's just because I'm actually paying close attention to the shot, but I do feel I can see the aim better with chin on cue.
Should your Chin be on the Stick, or what's comfortable for you?
- Thread starter LeftyIke
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Eye sight (Basic) has 2 parts;
Central vision and Peripheral vision.
In shot making, Central vision is King.
In cue ball travel (shape) Peripheral vision is how your mind checks the actual outcome against what the mental picture was before the shot.
ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE A COMPLETE MENTAL PICTURE OF WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO, DOES Central vision come into play...
Central vision checks where the tip contacts the cue ball and the cue ball track to the aim point...then Peripheral vision keeps track of the cue ball path/travel to where it stops...
Moving your chin {down} toward the shaft focuses the Central vision on that part of the shot.
Raising your chin {up} above the shaft allows the Peripheral vision to better give feedback to the brain (mental picture vs. shot outcome) in real time.
_____
[head does NOT move, eyes do NOT MOVE]
{Central vision does NOT MOVE, Peripheral vison follows the cue ball path}
set up a shot that you make 80% of the time
then send the cue ball to a target that is 1/2 table away.
vary your height above the shaft until:
you can make the shot and watch getting the shape 80% of the time
that is as low as you need to get.
_____
set up a shot that you make 80% of the time
then send the cue ball to a target that is a table length away
vary your height above the shaft until:
you can make the shot and watch getting the shape 80% of the time.
that is as high as you need to get.
[head does NOT move, eyes do NOT MOVE]
{Central vision does NOT MOVE, Peripheral vison follows the cue ball path}
_____
some of the best source books with pictures of the Games Greatest players
{in their shooting stance} is by Eddie Robin,
"Winning One-Pocket"//"Shots, Moves and Strategies" and "Position Play in 3 Cushion Billiards"
[Thanks Mr. Robin]
========
in the words of Eddie Taylor
"Hay Kid, 8 and out always wins"
Central vision and Peripheral vision.
In shot making, Central vision is King.
In cue ball travel (shape) Peripheral vision is how your mind checks the actual outcome against what the mental picture was before the shot.
ONLY AFTER YOU HAVE A COMPLETE MENTAL PICTURE OF WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO, DOES Central vision come into play...
Central vision checks where the tip contacts the cue ball and the cue ball track to the aim point...then Peripheral vision keeps track of the cue ball path/travel to where it stops...
Moving your chin {down} toward the shaft focuses the Central vision on that part of the shot.
Raising your chin {up} above the shaft allows the Peripheral vision to better give feedback to the brain (mental picture vs. shot outcome) in real time.
_____
[head does NOT move, eyes do NOT MOVE]
{Central vision does NOT MOVE, Peripheral vison follows the cue ball path}
set up a shot that you make 80% of the time
then send the cue ball to a target that is 1/2 table away.
vary your height above the shaft until:
you can make the shot and watch getting the shape 80% of the time
that is as low as you need to get.
_____
set up a shot that you make 80% of the time
then send the cue ball to a target that is a table length away
vary your height above the shaft until:
you can make the shot and watch getting the shape 80% of the time.
that is as high as you need to get.
[head does NOT move, eyes do NOT MOVE]
{Central vision does NOT MOVE, Peripheral vison follows the cue ball path}
_____
some of the best source books with pictures of the Games Greatest players
{in their shooting stance} is by Eddie Robin,
"Winning One-Pocket"//"Shots, Moves and Strategies" and "Position Play in 3 Cushion Billiards"
[Thanks Mr. Robin]
========
in the words of Eddie Taylor
"Hay Kid, 8 and out always wins"