One of our better young players is a left handed player who is mostly right eye dominant - as he aligns his head/eyes over the cue stick/shaft just slightly inside of his right eye, but closer to his right eye than directly between his eyes. He is a really good player, and has copied Ronnie O'Sullivan's snooker mechanics including firing his elbow through the stroke. After incredible improvement in his game his first 4-5 years of playing, he has hit a wall in his improvement, as he just can't figure out his alignment to feel confident and consistent in his shotmaking. He has never really been confident in figuring out exactly where his vision center is in that 1-1/4" range between the center of his right eye and directly between his eyes, and has experimented with various eye positions over the stroke, without much success in finding a consistent spot that feels most comfortable for him.
When observing and filming him from in front as well as behind him, when he thinks he's addressing his tip dead center cue ball he is actually addressing the cue ball clearly right of center with his cue shaft / tip. However, when he strokes, he must be making some kind of adjustment as when he actually strikes the cue ball he does appear to hit it virtually center ball.
When I align his tip up dead center on the cue ball, he feels like it's 1/4 to 1/2 tip of left english, and it feels very strange to him. Any ideas from the instructor regulars here or anyone else knowledgeable on this subject as to how I might be able to help him correct this issue? Is this a problem that any good players have, and can they get away with doing what he seems to be doing in somehow subconsciously correcting it during his stroke, or does he need to fix this now, to give him the best chance at continuing to improve? Thanks
When observing and filming him from in front as well as behind him, when he thinks he's addressing his tip dead center cue ball he is actually addressing the cue ball clearly right of center with his cue shaft / tip. However, when he strokes, he must be making some kind of adjustment as when he actually strikes the cue ball he does appear to hit it virtually center ball.
When I align his tip up dead center on the cue ball, he feels like it's 1/4 to 1/2 tip of left english, and it feels very strange to him. Any ideas from the instructor regulars here or anyone else knowledgeable on this subject as to how I might be able to help him correct this issue? Is this a problem that any good players have, and can they get away with doing what he seems to be doing in somehow subconsciously correcting it during his stroke, or does he need to fix this now, to give him the best chance at continuing to improve? Thanks
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