Not sure if anybody outright said it, but your problem is very common.
Cutting to one side easier than the other?
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Not sure if anybody outright said it, but your problem is very common.
It's all about the dominant eye..........
Sam will be back on here again.
He will be shooting lights out almost as soon as we get off the phone.
I could tell that he works real hard at the game. His cue skills are very high.
All I did was speed up his eye skills a whole bunch.
everyone does have this problem except the players that aim with one eye like John Mora and Scott frost. They are in the 5% range of players that shoot with only one eye. it's called paralux vision.
The other 95% of us have both eye trying to be dominant. if your left eye dominant you have trouble cutting to the right and it's usually to thick when you miss. Right eye dominant is just the opposite.
With my perfect Aim lessons I not only identify this problem, explain why and show a player how to totally fix the problem. The results are always amazing.
I've had so much fun teaching this over the last 7 years.
Chances of someone figuring this out on their own is pretty much 0%.
Nobody to my knowledge has ever figured this out correctly plus there is so much more.
At the end of my video I teach players how to measure a ball so you know exactly how much of it you need to hit to make the shot. This is really sweet. I use it all the time and it's legal. I use the cue stick to measure. It's an algebra/geometry equation. Come out Perfect all the time.
But if you don't have the eyes right you can't hit what you are trying to anyway.
Getting the right picture to the brain is so important.
Sam will be back on here again.
He will be shooting lights out almost as soon as we get off the phone.
I could tell that he works real hard at the game. His cue skills are very high.
All I did was speed up his eye skills a whole bunch.
everyone does have this problem except the players that aim with one eye like John Mora and Scott frost. They are in the 5% range of players that shoot with only one eye. it's called paralux vision.
The other 95% of us have both eye trying to be dominant. if your left eye dominant you have trouble cutting to the right and it's usually to thick when you miss. Right eye dominant is just the opposite.
With my perfect Aim lessons I not only identify this problem, explain why and show a player how to totally fix the problem. The results are always amazing.
I've had so much fun teaching this over the last 7 years.
Chances of someone figuring this out on their own is pretty much 0%.
Nobody to my knowledge has ever figured this out correctly plus there is so much more.
At the end of my video I teach players how to measure a ball so you know exactly how much of it you need to hit to make the shot. This is really sweet. I use it all the time and it's legal. I use the cue stick to measure. It's an algebra/geometry equation. Come out Perfect all the time.
But if you don't have the eyes right you can't hit what you are trying to anyway.
Getting the right picture to the brain is so important.
And yet we have so many great players all over the world that have never even heard of you.
Hmmmm....
Gene is the real deal. Do yourself a favor and call him.
It's a problem that can be worked around with a lot of practice, but fixing it manually with Gene will make you get it right so much faster.
It's a problem that can be worked around with a lot of practice, but fixing it manually with Gene will make you get it right so much faster.
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Most people who have this problem have improper visual alignment. It can be fixed by finding your personal vision center position and using that alignment on every shot.
Good luck,
Dave
Improper visual alignment was indeed my problem.
All people have this problem.......
Unless someone can show them how to fix it manually they are searching forever.
Repetition and hitting a million balls will get you there but manually knowing immediately will cut off years of trying to get the eyes to this perfect position naturally.
This is why many of the young guns around the country that have learned this have excelled at such a fast pace.
Once this is learned everything else just starts to work better.
Kind of like having a gun with a tip up scope and never knowing how to use it. Once showed how to use the scope you can hit the target and you can see the value.
Your stance, stroke and even the mental part of the game will improve because your not wondering why you missed the ball. Now you know why and can work on it.
Glad I could help Sam get there. it sounds like he has many years of great playing ahead of him.
This is all a part of the Perfect Aim technique........
Lower level players it's a huge problem all the way up to the pros. The better you play the more your getting lined up naturally but naturally is not even close to lining up manually.
Unless someone can show them how to fix it manually they are searching forever.
Repetition and hitting a million balls will get you there but manually knowing immediately will cut off years of trying to get the eyes to this perfect position naturally.
This is why many of the young guns around the country that have learned this have excelled at such a fast pace.
Once this is learned everything else just starts to work better.
Kind of like having a gun with a tip up scope and never knowing how to use it. Once showed how to use the scope you can hit the target and you can see the value.
Your stance, stroke and even the mental part of the game will improve because your not wondering why you missed the ball. Now you know why and can work on it.
Glad I could help Sam get there. it sounds like he has many years of great playing ahead of him.
This is all a part of the Perfect Aim technique........
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Hi Gene,
All I can say is that even though I played rather well for so long, I wish I would have gotten with you much earlier.
My time is limited now with some health issues & family so even though you gave me the manual key, I find myself reverting back to my old auto pilot ways when I get into the heat of battle.
It's not easy to bury decades of behavior.
It's much easier for one to build behavior correctly without the decades of past behavior.
I think any young player should get your Perfect Aim & then make that phone call to you.
That way their 'auto pilot' will be manually ingrained.
Thanks again for helping me & for ALL that you do for so many others.
May God Bless You with The Good Health that You Need & Deserve.
Best 2 Ya & Stay Well.
Rick
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I just read Dr. Dave's article vision center page (and watched the videos). It definitely is a good start. I remember going through this page when I started playing and I thought I had it dialed in good.
The funny thing is that even if your vision center is slightly off, straight in shots can still be made with ease with a consistent, good stroke. Straight in shots were easy for me, but cuts to the right were the bane of my existence.
Gene explained to me very clearly why that was the case and told me how to fix it, guiding me through it as I was attempting to apply the method.
I think Dr. Dave will get you in the ballpark area and make you aware of the concept, but Gene helped me know exactly and very precisely where my head needed to be.
Set up this shot........
Don't just assume. You need to set up this shot and see the results for yourself.
Put the cue ball in the center of the table and move it one diamond up to the head string.
Put an object ball on the rail one diamond below the side pocket.
This will be about a 1/4 ball hit. You can check it with a ghost ball.
Shoot 20 with no English one way and then hit 20 the other way.
One way will look pretty easy and the other will look a little tougher.
The one that looks easier cutting that way should be your dominant eye.
I've never seen it fail in over 8,000+ lessons.
It's just the way it is. Set it up and take the challenge.
In fact everyone should.
Don't just assume. You need to set up this shot and see the results for yourself.
Put the cue ball in the center of the table and move it one diamond up to the head string.
Put an object ball on the rail one diamond below the side pocket.
This will be about a 1/4 ball hit. You can check it with a ghost ball.
Shoot 20 with no English one way and then hit 20 the other way.
One way will look pretty easy and the other will look a little tougher.
The one that looks easier cutting that way should be your dominant eye.
I've never seen it fail in over 8,000+ lessons.
It's just the way it is. Set it up and take the challenge.
In fact everyone should.
He puts the ball in the hole on a regular basis. There is great merit to what Geno is trying to impart to others here.
If I didnt think there might be I wouldnt even have asked.
My question is how is Sam suppose to adjust for cut shots to ths right if they give him more problems?
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he buys the book and or dvd.
on another topic. If any of you have a table at home can you set up the shot that gene is describing take a pic and post it please, for some reason i'm having a hard time seeing this being anything other than an edge to edge cut shot. if not it'll wait till i get to the table next time I'm off
Place an OB on the long rail 3 diamonds from a corner pocket & place the CB 5 diamonds from the pocket but at the center of the long line of the table.
The CB should be 1 diamond in front of the head string in the center of the table & the OB should be 2 diamonds ahead but on the long side rail.
I think that's it.
I almost never shoot balls on the rail without some form of english. When I set up to that shot on my 'bad side' for this shot & did what Gene told me to do...but THEN... saw it with the wrong eye & it looked so bad but went dead in when I just trusted it, I was rather shocked.
Gene knows what he is talking about.
I would suggest that everyone do the test to determine if they have an issue & if so then get Gene's Perfect Aim & make the phone call.
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