Do you know how to test for eye dominance?

pdcue said:
Your major mistake is thinking depth perception is required.
You don't need any depth perception to shoot pool.
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Using depth perception to aim balls is a trap that will keep you from
ever learning how to aim/sight right.
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How can you make a kill shot if you do not know how far away the object ball is? ...and without a kill shot, forget about ever being any good at pool. Why is this being argued?
 
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pdcue said:
You are seriously confused.
How do you think the cue ball could possibly 'block' your view of the OB?

Your major mistake is thinking depth perception is required.
You don't need any depth perception to shoot pool.

I am curently trying to retrain an old friend, he cain't make
a blind cut to save his life - but set up a shallow cut, OB close to
a rail, that is 4 times as dificult, and he pokes it in like a hanger.

Using depth perception to aim balls is a trap that will keep you from
ever learning how to aim/sight right.
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I guess every good player in the country will now start playing with an eye patch, thanks to this fantastic advice.

-djb
 
Eddie4269 said:
Dominant Eye means almost NOTHING in pool.

As a matter of fact - you don't even have a domininant eye when you shoot pool unless you're shooting a straight in shot.

Don't beleive me?? Try this - place a ball on the spot, now place a cueball down table on the 50 yard line. Now line up and get down on the ball as if to cut it into the left hand corner, close one eye, then another - you'll be able to tell which eye is being "dominant" for this shot. Then aim as if your cutting it to the right hand corner and do the same thing. You'll notice the dominant eye changes!!!

That's right folks, your dominant eye changes depending on which direction you're cutting the object ball.
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I am sorry, but you have this wrong. Just because you left eye has the best view to an object ball cutting to the right DOES NOT make it the dominant eye or vica versa. Many of your self-proclaimed experts should really get your eye doctor, a trained professional, to explain eye dominance to you. The only time eye dominance changes is if the dominant eye can not be corrected to as good as eyesight as the weaker eye, and your eyes automatically switch over eye dominance because the other eye focuses better on the object.

Just as you naturally become left or right handed as when you are young, you naturally become left or right eye dominant probably because of the eyesight you had when growing up. And like most things, it becomes second nature to you.

I would be willing to bet that there aren't .1% of all the pool players in the world that have had more problems with their eyes than I have had, and I have scarred corneas, with astigmatism in front and back of both eyes.
The best vision they could correct me to with contacts was 20/40, and less with glasses. I am happy to report though, after being switched to the newest and better soft contacts with astigmatism correction that I am now seeing 20/25 and there was only 2 letters on the 20/20 line I could not read. (after 9 appointments) For years and years when younger, I would memorize the eyechart line (20/40 line) because I could not even see that clearly, and I did not want to be classified 'legally blind' by the state (driver's license renewal).

If someone doesn't think depth perception matters, they should try going from contacts to glasses when playing. I can assure you it does come into play when aiming.

I have seen players that shoot with one hand and eye dominant in the other. There is a tall player that plays in some of the Shooters tournaments that is right handed but is left eye dominant. He is about a 7 speed on a 2-12 9 ball scale. He positions his left eye directly over his cue, and unconsciously tucks his cue under his chest with his wrist not in a straight line. The reason he does this is because he would see a different view of the object ball if his right eye was over the cue. I think that he must have a really weak right eye. His neck and shoulders are not square, and he has 'bent' lines in his stance in lieu of straight body lines. I would bet he has a lot of body aches after playing for long periods of time.

BTW, I chalk my cue with my left hand even though I am right handed.
It seems more natural especially since my right hand on the cue at the butt end most of the time, plus I was left handed until I was 3, and my Dad switched me over so I wouldn't be an oddball when playing baseball, our family sport, at the time. Left handed gloves were hard to find when
I was growing up. I, also, deal cards left handed.
 
seymore15074 said:
How can you make a kill shot if you do not know how far away the object ball is? ...and without a kill shot, forget about ever being any good at pool. Why is this being argued?
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Let me re-state, you don't need to use depth perception
to determine the aim point<target> on the OB

...kill shot, I assume you are talking about what many
players call a 'stun' shot - I do it plenty sporty, thanks for asking.

why is this being argued? - Like most arguments, two or more people
with two or more opinions - this point specifically, I am guessing
because a guy who, it would seem, has never seen the tremendous
and immediate improvement in potting that can be achieved by
nothing more than aligning the shaft under ones dominant eye,
wants to argue with someone who has.

Dale
 
DoomCue said:
I guess every good player in the country will now start playing with an eye patch, thanks to this fantastic advice.

-djb
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Except for the ones who can read better than second grade level.

Dale
 
I was experimenting with closing my non-dominant eye before I get down on the shot. I helped me get on the right line alot more than just getting down on the shot and trying to aim from down there. I think it's better to aim and find the correct alignment before you get down, and focus on staying on that right line. Once that's all set, you take some practice strokes and just shoot.
 
DoomCue said:
And if he tells you that you need to shoot the cue ball with a gun, his response might matter.

Apples and oranges.

-djb
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I was going to let this one die once you degenerated into sniping,
but I happened to take a look at Willie Mosconi's instructional
video. Early on, he is explaining how to aim..

His illustration of the concept - after some intro remarks on how to
line up for a shot:

"...now this is the same principle as firing a rifle.
When you fire a rifle, what do you do? You get the rifle here<lifts cue
up to his shoulder>. Look down that barrel, sight your target don't you?

This is the VERY SAME thing. The ONlY difference is, you're
holding your cuestick down low..."

You might want to check out this info, or not.

Dale
 
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