Does eye dominance matter?
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Theres a section in dr daves stuff about how you find your visual center. If you look at alot of pros some of them put the cue directly under the chin and some have it off to one eye. The problem with people like us who are cross dominant is that the cue is much closer to the body if you align to your left eye, it may possibly restrict your stroke. Find out what works for you its not all black and white regardless of what people may say.
check out ronnie o sullivan as he seems to be cross dominant, he aligns slightly under his left eye. although he is pretty super human because he can shoot with both arms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppvCwt_3vAc
check out ronnie o sullivan as he seems to be cross dominant, he aligns slightly under his left eye. although he is pretty super human because he can shoot with both arms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppvCwt_3vAc
One thing is certain, you must find your own "line of vision". We should not try to copy other people but find our own line.
Most humans aim with both eyes, that's a start.
There are many correct drills on "finding your line of vision".
I don't see where eye dominance makes much difference.
To each their own
randyg
Most humans aim with both eyes, that's a start.
There are many correct drills on "finding your line of vision".
I don't see where eye dominance makes much difference.
To each their own
randyg
No. What is important is to consistently align your personal "vision center" with the line of the shot. A person's "vision center" isn't necessarily correlated with which eye might be "dominant" or not. For more information, including drills and demonstrations on how to find your "vision center," see:
"vision center" resource page
"dominant eye" resource page
Regards,
Dave
If you are shooting guns ( long guns that is )...yes,pool...,no. I'm left eyed and right handed too. John B.
I shoot a hand gun right handed too. JFYI
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It really doesn't matter too much then, John. I was a right handed shooter, but had to use my left eye to alighn the sights. To do that I had to move my head a bit more over the stock to the right side of the gun. A little uncomfortable at first, but easy enough to get used to. :smile:
This condition didn't stop Willie Mosconi from running 526 at straight pool.
And it didn't stop Joe Davis from winning 15 World snooker titles.
I'm right eyed/right handed....I would prefer your problem.....
...but my condition didn't stop Earl Strickland from winning 6 World 9-ball
titles and 5 US Opens.
A marksman told me once to bring the rifle to your eyes rather than your
eyes to the rifle......
..I think this approach works at pool also.
Makes all the difference in the world............
If you were right footed and you were playing soccer and they told you that you had to kick with your left foot only you would be in trouble.
If you were a kick boxer and they told you that you could only kick with your left foot being right footed you would be in trouble.
Here's the problem.
If you don't have the dominant eye in the most dominant position for each and every shot your not getting the correct picture to the brain.
It's like having the gun under your right eye, then just close your right eye and try to shoot with the left with it still under your right eye. We all know that won't work.
This is what is happening over and over when a player gets down and the shot doesn't look right.
And if you don't know for sure which eye is the dominant eye for sure you can't manually correct your aim as you would with a gun.
But by knowing the dominant eye and knowing how to manually correct your aim you can envision every shot on the table perfectly.
Being left eye dominant and right handed creates problems with this vision process all by itself.
And the biggest problem is a giltch that we all have, no exceptions, that the non dominant eye tries to work like the dominant eye on almost half the shots.
I said this 5 years ago when i first started teaching this and it's still true today.
I feel like Columbus trying to tell everyone the world is round.
Everyone is still trying to say it is flat.
I know exactly what i am talking about and nobody in the world has ever figured out what i teach, in fact they pretty much say that eye dominance doesn't even matter.
You can shoot and not know your eye dominance and play pretty good and improve at a snails pace like so many players did on their way to higher levels or you can learn how these eyes really work and get a jump start that is unbelievable.
It's like we're shooting a gun at 100 yards and you don't have a scope.
Everyone else has a scope.
I'll bet you get a scope when you get sick of not winning any competitions.
Same thing exactly.
And if you want you can call me.715-563-8712 . I will do the Free Phone lesson with you and then you can tell all the others about your adventure into the unknown , mysterious, unexplainable, world of advanced aiming of perfect aim.
There have been so many that have tried to discredit what i teach only because they don't fully understand it.
If I worked with a whole room of people. 100 players everyone of them would be saying Holly Cow, after they learn how this all works.
every lesson is a home run. And I'm doing them everyday out here on the road.
I'm trying to help everyone and everyone else is trying to talk everyone into not learning just because they don't understand it.
Your brain will sort out this process of aiming pretty good without knowing anything.
But when you want to really make this shot or that shot pretty good just doesn't get it.
Pretty good doesn't get you there most of the time. Pretty good keeps you at the same level that you are at. Pretty good keeps you broke.
You figured it out already. Pretty good sucks when your trying to win a match or a tournament.
Knowing exactly what is going on is the DEAD NUTZ>>>>>>>>
Got to go, I got a lesson at noon at Bank Shots in columbus , Ohio.
He drove 4 hours here from Michigan. I don't want to be late.
And I guarantee he won't be disappointed.
If you were right footed and you were playing soccer and they told you that you had to kick with your left foot only you would be in trouble.
If you were a kick boxer and they told you that you could only kick with your left foot being right footed you would be in trouble.
Here's the problem.
If you don't have the dominant eye in the most dominant position for each and every shot your not getting the correct picture to the brain.
It's like having the gun under your right eye, then just close your right eye and try to shoot with the left with it still under your right eye. We all know that won't work.
This is what is happening over and over when a player gets down and the shot doesn't look right.
And if you don't know for sure which eye is the dominant eye for sure you can't manually correct your aim as you would with a gun.
But by knowing the dominant eye and knowing how to manually correct your aim you can envision every shot on the table perfectly.
Being left eye dominant and right handed creates problems with this vision process all by itself.
And the biggest problem is a giltch that we all have, no exceptions, that the non dominant eye tries to work like the dominant eye on almost half the shots.
I said this 5 years ago when i first started teaching this and it's still true today.
I feel like Columbus trying to tell everyone the world is round.
Everyone is still trying to say it is flat.
I know exactly what i am talking about and nobody in the world has ever figured out what i teach, in fact they pretty much say that eye dominance doesn't even matter.
You can shoot and not know your eye dominance and play pretty good and improve at a snails pace like so many players did on their way to higher levels or you can learn how these eyes really work and get a jump start that is unbelievable.
It's like we're shooting a gun at 100 yards and you don't have a scope.
Everyone else has a scope.
I'll bet you get a scope when you get sick of not winning any competitions.
Same thing exactly.
And if you want you can call me.715-563-8712 . I will do the Free Phone lesson with you and then you can tell all the others about your adventure into the unknown , mysterious, unexplainable, world of advanced aiming of perfect aim.
There have been so many that have tried to discredit what i teach only because they don't fully understand it.
If I worked with a whole room of people. 100 players everyone of them would be saying Holly Cow, after they learn how this all works.
every lesson is a home run. And I'm doing them everyday out here on the road.
I'm trying to help everyone and everyone else is trying to talk everyone into not learning just because they don't understand it.
Your brain will sort out this process of aiming pretty good without knowing anything.
But when you want to really make this shot or that shot pretty good just doesn't get it.
Pretty good doesn't get you there most of the time. Pretty good keeps you at the same level that you are at. Pretty good keeps you broke.
You figured it out already. Pretty good sucks when your trying to win a match or a tournament.
Knowing exactly what is going on is the DEAD NUTZ>>>>>>>>
Got to go, I got a lesson at noon at Bank Shots in columbus , Ohio.
He drove 4 hours here from Michigan. I don't want to be late.
And I guarantee he won't be disappointed.
yea, not a big deal,its training the mind and body to adjust or compensate .
The only way i can see ( no pun int) it as a problem is if 1 eye is much, much weaker then the other and your periferal is affected , and/ or your general binocular focus leads to a deceiving aiming point, and/or affects the depth perception. in that case , put a patch over it.
i know one good one eye player, and heard of others , " Patcheye" henry basheer , one eye tony , tronclops:wink: , ect.,
tronpocket -------(not an optitian)
The only way i can see ( no pun int) it as a problem is if 1 eye is much, much weaker then the other and your periferal is affected , and/ or your general binocular focus leads to a deceiving aiming point, and/or affects the depth perception. in that case , put a patch over it.
i know one good one eye player, and heard of others , " Patcheye" henry basheer , one eye tony , tronclops:wink: , ect.,
tronpocket -------(not an optitian)