Dominant eye?

[jjohnson]

Are you right-handed or left-handed when you shoot?
Which of your eyes is the dominant eye?

Is one combination preferable to others?

Right-handed + right-dominant eye or
Right-handed + left-dominant eye?

Left-handed + right-dominant eye or
Left-handed + left-dominant eye?

What's your preference and why?

How twisted is Mike Sigel: shoots left-handed but is right-handed doing everything else!

 

[garczar]

David Matlock is same way, only plays pool lefty. I'm righty and right eye dominant. I didn't choose it, they chose me. Never for one second have i thought of this til now. doesn't mean squat.

 

[Flakeandrun]

Are you right-handed or left-handed when you shoot?
Which of your eyes is the dominant eye?

Is one combination preferable to others?

Right-handed + right-dominant eye or
Right-handed + left-dominant eye?

Left-handed + right-dominant eye or
Left-handed + left-dominant eye?

What's your preference and why?

How twisted is Mike Sigel: shoots left-handed but is right-handed doing everything else!

I never realized how dominant I was to my right eye until I put a bit of time into shooting left handed. I used to play racks against myself right vs left for practice when there was no one at the hall to play. I always knew I was slightly in favour of my right eye, having observed myself from multiple angles, I play right and left handed aligned very centrally, but I really feel that I pull myself in line towards my right eye in a noticeable way when shooting left handed. As in, I can feel my muscles pulling the cue in line to meet it.

I am left handed for 90% of things in life, but some things in life I have learned from copying others; Cuesports, swinging a golf club, essentially forced to write right handed at school, as my school used fountain pens from Year 2 (thought I write left handed again now) etc. I would say I am functionally ambidextrous, but naturally left handed.

My dad is right handed for everything in life, except for playing cricket (though he is a right handed opening bowler, and a dog shit natural number 11 with the bat ).

The human brain is a funny thing.

 

[Flakeandrun]

David Matlock is same way, only plays pool lefty. I'm righty and right eye dominant. I didn't choose it, they chose me. Never for one second have i thought of this til now. doesn't mean squat.

Be a little more absurdist, nothing has meaning unless you want it to This topic is quite interesting, maybe not one for stimulating masses of conversation, but great for introspection.

 

[MattPoland]

I’m right handed and seemingly left eye dominant. But fine tuning the concept it seems my vision center is about at the inner tear duct of my left eye. But a couple shots seem to be close to my chin and only slightly favoring the left side.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Are you right-handed or left-handed when you shoot?
Which of your eyes is the dominant eye?

Is one combination preferable to others?

Right-handed + right-dominant eye or
Right-handed + left-dominant eye?

Left-handed + right-dominant eye or
Left-handed + left-dominant eye?

What's your preference and why?

How twisted is Mike Sigel: shoots left-handed but is right-handed doing everything else!

I think it must be preferable to be eye and hand dominant on the same side, to avoid contorting your stance to get your eyes correctly over the cue. I'm lucky to be left handed and left eye dominant, with my "vision center" left of center - I never really wonder how much left, just set up the way it looks best while facing the shot squarely.

pj
chgo

 

[Flakeandrun]

I think it must be preferable to be eye and hand dominant on the same side, to avoid contorting your stance to get your eyes correctly over the cue. I'm lucky to be left handed and left eye dominant, with my "vision center" left of center - I never really wonder how much left, just set up the way it looks best while facing the shot squarely.

pj
chgo

I guess the mechanics of the individual body play a part, certain parts could be 'locked' into place by said contortion. I feel much more direct cueing left handed. I feel the straightness (if that makes sense). Whereas right handed I feel more fluid. But then that could also simply be familiarity and experience impacting my mental perception.

 

[straightline]

I am a natural lefty but public school, cafeteria dysfunction and all that (we did have individual classroom desks though) I do most things righty.

Pool OTOH is another thing. Ambidexterity is part of the technique - I gotta credit Little Al Romero for that. He plays either hand and it just made more sense to do that. Switching is a no brainer.

Here's where eye dominance comes into play. It only matters if you have to see familiar angles to make anything. The biggest problem I have with switching is the weaker arm syndrome; no super stroke lefty wise. To a lesser degree, right and left are usually calibrated differently in people - asymmetric use etc...

 

[smoochie]

I'm right-handed, right eye dominant, the shaft of the cue moves to the right of my chin, literally above my face to the right.

One guy once walked up to me and told me, You're playing this game wrong, the cue must be exactly under your chin...I kinda smiled and said thanks.

This was recent too, I've been playing this game my whole life like this, since I was 8 years old or 10, I don't remember the time I put the cue that way, but it just felt normal, mind you I am now in the mid of my fourties.

 

[straightline]

I'm right-handed, right eye dominant, the shaft of the cue moves to the right of my chin, literally above my face to the right.

One guy once walked up to me and told me, You're playing this game wrong, the cue must be exactly under your chin...I kinda smiled and said thanks.

This was recent too, I've been playing this game my whole life like this, since I was 8 years old or 10, I don't remember the time I put the cue that way, but it just felt normal, mind you I am now in the mid of my fourties.

Did you have to go through a stage where you were more consistent one way than the other, and how did you address that?

 

[jjohnson]

I guess the mechanics of the individual body play a part, certain parts could be 'locked' into place by said contortion. I feel much more direct cueing left handed. I feel the straightness (if that makes sense). Whereas right handed I feel more fluid. But then that could also simply be familiarity and experience impacting my mental perception.

You most nearly hit upon what I am thinking. First off, I am right-handed. And my dominant eye is the right. But when I get down into my stance, I feel like I have a tendency to lean right. This throws everything off. It seems like my body never really gets over the shot and settles in. It is not hard to imagine that this adds a persistent force that has a tendency to push against the shot alignment. You can never relax. You have to always deal with it, even subconsciously. I saw a really good pool player that is right-handed and is left eye dominant. His body, especially his head and eye and shoulder, is automatically over the shot and cue stick on every shot. I would think a left-handed shooter with right eye dominant would benefit for the same reason. Sort of a crisscross stabilizing structure that also naturally levels the shoulders, as well. I fear that when I try this dominant left eye / right-hand shooting technique for the first time in a couple of days, I may find I've in effect killed my game right from the start. Heartbreaking.

 

[Flakeandrun]

You most nearly hit upon what I am thinking. First off, I am right-handed. And my dominant eye is the right. But when I get down into my stance, I feel like I have a tendency to lean right. This throws everything off. It seems like my body never really gets over the shot and settles in. It is not hard to imagine that this adds a persistent force that has a tendency to push against the shot alignment. You can never relax. You have to always deal with it, even subconsciously. I saw a really good pool player that is right-handed and is left eye dominant. His body, especially his head and eye and shoulder, is automatically over the shot and cue stick on every shot. I would think a left-handed shooter with right eye dominant would benefit for the same reason. Sort of a crisscross stabilizing structure that also naturally levels the shoulders, as well. I fear that when I try this dominant left eye / right-hand shooting technique for the first time in a couple of days, I may find I've in effect killed my game right from the start. Heartbreaking.

I am not sure which eye Shaw is dominant with, but he has an elongated arm and a contortion to his stance. That is kind of how I feel when playing left handed, though on observation, my body looks almost the same as right handed. It's why I think part of it is mental/familiarity.

It's not the end of the world, just take little steps to work on. I think sometimes we overthink things, and it distracts from the primary objective of putting the ball in the hole. No one is perfect. What is perfect? We can learn to adjust what we have into something better

 

[jjohnson]

I am not sure which eye Shaw is dominant with, but he has an elongated arm and a contortion to his stance. That is kind of how I feel when playing left handed, though on observation, my body looks almost the same as right handed. It's why I think part of it is mental/familiarity.

It's not the end of the world, just take little steps to work on. I think sometimes we overthink things, and it distracts from the primary objective of putting the ball in the hole. No one is perfect. What is perfect? We can learn to adjust what we have into something better

You should be able to see which is the dominant eye used by these top players in Accu-Stats videos when the camera looks right up into the cue stick alignment or nearly so. This eye will most probably positioned directly above the cue stick.

If you know where the eye must be placed, then you can figure out the optimal stance that provides this consistent perfect eye placement for you.

 

[straightline]

You most nearly hit upon what I am thinking. First off, I am right-handed. And my dominant eye is the right. But when I get down into my stance, I feel like I have a tendency to lean right. This throws everything off. It seems like my body never really gets over the shot and settles in. It is not hard to imagine that this adds a persistent force that has a tendency to push against the shot alignment. You can never relax. You have to always deal with it, even subconsciously.

If you know where the eye must be placed, then you can figure out the optimal stance that provides this consistent perfect eye placement for you.

Here's a good example of the inconsistency of by the book logic. All these easy to correct calibrations result in a different equation; not guaranteed to be that no brainer dead stroke. Make sense?

 

[straightline]

To go a little further most players play/stand however their stroke works and would have to undergo extensive therapy to arrive at the ideal pool stroke. Many were able to observe good enough strokes and that's what it be to them.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

…I saw a really good pool player that is right-handed and is left eye dominant. His body, especially his head and eye and shoulder, is automatically over the shot and cue stick on every shot.

But the stick is angled across the body a little more, making it more uncomfortable for some to turn to face the shot squarely, so they might keep facing a little across the stick. This obviously works for them, but at the (minor?) cost of not facing shots with both eyes equidistant from the CB.

pj
chgo

 

[ribdoner]

I’m right handed and seemingly left eye dominant. But fine tuning the concept it seems my vision center is about at the inner tear duct of my left eye. But a couple shots seem to be close to my chin and only slightly favoring the left side.

>>>>>THIS!! to a T

 

[7stud]

First off, I am right-handed. And my dominant eye is the right. But when I get down into my stance, I feel like I have a tendency to lean right.

I saw a really good pool player that is right-handed and is left eye dominant. His body, especially his head and eye and shoulder, is automatically over the shot and cue stick on every shot.

Okay, you currently feel like you are leaning to the right? Now, take your current setup and crane your neck to the right so that your left eye is over the stick. Are you still standing up, or have you fallen over yet? Besides the neck problems you will eventually suffer from having to crane your neck to the right to get your left eye over the cue, when you are right handed/left eye dominant you have to stand much closer to the shot line to keep from tipping over to the right. So what's the problem with that? Clearance. You might find that your rear hand is bumping against your hip when you swing your cue.

Being opposite eye dominant is problematic for cue sport enthusiasts.

 

[mareh]

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I got back into pool a little over a year ago and I felt I was progressing quickly, all of the sudden I seemed to hit a wall and my play became inconsistent, break & run 1 week, miss 3 ball in hands the next, during my stroke drill of up and down the table with the cue ball returning to my tip I found that I had to shoot slightly to the left to hit "true center" my head was centered over the cue stick and my pre shot routine consistent but I was missing easy shots and couldn't understand why, so at the end of our league at the banquet I heard some guys talking about Dominant Eye, It's a...

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[jjohnson]

Okay, you currently feel like you are leaning to the right? Now, take your current setup and crane your neck to the right so that your left eye is over the stick. Are you still standing up, or have you fallen over yet? Besides the neck problems you will eventually suffer from having to crane your neck to the right to get your left eye over the cue, when you are right handed/left eye dominant you have to stand much closer to the shot line to keep from tipping over to the right. So what's the problem with that? Clearance. You might find that your rear hand is bumping against your hip when you swing your cue.

Being opposite eye dominant is problematic for cue sport enthusiasts.

I knew I seen this guy somewhere before.