one eyed wonders
FWIW - when I first started working on my alignment, many moons ago,
one of the things I tried for a while was shooting with my non-dominant
eye closed. I thought this might be better for me, because my
non-dominant eye is also very weak visually - legaly blind actually.
Couple that with the fact that I was, tho I was unaware of it at the time,
strongly dominant in one eye, I might represent some kind of far end
of the spectrum of eye preference.
Well, it turned out that I couldn't shoot a lick with one eye closed.
It never occured to me that looooong shots might be easier, I'll have
to give that area a try next time I'm pounding balls.
However, closing my non-dominant did help with getting the shaft right under my shooting eye - somthing I had been struggling with - likely
because the change for me was so drastic.
Dale
The "best" or most accurate way to throw a baseball is by using both eyes. -- Try it for yourself.
The most accurate way to throw a cue ball is with both eyes. Now that needs to be tested doesn't it?
BTW we do "throw" a cue ball in three dimensions because you stand above the line of travel on that two dimensional surface.
Over long distances, such as length of table shots, one eyed shooting may be beneficial or it may just be a habit that feels right because the player has learned that it works. Can't really know until you try it both ways.
FWIW - when I first started working on my alignment, many moons ago,
one of the things I tried for a while was shooting with my non-dominant
eye closed. I thought this might be better for me, because my
non-dominant eye is also very weak visually - legaly blind actually.
Couple that with the fact that I was, tho I was unaware of it at the time,
strongly dominant in one eye, I might represent some kind of far end
of the spectrum of eye preference.
Well, it turned out that I couldn't shoot a lick with one eye closed.
It never occured to me that looooong shots might be easier, I'll have
to give that area a try next time I'm pounding balls.
However, closing my non-dominant did help with getting the shaft right under my shooting eye - somthing I had been struggling with - likely
because the change for me was so drastic.
Dale