Freddy: Because I have learned so much from your books and DVD's, I will release a little nugget for you and others who have been posting regarding dominant eye and effect on allignment...
First, allign your shot as you normally do.
If the shot is dead on straight, lower your cue tip to the cloth dead center beneath the cue ball. When you think you are seeing the object ball aiming point perfectly as you should, raise your cue tip to the diagonal point on the cue ball where you want to hit (high, center or low) or with English and compensation for "collision induced throw"
Now here is the nugget... Keeping your body perfectly still with your head down ready to execute the stroke, lift the butt of your cue up until you feel the shaft touching your chest. If you are in perfect allignment, you should feel the shaft touching you dead center on your right "nipple". If you do not feel the shaft touching your right nipple, but another part of your chest, you are not in allignment and will probably miss the shot, especially if it is a long shot on a nine foot table. If you do feel the shaft touching your right nipple, you are in allignment, and need merely to lower the butt back to your original position and while keeping your head down and your body still, execute the stroke, and chances are highly probable you will make the object ball where you intended, and moreover, will get the cue ball result you were planning for.
Needless to say, if you are a left handed player, you raise the shaft to feel the touch on your left nipple, but all else remains the same.
Unless you deliver a side stroke like Keith McCready and a few other top players, i.e., Jack Madden and the late great Willy Hoppe, the physiology / anatomy of this technique is most true.
Though this tecnique will not solve or compensate for the dominant eye issue, it will IMO, provide for you a method to better ensure you will make the ball you are attempting more than trying to adjust your vision input.
Try it and let me know the outcome?
Cross-Side-Larry
"Learn from the best, and beat the rest"
First, allign your shot as you normally do.
If the shot is dead on straight, lower your cue tip to the cloth dead center beneath the cue ball. When you think you are seeing the object ball aiming point perfectly as you should, raise your cue tip to the diagonal point on the cue ball where you want to hit (high, center or low) or with English and compensation for "collision induced throw"
Now here is the nugget... Keeping your body perfectly still with your head down ready to execute the stroke, lift the butt of your cue up until you feel the shaft touching your chest. If you are in perfect allignment, you should feel the shaft touching you dead center on your right "nipple". If you do not feel the shaft touching your right nipple, but another part of your chest, you are not in allignment and will probably miss the shot, especially if it is a long shot on a nine foot table. If you do feel the shaft touching your right nipple, you are in allignment, and need merely to lower the butt back to your original position and while keeping your head down and your body still, execute the stroke, and chances are highly probable you will make the object ball where you intended, and moreover, will get the cue ball result you were planning for.
Needless to say, if you are a left handed player, you raise the shaft to feel the touch on your left nipple, but all else remains the same.
Unless you deliver a side stroke like Keith McCready and a few other top players, i.e., Jack Madden and the late great Willy Hoppe, the physiology / anatomy of this technique is most true.
Though this tecnique will not solve or compensate for the dominant eye issue, it will IMO, provide for you a method to better ensure you will make the ball you are attempting more than trying to adjust your vision input.
Try it and let me know the outcome?
Cross-Side-Larry
"Learn from the best, and beat the rest"
