Glasses
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I have -5.5 diopter in both eyes and I've been playing with glasses from the beginning when I started 15 years ago. Recently I've tried contact lenses and couldn't play squat with them. What glasses do is that they shrink or compress the area you can see, meaning that the eye movement doesn't have to be so extreme to see the edge areas of your sight. The fact that strong glasses ("minus" glasses) "bend" the light beams towards the center of your eye, everything around you is distorted, you can see the world around you with less eye movement. Also, if you play pool, sometimes if you're aiming and looking at the object ball just through the very edge of the lense, you can actually see the ball also outside the lense. It's kind of a double image, one through the glasses and one outside the glasses. Kind of difficult to explain though. What I noticed by using contacts was the everything was so distorted that I couldn't aim anymore with contacts, don't know why but my brain cannot seem to adapt after 15 years of glasses.
No doubt you'll have difficulties first with glasses. Just hang in there...
No doubt you'll have difficulties first with glasses. Just hang in there...
Guru said:
Don't you also think you have to go either with glasses or with contacts ? Shooting with both is verrrrry difficult. It seems I've been playing for so long with my glasses that I cannot adapt to contacts. But if you need cylindrical correction (or something like that), glasses might be your only option.
Hey Jody, I am over 50 and never wore glasses till recently. I found my regular prescription glasses impossible to play in as they were just to small. As I got down to shoot I was looking over the top of the frames so I got a pair of precription skeet shooting glasses from DeCot Sportglasses. They are fantastic and I cannot say enough about the customer service they have. The lenses come out of the frames so you need only purchase frames one time and as your prescription changes you just order new lenses. You can do a search here at AZ about them.
Hope this helps,
Dan
Hope this helps,
Dan
Well, glasses werent made with the pool player in mind. IMO, theres a very slight difference when looking from the top edge and looking through the middle. My eyes are at 4.0 and 4.5 already, but ive been wearing glasses for a long time, so it doesnt really affect my game at all. Im sure that the first time you put on the glasses, it felt weird, even without playing pool. Id say give it either a week or so of continuious use, or a month if you take yur glasses on and off. Thats at max.
I just recently started shooting with the Decot Hy Wyd glasses, too. I generally only wear glasses for reading, and had been trying to shoot pool without glasses all along. What I didn't realize is that they could tailor the perscription to a special midrange distance -- basically the length of the pool table (from the end of my arm to about 10' away). My optician almost balked at this actually. In fact, the first time he wrote the perscription he actually wrote it for "distance". I had to have the glasses remade to a special perscription a little stronger than my "distance" correction. Now they work great around a pool table, but of course they are no good for anything else, being too weak to read with, but too strong to drive or whatever else outside. (They would be a good perscription for me for visiting an art museum )
If you are getting special pool glasses, be sure to get the right perscription strength for the unique and consistent special pool playing range of distances -- about 24" to 10'. The Hy-Wyd's are extra large lenses with an adjustable nose piece that allows you to raise them nice and high -- which is needed to avoid looking over the top of normal glasses as you try to see the far end of the table while bending your chin to your cue stick!
http://www.sportglasses.com/content/info_billiards.asp
I notice Wade Crane wears this same Hy Wyd type of glasses. I don't know if these are the same kind Howard Vickery used to promote back in the day.
It sure is nice to be able to see the balls clearly again, although it has exposed some of my other weaknesses and removed a great excuse!! Well, for a while I've been able to say, 'I'm still getting used to wearing these things' -- but that is wearing a little thin now...
) If you are getting special pool glasses, be sure to get the right perscription strength for the unique and consistent special pool playing range of distances -- about 24" to 10'. The Hy-Wyd's are extra large lenses with an adjustable nose piece that allows you to raise them nice and high -- which is needed to avoid looking over the top of normal glasses as you try to see the far end of the table while bending your chin to your cue stick!
http://www.sportglasses.com/content/info_billiards.asp
I notice Wade Crane wears this same Hy Wyd type of glasses. I don't know if these are the same kind Howard Vickery used to promote back in the day.
It sure is nice to be able to see the balls clearly again, although it has exposed some of my other weaknesses and removed a great excuse!! Well, for a while I've been able to say, 'I'm still getting used to wearing these things' -- but that is wearing a little thin now...
My .02 cents
My vision only corrects to 20/40 with hard contact lenses.
With glasses, it is about 20/60. Irregardless of that, I find
much easier to play with contacts than glasses. Glasses
are a nusance, slip down on nose, have to find right spot
to aim with, depth perception is different, can not see
angles as well, plus I look like Poindexter in glasses. But,
I have worn contacts for almost 40 years minus 3 years
in glasses after my corneas were damaged. I have contacts
and glasses now (can't read newspaper with contacts now),
but I usually only wear glasses at home part of the day.
My vision only corrects to 20/40 with hard contact lenses.
With glasses, it is about 20/60. Irregardless of that, I find
much easier to play with contacts than glasses. Glasses
are a nusance, slip down on nose, have to find right spot
to aim with, depth perception is different, can not see
angles as well, plus I look like Poindexter in glasses. But,
I have worn contacts for almost 40 years minus 3 years
in glasses after my corneas were damaged. I have contacts
and glasses now (can't read newspaper with contacts now),
but I usually only wear glasses at home part of the day.
I gave my glasses a sporting chance several times (6 mo-1 yr, a few times), and I just can't play in mine. I am not a chin on the cue shooter though as I'm very big n tall, so the angle & height of my head may be the problem. My focal point just won't dial in with my glasses like it does with the contacts.mjantti said:
Note: Mine may be a rare case though, as I have no depth perception, plus i'm right-handed, left-eyed. I was one of those born with a bad tie-rod and had to have two surguries to correct a lazy eye. Now I basically only see out of my left eye unless I conciously switch focus to the right eye, but it fatigues within seconds making it useless for practical use.
I've tried playing in my glasses, and can't adjust very well to them. My frames aren't very tall so when I get down to take a shot, I see over my frames and that means that I can't see very well. If I must play in my glasses, I try and push them up on every shot so that when I get down to shoot, I can actually see the shot I'm aiming at. LOL.
When I played at the nationals this past year, my dad played this guy who had some glasses like the ones that 1pocket posted. The nose piece was adjustable and made it very easy to see your shot once you got down. Very good glasses for shooting pool if you ask me.
When I played at the nationals this past year, my dad played this guy who had some glasses like the ones that 1pocket posted. The nose piece was adjustable and made it very easy to see your shot once you got down. Very good glasses for shooting pool if you ask me.
Guru said:
This is a little off the topic, since my vision's good enough that although I've been prescribed glasses for distance, I don't normally wear them. I wanted to comment on Guru's statement that he's right-handed and left-eyed.
I'm right-handed and left-eyed as well. I notice that when I aim, if I let my right eye see *anything* of the shot, it throws me off completely. In order to avoid that, for about two months I've been lining up with my left eye only rather than centering my chin. My aim has improved a lot this way - and people keep asking me why I don't center my chin. I tell them it's because my right eye lies.
Anyone else have any issues with eye dominance and aim?
Mary
1pocket said:I just recently started shooting with the Decot Hy Wyd glasses, too. I generally only wear glasses for reading, and had been trying to shoot pool without glasses all along. What I didn't realize is that they could tailor the perscription to a special midrange distance -- basically the length of the pool table (from the end of my arm to about 10' away). My optician almost balked at this actually. In fact, the first time he wrote the perscription he actually wrote it for "distance". I had to have the glasses remade to a special perscription a little stronger than my "distance" correction. Now they work great around a pool table, but of course they are no good for anything else, being too weak to read with, but too strong to drive or whatever else outside. (They would be a good perscription for me for visiting an art museum
If you are getting special pool glasses, be sure to get the right perscription strength for the unique and consistent special pool playing range of distances -- about 24" to 10'. The Hy-Wyd's are extra large lenses with an adjustable nose piece that allows you to raise them nice and high -- which is needed to avoid looking over the top of normal glasses as you try to see the far end of the table while bending your chin to your cue stick!
http://www.sportglasses.com/content/info_billiards.asp
I notice Wade Crane wears this same Hy Wyd type of glasses. I don't know if these are the same kind Howard Vickery used to promote back in the day.
It sure is nice to be able to see the balls clearly again, although it has exposed some of my other weaknesses and removed a great excuse!! Well, for a while I've been able to say, 'I'm still getting used to wearing these things' -- but that is wearing a little thin now...
I just got my eyeglass prescription and ordered me a pair finally as well. I been putting it off for about two years now. Now I can go ahead and go back to smaller regular glasses and use these special glasses when I play pool. Believe it or not I really need them to sit higher up on my nose like you guys as well. I also like how the lens are closer together so I have no dead spots. Boy they are expensive though!
Shorty
MaryD said:This is a little off the topic, since my vision's good enough that although I've been prescribed glasses for distance, I don't normally wear them. I wanted to comment on Guru's statement that he's right-handed and left-eyed.
I'm right-handed and left-eyed as well. I notice that when I aim, if I let my right eye see *anything* of the shot, it throws me off completely. In order to avoid that, for about two months I've been lining up with my left eye only rather than centering my chin. My aim has improved a lot this way - and people keep asking me why I don't center my chin. I tell them it's because my right eye lies.
Anyone else have any issues with eye dominance and aim?
Mary
Same type of issue here.. I'm nearsighted in my right eye and farsighted in my left eye (can't see those damn 3D hidden pictures)... even with contacts, I aim with my left eye and cue lined up on towards the left side of my chin. I don't have any comfort in sighting with my right eye and don't want to commit the time to adjust to aiming with it...
i shoot with both........contacts during the winter and glasses during the summer while my allergies act up.
i really dont have a problem seeing, other than with my "stylish" glasses, the frames are smaller and i found i was looking over the glasses on some shots, in other words my peripheral vision was around the glasses and blurry and this was causing me to miss. I dug up an old pair of glasses i had with super large frames and had my current perscription put in them and i shoot fine with them, although i feel like im slightly more accurate with contacts because i feel like i just see better with them.
i really dont have a problem seeing, other than with my "stylish" glasses, the frames are smaller and i found i was looking over the glasses on some shots, in other words my peripheral vision was around the glasses and blurry and this was causing me to miss. I dug up an old pair of glasses i had with super large frames and had my current perscription put in them and i shoot fine with them, although i feel like im slightly more accurate with contacts because i feel like i just see better with them.
Get Lasik
The local female pro/coach/friend Christyd recommended I get surgery to my eyes. I think it cost about $3500 for the procedure locally. I went from 400/20 uncorrected to 20/13 in both eyes.
Christy said I would get a ball better in 9 ball. I think it was about that.
The greatest improvement to my game in my memory has been the surgery.
Regards
Ken
The local female pro/coach/friend Christyd recommended I get surgery to my eyes. I think it cost about $3500 for the procedure locally. I went from 400/20 uncorrected to 20/13 in both eyes.
Christy said I would get a ball better in 9 ball. I think it was about that.
The greatest improvement to my game in my memory has been the surgery.
Regards
Ken
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Think Half READERS....
I am not sure about you Question, I am as Blind as a Bat in Sunlight for Close up work.
Can tell you how many Points a Bull Elk has at 200 YARDS.
Solution for me is Readers, that ARE HALF Glasses, so I can Peek over the Top for Distance, and Look Down for Close Work.
Have about 10 Pair that I got at the 99 CENT STORE. Sometimes I use em for Pool......
Jody B said:
I am not sure about you Question, I am as Blind as a Bat in Sunlight for Close up work.
Can tell you how many Points a Bull Elk has at 200 YARDS.
Solution for me is Readers, that ARE HALF Glasses, so I can Peek over the Top for Distance, and Look Down for Close Work.
Have about 10 Pair that I got at the 99 CENT STORE. Sometimes I use em for Pool......
1pocket said:
I tried the Decot SportGlasses, but the lens were slanted forward. I like my self-made model better. The Decot did raise the lens up, but my bent temples rotate the lens so that I might have a NORMAL view through the lens. Works for me. My prescription was for 10 feet max..
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