How to "sight" the cue.

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Big C

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Maybe you have wondered about which is your dominant eye and if you should shoot with the cue under it. Some people say you should, while others say the cue should be under your chin, in the center of your face. Here is an article from BD writer Tony Robles that will help you find where you should be sighting the cue. Not everyone is the same, so it's important to find out what works for you. Try this exercise as it will help you quantify objectively, where you should be "sighting" the cue.
http://www.billiardsdigest.com/showinstruction.php?id=2
 
Big C said:
Maybe you have wondered about which is your dominant eye and if you should shoot with the cue under it. Some people say you should, while others say the cue should be under your chin, in the center of your face. Here is an article from BD writer Tony Robles that will help you find where you should be sighting the cue. Not everyone is the same, so it's important to find out what works for you. Try this exercise as it will help you quantify objectively, where you should be "sighting" the cue.
http://www.billiardsdigest.com/showinstruction.php?id=2
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FYI, lot's of info on this topic, including useful drills to help you find your personal "vision center" can be found on the vision center resource page.

Enjoy,
Dave
 
This guy probably has occular vision.

Big C said:
This guy would agree with you. :wink:
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What this means is he shoots basically with one eye.

He could actually close the right eye and the shot would look the same. not so with players that don't have this type of vision.

About 5% of all players are like this.

If he tries to move the cue into any different spot he will feel cross eyed and actually get a headache if he continues to try.

Players that are like this have a very high ability as far as shooting ability goes. They can just see the shots better than other players. Almost like being super human.

But then again I wouldn't know for sure until I had him shot a few test shots for me. he could just be really strong left eye dominant.

There are only 2 ways to be. Monocular vision or like the rest of the players.

We are all pretty much the same with this exception. Once a person understands this it gets pretty simple and easy to correct a persons aiming by manually showing them how to position their eyes.
 
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DTL said:
See red above..........should read ? monocular vision.
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Agreed. "Ocular" means anything have to do with the eyes or vision itself. Methinks Geno means "monocular" for single-eyed viewing (e.g. Niels Feijen, who has significantly deteriorated vision in the left eye and so places the cue against his right cheek under his right eye), and "binocular" for both eyes.

-Sean
 
Tony Robles is a smart player and a good teacher..

Big C said:
Maybe you have wondered about which is your dominant eye and if you should shoot with the cue under it. Some people say you should, while others say the cue should be under your chin, in the center of your face. Here is an article from BD writer Tony Robles that will help you find where you should be sighting the cue. Not everyone is the same, so it's important to find out what works for you. Try this exercise as it will help you quantify objectively, where you should be "sighting" the cue.
http://www.billiardsdigest.com/showinstruction.php?id=2
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He is helping players find their Perfect spot.

The biggest challenge though is keeping the eyes in this position when cutting balls the way of the non dominant eye. It constantly keeps trying to work as the dominant eye when cutting the ball this way at any angle.

This is why all players have trouble cutting the ball one way more so than the other.

This is the most important part of what I teach. If a person doesn't know how to correct this they are stuck at the same level seemingly forever. And improvements happen very slowly.

Also this is why one day your shooting lights out and the next you can't seem to hit the broad side of a barn.

For most players their cuing skills are way up there around an 8 or a 9 but the eye position skills are holding them back at a 4 5 or a 6 caising them to get the wrong picture going to the brain. .

There is no reason to just let the brain try to constantly figure this out on every shot when there is a way to know how to get there exactly.

Exactly like knowing where the sights are on a gun and not knowing how to line them up.

The complete solution to the problem is here for those that want to know.
 
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