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9BallWill

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I found the other day that my aim is always a smidge to the right, causing the ball to head to the left, on long straight shots, just enough to miss. Is it more common to have one eye over the cue as opposed to both centered? What do you do?
 
A few days ago I tested my stroke by shooting hundreds of stop shots over and over until I found the place where my stance gave me an accurate view of the line of aim. As it happened this meant putting my chin directly over the cue, whereas I used to sight down it with my right eye. I would suggest doing a similar experiment and finding the stance that works for you personally.
 
The way you are positioned over the cue has a definite impact of your perception of how the cue is aligned. I had a student a couple of weeks ago who did fine on regular shots, but on jump shots, he always ended up with unwanted side spin. Once we realized that on his jump shots, his head was positioned farther to the right than on his normal shots, it was pretty simple to fix the problem. If you aren't sighting straight down the cue, or trying to sight with just one eye, your perception is probably going to be a little off. Since you normally use both eyes to see things, it's only natural that you would want both eyes working to help you sight down the cue.
Steve
 
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9BallWill said:
I found the other day that my aim is always a smidge to the right, causing the ball to head to the left, on long straight shots, just enough to miss. Is it more common to have one eye over the cue as opposed to both centered? What do you do?

I think you might be standing too close to yourself.

TY & GL
 
There's a book, Answer to Pool Players Prayers ( by Richard Kranicki ), that is basically about how your eyes and the position of your head influence your shots. You might want to take a look at it.
 
9BallWill said:
I found the other day that my aim is always a smidge to the right, causing the ball to head to the left, on long straight shots, just enough to miss. Is it more common to have one eye over the cue as opposed to both centered? What do you do?
I have the same problem with aligning to the right. It happens mostly when I haven't played for a while, during warm up and when I get lazy in my focus during play.

Usually the cause is my head position not getting my left eye directly over the cue.

I think I'll be giving the 3rd eye trainer a go and see if that helps.
 
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