I never cared about my dominant eye and always aligned the cue on the middle of my chin (like snooker players). Recently I tried to do the dr Dave most famous and useful drill of all times and found out that I am putting slightly left spin on the ball. I did this because I recently purchased a skinnier shaft and I think that brings out this flaw more clearly or I just been missing a little more recently. Anyways I then did the dominant eye test which I knew about from other videos and turns out I am left eye dominant but I am shooting right handed. I tried actually placing the cue under my left eye but it is very uncomfortable and even bending my head more to allow my left eye to go over the cue and it actually made a difference and cueball returned straight on my cue tip after hitting the rail. However, I do not think I can adjust my stance to shoot with a bent neck.. Anyone else faced this? Is it just in my head and I should not try to adjust? I know both Hendry and Steve Davies said they always hit with slight unwanted spin on the ball their whole careers and they have 13 WSC between them so maybe doesn't matter that much but I think snooker cues have less deflection and perhaps in american pool this flaw matters more?
Left eye dominant but right handed
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I have never encountered such a statement by either player. Can you give a link to such? Here's a quick study in unwanted side.
Sorry, it seems I understood it wrong. Steve Davis said under pressure he would put right hand english on the ball. It's on the Stephen Hendry's yt channel, the episode with Steve, minute 29. He said that made him miss a lot under pressure because of this but he says it's his grip that caused it. I remembered it wrong.
Aligning the cue on the middle of your chin is altered, if like most players you allow your head to rotate with the torso off looking straight ahead (one foot forward in the stance). Put differently, right hand players have their left eye closer to the object ball in most cases.
I recommend you find/confirm your correct vision center and go from there.
search vision center and you might understand it better
jmho
Another by Stephen
I can't find it now but have seen a clip where the cueball strikes his tip and after a short rebound comes back to The tip again. Pure dead center!
More from Steve Davis. Not regarding dominant eye but head movement.
I'm left eye dominant and shoot right handed slightly side armed.
See my avatar,left eye over the cue.
If it works leave it alone.
See my avatar,left eye over the cue.
If it works leave it alone.
More from Steve Davis, not dominant eye but good stuff.
A long time ago I determined that I am right handed left eye dominant. I don't think of it any more. I shoot with the Left hand regularly and the aim is the same, so I assume left eye. 
The best thing you can do is to find your "personal vision center" position using the procedure here:
and also find your "personal best stance" to help you get your head in the best position using the advice and procedures here:
I hope the videos help.
SSDiver2112
Escott Cues
I had the same problem. over time I made many adjustments to my stance and grip to get the cue lined up on the correct line with the correct stroke. Being left eye dominant I had to learn to step a bit more right plus turn my body more clockwise to get the cue on the line.
One of my biggest epiphanies was when I got a phone call from my daughter in the middle of a friendly game of nine ball with friends. My turn came up and I was almost done with the call so I just started to play thinking I would be off in a sec. Bad etiquette I know, but my friends were OK with it since I didn't stop the flow and they figured I would shoot poorly giving them the advantage. Anyway, I put the phone on my left shoulder and held it with my cheek and surprisingly ran out the rest of the balls. We were all surprised and after thinking about it I realized holding the phone that way forced me to turn a bit more and stretch out my arm more and put my head over the cue correctly. I also noticed my stance and stroke was steadier and smoother, so I didn't drop the phone while stroking.
I practice emulating this (without the phone) and I believe it helped me a lot.
If your aim for straight in shots is off, then every other shot is off too.
Some things I did that helped me verify my stance and stroke.
One of my biggest epiphanies was when I got a phone call from my daughter in the middle of a friendly game of nine ball with friends. My turn came up and I was almost done with the call so I just started to play thinking I would be off in a sec. Bad etiquette I know, but my friends were OK with it since I didn't stop the flow and they figured I would shoot poorly giving them the advantage. Anyway, I put the phone on my left shoulder and held it with my cheek and surprisingly ran out the rest of the balls. We were all surprised and after thinking about it I realized holding the phone that way forced me to turn a bit more and stretch out my arm more and put my head over the cue correctly. I also noticed my stance and stroke was steadier and smoother, so I didn't drop the phone while stroking.
I practice emulating this (without the phone) and I believe it helped me a lot.
If your aim for straight in shots is off, then every other shot is off too.
Some things I did that helped me verify my stance and stroke.
- Stand to the side of the table at the head or foot spot. Stand to aim from the spot to the diamond on the opposite side of the table. Get down putting the cue on the shot line. Leave the cue in place with the butt on the rail and stand up. The cue should be over the diamond if you put the cue on the aim line correctly.
- Add the cue ball and hit it to the rail to see if it comes back to the tip. If it's off adjust body and head positioning to keep the stroke on the shot line. Repeat from the end of the table for the longer shot.
- Put the CB near corner pocket, object ball in the middle of the table both lined up for a straight shot diagonally into the opposite corner. If you are pocketing the longest straight shot in consistently then you know the aim and stroke are correct.
Sheldon is correct.... I am blind in my right eye and I play right handed and this is the trick I use .
I never understood why a player would look down a cue….a cue has no eyes.
Try looking and bringing your cue to your vision.
……and even that is only a rule of thumb….because when you use english the considerations are more complex.
…….and adjusting you foot alignment is a false path also…sometimes the table is in your way…etc.
…..and complaining about being cross dominant won’t cut it…Joe Davis and Willie Mosconi were cross dominan.
Try looking and bringing your cue to your vision.
……and even that is only a rule of thumb….because when you use english the considerations are more complex.
…….and adjusting you foot alignment is a false path also…sometimes the table is in your way…etc.
…..and complaining about being cross dominant won’t cut it…Joe Davis and Willie Mosconi were cross dominan.
It ends up being the difference between what your brain tells you the position of the cue tip and balls are, and what is going on in the real physical world. You see the shot as straight, but it's actually a 10% cut, or vice versa.
I am righty with left eye dominance - I do find that my best play occurs when I focus on the OB much more with my left eye / but I don’t worry about positioning the shaft as long as my stroke has full clearance from the right side of my body even when stretched over the table for shots
I firmly believe in the practice of securing the shot with pre shot routine, set up, and super strong final focus while CB position results from having great feel for the stroke itself as you deliver the cue along the desired aiming point
I firmly believe in the practice of securing the shot with pre shot routine, set up, and super strong final focus while CB position results from having great feel for the stroke itself as you deliver the cue along the desired aiming point