loss of an eye due to stroke

artpfla

artpfla

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hello, I recently loss my vision in the left eye due to a stroke in my retina...I was a 7 in APA and a 9 in bca league... my question is has someone with a similar problem been successful in regaining their proficiency , to a modest degree, by using different aiming techniques or other methods? thanks for any help or assistance
 
artpfla said:
hello, I recently loss my vision in the left eye due to a stroke in my retina...I was a 7 in APA and a 9 in bca league... my question is has someone with a similar problem been successful in regaining their proficiency , to a modest degree, by using different aiming techniques or other methods? thanks for any help or assistance
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Patch eye is a pro road player was with 2 eyes and lost one in a car accident he is 85 now and never miss Google him, he is at one pocket. Org
 
artpfla said:
hello, I recently loss my vision in the left eye due to a stroke in my retina...I was a 7 in APA and a 9 in bca league... my question is has someone with a similar problem been successful in regaining their proficiency , to a modest degree, by using different aiming techniques or other methods? thanks for any help or assistance
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I have a student who only has one working eye and that one is so/so at times.
She is determined and does pretty well. She has only been playing a few years and has always played with the one eye. She is an APA4 on her way to a 5..
I have played with a patch to test somethings, I found it humbling at first, however with a little practice I think you will get alot of your game back..
My dad had lost most of the vision in 1 eye and he played pretty good also,
Of course I was a kid so can't say by todays standards how he would rate..
Good Luck with it.
Mark
 
First of all, let me say sorry that you are going thru this. Is there any chance of you regaining your sight.

When I had an aneurism, my brain swole and pushed on the optical nerves and I was pretty much legally blind for approx a month. I was lucky there was no permanent damage. I drove my truck to the store anyway. I had to cover one eye with my hand so I could focus.

I believe that most things like yours can be over come. I played a guy in Vegas with one arm and he kept me on my toes.

I am sure Geno will see this and give you some insights on aiming.
 
I have one slightly-lazy eye (left) so I wore a patch to keep from having to deal with double vision (I'd look down-table and see two OBs - the actual one and ghost one about 1/2" away from it).

The patch actually improved my game since it eliminated the double vision.

Using one eye, the main difference is that it takes your brain a second or two longer to determine depth of field. Usually the signals from your two eyes creates the depth of field, very much like your two ears determine the location of a sound. I discovered your brain can do it with just one eye, it just takes a split second longer. It helps that our brain is very familiar with a pool table. You'll need to be more careful in less familiar surroundings like driving, etc.

Good luck!
 
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Sir,

I don't have any info or advice to help you but I just wanted to offer my condolences for your loss of sight in that eye. I hope you are well otherwise. I have just said a prayer & will do so again at bedtime.

Regards
 
It'll work out!

Someone mentioned Patch Eye, he plays some of the best One Pocket and 8 Ball you'll ever see, Jimmy King has no vision in his left eye, but he can really play, I think he's in the Denver area.

Danny Delaberto (spelling) talks about not being able to see out of one eye, he can help you for sure, he also travels around the country giving lessons.
 
Sir,

I don't have any info or advice to help you but I just wanted to offer my condolences for your loss of sight in that eye. I hope you are well otherwise. I have just said a prayer & will do so again at bedtime.

I 2nd that !
 
Welcome to the forum.
I had a girlfriend who lost an eye in a freak training bra accident. The snap unexpectedly came lose and hit her right in the headlamp.
Anyway, her father, who was a poor man and couldn't afford a glass eye, carved her one out of a piece of pine. It looked great.
One evening we were in my car making out when, embolden by a half-pint of peach schnapps, I asked her if we could have sex.
She pulled down an eyelid with the tip of her finger and said, "Wood eye!"
The moral, artpfla, is with enough peach schnapps onboard you can do anything you want to do. Good luck. :smile:
 
Thought Danny was just color blind =) Will have to ask him about the not being able to see... But Geno can help you... I cannot recall the all the players he rattled off that were one eyed wonders but there is a significant number..... You may have to relearn some things and I know Gene will speed up your process vs doing it your self.....

Pro players that lost vision and still play at the pro speed... Kim Davenport, Josh Oneil.....

Niels only has vision in one eye...

One of the best local players here in East TN lost an eye to a bottle rocket when he was younger.....

I am sure there are tons more out there.....

Who knows... You may end up improving a ball when it's all said and done.... With that said I'll put you in my talks with the man upstairs.. Hope your recovery continues and you remain healthy....

Chris
 
Sorry to hear Art. I knew of a guy who was lights out and blind in one eye. I also saw a guy shooting lights out who had an extremely lazy eye and didn't wear a patch. I think it will just take you an adjustment period, moreso if your one good eye was your weaker of the two prior. Stay positive!
 
Sorry to hear about your stroke! I suffered a stroke last August and my vision was out of whack for months before starting to come around. I am still bothered by some blurry vision so I find myself having to concentrate a touch longer on my shots, which is a good thing. I hope things turn around for you!
 
You have my condolences. One of my friends had a stroke last year, he's just getting back into pool. His vision is affected, along with his right arm. I'm helping him with his game by being his rack boy/sparring partner, in return he tells me stories about Gene Nagy.
 
I lost my right eye in 1996 and I shoot right handed.
I was right eye dominate, Now I have to move my head
to the right so my left eye is over the cue .
The only problem I have is when I have to jack-up over a ball....
Good luck
P.S. Jump shots are out ,,, no way
 
My thoughts and prayers are with you. I hope you can stay positive as you take this journey to getting your game back to where it belongs. I think you can do it and I know you can keep on fighting until you get there.
 
Bud Winger said:
I lost my right eye in 1996 and I shoot right handed.
I was right eye dominate, Now I have to move my head
to the right so my left eye is over the cue .
The only problem I have is when I have to jack-up over a ball....
Good luck
P.S. Jump shots are out ,,, no way
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I am right eye dominant but have a cateract in my right eye and vision in that eye is about 20% so I have trained myself to be left eye dominant for pool and I do still jump pretty well.
 
I commend you for staying in the game. Good luck and keep enjoying pool.
 
Sorry to hear about your eye.

I almost lost my right eye (I'm right-handed and right-eye dominant) in a shop accident five years ago. I ended up with a whole laundry list of eye ailments that you'd need a degree in opthalmology just to pronounce, but I do at least have some very blurry vision in the eye. The main problem now is that my pupil got tore up and won't close at all, and the glare is so bad that it's like looking through fog with your high beams on.

I learned to do most things that don't require fine focus or depth perception, but when I took up pool again last year after a long hiatus I was pretty devastated to find I couldn't shoot straight any more. It's been a real struggle, but things are finally coming around. Don't give up the game, your mind will find a way to make shots, maybe even better than before. I sometimes think seeing the balls as round objects instead of discs is a disadvantage. I haven't patched the eye so far, but if it comes to that, I will give that a try.

One of the most interesting things is that now I can play almost as well with my glasses off as I can with them on. I've always been pretty near-sighted and have needed glasses since I was a teen. I think that my eyes are better matched up than they are with my glasses on, even though focus is more difficult. Plus, I'm not an aimer. I've always just felt the angle and stroked along the line that makes the CB intersect with the leg of the angle that goes to the pocket. If I had to count on hitting a specific contact point on the OB like some folks do, I don't think I could make a single ball now.

Anyway, thanks for sharing your story. It was hard for me to admit my disability at first, but now I talk about it to try to help others avoid what happened to me. So, next time you are outside with the new gas line trimmer, or pulling a bungee strap tight on the truck, or cutting wood with the chainsaw, or making a few simple crosscuts on the table saw (my situation), make sure you are wearing proper eye protection. And, no, those polycarbonate lenses in your regular glasses won't protect you. I was wearing mine and that block of wood just tore them off and plowed right in to crush the eye. Use a proper face shield and save yourself a world of misery.
 
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