The $20 Walmart stars and stripes cue was another effective lure. 
Prejudice can get expensive.
Prejudice can get expensive.
Old Dogs New Tricks aka Cue Ball vs Object Ball - Mosconi Team Members Answers
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Towards the end I see Mike Massey. It would be interesting to hear his answer to, "which ball last?"
I thank you for those small contributions in the past."having plateaued" ?
Well that trigger a Grampa story alert:
I had plateaued in the B division. Was a killer B and yet maintained the grade to play in the little tournaments and donating $5 every Wednesday night to the 9 ball lessons with the Big Boys in the Seattle/Tacoma and Olympia area. (With occasional road players). I had the good fortune of striking gold when I asked Backward Jan for a weekly $20 lesson.(mid 80s).
I knew I had struck gold when his response to my request was, "on one condition. We Gotta go back to the basics." 6 weeks of Basic training got me in the Gold. Shrug
I has studied the game mainly through books which helped give a beginning. The material available on youtube is incredible and I would encourage enquiring minds to search it for Stephen Hendry and Barry Stark.
You can use a heat gun to alter the angle of those lenses and you won't need that large nosepiece that appears to be annoying. Not knocking your glasses, just saying... Less is more in some cases.
I did it w a pair of cheap Walgreens readers that give me 20/20 up to ten feet. Nice... No more aiming at the middle ball out of the 3 I used to see down table.
Before LASIK it was only CB
After LASIK I tend to go more OB.
In general I think I still look at the CB on short shots, especially when using English. On long shots I tend to look at OB. It’s kind of like open vs closed bridge. I tend to switch between them without much thought.
I think there are benefits/drawbacks to both.
I’ve been thinking of trying to go back to just CB. Seems like it makes the most sense.
I doubt you’d find a golfer that says he looks at the hole instead of the ball.
After LASIK I tend to go more OB.
In general I think I still look at the CB on short shots, especially when using English. On long shots I tend to look at OB. It’s kind of like open vs closed bridge. I tend to switch between them without much thought.
I think there are benefits/drawbacks to both.
I’ve been thinking of trying to go back to just CB. Seems like it makes the most sense.
I doubt you’d find a golfer that says he looks at the hole instead of the ball.
Great minds...
pj
chgo
I considered it paying for lessons.I thank you for those small contributions in the past.
When Wednesday was a cheap lesson and the other 6 evening events were rewarding. I did pay attention.
My Roger Petit cue was Stealth. Not sneaky as it had fibrous material rings at the joint. Guys with thousand dollar rigs were a primary target.
I admire the ability to do that.
I feel that way about the hands but can't do it aiming. (Perhaps Yet
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Just got my new prescription and I got lucky. Pushed tight to my brow and I am seeing through a good part of the lense. The nose piece kick stand reminds me of kids in school with glasses taped together at the bridge. Sometimes lots of the white athletic tape.
Allison is actually cue ball on the backstroke, object ball on the forward stroke.
WobblyStroke
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So, OB last
8intheside
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I can’t comprehend looking at the cueball, I just can’t
Honestly, if your fundamentals are really solid, it shouldn’t matter. Think about all the guys who show off by closing their eyes or turning their head.
My opinion, not that it’s worth much, is that it truly doesn’t matter, as long as your eyes are still.
I do think that looking at the object ball helps you on follow through because it takes away the tendency to stop at the cue ball.
On the other hand, I think looking at the cue ball takes away the tendency to try to “steer” the shot.
Her eyes move from cue ball to object ball during the pause at the back of her stroke.. Or at least they did when I watched her technique carefully back when she was playing more. It was like clockwork on every shot.
That's the way that worked for me before I changed. It works! A few years away from the game and my frustration upon returning led me to the switch. It's not an easy transition. I have been watching Judd closely and the couple of clear looks at his eye patern were enlightening.
The Confidence factor that's huge! Definitely still eyes when pulling the trigger.
My pause at the back is the final verification. It used to be where I switched to object ball when confident. Now when confident and on the object ball I drop back to the precision of the strike. The calculations are all confirmed at the pause so then it's execution. Robotics work. Build a ball making machine.Yeah that's what I was getting at. I used to focus on doing this and found it was the only semi-natural way to get the Buddy Hall like pause.
Yeah, we rode those poor guys pretty hard back in the day. I should probably apologize to all of them now. Lol.Just got my new prescription and I got lucky. Pushed tight to my brow and I am seeing through a good part of the lense. The nose piece kick stand reminds me of kids in school with glasses taped together at the bridge. Sometimes lots of the white athletic tape.