On a similar thread...left handed players
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I don't agree ...
I do not believe we are one brain sided in shooting Pool. I think we use both
sides, no matter what hand we shoot with.
What it does have to do with is how we perceive things in the world, and
how we were taught to perceive things when we were children. I can shoot left or right handed, and my thought processes are just the same. You keep referring to a side of the brain when you really should be talking about
conscious perceptions vs. subconscious perceptions.
I have very bad eyes, especially for a poolplayer (-10/670 in both eyes
with astigmytism front and back of the eyes, and scarred corneas).
I have to have my contacts made where my right contact focuses
close up and my left focuses for distance. I have tried other variations,
including having contacts made that only focused in the 1 to 9 foot range to just use for shooting Pool. I could not see with them right, and my normal
contacts with the split focusing works best. Now, you would think my focusing might be different when I shoot left handed as opposed to right handed, but it isn't, and neither is your thought processes when you shoot left handed as opposed to right handed.
Having imagination, which everyone does, does not get all the balls off the table. You have to know how to develop that imagination into a formulated
plan with baby steps along the way to help you reach your goal, and then
you have to execute that plan with accurate precision. Granted, there are
people that can not perceive or handle abstract thoughts, and they are better with the 'show me' stage, and then I will mimic your actions, but we all do that at some point in learning and playing Pool. Great Pool Players recognize 'cause and effects' on the Pool table, that's why some make great
shots sometimes, or recognize a pattern of reaction that most do not see
right off. You are simply being exposed to a level of play you had not experienced before. (like how Michael Jordan exposed us to a level of play
and techniques that we had not seen very often before).
Great Pool players are simply able to process large amounts of data in a
logical and precise way. Most pros do not aim to get the cue ball within
a foot or two radius on the table, they aim to get it within an inch or
two of where they want it.
I do not believe we are one brain sided in shooting Pool. I think we use both
sides, no matter what hand we shoot with.
What it does have to do with is how we perceive things in the world, and
how we were taught to perceive things when we were children. I can shoot left or right handed, and my thought processes are just the same. You keep referring to a side of the brain when you really should be talking about
conscious perceptions vs. subconscious perceptions.
I have very bad eyes, especially for a poolplayer (-10/670 in both eyes
with astigmytism front and back of the eyes, and scarred corneas).
I have to have my contacts made where my right contact focuses
close up and my left focuses for distance. I have tried other variations,
including having contacts made that only focused in the 1 to 9 foot range to just use for shooting Pool. I could not see with them right, and my normal
contacts with the split focusing works best. Now, you would think my focusing might be different when I shoot left handed as opposed to right handed, but it isn't, and neither is your thought processes when you shoot left handed as opposed to right handed.
Having imagination, which everyone does, does not get all the balls off the table. You have to know how to develop that imagination into a formulated
plan with baby steps along the way to help you reach your goal, and then
you have to execute that plan with accurate precision. Granted, there are
people that can not perceive or handle abstract thoughts, and they are better with the 'show me' stage, and then I will mimic your actions, but we all do that at some point in learning and playing Pool. Great Pool Players recognize 'cause and effects' on the Pool table, that's why some make great
shots sometimes, or recognize a pattern of reaction that most do not see
right off. You are simply being exposed to a level of play you had not experienced before. (like how Michael Jordan exposed us to a level of play
and techniques that we had not seen very often before).
Great Pool players are simply able to process large amounts of data in a
logical and precise way. Most pros do not aim to get the cue ball within
a foot or two radius on the table, they aim to get it within an inch or
two of where they want it.
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Fred Agnir
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Who are you disagreeing with?Snapshot9 said:
Fred