One eye player?

Buddha's Belly

Buddha's Belly

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My buddy got a stroke and loose his right eye sight. He is very frustated, since he could not aim properly. Just wondering if anybody knows one eye player? I hope similar story could encourage him to keep playing the game that he realy love.
Thank's
 
I guy with a patch I used to play

About 25 years ago, I used to play a guy that wore a patch
in a "saloon" (yes, saloon, they even kept it as part of the name
from the old days) and that guy shot pretty darn well on a bar table.

I remember playing him many times, and it was always a good
battle. I actually experimented about a year ago with covering
one eye a few times just for maybe 5 minutes at a time, with a
patch to see if it would *help* me see straight down the line
of the shot. I found that it provides a much different experience
in aiming, as I was not distracted by the double image I would
normally see when looking down over the stick. I suspect that
your friend will do just fine, and I wish him the best.
 
Another Patch Story

Buddha's Belly said:
My buddy got a stroke and loose his right eye sight. He is very frustated, since he could not aim properly. Just wondering if anybody knows one eye player? I hope similar story could encourage him to keep playing the game that he realy love.
Thank's
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My best friend wore a patch on his eye for a few weeks, due to having Bell's Palsy (sp?). He was playing in a league at the time and was worried about how it was going to affect his game. It actually seemed to help his game, although there was one shot with a particular angle to it and only on one side, that he never was able to perfect, before he was able to play without the patch, again. That one shot was the only one that messed with him. He never told anyone but me that he was having problems with that one shot and nobody else seemed to catch on. If we were playing Scotch Doubles, I tried to make sure he never got stuck with that shot. If he'd had to wear the patch a little longer, I think he would have worked that shot out.

Tell your buddy not to worry. His game will be fine... maybe even better!
 
Buddha's Belly said:
My buddy got a stroke and loose his right eye sight. He is very frustated, since he could not aim properly. Just wondering if anybody knows one eye player? I hope similar story could encourage him to keep playing the game that he realy love.
Thank's
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There's a player named "Patcheye" from Philly area who lost his eye in 1958 during a car accident. Read this interview on OnePocket.org about Patcheye: http://www.onepocket.org//PatchEyeInterview.htm

'Bout 25 years ago, Patcheye was in my area in D.C., and he never hesitated to match up. One-pocket was his specialty, but he could play a little of all games.

Patcheye is an American Road Player, one of the last of a dying breed, and though he flew under the radar, as did most road agents, he's definitely an American champion and belongs in the history books. Unfortunately, there ain't much out there in the pool archives about American Road Players, except by way of word of mouth.

JAM
 
There was a guy that would come into my poolroom on Long Island that had a glass eye. He shot pretty damn good. I shot with a patch over one eye for a few weeks when I got hit with a guided muscle. Someone said shut-up and I thought they said stand up. Johnnyt
 
One Eyed players

One Eyed Hank, San Francisco was a terrific player, od'ed on LSD. One Eyed Tony, Kentucky, played as well as anybody, died in a car wreck and Jimmy King.
 
A friend of mine has an eye defect from birth. He's a right handed player and when he shoots he turns his head all the way to the left and sites down the cue with his right eye. If you're watching his game from table side he looks like he's looking at you when he's shooting, very strange but he plays pretty damn strong.
 
One Eyed Tony Howard was the best I ever saw. He played even with the top players.

Who's the English guy who lives in Arizona? I forget his name but he plays good as well. Andy?

By the way, Kim is playing with one eye now. And he's won a couple of tournaments out here.
 
My son lost the vision in one eye about 10 years ago. He beats up on his buddies and is in the process of buying a table for the living room in his brand new house-- yep that's his living room. Somethings are important in life.
 
we have a player around here called "Eagle Eye Iverson" who only has one eye but is a very strong shooter
 
Tom Brown New Jersey/Florida lost an eye to melynoma {sp} cancer and is a super solid player. He owns a pool room in Daytona, Florida.
 
Voodoo Daddy said:
Tom Brown New Jersey/Florida lost an eye to melynoma {sp} cancer and is a super solid player. He owns a pool room in Daytona, Florida.
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John Ditoro's old running buddy. Played real good for the cheese.
 
I know of a half a dozen players with sight in only one eye. I've asked how difficult it is to play since you need both eyes for proper depth perception. They reply "it takes time but the good eye will compensate."

I have also built cues for players with one arm and I've sponsored the wheelchair league. Tell your friend to keep playing because he is still blessed with one eye and the ability to move around the table.
 
terry swift

my team captain for years in warsaw mo. could shootem straight. he took a team to vegas and won the trophy division. in your bca book it shows what year he won his team was ' the over the hill gang '.
 
It is all relevant.
I lost vision in my right eye when I was ten and I remember the doctor telling me that it would be easy for me to adjust but when it happens to you when you are older it is a lot more difficult to adjust. I also remember someone telling me that one of the snooker champions was one-eyed.
It can also be "helpful": one time when I was shooting my opponent was being fidgety and jumpy within a normal field of view and my wife points out to me after I finish shooting that she thought he may have been sharking me. Well he may have been trying but he was on my wrong side to even see him:)
Paul
 
Will Peay "Cecil" shoots really strong and has vision in only one eye. Don't judge his game by his looks, you'll go broke.

Also, I am not sure about Kim Davenports vision in his injured eye, but have heard that he is no blind in one eye.. I cannot confirm this but he shoots sporty too!
 
Jim Blakeman plays pretty good. He's won the rumrunner tournament 3 times and is pretty tough to beat on any given day.
 
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Grady said:
One Eyed Hank, San Francisco was a terrific player, od'ed on LSD. One Eyed Tony, Kentucky, played as well as anybody, died in a car wreck and Jimmy King.
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"One Eye" Hank Hurst did not overdose he might have been drugged up but he took his life with a gun to his head in the Nevada desert.
 
AS long as you know where your cue is, under eye , under chin, what ever and do it the same each time it isn't that hard. I have "lame eye" and only use my right eye. Can't see much at all with my left, just light and motion.

Andy
 
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