PERFECT AIM REVIEW AND DISCUSSIONS BY AZers, for AZers

[Solartje]

Hey gene,

im looking forward to the improved video..

maybe you could check out a post I made about aiming, parallax etc in the main forum. NO idea if this is something that relates to you perfect aiming, but i might as well ask.


Ps are you the Gene thats going to play with the AZB queen linda carter in vegas?

 

[genomachino]

i think i can help you...........

Hey gene,

im looking forward to the improved video..

maybe you could check out a post I made about aiming, parallax etc in the main forum. NO idea if this is something that relates to you perfect aiming, but i might as well ask.


Ps are you the Gene thats going to play with the AZB queen linda carter in vegas?

hi there,

i can feel your pain. i understand your problem. many players have these problems but just don't identify them.

in my perfect aim lesson i teach everyone to look at a shot right eye dominant and left eye dominant.everyone can do this. i've found this very valuable to each player because one way will look better than the other. the one that looks better is the dominant eye. this has to be estabished first or nothing can be corrected. especailly in you case.

i know your struggling and i know i have the answers for you. i'll bet your way down low on the cue? this creates some of the problems you talk about.

many of these issues you talk about are addressed and taken care of with perfect aim. i would like a chance to work with you on this.

the new techniques that i use now will clear this up for you and enable you to correct yourself when needed. these new techniques are not used in the perfect aim video because they are new. by the time we get done you should understand well.

the phone lesson that i am doing right now is mostly about correcting the problems you describe. most players don't have them described as well as you do or know how to describe them. they just know they can't shoot straight.

what you describe is why the person that never seems to miss will all of a sudden miss and doesn't know why. if you don't know why you can't correct it. therefor it keeps happening again and again. it doesn't matter how easy the shot is you will miss it the same if your eyes are not right. the brain needs the correct info. if the eyes are not in the most correct position they cannot relay to the brain what the body has to do.

give me a call. i'm sure i can help you. i will do this for free.

i'm trying to learn myself. i am learning. by helping players i am learning so i can help more players.

i know it's expensive calling from there. here is my land phone

715-254-6964. i don't know what your time zone is there but we need to coordinate times. i'm on central time in the usa. from 1:00pm to 11:00 pm i am available. i will help you understand what is happening and how to correct it and keep it corrected.

again this is free. you owe me nothing. well, maybe if you ever get to the usa you can buy me lunch. how's that.

pick a time when you can be by a pool table and we'll go to work. i'll let you know if that time will do it. should take about 1/2 hour.

looking forward to working with you. geno.............


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[Solartje]

hi there,

i can feel your pain. i understand your problem. many players have these problems but just don't identify them.

in my perfect aim lesson i teach everyone to look at a shot right eye dominant and left eye dominant.everyone can do this. i've found this very valuable to each player because one way will look better than the other. the one that looks better is the dominant eye. this has to be estabished first or nothing can be corrected. especailly in you case.

i know your struggling and i know i have the answers for you. i'll bet your way down low on the cue? this creates some of the problems you talk about.

many of these issues you talk about are addressed and taken care of with perfect aim. i would like a chance to work with you on this.

the new techniques that i use now will clear this up for you and enable you to correct yourself when needed. these new techniques are not used in the perfect aim video because they are new. by the time we get done you should understand well.

the phone lesson that i am doing right now is mostly about correcting the problems you describe. most players don't have them described as well as you do or know how to describe them. they just know they can't shoot straight.

what you describe is why the person that never seems to miss will all of a sudden miss and doesn't know why. if you don't know why you can't correct it. therefor it keeps happening again and again. it doesn't matter how easy the shot is you will miss it the same if your eyes are not right. the brain needs the correct info. if the eyes are not in the most correct position they cannot relay to the brain what the body has to do.

give me a call. i'm sure i can help you. i will do this for free.

i'm trying to learn myself. i am learning. by helping players i am learning so i can help more players.

i know it's expensive calling from there. here is my land phone

715-254-6964. i don't know what your time zone is there but we need to coordinate times. i'm on central time in the usa. from 1:00pm to 11:00 pm i am available. i will help you understand what is happening and how to correct it and keep it corrected.

again this is free. you owe me nothing. well, maybe if you ever get to the usa you can buy me lunch. how's that.

pick a time when you can be by a pool table and we'll go to work. i'll let you know if that time will do it. should take about 1/2 hour.

looking forward to working with you. geno.............


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Hi geno,

i also answered in the other post, but might as well do it here.

way down on cue: depends on the shot. on stopshots yes, on shots where the cb has some traveling to do, no.

strugling: yes from the first day i picked up a cue, but im shooting deadstraight since i discovered i had a eye-"problem" (not a problem, but im part of a small % of people who have this) and found a solution. My speed went up from B- to a A+ in a matter of seconds, and all the strugle is gone. my avg speeds was beating the 7-ball ghost, to beating the 12-ball ghost. i can't stop playing pool , because i'm enjoying it way to much.

case: im ambi-occular (15% of people are this or close to this)

problem: i couldn't line up my dominant eye with the cue, as it changes constantly. i always miss balls on the same side of the table. (not same side of pocket), aka: if when lined up, there is more table see-able to the right, my right eye will be dominant, if there is more table to see, my left is dominant, if i focus on a ball left, the left is dominant, if i focus on a ball to bump to the right the right eye will be dominant. I always changes, and it takes alot of effort to consciously know wich one is dominant and force the dominance in the brain. Just to much work to do for every shot.

solution: i look at something that is to the right of my eye, and the move the eye slowly till i see the cb, this forces the dominance to the right.

practical: (in my case, right handed shooter) i folow my griphand (that is to the right of my eye), along the cue-shaft untill i see the cb. Now i forced my right eye to be dominant each and ever single time, and i can line up my cue under my right eye, knowing that its under the correct dominant eye. (just found that trick out today on a gun shooting forum from a guy who had the same problem )

i have no idea if this is what your perfect aim is, but maybe my own experience can help you in some kind of way.

 

[MOJOE]

Great post Solartje,

I'm guessing that what you are going through could be helpful for many to know. Especially with your solution! I love to hear new stuff to put in my memory bank, it makes a lot of sense too.

I have pretty bad eye problems as well and am going to try what you have suggested. Perfect Aim has helped me quite a bit and Geno is a very nice man as well as being very generous with his time. It never hurts to have more information like you have posted here.

Best regards, Joey

Hi geno,

i also answered in the other post, but might as well do it here.

way down on cue: depends on the shot. on stopshots yes, on shots where the cb has some traveling to do, no.

strugling: yes from the first day i picked up a cue, but im shooting deadstraight since i discovered i had a eye-"problem" (not a problem, but im part of a small % of people who have this) and found a solution. My speed went up from B- to a A+ in a matter of seconds, and all the strugle is gone. my avg speeds was beating the 7-ball ghost, to beating the 12-ball ghost. i can't stop playing pool , because i'm enjoying it way to much.

case: im ambi-occular (15% of people are this or close to this)

problem: i couldn't line up my dominant eye with the cue, as it changes constantly. i always miss balls on the same side of the table. (not same side of pocket), aka: if when lined up, there is more table see-able to the right, my right eye will be dominant, if there is more table to see, my left is dominant, if i focus on a ball left, the left is dominant, if i focus on a ball to bump to the right the right eye will be dominant. I always changes, and it takes alot of effort to consciously know wich one is dominant and force the dominance in the brain. Just to much work to do for every shot.

solution: i look at something that is to the right of my eye, and the move the eye slowly till i see the cb, this forces the dominance to the right.

practical: (in my case, right handed shooter) i folow my griphand (that is to the right of my eye), along the cue-shaft untill i see the cb. Now i forced my right eye to be dominant each and ever single time, and i can line up my cue under my right eye, knowing that its under the correct dominant eye. (just found that trick out today on a gun shooting forum from a guy who had the same problem )

i have no idea if this is what your perfect aim is, but maybe my own experience can help you in some kind of way.

 

[GMAC]

How do you check for this??? Is there a test you can do when you are down on a shot ?

 

[Solartje]

How do you check for this??? Is there a test you can do when you are down on a shot ?

Geno: i hope im not hijacking the thread...

Gmax, if you want to talk more about it, better to continu on the post i made called parallax ... something. but quick answer.

Ocular Dominance
Ocular domiance is when the brain prefers input from one eye compared to the other. Generally the brain takes the images from each individual eye and merges them into one image. However, because the eyes are not located in the same location there are times that if the brain tried to merge the images from the two eyes you would actually see double. In these situations the brain will suppress the signal from the non-dominant eye and focus on only the dominant eye. This suppression of the non-dominant eye will usually occur when someone is aiming or trying to ‘sight a line’

Eye dominance is similar to being right or left handed but is it not same as your handedness. About two-thirds of the population is right-eye dominant, however in some people neither eye is dominant. Eye domiance can change temporarily depending on the direction of gaze or the size of the image someone is looking at.

Eye domiance can be factor in some aiming sports like darts or archery.

look at a point in the distance, stretch your arm and point to that spot in the distance. If when you close an eye, the finger appears to jump in relation to the background, then the eye you closed is your dominant eye.

- Close your left eye and see a finger jump, you are left eye dominant.
- Close your right eye and see a finger jump, you are right eye dominant.
- See two fingers when you try to point, neither eye is strongly dominant


ps this is one way, there are a couple of ways.
like stretch your arms, use your thumb and index from both hands to make a hole to look through, and then close one eye. if what you see trough the hole changes, the eye you close is the dominant one.

i do suspect that geno has a better way to test this though. The above ways are just the quick easy way to test it.

if you are ambi occular, you can chose witch finger you slightly blurr out (ambi's have harder to blurr one of the two fingers out completly), and doing the above tests will give different results. with me 50% of the cases the finger moves, 50% it dont moves.

 

[genomachino]

It's not me

hey gene,

im looking forward to the improved video..

Maybe you could check out a post i made about aiming, parallax etc in the main forum. No idea if this is something that relates to you perfect aiming, but i might as well ask.


Ps are you the gene thats going to play with the azb queen linda carter in vegas?

hi there again,

and no it's not me that is playing with linda carter. I wish it was though. Sounds like fun.

I won't be playing for about 7 months. Just got the word today. Sling for 4 months and then lots of rehab.

Have a great day geno.................

 

[genomachino]

Very interesting.............

Geno: i hope im not hijacking the thread...

Gmax, if you want to talk more about it, better to continu on the post i made called parallax ... something. but quick answer.

Ocular Dominance
Ocular domiance is when the brain prefers input from one eye compared to the other. Generally the brain takes the images from each individual eye and merges them into one image. However, because the eyes are not located in the same location there are times that if the brain tried to merge the images from the two eyes you would actually see double. In these situations the brain will suppress the signal from the non-dominant eye and focus on only the dominant eye. This suppression of the non-dominant eye will usually occur when someone is aiming or trying to ‘sight a line’

Eye dominance is similar to being right or left handed but is it not same as your handedness. About two-thirds of the population is right-eye dominant, however in some people neither eye is dominant. Eye domiance can change temporarily depending on the direction of gaze or the size of the image someone is looking at.

Eye domiance can be factor in some aiming sports like darts or archery.

look at a point in the distance, stretch your arm and point to that spot in the distance. If when you close an eye, the finger appears to jump in relation to the background, then the eye you closed is your dominant eye.

- Close your left eye and see a finger jump, you are left eye dominant.
- Close your right eye and see a finger jump, you are right eye dominant.
- See two fingers when you try to point, neither eye is strongly dominant


ps this is one way, there are a couple of ways.
like stretch your arms, use your thumb and index from both hands to make a hole to look through, and then close one eye. if what you see trough the hole changes, the eye you close is the dominant one.

i do suspect that geno has a better way to test this though. The above ways are just the quick easy way to test it.

if you are ambi occular, you can chose witch finger you slightly blurr out (ambi's have harder to blurr one of the two fingers out completly), and doing the above tests will give different results. with me 50% of the cases the finger moves, 50% it dont moves.

HI THERE,

THIS COULD BE THE REASON THAT SOME PLAYERS SHOOT WITH ONLY ONE EYE. EVEN THOUGH BOTH EYES ARE OPEN. I DIDN'T KNOW WHY BUT WHEN THESE PLAYERS FOUND THIS OUT THEIR AIMING REALLY IMPROVED WHEN THEY MOVED OVER WITH ONLY THE ONE EYE.

IF THIS IS THE PROBLEM THERE IS NO FIX THAT I HAVE SEEN EXCEPT THE ONE EYED SHOOTING.

IN MY PERFECT AIM LESSON I TEACH PLAYERS TO POSITION EACH EYE ON THE STRAIGHT IN SHOT TO MAKE THE RIGHT EYE DOMINENT AND THEN THE RIGHT EYE DOMINENT. ONE WAY WILL LOOK BETTER. THIS IS THE DOMINENT EYE. IT IS FOOLPROOF.

I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU SOME TIME AND RUN THROUGH SOME THINGS. IT SOUNDS LIKE NOT MANY PLAYERS ARE LIKE YOURSELF.
I NEVER HAD A NAME FOR WHY THESE PLAYERS PLAY WITH ONE EYE BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE NOW I DO.

THANK YOU.

 

[shankster8]

Well, fellow AZBr's I am so amazed this is still going on that I can't hold myself back. I will submit my review of Perfect Aim imminently, but it is too late to get started on it tonite. As a prelude, however, I'd like to remind everyone that I have posted the following question to Gene, and/or any of his disciples, at least a half dozen times: "If you center the cue between your eyes, are your eyes then within 1/8 inch of being in that "perfect spot" you refer to? This simple question demands only a "yes" or "no", but none of the "enlightened" have even ventured an answer (and this includes Gene and all those who have given positive reviews of Perfect Aim, and probably those chastising cococowboy in this thread - which irks me).

I will leave it at this, for now:

I believe Gene sold you all a Placebo for $89.00 (and me too). His system is nothing more than centering your cue between your eyes and fractional ball aiming - THAT'S IT!!! And for all of you who have failed to answer the aforementioned question previously, yet rave about Perfect Aim, let me save you some embarrassment and inform you that Gene inadvertantly answered "yes" to that question during a phone conversation with me. First he asked questions about my shooting experience and ability, and once he figured out that I was a fair shooter, and that I centered the cue, he said that I should have to move my head at most 1/8 inch. I replied that that was exactly the question I'd been asking in the AZB forums, and he fell silent. He also said that his "system" was for those players that didn't know one end of the cue from the other, and not for people like me.

Briefly, my conclusions are as follows:

1) If Gene's video confuses you enough to cause you to devote more time to aiming, your potting will improve - regardless of the content of his teachings.

2) Proffessional courtesy accounts for the positive reviews of Perfect Aim given by accomplished shooters. I would have done the same thing if Gene hadn't ignored my sincere efforts to comprehend his "system" after buying his video, which REALLY IRRITATED me.

3) $89.00 for an amateurish, homemade video instructing you to center your cue beneath your eyes is a bad deal compared to, for example, Jimmy Reid's 5 DVD set for $69. Jimmy Reid has numerous professional championships under his belt; Gene has ZERO. Max Eberle, "Little Joe", Grady, "Dr. Cue", Dr. Dave, Jerry Forsythe, and many, many more professionals have quality, information-packed DVD's available for WAY less cost.

4) Everyone is baffeled by Gene's convoluted explanations, so everyone has to call him to try to comprehend this most expensive instructional pool DVD ever sold. What a Joke!!!!!!!!! A picture is worth a thousand words, isn't it? Yet, after seeing the picture you got to call for more words. So he baffles you with more BS. You bought it, fellow AZBr's, like I did. You can be embarrassed and attempt to mask that with rave reviews, or not. Most do that; I choose not to.

I will submit a review of Perfect Aim soon.

Just letting those interested know that I have not forgotten my commitment here. I've drafted a few pages and watched Gene's DVD four more times, but I just haven't got a finished version yet. I remain certain that the points I've made are valid, and plan to show that. And I intend to demonstrate that Gene willfully perpetuates the confusion surrounding "Perfect Aim". I will show you that he could easily clear this matter up but chooses not to. This confusion serves his financial interests, as proven by his announcing he'd logged about 900 private lessons by the time he released the second version of his DVD. (900 x $150 = $135,000) And, logically, Gene has given lessons to only a small percentage of those who have purchased the DVD. I believe most of us would similarly be motivated to reach out in help of the masses, like Gene, if that enriched us multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars in about a year - for selling only old information packaged obscurely.

By the way, I have no problem with Gene, or anyone else making a ton of money. But if it results from a scam targeting me and other AZBr's, I'll probably try to expose that.

Gene, if I center the cue beneath my eyes, are my eyes then within 1/8 inch of that "perfect position" you continually refer to? I've posted that question probably a dozen times in the past yet you have continually avoided answering it. If you are sincere about helping people, perhaps you should answer it.

 

[genomachino]

i will help. you just need to give me a call..........

Just letting those interested know that I have not forgotten my commitment here. I've drafted a few pages and watched Gene's DVD four more times, but I just haven't got a finished version yet. I remain certain that the points I've made are valid, and plan to show that. And I intend to demonstrate that Gene willfully perpetuates the confusion surrounding "Perfect Aim". I will show you that he could easily clear this matter up but chooses not to. This confusion serves his financial interests, as proven by his announcing he'd logged about 900 private lessons by the time he released the second version of his DVD. (900 x $150 = $135,000) And, logically, Gene has given lessons to only a small percentage of those who have purchased the DVD. I believe most of us would similarly be motivated to reach out in help of the masses, like Gene, if that enriched us multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars in about a year - for selling only old information packaged obscurely.

By the way, I have no problem with Gene, or anyone else making a ton of money. But if it results from a scam targeting me and other AZBr's, I'll probably try to expose that.

Gene, if I center the cue beneath my eyes, are my eyes then within 1/8 inch of that "perfect position" you continually refer to? I've posted that question probably a dozen times in the past yet you have continually avoided answering it. If you are sincere about helping people, perhaps you should answer it.

hi there again shankster,

for some players it is hard to understand the concept i am teaching with perfect aim. this is why i offer my phone number to everyone that buys the video.

i want everyone to understand what i am teaching. it's an amazing technique that we need to know to aim our best.

i would love to help you clear this up with a lesson over the phone. i've been doing this with great success and have helped some of the players that were having trouble understanding how this works.

during this phone lesson i will show you how to position your eyes to make your right eye or your left eye dominant. then you will be able the see which looks the best. i have learned to use these bigger balls that make it real easy to show what the eyes are doing and how to position them. i have been doing this for a couple of months and with great success. i am learning all the time how to teach and teach better so players will understand what i'm showing.

i would like a chance to try this with you but you need to call. i have 2 phone numbers 715-563-8712 cell 715-254-6964 home. anytime

have a great day geno..............

 

[BRKNRUN]

Just letting those interested know that I have not forgotten my commitment here. I've drafted a few pages and watched Gene's DVD four more times, but I just haven't got a finished version yet. I remain certain that the points I've made are valid, and plan to show that. And I intend to demonstrate that Gene willfully perpetuates the confusion surrounding "Perfect Aim". I will show you that he could easily clear this matter up but chooses not to. This confusion serves his financial interests, as proven by his announcing he'd logged about 900 private lessons by the time he released the second version of his DVD. (900 x $150 = $135,000) And, logically, Gene has given lessons to only a small percentage of those who have purchased the DVD. I believe most of us would similarly be motivated to reach out in help of the masses, like Gene, if that enriched us multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars in about a year - for selling only old information packaged obscurely.

By the way, I have no problem with Gene, or anyone else making a ton of money. But if it results from a scam targeting me and other AZBr's, I'll probably try to expose that.

Gene, if I center the cue beneath my eyes, are my eyes then within 1/8 inch of that "perfect position" you continually refer to? I've posted that question probably a dozen times in the past yet you have continually avoided answering it. If you are sincere about helping people, perhaps you should answer it.

I think the answer may be that the middle is different for each individual...You just need to know how to find yours....(call him)

I am a very strong left eye dominant person...(cue directly under my left eye)

I pocket balls very well, but have problems sometimes with "off" angle shots.

I have not seen the video...I called Gene and he gladly went over my situation and showed my some things and methods on how my right eye does aid in my alignment (or hinder) on some shots...I don't have big balls, so we opted for rolls of toilet paper......He then went over some other methods that he thought may be of interest to me.

There is not a scam involved here...I belive from talking to Gene he has a genuine interest in helping people (of any level) get better at pool.

He has openly posted his phone number(s) on this forum...What scam gives you a direct and open communication line???

 

[genomachino]

your on your way............

I think the answer may be that the middle is different for each individual...You just need to know how to find yours....(call him)

I am a very strong left eye dominant person...(cue directly under my left eye)

I pocket balls very well, but have problems sometimes with "off" angle shots.

I have not seen the video...I called Gene and he gladly went over my situation and showed my some things and methods on how my right eye does aid in my alignment (or hinder) on some shots...I don't have big balls, so we opted for rolls of toilet paper......He then went over some other methods that he thought may be of interest to me.

There is not a scam involved here...I belive from talking to Gene he has a genuine interest in helping people (of any level) get better at pool.

He has openly posted his phone number(s) on this forum...What scam gives you a direct and open communication line???

thanks for the reply,

THIS IS THE PHONE LESSON THAT I DO FOR FREE. WITH THE NEW TECHNIQUES THAT I USE IT MAKES IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND PERFECT AIM.

YOU HAVE KIND OF A UNIQUE EYE DOMINANCE. ON THE STRAIGHT IN SHOT YOU ARE SO STRONG EYE DOMINANT THAT YOU SHOOT WITH PRETTY MUCH ONE EYE. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE ANGLE SHOTS THAT YOU HAVE SOME TROUBLE WITH YOUR EYES ALMOST SEE THE SHOTS THE SAME AS SOMEONE WITH NORMAL DOMINANCE EXCEPT THAT YOUR MIDDLE IS SHIFTED OVER A LITTLE.

NOW THAT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON YOU CAN CORRECT YOUR SHOTS. NOW YOU CAN WORK TO GET YOUR EYES IN THE PROPER POSITION SO YOUR BRAIN GETS THE CORRECT INFO TO SHOOT WHERE YOU SEE.

THE REST IS GETTING USED TO SEEING THE SHOT FINALLY AND GETTING USED TO SHOOTING WHAT YOU SEE. THE MAIN THING IS YOU KNOW HOW TO GET THERE. THE MORE YOU PRACTICE THIS THE QUICKER YOUR IMPROVEMENT WILL BE.

I GAVE 3 OF THESE FREE LESSONS OVER THE PHONE TODAY AND HAD GREAT RESULTS WITH THEM ALL.

LET ME KNOW HOW IT'S GOING IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THANKS AGAIN GENO...........

 

[shankster8]

Perfect Aim

Hello BRKNRUN! It is interesting that you think the middle may be different for each individual. That was the message that the other instructors were embracing until they went underground as a result of the enormity of Geno's suport (randyg, poolteachr, ScottLee, Roger Long come to mind). Geno preaches there is only one spot for the eyes, and that spot is such that the left eye sights along the left side of the cueball and sees the proper objectball overlap for left cuts, and visa versa for right cuts. This means that the cue must be centered beneath the eyes (within 1/8 inch) since our eyespan (distance between pupils) approximates the cueball width. (I measured a dozen people and eyespans varied from 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 inches.) The other instructors embrace the concept of a "vision center" which doesn't necessarily coincide with the midpoint between the eyes. There is abundant evidence (video) which demonstrates that many or most pros don't center the cue beneath their eyes. Geno dismisses that fact by saying they just practiced so much that they've learned to do it wrong. I am not making a judgement here, but recall that everytime I thought the world was wrong, it turned out that I was.

It's Geno against the world now, and Geno has bluntly stated that none of the other instructors know what they are teaching and will someday wish they had been teaching Perfect Aim all along. Everyone should read this page for a summary of his and the other instructors attitudes regarding this matter: http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=153371&page=2

BRKNRUN, Did you notice that Gene again neglected to answer the question I've posted over and over. Don't you think there might be a reason for that? Gene is quick to reply or comment on any post he can possibly use to spread "Perfect Aim" spam. But he avoids my question like poison, because it would demystify "Perfect Aim" and reveal it to be no more than a requirement to center the cue beneath your eyes.

I am confused about your eye position...(cue directly under my left eye) , because that is over an inch from where Gene says your eyes must be. So, it is a good thing that you are communicating with him.

I am also confused by "I pocket balls very well, but have problems sometimes with "off" angle shots." You need to buy Gene's DVD because he clears that right up. For example, if you're shooting an off angle shot to the left (left cut), just sight with your left eye along the left edge of the cueball, and align that edge so it properly overlaps the object ball for that shot (say 1/3 ball, for example) Voila!!!!!!! They all drop, from now on.
Actually he'll probably tell you to move your head to the right until you "lose the shot"; "then go back." Unfortunately, that is not meaningful since he neglects to tell you where to start from or where to go back to. He also misleads by moving his head inches in demonstration. So, my advice is drop onto the shot with the cue centered between your eyes, and then move your dominant eye at most 1/8 inch toward the cue if your eyespan is 2 1/2 inches. My eyespan is 2 1/4 inch, the same as the cueball width, so I don't move my eyes.
But how can that make sense ie you pocket balls well with the cue directly under your dominant eye. I guess we'll have to lump you into the category with those nutty instructors - into the trash with you, Sir!

BRKNRUN, above we discussed a cut to the left, but what if you had to cut to the right using Gene's "system"? He unequivocably instructs that, if you are left eye dominant, you always move your left eye in toward the cue. He also instructs that, when cutting right, your eye sights along the right edge of the cueball. Note that if you start from a cue centered position, and your eyespan is 2 1/2 inches, you need to move your dominant eye away from the cue to bring your right eye into the proper position, not toward the cue as he instructs.
I've observed posts wherein Gene alludes to the false conclusion that his "system" in not incompatible with the concept of a "vision center", as taught by the other instructors, but Gene boxed himself in with his fractional ball aiming method wherein he clearly demos that the right eye sights along the right side of the cueball on right cuts to see the proper object ball overlap, and visa versa with left cuts. One doesn't sense any problem when discussing this relative to a 1/4 ball hit, and 1/3 ball, and 1/2 ball, and 2/3 ball, and 3/4 ball, and 7/8 ball hit. But what happens on the straight in shot? Truly, the right eye must be in a position to sight along the right edge of both balls;otherwise, there is a discontinuity between the 7/8 and full ball hit. This means that the eyes must be centered over the cue on straight in shots, within 1/8 - which obviates the concept of a "vision center" divorced more than 1/8 inch from the midpoint between the eyes. Gene against the world.

Got to go - have a full day of pool ahead. Review coming soon.

 

[DRW]

ignore mode

I was trying to think of where your threads and posts should be located and could only come up with this.

JoeyA

I finally was able to put him on ignore in the user control panel today. I expect my reading of this entire web site will be much more enjoyable from now on! No smiley or joke intended!

 

[sr 9ball]

I think the best way to show people what genes “middle” is. And the easiest way to show how everyone’s eyes work.
Every house should have a cutting board. I want u to hold the cutting board an arms length in front of yourself. Looking at the board’s edge vertical. Now site down the board like you’re looking down your shaft aiming. Now move your head a little to the left then a little to your right. U will notice when each side of the board appears. U only need to move your head about 1/8th of an inch to each side. U really can’t see both sides of the board at the same time. And if u can, it’s not a very clear picture. Moving your head 1’8th of an inch to one side or the other will give u that clear picture.

I’m guessing some people are like 90% right eye dominant. Or like, 60% left eye dominant. And someone with no dominant eye, 50% each side. There middle would be exactly in the middle of both eyes. Just a wild guess. I could be completely wrong.

So anyways that’s my view of the middle. I think its easier to show u with a cutting board because its harder to understand with round balls I think. Give gene a call and he will step u through it with balls. Its free.
everything up.
I was always a strong shooter. But a terrible at razer thin cuts. I bought his video when they first came out. And I could instantly see the thin cut shots. But the rest of the video didn’t make since to me. But after the phone call a couple of weeks ago, he cleared

 

[peteypooldude]

Very important person

Hey Gene,I just wanted to let you know how glad I am to have come in contact with you,you go down on my list of the most important contacts I have come across in my game,just taking a second to think about whats going on with my eyes and knowing I have an advantage of seeing correctly during my matches gives me more confidence on my shot making ,I consider the information invaluable ,and the thin cuts are now just a speed shot.I just wanted to drop in and say thanks Happy Easter Peteypooldude

 

[genomachino]

Glad perfect aim is working for you............

hey gene,i just wanted to let you know how glad i am to have come in contact with you,you go down on my list of the most important contacts i have come across in my game,just taking a second to think about whats going on with my eyes and knowing i have an advantage of seeing correctly during my matches gives me more confidence on my shot making ,i consider the information invaluable ,and the thin cuts are now just a speed shot.i just wanted to drop in and say thanks happy easter peteypooldude

hi there pete,

you were one of the first players that i did the phone lesson with. In fact when you told me that you had lost the video and i told you i'd help you on the phone so you could work on perfect aim before the next video got there was when i realized how strong just explaining it on the phone could be.

You just freaked right away because it really cleared things up for you quickly. And i'm sure it's gotten better for you ever since. And every phone lesson has been a great success ever since then.

I've been doing the phone lesson for free and when the players see what i am teaching and can see the results in just 15 minutes they can't wait to order the perfect aim video so they can learn more and have backup so they will never forget how to correct their aim.

I knew this would work and i'm glad i started doing this. I'm laid up with my shoulder for another 4 to 5 months. I can still teach and players can still learn this amazing method right over the phone.

My hats off to you my friend and the other azers that have helped me perfect this type of lesson over the phone. In fact i even gave one today with john from chicago.

And the best part is the players can learn this on the phone for free, if they want they can buy the video on line. If they order the video they got by so cheap to learn something so valuable. Only 80.00 including the s&h. What a deal.....

Do you think what you learned is worth $80.00?

What's your opinion.

Happy easter to you and your family......thanks again...

 

[genomachino]

dominance issues i have found..........

Geno: i hope im not hijacking the thread...

Gmax, if you want to talk more about it, better to continu on the post i made called parallax ... something. but quick answer.

Ocular Dominance
Ocular domiance is when the brain prefers input from one eye compared to the other. Generally the brain takes the images from each individual eye and merges them into one image. However, because the eyes are not located in the same location there are times that if the brain tried to merge the images from the two eyes you would actually see double. In these situations the brain will suppress the signal from the non-dominant eye and focus on only the dominant eye. This suppression of the non-dominant eye will usually occur when someone is aiming or trying to ‘sight a line’

Eye dominance is similar to being right or left handed but is it not same as your handedness. About two-thirds of the population is right-eye dominant, however in some people neither eye is dominant. Eye domiance can change temporarily depending on the direction of gaze or the size of the image someone is looking at.

Eye domiance can be factor in some aiming sports like darts or archery.

look at a point in the distance, stretch your arm and point to that spot in the distance. If when you close an eye, the finger appears to jump in relation to the background, then the eye you closed is your dominant eye.

- Close your left eye and see a finger jump, you are left eye dominant.
- Close your right eye and see a finger jump, you are right eye dominant.
- See two fingers when you try to point, neither eye is strongly dominant


ps this is one way, there are a couple of ways.
like stretch your arms, use your thumb and index from both hands to make a hole to look through, and then close one eye. if what you see trough the hole changes, the eye you close is the dominant one.

i do suspect that geno has a better way to test this though. The above ways are just the quick easy way to test it.

if you are ambi occular, you can chose witch finger you slightly blurr out (ambi's have harder to blurr one of the two fingers out completly), and doing the above tests will give different results. with me 50% of the cases the finger moves, 50% it dont moves.

hi there,

I THINK I'M UNDERSTANDING BETTER WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. THIS MIGHT BE WHY IT IS HARDER SOMETIMES TO FIND THE DOMINENT EYE. WHAT I DO IS USE BIGGER BALLS TO HAVE THE PLAYER AIM A SHOT. THIS TAKES ALL THE GUESS WORK OUT OF WHICH EYE IS DOMINANT. WITH THE BIGGER BALLS THE DOMINANT EYE ALMOST JUMPS RIGHT UP AND SAYS HERE I AM. THIS WAY I DO IT IS FOOL PROOF. THEN I SHOW THE PLAYER HOW TO POSITION THE NON-DOMINANT EYE AS IF IT WAS THE DOMINANT EYE. NOW THE PLAYER CAN POSITIVELY SEE BOTH WAYS AND CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT ONE WAY IS DEFFINITELY MUCH BETTER THAN THE OTHER.

ABOUT 20% OF ALL PLAYERS I WORKED WITH WOULD FLUNK EVERY CONVENTIONAL EYE DOMINANCE TEST WHEN I WAS TRYING TO FIND THEIR DOMINANT EYE. WHEN THEY WOULD START SHOOTING I COULD EVEN SEE BY WHERE THEY HAD THE CUE PLACE THAT THEY WERE COMPLETELY THE OTHER EYE DOMINANT.

THE PROBLEM WITH THE NORMAL SIZE THE POOL BALLS IS THAT THEY ARE PROBABLY THE WORST SIZE TO HAVE AS FAR AS MAKING OPTICAL ILLUSIONS FOR EVERYONE ESPECIALLY FOR PLAYERS THAT HAVE THE EYE CONDITION YOU HAVE DESCRIBED.

NORMAL PLAYERS HAVE TROUBLE HAVING THESE EYES IN THE RIGHT POSITION. THIS RESULTS IN MANY OF THE SHOTS THAT ARE MISSED. LEARNING HOW THE EYES NEED TO BE POSITIONED SEEMS TO ALMOST CUT THE PLAYERS MISSES IN HALF RIGHT AWAY IF THEY UNDERSTAND IT PROPERLY.

DEPENDING ON THE EYE DOMINANCE AND HOW STRONG IT IS OUTLINES WHERE THIS MIDDLE IS FOR EVERYONE. EACH INDIVIDUAL IS DIFFERENT.
I WONDER IF SOMEONE THAT HAS THIS CONDITION CAN BE TAUGHT HOW TO IDENTIFY THIS MIDDLE THEREFOR HELPING TO KNOW WHERE TO POSITION THE EYES TO SEE THE SHOT THE BEST?

I AM VERY INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH SOMEONE THAT IS LIKE THIS.

GIVE ME A CALL 715-563-8712.ANYTIME..............THANKS

 

[cuetechasaurus]

Geno I have not come around to anything! It has not been a YEAR since you were in PHX, so check your calendar.

I said: "I will see what this is all about when Geno comes back to the Valley of the Sun."

I said what I said as in a previous THREAD you mention doing a demo for me of PERFECTING AIM if you come to Phoenix again.

I am not sold on anything, not convinced about anything, and will not, and have no intentions of making any long distance calls to you, becaue I have HEARING PROBLEMS.

If you ever make it to PHX again, and we can be in the same place for 15-30 minutes I will let you show me as you said.

Being perfect honesty I am not loosing any sleep not know about Perfect Aiming. I know you can play pool at a very high level GENO, but I know this in not just because of PERFECT AIMING.

P.S. I don't GAMBLE on Pool over a Buck a Set, or $.25/GAME. I play Pool because I love the GAME!!!!

I think that it's only fitting to respond to your post in giant letters. I think its really cool. Even though I have nothing to say about the subject matter, again, giant letters are cool.

 

[genomachino]

For a second there i thought............

I think that it's only fitting to respond to your post in giant letters. I think its really cool. Even though I have nothing to say about the subject matter, again, giant letters are cool.

I THOUGHT THE COWBOY WAS BACK FOR A SECOND THERE..:thumbup: