problem solved

[havoc]

i have been really trying hard to work with an aiming system and make it work for me.the system i chose was the one where you divide the object ball in halves or quarters depending on the cut angle.it seemed to work pretty good until i started drilling spot shots(shooting from the 2nd diamond on the long rail,1st diamond on the short rail).

from the left side of the table,using a quarter ball hit i made the spot shot.when i switched sides the quarter ball hit didn't work.it was really bothering me.i'd make adjustments and start making it but that left me where i started,not knowing where to aim.

someone suggested checking for my dominate eye.i did the test and deemed myself right eye dominant,worked on the spot shot with my right eye over the shaft; same results.

now i'm frustrated.so i did something different.i put my left eye over the shaft and sure enough i started sinking the spot shot from both sides.i was pumped.all my drills went so much better afterwards.

why did my test show right eye dominance but did not prove to be the case in this case?

 

[Bob Jewett]

i have been really trying hard to work with an aiming system and make it work for me.the system i chose was the one where you divide the object ball in halves or quarters depending on the cut angle.it seemed to work pretty good until i started drilling spot shots(shooting from the 2nd diamond on the long rail,1st diamond on the short rail)....

I'm puzzled. A spot shot as a quarter-ball hit is shot with the cue ball on the head spot. It is slightly more than a 45-degree cut. For a half-ball spot shot, your stick will be over some part of the corner pocket when you shoot. The best diagrams I've seen for fractional-ball situations are in Freddy the Beard's books.

As for your problem with the cut angle being different when your apparently dominant eye is over the shot, I think the answer is clear: while it may be dominant in some test, effectively you are really aiming with your other eye. You should put your head where you see the shots accurately, not where some (bogus?) test says to put it.

 

[JohnnyP]

Bob: I'm badly cross dominant. I am likely to over cut a ball to the left, and undercut one to the right.

Do you think it would help to have a spotter stand behind the pocket and tell me when my aim is correct, then move my head until the shot looks right?

 

[Bob Jewett]

Bob: I'm badly cross dominant. I am likely to over cut a ball to the left, and undercut one to the right.

Do you think it would help to have a spotter stand behind the pocket and tell me when my aim is correct, then move my head until the shot looks right?

This might help. A common problem with cases such as yours (and mine) is that the final stroke is not along the original apparent aiming line.

Do you have the problem on straight-ins? Do you often get unintended side spin on the cue ball?

 

[Scottster]

I am likely to over cut a ball to the left, and undercut one to the right.

Johhny I have never met you but from what you said above I will bet a hundred and give 10:1 odds that you are left handed....

 

[JohnnyP]

Bingo. Two times bingo.

I was asking Wayne Norcross about this last weekend, so he setup what was basically a shorter version of the spot shot. First attempt I overcut to the left, so he yelled "Why are you hitting everything with right English?" I told him I guess I don't know where the center of the cueball is. He stood behind the pocket until I found the center of the cueball, then I hit the next four into the center of the pocket.

A rare moment of looking good:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6912406045383460884