Pros and dominant eyes

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I am wondering what percentage of pros shoot with the cue under their dominant eye. Can you name a few that shoot with their chin centered? What about snooker players. Are they taught to shoot with their cue centered?

Earl, Efren, Rodney and Johnny Archer all shoot with their cue under their dominant eye.
 
mnShooter said:
Earl, Efren, Rodney and Johnny Archer all shoot with their cue under their dominant eye.
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You need to take another look at Earl. Not only does he not play with the cue under either eye, it is under his ear. Do you suppose it's his dominant ear? :rolleyes: Dominant eye has no bearing on shooting pool.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
 
Scott Lee said:
You need to take another look at Earl. Not only does he not play with the cue under either eye, it is under his ear. Do you suppose it's his dominant ear? :rolleyes: Dominant eye has no bearing on shooting pool.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
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The butt portion may rest close to under his ear, but the shaft is directly beneath his right eye. You dominant eye deniers are the worst.;)

Other pros with "traditional" dominant eye aiming. Wu Chia Ching, Kuo Po Chang, Niels Feijen just to name a few more.:)

Chin centered, Pagulayan, Chao Fong Pang, Corey Deuel.
 

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cuetechasaurus said:
Has that been proven? Can you explain?
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It hasn't been proven or dis-proven, just like Big Foot or the Lochness Monster. Everyone takes a stand on this issue, but everyone's right and everyone's wrong. Let the cue ride where it wants to ride in order to have a nice straight stroke and don't worry about where your eyes are.:)
 
Klopek said:
It hasn't been proven or dis-proven, just like Big Foot or the Lochness Monster. Everyone takes a stand on this issue, but everyone's right and everyone's wrong. Let the cue ride where it wants to ride in order to have a nice straight stroke and don't worry about where your eyes are.:)
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Exactly right, but just make sure it rides in the same spot every time. This should go with out saying, but the flaw I find in many peoples games is that their head is in a different spot in relation to the cue from shot to shot.
 
Klopek said:
The butt portion may rest close to under his ear, but the shaft is directly beneath his right eye. You dominant eye deniers are the worst.;)

Other pros with "traditional" dominant eye aiming. Wu Chia Ching, Kuo Po Chang, Niels Feijen just to name a few more.:)

Chin centered, Pagulayan, Chao Fong Pang, Corey Deuel.
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That's because he has only 1 eye wich he can use! The other doesn't work at all... or maybe 15%...
 
The picture of Earl shows that he's right-eye dominant. With that said, I don't believe knowledge of one's dominant eye should have a huge influence on how you approach the game. You should always feel centered no matter where your head rests. Instructors should be aware of it because it allows them to make adjustments to their teaching style but a player doesn't overwhelmingly need this information.

Also, eye-dominance is incredibly overrated. Most people that talk of it, don't know much about it. Eye-dominance changes according to where the target lies. If it lies in the left portion of your vision, you're going to focus on that target with your left-eye. If it lies on the right, the right-eye will take-over. Your brain does this automatically and you don't even notice it happening. The end result is you know exactly where the target lies in relation to you and that's all you need to know. If it were a real problem, people would be missing elevator buttons all the time.

Don't get too analytical. Hand-eye coordination is something that has been genetically woven in us over tens of thousands of years. Great pool happens when you allow your instincts to take over and that's not going to happen with a collegiate-style approach. Feel free to give it more research but understand that its application is, IMHO trivial.
 
Klopek said:
It hasn't been proven or dis-proven, just like Big Foot or the Lochness Monster. Everyone takes a stand on this issue, but everyone's right and everyone's wrong. Let the cue ride where it wants to ride in order to have a nice straight stroke and don't worry about where your eyes are.:)
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Actually it has been proven. Your dominant eye receives information 10/1000's of a second before the other eye (it takes 4/1000's of a second to blink)...not enough time to make any difference, in how the eyes operate binocularly. The second half of your statement is somewhat true. What we need to find out is where we "see" a straight line, and then have the ability to deliver the cuestick in a likewise fashion.

Scott Lee
www.poolknowledge.com
 
Have any of you ever tried lining up on a shot with each eye closed? I'm right eye dominant. If I close my left eye and put the cue underneath my chin, and line up to the shot with my right eye only, it feels and looks right. If I do the same, but look with my left eye and keep the right one closed, even if the cue is centered under my chin, its very awkward and it feels the line of the cue is crooked. The dominant eye must play some role IMO.
 
cuetechasaurus said:
Have any of you ever tried lining up on a shot with each eye closed? I'm right eye dominant. If I close my left eye and put the cue underneath my chin, and line up to the shot with my right eye only, it feels and looks right. If I do the same, but look with my left eye and keep the right one closed, even if the cue is centered under my chin, its very awkward and it feels the line of the cue is crooked. The dominant eye must play some role IMO.
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IMO, too. Though it's not something you have to think about during every shot, if you're in a slump or having problems with your alignment, it's a good thing to know which eye is dominant. This isn't speculation, it's a fact - only you're dominant eye is going to give you a straight view down the cue and along the target line.
 
MyraCurfs said:
If you close one eye... you can almost see no depth, so that is not an option!
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I gambled with a guy once and he had me wear a patch over my one eye as a spot and it was definately tough with no depth perception,plus it gives you a headache,lol.:)
 
Scott Lee said:
You need to take another look at Earl. Not only does he not play with the cue under either eye, it is under his ear. Do you suppose it's his dominant ear? :rolleyes: Dominant eye has no bearing on shooting pool.
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Scott, for once I agree with you 100%! :p
 
How about this?

Who can provide a picture of a right handed player that is left eye dominate and sets up, aims and strokes through the ball with the cue remaining under his/her left eye. I would love to see who can and does this.

In addition if you reverse this situation for a left handed player holding the cue under his/her right dominate eye that would be nice to see too.
 
Niels Feijen also shoots with his dominant eye. Kevin doesn't Ralph and Kim Shaw shoot that way, right handed and left eye Dominant? I have some videos and it clearly shows them doing it this way in the videos.
 
Here's WCC. Left-handed, with cue under his right eye.

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Kevin Lindstrom said:
Who can provide a picture of a right handed player that is left eye dominate and sets up, aims and strokes through the ball with the cue remaining under his/her left eye. I would love to see who can and does this.

In addition if you reverse this situation for a left handed player holding the cue under his/her right dominate eye that would be nice to see too.
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great post i forgot he shot this way also. I can shoot all three ways. I am a left handed player and shot with cue under chin, now i shoot with it uner my left eye, but i can shoot cross dominant eye also just that it feels weird and a bit uncomfortable. So i don't really by into the eye dominance thing that much.
 
Fast Lenny said:
I gambled with a guy once and he had me wear a patch over my one eye as a spot and it was definately tough with no depth perception,plus it gives you a headache,lol.:)
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Now there is a SPOT I am dying to try.
 
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