Seems like a justn kinda thing to think up
Shooting while blindfolded
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Likely because there are far more definitive ways to practice improving your consistency.. Ones that you can observe visually so your brain can interpret what went right or wrong.
I would suggest straight in shots. Then advance to straight in shots diagonally where you pocket the object ball and draw the cue ball back into the corner pocket under your cue.. The last one I mentioned will test your skills and if there is any giddyup in your stroke one or both of the balls will still be on the table.
JMO.
3 blind men having a conversation.
First one says : I should be on the Yankees. I can average 330 and I'm blind.
Second one says: I should join the PGA tour. I can play 25 below par on any course and I'm blind.
Third one says: I gotta see this.
The last time I tried to hit the cue ball blindfolded my bridge hand landed in the corner pocket.
I lost my balance, fell forward, face hit the table, and broke a tooth.
I wonder if a pool simulator would work like a flight simulator.
First one says : I should be on the Yankees. I can average 330 and I'm blind.
Second one says: I should join the PGA tour. I can play 25 below par on any course and I'm blind.
Third one says: I gotta see this.
The last time I tried to hit the cue ball blindfolded my bridge hand landed in the corner pocket.
I lost my balance, fell forward, face hit the table, and broke a tooth.
I wonder if a pool simulator would work like a flight simulator.
Zerksies
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I've been doing this for the last few months. I probably put in a few racks of balls in a day doing this. I don't count the ball till i do it successfully. I don't advance a level till i get about 90%+ of successful shots. Right now I'm maxed out on how far I can go. But the precision needed to make these balls that far apart has improved consistency and over all improved my hit. Each level require a more precise hit.
But… if the player is Asian will they get dis-oriented
That it may work for some can't be precluded. Still, it seems superfluous and unrelated to the problems of shot alignment and execution.
How does it seem unrelated to shot alignment? That's pretty much exactly what this is testing, or at least could be testing. I used to do something similar: I would setup a long straight in shot and then chalk the outline of my feet while in my stance. Then you step out of your stance and reapproach the shot with your eyes closed (or even open). Once down in your stance you see how close you came to your ideal stance. Nothing earth shattering, you're just checking to see how consistently you are approaching the table. It can be surprising how often you plant your feet several inches off from ideal on the same shot.
The original post is just taking that idea to its logical conclusion.
The original post is just taking that idea to its logical conclusion.
I agree those shots are probably more important, but I don't think anyone was suggesting to ignore all the other shots, but just throwing out an idea. I think I could actually benefit more from shooting, and/or stroking more with my eyes closed. It's not just a gimmick, but a way to clear the environmental clutter and allow you to more acutely experience what your body is doing. It's not always easy to feel what your wrist -- for instance is doing, when your brain gets excited by the sight of the ball dropping into the pocket, or in my case -- when it crashes into the rail.
How does "blindfolded" relate to or worse, aid in what is a very hand eye intensive activity? If you don't know when you're shooting if you're aligned or not, 1) the actual shot will tell you and 2) your time should be spent on stabilizing your preshot routine.
Guy Manges
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Drunks have done this routine for years, It helps to find the table... Guy
Visualization, while admittedly a bit clouded in mysticism, is practiced by a lot of athletes, even elite ones. Shooting with your eyes closed is just sort of a version of that. Or maybe it's a way to separate the eye-hand activity into just the hand (and body) part.
Whatever it is, if I were you -- I wouldn't spend any time shooting shots with my eyes closed as you've clearly ruled out any potential benefits.
Shooting blind (which I don't do) can have benefits like holographic self awareness. Regardlesss, the practice presumes you are already in position. Trying to approach a shot blind on the other hand, seems more like a novelty and perhaps even a self aggrandizing pursuit
Also, if you spin them from east to west will they get occidently dis-oriented?
What are your "levels"?
I was thinking they might still occidentally make the ball in spite of being dis-oriented.
GentlemanJames
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Blindfolded Practice over the pool table... ah,Yeeaaah... this would end-up one of those times when Dad would tell me I have waaay too much time on my hands, and that I need to find something constructive to do with myself; then, he'd walk-away shaking his head. - GJ
Practicing blindfolded will certainly give you reason to practice more,,,,,,,,,,,,
I thought I invented closing my eyes before parking my car, but after seeing some videos even that looks to have been done before.
Sure, it will test how well you can play when blind. But not so much anything else. You know your alignment is good when you make the ball a high percentage of the time. Shooting without any warm up strokes is a much better way to do this. Setup a straight shot, get down, shoot.