Do any pros or anyone that you normally play pool with shoot pool while only aiming down the shaft or shot line with their dominant eye open? I was messing around tonight on my home table with this tactic and I seemed to shoot fairly accurately. It helped with long straight in shots the most I would say. If it works for shooting a rifle, I wonder why it's not more practiced more? My only guess is that you may sacrifice depth perception by shooting with only one eye.
Shooting with one eye closed
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I suspect that may work for straight in shots, or at least, near straight in shots. I also suspect it would start to be a hindrance as the cut angle and distance between CB and OB increase.
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Putting one eye looking dead down the cue works for simple shots. For more complicated shots having the information from both eyes helps put the shot together. Some people with only one eye learn to shoot quite well with only one and of course many people drive with one eye where depth perception or learning to work with your disadvantage is a must.
When I bent better I used to shoot very fine table length cuts using one eye and very low to the cue. I have a beard and found the cue slid on the side of my chin or cheek just fine. This did mean I was getting minimum information for better or worse. Once you decide on the shot and get down in your stance you can close both eyes or look at nothing at all and it doesn't make much difference.
Hu
Putting one eye looking dead down the cue works for simple shots. For more complicated shots having the information from both eyes helps put the shot together. Some people with only one eye learn to shoot quite well with only one and of course many people drive with one eye where depth perception or learning to work with your disadvantage is a must.
When I bent better I used to shoot very fine table length cuts using one eye and very low to the cue. I have a beard and found the cue slid on the side of my chin or cheek just fine. This did mean I was getting minimum information for better or worse. Once you decide on the shot and get down in your stance you can close both eyes or look at nothing at all and it doesn't make much difference.
Hu
The simple answer is yes...most definitely.
It can definitely be done, but you get a distorted view and its best to have both eyes open. It can work on any angle but unless you are used to viewing with one eye due to having a defect in the other eye it may hinder you in the long run. I would assume its helping you because your vision centre is off slightly. Note how your head and eye is aligned over the cue when one eye is shut then open the other eye and shoot like that.
Also if someone has the time to post a link to Dr Daves vision centre resource page it would help you massively.
Also if someone has the time to post a link to Dr Daves vision centre resource page it would help you massively.
I played many, many years ago with a friend who only had one eye and he didn't play all that bad on a bar table. I don't think he would have done as well on a 9 foot table. I've tried it myself and it's not easy and I think you do sacrifice too much to make it a regular practice. I've never seen anyone who was a good player do this and that includes professional players.
I've never aimed down a shaft either, never even heard of it until I came to AZ and I started playing in the early '60s.
I've never aimed down a shaft either, never even heard of it until I came to AZ and I started playing in the early '60s.
I thought one of the European players who won a major tournament recently only has one good eye.
I lost the use of one eye 13 years ago due to a tumor around the optic nerve. I would have double vision if the center vision wasn't blacked out by the brain. The peripheral vision that I have is a problem with pool. I have had some times of shooting good during this time, but find it much better to close that eye or wear a patch. I have bumped the cue ball or another object ball with the cue or my hand a few times due to the depth perception being off.
I have found a source for contact lenses that block the vision, but have not made the decision to buy yet. I have never worn contacts, and don't think I would unless it were for a tournament or shooting for more than about two hours at a time.
I lost the use of one eye 13 years ago due to a tumor around the optic nerve. I would have double vision if the center vision wasn't blacked out by the brain. The peripheral vision that I have is a problem with pool. I have had some times of shooting good during this time, but find it much better to close that eye or wear a patch. I have bumped the cue ball or another object ball with the cue or my hand a few times due to the depth perception being off.
I have found a source for contact lenses that block the vision, but have not made the decision to buy yet. I have never worn contacts, and don't think I would unless it were for a tournament or shooting for more than about two hours at a time.
Funny thing, I was just trying this Saturday. Did not make a single ball. I wear glasses and a lot of times they get in the way and cut up my vision a bit. So I thought, hm.. no glasses maybe OK. But one of my eyes is a lot worse than the other. Then I thought, why not close the bad eye and use my good eye.
Tried maybe a dozen half table length half ball cut shots, missed every one, put glasses back on.
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sometimes....
Seems to work is the key.....
Unless you have ocular vision, use only one eye to aim, your brain is wired to work with both eyes open with the dominant eye in the most dominant position it can be in naturally to see the shot correctly.
Using one eye doesn't work very well because now you are looking through the center of the ball whereas before the dominant eye is actually a little bit to the right or left, depending on the dominant eye, to envision the shot correctly.
If you lose an eye it will take a period of time for the eye to rewire with the brain to see well when aiming a shot.
From what I have seen over hundreds of lessons though, if a person loses an eye that is dominant, even if it is gone, the dominant eye will have to be in the dominant position so the remaining eye can be in the correct position to see the shot as good as possible.
This can be done manually and with great success for players that have lost an eye.
This is break through stuff for players that have lost an eye.
Just like players with 2 eyes, manually getting the dominant eye in the most correct position will help players with one eye also.
It's just how the eyes were wired with the brain and i'm seeing this still has an effect when one eye is lost.
I don't expect many players to understand what I'm saying but what I'm saying is 100% correct.
The eyes are amazing and complex, but at the same time are very simple once this process is figured out.
Keep shooting with 2 eyes my friend. You could be opposite eye dominant and don't even know it. With one eye looking we can isolate that eye just like a gun. This can be done with the right eye or the left. The only difference is it's harder to get the opposite eye over the ball.
Players everywhere from amateur to pros are still trying to play better and figure these eyes out naturally all the time. Playing hours a day to stay in stroke is the norm to keep the eyes there naturally. Once a player learns how to manually get the eyes in the most correct position, practice time can be cut in half with results that might even be better.
I have yet to work with someone that doesn't have a WOW moment when they first see with their own eyes how this works and how much easier it makes it to aim a shot.
If you understood how all this works you would understand why this one eye thing will not work. it's not just the depth perception but the overall way your brain is wired with your eyes.
If you had ocular vision, aim with only one eye even though you have 2, this will work for you because that is the way your brain is wired. This is how about 1% of the pool population is. They see with only one eye even though they have 2 eyes. The cue is directly under the one eye.
But players that use both eyes, needing to have the dominant eye in the most correct position, just need to work with what they have. Trying to aim with one eye for players that need to move the eye over after closing one just can't shoot with one.
it's just the way it is and I do have the scientific proof. The only problem is that as far as I know I'm the only one that has ever figured this out. There was no book or video to watch to find this info.
It took years of giving 100's of lessons on the road to see the tendencies and figure this all out one piece at a time.
I finally put all the pieces together and have learned how to teach it to everyone.
Keep aiming with both eyes my friend.
You could give me a call and I will do a free phone lesson with you by a table.
In about 15 minutes to 1/2 hour you will understand how this works and why one eye won't work for 2 eyed players.
715-563-8712 All I ask is that you share your info with everyone else because it will be all good.
Talk to you soon. Afternoons are the best. Late afternoon.
This information is priceless..........Just trying to help everyone....
Unless you have ocular vision, use only one eye to aim, your brain is wired to work with both eyes open with the dominant eye in the most dominant position it can be in naturally to see the shot correctly.
Using one eye doesn't work very well because now you are looking through the center of the ball whereas before the dominant eye is actually a little bit to the right or left, depending on the dominant eye, to envision the shot correctly.
If you lose an eye it will take a period of time for the eye to rewire with the brain to see well when aiming a shot.
From what I have seen over hundreds of lessons though, if a person loses an eye that is dominant, even if it is gone, the dominant eye will have to be in the dominant position so the remaining eye can be in the correct position to see the shot as good as possible.
This can be done manually and with great success for players that have lost an eye.
This is break through stuff for players that have lost an eye.
Just like players with 2 eyes, manually getting the dominant eye in the most correct position will help players with one eye also.
It's just how the eyes were wired with the brain and i'm seeing this still has an effect when one eye is lost.
I don't expect many players to understand what I'm saying but what I'm saying is 100% correct.
The eyes are amazing and complex, but at the same time are very simple once this process is figured out.
Keep shooting with 2 eyes my friend. You could be opposite eye dominant and don't even know it. With one eye looking we can isolate that eye just like a gun. This can be done with the right eye or the left. The only difference is it's harder to get the opposite eye over the ball.
Players everywhere from amateur to pros are still trying to play better and figure these eyes out naturally all the time. Playing hours a day to stay in stroke is the norm to keep the eyes there naturally. Once a player learns how to manually get the eyes in the most correct position, practice time can be cut in half with results that might even be better.
I have yet to work with someone that doesn't have a WOW moment when they first see with their own eyes how this works and how much easier it makes it to aim a shot.
If you understood how all this works you would understand why this one eye thing will not work. it's not just the depth perception but the overall way your brain is wired with your eyes.
If you had ocular vision, aim with only one eye even though you have 2, this will work for you because that is the way your brain is wired. This is how about 1% of the pool population is. They see with only one eye even though they have 2 eyes. The cue is directly under the one eye.
But players that use both eyes, needing to have the dominant eye in the most correct position, just need to work with what they have. Trying to aim with one eye for players that need to move the eye over after closing one just can't shoot with one.
it's just the way it is and I do have the scientific proof. The only problem is that as far as I know I'm the only one that has ever figured this out. There was no book or video to watch to find this info.
It took years of giving 100's of lessons on the road to see the tendencies and figure this all out one piece at a time.
I finally put all the pieces together and have learned how to teach it to everyone.
Keep aiming with both eyes my friend.
You could give me a call and I will do a free phone lesson with you by a table.
In about 15 minutes to 1/2 hour you will understand how this works and why one eye won't work for 2 eyed players.
715-563-8712 All I ask is that you share your info with everyone else because it will be all good.
Talk to you soon. Afternoons are the best. Late afternoon.
This information is priceless..........Just trying to help everyone....
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I think a long term evaluation of any perceived gains would not support the theory that closing one eye helps. In fact, I would think the opposite would be true.
It may be that he played better initially, more as a result of renewed focus.
It may be that he played better initially, more as a result of renewed focus.
Maybe my vision alignment is weird but I often close my non dominant to make sure I am aligned properly if I start to miss easy shots. To check my stroke I sometimes get in position on the shot, , then close my eyes and take a couple practice strokes then shoot the ball in the pocket. If I start missing easy shots I like to find out what I am doing wrong ASAP before it becomes habit.
Do you mean like the One Eyed Trouser Trout???? :rotflmao1::rotflmao1::rotflmao1::rotflmao1:
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