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Hey, first post! Please read near the very bottom, if you aren't needing too many details.
Now, I'm not a high percentage run-out player, but I can and I am close to stringing consecutive racks. I play big table 9/10b and getting into 14.1 (Average around 15 balls with BIH) and 1p. So, I pocket well with a weak cueball. Right now, though, I'm really putting in time with the basics and completing drills. Mid-twenties, around 20+ hours a week, and not totally out of line cashing in a handicapped tournament.
Now that you kinda know my ability, with my mechanics I get really low on the CB. That's most comfortable for me, shooting with eyes level to the slate, more snooker style. I don't rely on any systems or fractional aiming, but I do know them if I'm feeling really insecure about pocketing a shot.
Also, I know that my eye-tracking skills are not great and depth perception is not always the best. But I am better than most in hand-eye coordination, most likely through adaptation. Maybe a slight lazy eye, with the left eye turning inward. Not very externally discernible, in person or in photos. On my side: VERY noticeable. When I look up or look down, I can choose eye dominance pretty quickly and easily, through double vision, with the non dominant eye turning slightly inward.
I also had Lasik (high correction) surgery about three years ago. My vision in both eyes are pretty damn good (20/20, 20/15). I've used prisms in glasses after correction, with little help.
However I am noticing (more) now that when I really focus on something, my non dominant eye gives out. So much so, I'd say, I never use it. I almost always have double vision when I'm executing a shot, and I've been able to (mostly) block out my left eye, over shooting and aiming with my right eye. I am also a right handed player, so my cue strokes closer to the same right hand spot on my chin. It's exhausting.
With all that, I'm pretty confident this is holding me back. It's nice having a one-dimensional to reference when aiming the ball, and thin cuts are easier, but I think it's use is at its plateau. My left eye gets VERY blurry, even on my drive home, and my right (dominant) eye is crisp and clear.
TL;DR: Getting to the next level is difficult shooting with only one eye that's getting any information.
Is there anyway I can fix this? Eye-patch therapy? At home eye therapy? Surgery? Does it help to say that 3D movies aren't always satisfying?
thanks you guys. Great forum you got here.
Now, I'm not a high percentage run-out player, but I can and I am close to stringing consecutive racks. I play big table 9/10b and getting into 14.1 (Average around 15 balls with BIH) and 1p. So, I pocket well with a weak cueball. Right now, though, I'm really putting in time with the basics and completing drills. Mid-twenties, around 20+ hours a week, and not totally out of line cashing in a handicapped tournament.
Now that you kinda know my ability, with my mechanics I get really low on the CB. That's most comfortable for me, shooting with eyes level to the slate, more snooker style. I don't rely on any systems or fractional aiming, but I do know them if I'm feeling really insecure about pocketing a shot.
Also, I know that my eye-tracking skills are not great and depth perception is not always the best. But I am better than most in hand-eye coordination, most likely through adaptation. Maybe a slight lazy eye, with the left eye turning inward. Not very externally discernible, in person or in photos. On my side: VERY noticeable. When I look up or look down, I can choose eye dominance pretty quickly and easily, through double vision, with the non dominant eye turning slightly inward.
I also had Lasik (high correction) surgery about three years ago. My vision in both eyes are pretty damn good (20/20, 20/15). I've used prisms in glasses after correction, with little help.
However I am noticing (more) now that when I really focus on something, my non dominant eye gives out. So much so, I'd say, I never use it. I almost always have double vision when I'm executing a shot, and I've been able to (mostly) block out my left eye, over shooting and aiming with my right eye. I am also a right handed player, so my cue strokes closer to the same right hand spot on my chin. It's exhausting.
With all that, I'm pretty confident this is holding me back. It's nice having a one-dimensional to reference when aiming the ball, and thin cuts are easier, but I think it's use is at its plateau. My left eye gets VERY blurry, even on my drive home, and my right (dominant) eye is crisp and clear.
TL;DR: Getting to the next level is difficult shooting with only one eye that's getting any information.
Is there anyway I can fix this? Eye-patch therapy? At home eye therapy? Surgery? Does it help to say that 3D movies aren't always satisfying?
thanks you guys. Great forum you got here.