SightRight: Stunned by how good this is

Shuddy

Shuddy

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Hey all!

I’ve been interested in the SightRight method for a while, particularly after hearing Mark Williams, Hendry, and co talk about it. I picked up the Pocket SightRight with access to the learning resources on their site. 5 minutes with this device makes me feel like I’ve been practicing long pots for 30 minutes. It’s not an aiming system or a gimmick. It won’t teach you how to cue, pot a ball, or play position. It simply helps you find your own personal center of vision. But man, is that a powerful thing.

 
garczar said:
how do you buy one?
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I have a link in the description of the video, but: https://sightrightcuesports.com/choose-your-membership/

The method of buying one seems a bit odd, but the cheapest option is to subscribe for a month. The first month 40 quid and includes the pocket sightright. Then cancel the sub once you have the sight right and consume as much of the online vid training as possible in that month.
 
BeiberLvr said:
Don't they have ones that are built into a cue as well? I thought about getting one of them.
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They do, and I’ve had one for a while. But the device you can place on the table, move around, etc, is much more flexible and realistic in terms of sighting a point on the table. This device almost instantly clicked for me as a training aid as compared to the joint attachment.

And the training resources you get access to with this are vital.
 
Shuddy said:
Hey all!

I’ve been interested in the SightRight method for a while, particularly after hearing Mark Williams, Hendry, and co talk about it. I picked up the Pocket SightRight with access to the learning resources on their site. 5 minutes with this device makes me feel like I’ve been practicing long pots for 30 minutes. It’s not an aiming system or a gimmick. It won’t teach you how to cue, pot a ball, or play position. It simply helps you find your own personal center of vision. But man, is that a powerful thing.

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Thanks for bringing this up, one of my major issues is that I don't naturally line up on the center of the cueball and need to manually adjust to a "true" center once I get down to my stance. If this is something available in US seems like a product to try to fix this.
 
I don't know if this thing works but I'll tell you something from a zillion years of being in the pool room and a lot of those years sitting behind a counter watching amateurs and beginners play.

Players not being lined up on the shot is so prevalent, you can sit there and predict when they're going to miss. I've even seen it with experience players that for one reason or another they approached the shot and you can turn to the person next to you and say this guy's going to miss this shot.

You can just see the guy is not lined up on the shot from your vantage point and sure enough the guy misses. Sometimes I think the player doesn't see what he thinks he sees.

I remember a funny thing one time we are at a tournament and Steve mizerak was playing. He was shooting at a corner pocket right in our direction, and my wife says out of the corner of her mouth he's not even going to come close to this shot.

She says he doesn't even look like he's aiming at the pocket. Sure enough he hit the ball about 2 in into the rail from the corner pocket. And this was the great Steve mizerak.

A lot of lining up on a shot has to do with how you actually move around the table and approach the shot so that you end up in the right position every time.

I used to see this with Danny D all the time. He has kind of a stumbly type of walk like Groucho Marx and he would sometimes approach a shot come down on the shot and literally twist his body to get lined up.

I used to wonder how he was such a good player as he was sometimes the way he played.
 
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i could not find a site map for email contact info
if anyone has a contact email greatly appreciated
i found the site info alittle confusing regarding details
 
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middleofnowhere said:
I don't know if this thing works but I'll tell you something from a zillion years of being in the pool room and a lot of those years sitting behind a counter watching amateurs and beginners play.

Players not being lined up on the shot is so prevalent, you can sit there and predict when they're going to miss. I've even seen it with experience players that for one reason or another they approached the shot and you can turn to the person next to you and say this guy's going to miss this shot.

You can just see the guy is not lined up on the shot from your vantage point and sure enough the guy misses. Sometimes I think the player doesn't see what he thinks he sees.

I remember a funny thing one time we are at a tournament and Steve mizerak was playing. He was shooting at a corner pocket right in our direction, and my wife says out of the corner of her mouth he's not even going to come close to this shot.

She says he doesn't even look like he's aiming at the pocket. Sure enough he hit the ball about 2 in into the rail from the corner pocket. And this was the great Steve mizerak.

A lot of lining up on a shot has to do with how you actually move around the table and approach the shot so that you end up in the right position every time.

I used to see this with Danny D all the time. He has kind of a stumbly type of walk like Groucho Marx and he would sometimes approach a shot come down on the shot and literally twist his body to get lined up.

I used to wonder how he was such a good player as he was sometimes the way he played.
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My wife (not a pool player) was watching me play a few years ago and I was shooting a medium-distance, almost straight-in shot into the corner pocket. She was sitting in front of the corner pocket and watched me get down on the table. She immediately told me I was going to miss and that I wasn't lined up correctly. I went ahead and shot anyway and of course I missed. It was eye-opening because at the time I was still struggling severely with my fundamentals and never even considered that maybe my alignment was off, too.
 
middleofnowhere said:
I don't know if this thing works but I'll tell you something from a zillion years of being in the pool room and a lot of those years sitting behind a counter watching amateurs and beginners play.

Players not being lined up on the shot is so prevalent, you can sit there and predict when they're going to miss. I've even seen it with experience players that for one reason or another they approached the shot and you can turn to the person next to you and say this guy's going to miss this shot.

You can just see the guy is not lined up on the shot from your vantage point and sure enough the guy misses. Sometimes I think the player doesn't see what he thinks he sees.

I remember a funny thing one time we are at a tournament and Steve mizerak was playing. He was shooting at a corner pocket right in our direction, and my wife says out of the corner of her mouth he's not even going to come close to this shot.

She says he doesn't even look like he's aiming at the pocket. Sure enough he hit the ball about 2 in into the rail from the corner pocket. And this was the great Steve mizerak.

A lot of lining up on a shot has to do with how you actually move around the table and approach the shot so that you end up in the right position every time.

I used to see this with Danny D all the time. He has kind of a stumbly type of walk like Groucho Marx and he would sometimes approach a shot come down on the shot and literally twist his body to get lined up.

I used to wonder how he was such a good player as he was sometimes the way he played.
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Agree here. You can hit a pool ball pretty poorly and still make the ball if you are lined up properly.

I always thought that the shot approach was the most under explored topic in any of the instructional material. It sort of explained like this

“stand behind the shot with your right foot on the line, walk in, yadda yadda, now you are perfectly aligned in an ideal pool stance.”
 
On one of the snooker forums, there were people making their own sightright devices out of cardboard, and they looked exactly like that. I gather the training part of SightRite's info is significant.
 
gerryf said:
On one of the snooker forums, there were people making their own sightright devices out of cardboard, and they looked exactly like that. I gather the training part of SightRite's info is significant.
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Yeah, the video resources are extremely helpful, particularly pertaining to incorporating your established true center of vision into your preshot routine.


Edit: I’ve actually taken some digital calipers and reproduced it on my 3DPrinter, just to have a couple of spares. But this is one device that really only comes to life with the theory and proper application.
 
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middleofnowhere said:
I don't know if this thing works but I'll tell you something from a zillion years of being in the pool room and a lot of those years sitting behind a counter watching amateurs and beginners play.

Players not being lined up on the shot is so prevalent, you can sit there and predict when they're going to miss. I've even seen it with experience players that for one reason or another they approached the shot and you can turn to the person next to you and say this guy's going to miss this shot.

You can just see the guy is not lined up on the shot from your vantage point and sure enough the guy misses. Sometimes I think the player doesn't see what he thinks he sees.

I remember a funny thing one time we are at a tournament and Steve mizerak was playing. He was shooting at a corner pocket right in our direction, and my wife says out of the corner of her mouth he's not even going to come close to this shot.

She says he doesn't even look like he's aiming at the pocket. Sure enough he hit the ball about 2 in into the rail from the corner pocket. And this was the great Steve mizerak.

A lot of lining up on a shot has to do with how you actually move around the table and approach the shot so that you end up in the right position every time.

I used to see this with Danny D all the time. He has kind of a stumbly type of walk like Groucho Marx and he would sometimes approach a shot come down on the shot and literally twist his body to get lined up.

I used to wonder how he was such a good player as he was sometimes the way he played.
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Their video resources place a huge emphasis on some of the things you mentioned; moving around the table, incorporating your established true center of vision into your preshot etc, all with the purpose of getting the cue on the line you want, and your body to accommodate that.

By the way, I’m not raving about this as a new player who has found a magic bullet. I’ve been playing for too long to think there is a magic bullet. I’ve made centuries in snooker, English billiards, and straight pool. I’ve run 5 packs in tournaments. You can see me bashing the pro ghost on the ghost thread. But for me, someone with 20 years of technique and familiarity with potting angles etc, this simple little tool did more for my comfort and confidence in 5 minutes than spending an hour on knocking in long pots. And I haven’t even looked at 75% of their video resources yet.
 
results don't lie. mark williams before and after sightright is like night and day, also bingham and gilbert have raised their games with feeneys help. ronnie also testifies to having been helped by it.

but it's not as much about the shot in pool, not for the pros at least. and for amateurs it's presumably a bit expensive?
 
Pacecar said:
Seems similar to a technique taught by Steve Davis. See video at the 6:24 mark.
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Wow, I’ve not seen that before. I think you can see SightRight written on that board. Perhaps an early iteration of their training tools.

By the way, for the people having problems finding purchase info on their website, I think it’s because their focus isn’t on selling the device, but rather on the training resources. That’s why the info for getting the pocket SightRight is on the “membership” page. Rather than buying a tool, you are buying the training resources, and the Pocket SightRight is provided with those resources. The resources pages actually asks you to click a prompt saying you’ve received the sightright before it will give access to the videos.
 
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skogstokig said:
results don't lie. mark williams before and after sightright is like night and day, also bingham and gilbert have raised their games with feeneys help. ronnie also testifies to having been helped by it.

but it's not as much about the shot in pool, not for the pros at least. and for amateurs it's presumably a bit expensive?
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Yeah, watching Williams this year, I could see him do the little shuffle in his preshot. I’m guessing this is from establishing that true center using the sightright system. But wow, his potting was out of this world this season.

Re. the price: If you do the monthly sub, the first month is 40 pounds and includes the pocket SighRight along with access to the online training resources. Subsequent months are 10 pounds to maintain access to the online resources. You could cancel after a month and ‘consume’ the resources within that time. I think for the ease of use, the feedback it provides, and the resources that go with it, it’s pretty good value.

Personally, I just gave them 90 pounds for lifetime access, partially to show my appreciation for making available resources they had for a long time made accessible only through a registered SightRight coach.
 
Shuddy said:
Yeah, watching Williams this year, I could see him do the little shuffle in his preshot. I’m guessing this is from establishing that true center using the sightright system. But wow, his potting was out of this world this season.

Re. the price: If you do the monthly sub, the first month is 40 pounds and includes the pocket SighRight along with access to the online training resources. Subsequent months are 10 pounds to maintain access to the online resources. You could cancel after a month and ‘consume’ the resources within that time. I think for the ease of use, the feedback it provides, and the resources that go with it, it’s pretty good value.

Personally, I just gave them 90 pounds for lifetime access, partially to show my appreciation for making available resources they had for a long time made accessible only through a registered SightRight coach.
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ok, sounds affordable. prices i had heard was much different, but maybe referred to feeney being involved in person
 
A lot of lining up on a shot has to do with how you actually move around the table and approach the shot so that you end up in the right position every time
This paragraph, words from middle of nowhere post number 8

This Is very accurate. reyes is a master at it. Those matches from mid 90s. It was the perfect speed and flow. There a lot of things you have to put together. But this along with the right stance that suits you. and just not moving your head, while your playing the shot. This Will make a massive difference. To your game and zillion hours of practicing as well. I'm not saying this sight right stuff won't work.
I thought this technique could only be taught by a trained instructor. How do you know if your doing it right. Even, if in the short term. it might seem to be working.
 
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