SightRight tool

[bioactive]

I have been quite impressed with this tool. I have tried a lot of gadgets but most of them just reside in a junk drawer. This one along with the online workshops really is impressive. I have no relationship with this company so this is an independent review. I interviewed Alex Lely at Derby City and he told me about this tool so I bought one and tried it out.

 

[garczar]

I have been quite impressed with this tool. I have tried a lot of gadgets but most of them just reside in a junk drawer. This one along with the online workshops really is impressive. I have no relationship with this company so this is an independent review. I interviewed Alex Lely at Derby City and he told me about this tool so I bought one and tried it out.

I made a simple version of this with a folded-up piece of paper with a line on it. Does work for sure. The website is confusing. Shows no way to purchase from what i could see. you have to join some membership plan to get one.

 

[RandyinHawaii]

I got one, but did have to join the membership to get it. Only stated to go through the workshops, so will see what I think after I have completed them.

 

[pwd72s]

I got one, but did have to join the membership to get it. Only stated to go through the workshops, so will see what I think after I have completed them.

Don't forget to return...

 

[RandyinHawaii]

Will do!

 

[7stud]

You cannot buy the gadget by itself--you have to sign up for a membership to get the gadget--although you could try to 3D print one at your local library.

I recently gave up on SightRight. My brain never adjusted after many months of doing the drills. To hit a straight in shot, it looked like I was cutting the object ball to hit one diamond to the right of the pocket. It's pretty strange to cut a straight in shot like that and watch it go straight in the pocket. Instead of my brain adjusting to see a one-diamond-to-the-right-of-the pocket cut shot as straight in, I had to mentally adjust my aiming knowing that a one-diamond-to-the-right-of-the-pocket cut shot was really straight in--for instance if I aimed straight at the object ball, I knew that I would cut the object ball to the left.

In addition, cuts from right to left looked different to me than cuts from left to right, and I thought the whole point of aligning your vision center with the shot line was so that cuts from right to left looked the SAME as cuts from left to right.

The recommended stance never worked for me: I'm right handed, left eye dominant and my vision center is directly under my left eye, and to crane my neck to get my left eye over the cue, it felt like I was falling over to my right--not to mention the intermittent neck pain I experienced. I tried emailing SightRight for some advice, and they told me to schedule a lesson with Stephen Feeney.

Finally, I never could figure out how to get the SightRight gadget aligned with a pocket without using a laser, which was too much of a hassle. For instance, if you are at the pool hall and you pull the gadget out of your case and put it on the table to practice your alignment, how do you precisely place the gadget on the table so that it's pointing at the heart of the pocket? I think you need your own table, then you need to draw a line on the cloth using a laser, then you can just whip out the gadget and put it on the pre-drawn line.

I hope you guys have better luck.

 

[datnodude]

I have it used it a few times but the website is kinda clunky.

 

[nataddrho]

The idea seems useful, but this has been done before in a better way. See Joe Tucker’s laser trainer

Also, the sightRight hardware that you get for a yearly 99£ (or more subscription) is kind of weak, and is not a business model most people appreciate. Anybody with minimal woodshop experience can create something similar for free.

I would like to learn more about the value you get out of the subscriptions.

 

[RandyinHawaii]

I did binge watching of the subscription I purchased. The most importing thing I learned was how to determine my sighting line. I am left eye dominant and left handed. My sighting line is 2". left of my belly button. To explain, if I am facing square at the target ball and putting the cue straight out in front of me, it would need to be 2" left of belly button to show the proper sighting line.

Sight Right stance is definitely snooker style. It looks to me that stepping into the shot, both hand on the butt of the cue and lead foot go on the aiming line. Then, when going down into the stance, the cue aligns with the sighting line. I have tried this and it does work, but is somewhat cumbersome. Sure would get better with practice.

However, I don't believe that is the only stance that can be used to get you the desired results. Both CJ Wiley and Niels Feijen, in their pool instructions, talk about/ show being square at set up and looking straight down the sighting line. Difference to me from the Sight Right stance, is that lead foot goes on the sighting line when stepping in and then butt hand on the cue comes onto sight line when you get down along with cue aligning with sight line vs. both lead foot and cue butt hand going onto sighting line when you step in.

Again, I found using the Sight Right product very useful in determining my sighting line. I was definitely off. I will work on both types of step in and stance to see which works best for me.

Sorry if this comes across very confusing.

 

[Mensabum]

You cannot buy the gadget by itself--you have to sign up for a membership to get the gadget--although you could try to 3D print one at your local library.

I recently gave up on SightRight. My brain never adjusted after many months of doing the drills. To hit a straight in shot, it looked like I was cutting the object ball to hit one diamond to the right of the pocket. It's pretty strange to cut a straight in shot like that and watch it go straight in the pocket. Instead of my brain adjusting to see a one-diamond-to-the-right-of-the pocket cut shot as straight in, I had to mentally adjust my aiming knowing that a one-diamond-to-the-right-of-the-pocket cut shot was really straight in--for instance if I aimed straight at the object ball, I knew that I would cut the object ball to the left.

In addition, cuts from right to left looked different to me than cuts from left to right, and I thought the whole point of aligning your vision center with the shot line was so that cuts from right to left looked the SAME as cuts from left to right.

The recommended stance never worked for me: I'm right handed, left eye dominant and my vision center is directly under my left eye, and to crane my neck to get my left eye over the cue, it felt like I was falling over to my right--not to mention the intermittent neck pain I experienced. I tried emailing SightRight for some advice, and they told me to schedule a lesson with Stephen Feeney.

Finally, I never could figure out how to get the SightRight gadget aligned with a pocket without using a laser, which was too much of a hassle. For instance, if you are at the pool hall and you pull the gadget out of your case and put it on the table to practice your alignment, how do you precisely place the gadget on the table so that it's pointing at the heart of the pocket? I think you need your own table, then you need to draw a line on the cloth using a laser, then you can just whip out the gadget and put it on the pre-drawn line.

I hope you guys have better luck.

There's gotta be an easier aiming system than that. You lost me 2nd paragraph in.

 

[Mensabum]

I got one, but did have to join the membership to get it. Only stated to go through the workshops, so will see what I think after I have completed them.

You're actually going to do this??
Please post your progres, thots and results.

 

[Mensabum]

I did binge watching of the subscription I purchased. The most importing thing I learned was how to determine my sighting line. I am left eye dominant and left handed. My sighting line is 2". left of my belly button. To explain, if I am facing square at the target ball and putting the cue straight out in front of me, it would need to be 2" left of belly button to show the proper sighting line.

Sight Right stance is definitely snooker style. It looks to me that stepping into the shot, both hand on the butt of the cue and lead foot go on the aiming line. Then, when going down into the stance, the cue aligns with the sighting line. I have tried this and it does work, but is somewhat cumbersome. Sure would get better with practice.

However, I don't believe that is the only stance that can be used to get you the desired results. Both CJ Wiley and Niels Feijen, in their pool instructions, talk about/ show being square at set up and looking straight down the sighting line. Difference to me from the Sight Right stance, is that lead foot goes on the sighting line when stepping in and then butt hand on the cue comes onto sight line when you get down along with cue aligning with sight line vs. both lead foot and cue butt hand going onto sighting line when you step in.

Again, I found using the Sight Right product very useful in determining my sighting line. I was definitely off. I will work on both types of step in and stance to see which works best for me.

Sorry if this comes across very confusing.

Nah. Piece of cake bro.