Sightright
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If you send me 45 bucks I can send you a piece of cardboard with a sharpie line on it that does the same thing.
PM me if interested.
PM me if interested.
Johnny "V" said:
From studying the picture, I think you'll have to add a raised platform on half of it. Looks like about a 1/2". Then you'll have you're $45 piece of equipment.
No... $90 for the foam raised platform. Mine is a redeveloped cheaper model. Oh and if you order in the next 24 hours I will throw in my redeveloped version of the sardo tight rack (it is just a piece of plywood with 15 sixteen penny nails sticking out of it to "dimple" your cloth). Mention you saw it here and I will give you free shipping!
Right well have you actually ordered it or are you just guessing by looking at the picture. There's got to be more to it than just a straight line. I can sight down my rail just the same. Or I could even draw a line on my cloth with a straight edge. I don't get how that will help though.
Yes but do you have rare picture of Steve Davis Smiling? Cuz they do. That has got to be worth @ least 20 bucks!mnShooter said:
JV
mnShooter said:
This is the reaction to his proposition desired by every con artist. Here's a famous example:
"LAST CHANCE TO SEND $1.00! PO BOX XXXX, SOMEPLACE, ST XXXXX"
That simple one-line ad, placed in the classifieds of about 30 major newspapers, yielded over $87,000 before the perp was busted by the US Postal Inspector.
His argument that he "never promised anything in return" was rejected by the court.
mnShooter said:
The problem that this device seems to address is "cross-dominance," discussed here:
The problem is that in order to aim, to propell an object accurately from point A to point B, one must line up the dominant eye and the dominant hand that's controlling the action. A cross-dominant person does not naturally line up the dominant eye and the dominant hand. So unless cross-dominance is identified and adjustments made, accuracy is a pipe-dream and the cross-dominant will never excel.
The question for pool players is, "Which hand is 'controlling the action'" - the bridge or back hand? If it's the bridge hand, then most of us are playing pool in a cross-dominant fashion!
More from the link above:
Cross-dominance affects about 15% of the population. ... There is a simple test to identify cross-dominance. This version is from golfalot.com:
Cross Dominance Test Keeping both eyes open, hold either hand out straight in front of you with your first finger pointing upwards and aligned with a vertical line (upright of door frame, window frame, etc.). If you are right handed, close one eye then open and close the other eye. For a right handed person if your right eye retains alignment, and your left eye moves, your brain has Aligned Dominance. If not, you have Cross Dominance, which means you will generally experience difficulty with various aspects of your golf game, where accurate alignment are required.
Dhakala said:
Cross dominance is not about aligning, say, the right eye with the right hand. It's about being a right handed shooter, but having a dominant left eye. (Or the other way around.)
Here's a sampling of some pretty fair cross dominant shooters: Mosconi, Sigel and Rempe.
Alright so I made my own sightright. Half of it is raised so when you move your head back and forth the two lines will move in relation to eachother.
I'm guessing your supposed to get the two lines to line up. They only line up if I have my right or left eye directly over the line and cover the other eye. If I have my head centered on the line I see the line I'm focused on and then two lines for the line that I'm not focusing on.
Now how am I supposed to apply this. Should I change to just having my right eye over the cue so I can sight down the cue. I tried last night and it felt very uncomfortable if I put either eye over the cue. I also had a hard time keeping my head from tilting to the side. I could pocket balls pretty good with my right eye over the cue but had a hard time with cuts and position.
I normally play with my chin centered but I can never really be sure that my cue is pointed in the right direction.
I'm guessing your supposed to get the two lines to line up. They only line up if I have my right or left eye directly over the line and cover the other eye. If I have my head centered on the line I see the line I'm focused on and then two lines for the line that I'm not focusing on.
Now how am I supposed to apply this. Should I change to just having my right eye over the cue so I can sight down the cue. I tried last night and it felt very uncomfortable if I put either eye over the cue. I also had a hard time keeping my head from tilting to the side. I could pocket balls pretty good with my right eye over the cue but had a hard time with cuts and position.
I normally play with my chin centered but I can never really be sure that my cue is pointed in the right direction.
mnShooter said:
(Just my opinion)
I think you might be better off finding a known instructor in your area and have him work with you...It will probably take 15 minutes tops....
I used to think I was setting up straight until I had an instuctor look at my alignment...he showed me how "off" I was and showed me how I can tell if I am aligned straight......
(For Me)....I now use the line where the cushion meets the rail...I set up using two pieces of chalk on the rail...I set up just like is was going to hit a shot...If I close my right eye and look down, the cue should block the sight of the line of my left eye...(closing my left eye I would see the line with my right eye) ....(See Bald Dude in the Avitar
)I am left eye dominant and set up with the cue directly under my left eye......If I attempt to align the cue under my chin, it ends up crooked every time...(that parallax thing)...
NOTE: This process may or may not work for someone that is cross eye dominant or sets up with the cue under chin.
With a little practice a came up with a routine that puts my cue on a correct alignment everytime without thinking about it...from time to time I will practice "on the rail" to make sure I am still aligning correctly....I no longer need someone behind me looking at my alignment.....(All I need to do is close my right eye and check if I can see any part of the line under the cue...If I can, my set up is crooked..
My point is that everyone "sees" a little different...It took an instructor about 10 minutes to show me how to align straight every time..
Without an outside source looking at your alignment....You may "think" your aligned correctly, but bacause of the "parrallax thing" you may actually be crooked...
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All the instruction I have gotten has been a waste of time. I am sick of wasting my money on instructors who know how to teach but don't have the slightest idea what to teach. All the stuff that really matters in my game I have learned myself through trial and error and watching other players.
I know this thread is really old, but has anyone tried this with one of the sightright instructors?
Yes, I did try it. Piece of junk as far as what it's advertised as. Ok for a mid-cue extension. Doesn't do what is says .. it's just 2 different levels of lines. Doesn't help with sighting a shot, only as to how the cue lines up in your hands, stance, bridge etc. It's more accurate at saying "the lines are on 'top' of the cue now" .. not in a sighted in shot.
Who was the sightright instructor you worked with?