How do you approach folks with ocular vision?
Zat anything like eye looking?
How do you approach folks with ocular vision?
How do you approach folks with monocular vision? Such as those with only one eye?
In my city and also my country it always said the cue would be at the center of the head. I mean in the noose line. But i had seen a lot of international player with the cue parallel just to the right or left.
Gene, I am very glad, to have made your acquaintance. The time, effort, and expense were well worth it. I appreciate the extra time you took. Shooting pool for 2+ hours, critiquing my game, making suggestions, answering questions, demonstrating those answers, really good stuff. All this after a four hour lesson, thank you! I barely even think about the shot line anymore, I just know I'm on it. I'm a little foggy on the fractional aiming part, and haven't added that to my game yet. Everything else we discussed, has been an immediate success.:thumbup:
In my city and also my country it always said the cue would be at the center of the head. I mean in the noose line. But i had seen a lot of international player with the cue parallel just to the right or left.
Most players that get accidental left English are left eye dominant. When someone says this the first thing I check is which eye is the dominant eye for sure?
If a player is relying on the standard pointing and circle technique to identify the dominant eye it doesn't work all the time. 50/50. Like flipping a coin. Some swear by it and the rest aren't sure but might think they are.
Now if you have ocular vision and aim with one eye like a rifle, usually these players have no trouble getting and staying to center. They get right and left English equally for the most part.
This is very frustrating for me because, swear on everything, I can do the circle test or the hold the thumb out test and sometimes my right eye is dominant (i.e. the object does not move out of the circle when I close my left eye) and just as often the test shows that I have left eye dominance. Very frustrating indeed!
whyPN ? this is a forum and there are definitely players like me who are very interested in your solution
I have to agree with Gene on the absolute pivotal importance of finding your correct line of aim/vision centre, it really is vital.
As i have said before due to Covid-19 i have only been able to practice on a home fold away table i purchased around mid April. I literally only get chance to practice once a week on Saturday. It is an English sized pool table but with very tight pockets.
In order to drill my stroke i always start with practicing medium length straight in shots and without fail i always miss a large number of first 10 or so shots until i find my exact "vision centre". I know from doing various tests my ideal cue position is roughly about 3/4 inch away to left of centre of chin, almost under start of left eye at side of nose.
I have tendency when taking first few pots to be just too far to the left and usually takes a few pots to correct this. I missed first 6 last week then made next 18 in a row once i had found my correct line of sight. Everything else was the same I.E. solid stance, same bridge, same cue action and delivery but unless i am lined up 100% then no matter how straight my cue action is i will miss quite a few pots.
I suspect this will be same for others. As i have said before all the fundamentals and correct type of practice are important, but unless you are sighting in a true straight line you will struggle with consistency.
I strive for central alignment. I think the biggest problem with this and pool aiming in general is dropping your cue vertically into a shot. All the joints involved hinge in directions unrelated to shooting pool. You see all manner of compensation from torso pivots, diagonal slashes, getting into firing position is truly technique intensive. Through my own experimentation with leaning over the cue or placing the cue outside your head, the primary function seems to be one of cue/stroke alignment and coherence with one's personal stance/cueball line.
I think the real visual issue is the cue is so close to your face that the eyes simply cannot focus on it and the cue ball. Some people do the Machino thing w/variations on toggling views from cueball to object ball etc...
I locate the stick/stroke line first and then I do the thing drunks do - and this might be the greatest wisdom in pool, ever; "Shoot the one in the middle."
Dropping your cue vertically into a shot. Players need to keep the cue off to the side a little when dropping down into the shot. Coming straight down with the cue can cause trouble with your vision. If you are looking through the cue to see the shot on the way down you are creating many optical illusions.
To see what i mean just put your cue up in front of you eye while watching tv. Gets pretty annoying. And hard to even see the picture well.
If your right handed keep it to the left a little on the way down. Left handed keep it to the right.
Just something to share and keep from happening. Just trying to help.
I have to agree with Gene on the absolute pivotal importance of finding your correct line of aim/vision centre, it really is vital.
As i have said before due to Covid-19 i have only been able to practice on a home fold away table i purchased around mid April. I literally only get chance to practice once a week on Saturday. It is an English sized pool table but with very tight pockets.
In order to drill my stroke i always start with practicing medium length straight in shots and without fail i always miss a large number of first 10 or so shots until i find my exact "vision centre". I know from doing various tests my ideal cue position is roughly about 3/4 inch away to left of centre of chin, almost under start of left eye at side of nose.
I have tendency when taking first few pots to be just too far to the left and usually takes a few pots to correct this. I missed first 6 last week then made next 18 in a row once i had found my correct line of sight. Everything else was the same I.E. solid stance, same bridge, same cue action and delivery but unless i am lined up 100% then no matter how straight my cue action is i will miss quite a few pots.
I suspect this will be same for others. As i have said before all the fundamentals and correct type of practice are important, but unless you are sighting in a true straight line you will struggle with consistency.
I will be traveling and teaching again as soon as this pandemic lets up. So I'm doing all the work I can do before I leave.
You will be traveling again???