It doesn't work without perfect shoot.
It doesn't work without perfect shoot.
If a player is looking at the cue ball when they shoot, hold that stance for about 30 seconds only looking at the cue ball and then shoot the results are a disaster. Without looking at the target a player cannot hold the line. The eyes need to be there and they need to be right.
Geno,
Are you saying that with your system you must - MUST - look at the OB last for it to work?
r/DCP
Once we had the shot aimed the other player would put a big piece of cardboard up so the player could only see the cue ball.
Eye patterns are so important when a player is aiming a shot.
Some of the people that say they look at the cue ball last are actually looking at the cue ball last. As they are starting their stroke to go back slowly they are looking up at the object ball. They are actually looking at the target, the OB, as they are stroke forward.
I didn't invent this. It's been going on for years. The players that do it right and have the proper eye patterns can get to playing at a higher level. the ones that don't don't. it's as simple as that.
If someone stares at the cue ball all the time they are shooting at the OB ball they can come and get all my money and I don't care who they are. Come and get you some. I'll keep playing until I'm broke.
I used to play with a guy that owned a bar years ago. We would play 8 ball for $100 per game. Once a week I would go there to play.
Once we had the shot aimed the other player would put a big piece of cardboard up so the player could only see the cue ball. We'd usually play 3 to 5 games. I'd usually win $100 or $200. it was tough. i was the much better player but this was a great equalizer for sure.
Anyone that says they look at the cue ball last when they shoot can come here and we will put the cardboard up and they can try to beat the ghost. It would be stealing.
Watch a bunch of pro players on Utube. Blow it up so you can watch their eyes. You will see that they all are looking at the object ball when they pull the trigger.
If someone stares at the cue ball all the time they are shooting at the OB ball they can come and get all my money and I don't care who they are. Come and get you some. I'll keep playing until I'm broke...
... Anyone that says they look at the cue ball last when they shoot can come here and we will put the cardboard up and they can try to beat the ghost. It would be stealing.
Watch a bunch of pro players on Utube. Blow it up so you can watch their eyes. You will see that they all are looking at the object ball when they pull the trigger.
What's money got to do with technique? How does your way invalidate anything else?
I watch you tube matches and as much as I love pool, the game - and sports in general is nothing but a comedy of errors; good for wagering, not particularly good for its evolution. When the world class stops missing, I'll reassess the validity of common practices.
I would bet 10,000 other little girls today have the same dream, of being on a US Olympic Team, competing in a Sport of their choice in the Olympics.
Few will ever make it, but many try, it's hard to be best at anything. If that is your desire, too be a great pool play, it better be your life as many day of the years you can work on that dream.
I assume you are trying to say the player would miss the shot, right?
But what would happen if you put up a big piece of cardboard where ALL the player could see would be the OB?
r/DCP
So true. Good thing I'm to old for it to matter. I just keep chipping away at the consistency barrier.
Take your cue and pretend it is a spear. Go thru the motions of throwing it at an object . Or object ball. See the connection here?
Did you ever look at the spear while throwing it?
No. Because if you did you couldn't hit what you were throwing it if you were looking at the spear.
With a pool shot we are just throwing the spear underhand.
When we come down from the preshot it works the best to look at the Object ball.
Once down we can look at the cue ball to make sure that we are in the right position to get the shape we want.
Look back up at object ball to make sure we are lined up still on the target. The key here is the target.
The cue ball is not the target. The object ball is.
When we are looking at the cue ball we are actually going cross-eyed. So it is actually not a good idea to stare at it too long. Get back up to the object ball.
Now this next part I never knew what was the best way to do until I got knocked out of some of the big tournaments I played in. I would watch the best players and some of the other pros. I would break this part of the game down and only watch this part. I even got out the binoculars so I could see the eye patterns.
This part was mostly the same with all the best players.
They would look one last time at the cue ball to reassure their brain that they were in the correct spot. Then just before they started on the slow back stroke they would look up at the object ball.
Again looking at the target.
This is what I saw. It just solidified what I already thought and made it very clear to me that this must be the best way.
Players or teachers that are teaching to look at the cue ball when shooting at the object ball are way off track.
I don't just think this is wrong but I know it is wrong.
I take huge pride in not teaching players things that don't work.
Looking at the cue ball when you shoot is just as wrong as trying to tell everyone they need the square wheels on the car that they are using?
I say go ahead and use those square wheels if you want.
Good luck with that. :thumbup:
Take your cue and pretend it is a spear. Go thru the motions of throwing it at an object . Or object ball. See the connection here?
Did you ever look at the spear while throwing it?
No. Because if you did you couldn't hit what you were throwing it if you were looking at the spear.
With a pool shot we are just throwing the spear underhand.
When we come down from the preshot it works the best to look at the Object ball.
Once down we can look at the cue ball to make sure that we are in the right position to get the shape we want.
Look back up at object ball to make sure we are lined up still on the target. The key here is the target.
The cue ball is not the target. The object ball is.
When we are looking at the cue ball we are actually going cross-eyed. So it is actually not a good idea to stare at it too long. Get back up to the object ball.
Now this next part I never knew what was the best way to do until I got knocked out of some of the big tournaments I played in. I would watch the best players and some of the other pros. I would break this part of the game down and only watch this part. I even got out the binoculars so I could see the eye patterns.
This part was mostly the same with all the best players.
They would look one last time at the cue ball to reassure their brain that they were in the correct spot. Then just before they started on the slow back stroke they would look up at the object ball.
Again looking at the target.
This is what I saw. It just solidified what I already thought and made it very clear to me that this must be the best way.
Players or teachers that are teaching to look at the cue ball when shooting at the object ball are way off track.
I don't just think this is wrong but I know it is wrong.
I take huge pride in not teaching players things that don't work.
Looking at the cue ball when you shoot is just as wrong as trying to tell everyone they need the square wheels on the car that they are using?
I say go ahead and use those square wheels if you want.
Good luck with that. :thumbup:
I don't think the spear analogy is fair
a spear's tip is connected to its body
so we don't have to look at the spear
we can trust the spear as whole
look at the target, near or far
and thrust
in pool, the cue ball is our spear's tip
but obviously it is not attached to our cue
so we must take more care with our spear
and measure more carefully
before we thrust
in other words
before we even get to the object ball
the cue ball is the target
I can't figure out how to edit, but while getting down on a shot, I am looking at the OB, I only look at the cue ball to set tip position after I'm down and in line.