The Cell Phone Effect

[BRKNRUN]

I wonder if there are others in a similar situation as myself....One minute I feell like I can make any and every ball on the table and pocketing balls is effortless....The next minute....can't seem to find the pocket.....I have astigmatisms in both eyes....1 vertical 1 diagonal.....problem with me is they are both in the lens of my eyes....I have always gone trough struggles with seeing the angles....as well is the multiple edges of the ball (due to astigmatism).....

In the past I always just played through it and wrote it off as "I just suck at pool" and need to work on my fundamentals and consistency..........I went on a hiatus from pool studies and I have noticed a potential phenomenon since I started practicing again.... I think what I have come to realize is that looking at my cell phone (and/or computer) changes my vision.

In todays era....scoring is no longer a coin under the rail...I am seeing it is now done on a cell phone....This can't be good for me.....

Any one else have thoughts on cell phones/ digital screens changing your vision? Ways to combat it...or use it to an advantage?

I have actually thought about before hitting any balls....watching Tik Tok videos for 30 minutes and then hitting balls to force myself to learn to play with my eyes out of whack......LOL

 

[alphadog]

Try a couple shots of Tequila. Ain't nothing going to matter.

 

[DeadStick]

I’ve reviewed a bunch of studies on how excessive screen time might harm your eyes and/or vision, and the most consistent finding is that we blink far less frequently when staring at the fine detail on a phone or screen, which leads to dryness of the cornea, which can certainly affect vision.

To counteract this, you can 1) minimize screen time (duh), 2) try to blink more often (you’ll probably forget), or 3) use some good tear-replacement eyedrops when you experience poor vision to see if dry eye is the culprit.

Next time you’ll playing pool and not seeing clearly, try the eye drops - it might help.

Another potential problem is that when using a phone, your eyes are in a constant state of near-focus, which requires contraction of the muscles around your lens to reshape the lens for proper focus. Doing that around the time you’re playing pool, which requires a mid-range to distant focus, can strain your eyes. Tired eyes are no beuno for pool.

From https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/...ow-staring-at-screens-can-affect-your-vision/

“If you stare at a computer monitor or cellphone too long and then experience temporary blurry vision, it's likely because the moisture layer on the front surface of your eye is getting dry.

"If that tear film is not smooth and even, and of the right quality and quantity, vision does tend to be compromised. So, people may notice that they have clear vision one moment, they blink, and it gets blurred. They blink again, and it gets clear," says Dr. Muriel Schornack, a Mayo Clinic optometrist.

Blinking spreads important tears over the front surface of the eye.

"Whenever we're doing anything that requires distinct attention to visual detail, our blink rate goes down," says Dr. Schornack.

 

[David in FL]

Another potential problem is that when using a phone, your eyes are in a constant state of near-focus, which requires contraction of the muscles around your lens to reshape the lens for proper focus. Doing that around the time you’re playing pool, which requires a mid-range to distant focus, can strain your eyes. Tired eyes are no beuno for pool.

This was my thought as well.

I actually see the same thing in reverse after I've spent the day out on the golf course and then come in to play pool.

Because I've spent the entire day focusing at very long distances, it seems to take me a good period of time before I can focus down to the 2-10 foot range necessary play well.

 

[DeadStick]

This was my thought as well.

I actually see the same thing in reverse after I've spent the day out on the golf course and then come in to play pool.

Because I've spent the entire day focusing at very long distances, it seems to take me a good period of time before I can focus down to the 2-10 foot range necessary play well.

I’m the same after golfing. The sun and wind probably aren’t helping our eyes, either.

 

[skogstokig]

The sun and wind probably aren’t helping our eyes, either.

i'm pretty sure they do actually. when it turned out 85+ percent of south koreans had become myopic within two generations, they made a study about why. iirc the conclusion was not because of reading or using screens, but because of not being outdoors.

 

[jimmyco]

It's not the phone.

As we age, our eyes take longer to adjust from short distance focus to long and vice versa.