Try playing with one eye closed
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Better yet, try with both eyes closed. When I think I have alignment issues, often I'll set up a very long, straight-in shot. I'll take my stance, get down on the ball, take a few practice strokes..... then turn my head 90 degrees to the right and shoot.
Believe it or not, i make it most of the time. Thus, my alignment is correct, my stroke is straight, and the reasons I am missing have nothing to do with any of that; I'm either jumping up, "steering" my cuetip, poking the ball, or too worried about missing.
Believe it or not, i make it most of the time. Thus, my alignment is correct, my stroke is straight, and the reasons I am missing have nothing to do with any of that; I'm either jumping up, "steering" my cuetip, poking the ball, or too worried about missing.
You may have a stong dominant eye... Some people do (like Earl , Nels) and need to put the cue under that dominant eye.
In that case closing the weak eye to practice alignment may not be a bad idea.
If you fall in the catagory of (under the chin) aiming. you may not have a very stong donminant eye...In that case closing and eye may not be as beneficial.
Have you had someone check your set up to make sure you are setting up with a straight cue?.....(If you havent, you may be surprised and find out its crooked)
In that case closing the weak eye to practice alignment may not be a bad idea.
If you fall in the catagory of (under the chin) aiming. you may not have a very stong donminant eye...In that case closing and eye may not be as beneficial.
Have you had someone check your set up to make sure you are setting up with a straight cue?.....(If you havent, you may be surprised and find out its crooked)
fan-tum said:
I'm a novice and still struggling with mechanics and shot making, and I recently noticed that I was not consistently aligning my head (and therefore eyes) relative to the cue. I was amazed at how far off I could drift and not realize it.
Perhaps this is also true for you and closing one eye forces you to align the same way for every shot.
I decided to center my chin over the cue the way Allison and some others do. I started this two weeks ago and my shot making has improved dramatically (like from consistent 3 ball runs to 5 or 6 in practice).
What I do is touch my chin to the cue to get the alignment and then raise up slightly. Some may leave it touching, but it hurts like heck when you miscue on a hard forced-follow shot!
Tom
There was a fellow in Arizona that always shot with one eye closed... At the time, he was considered the number two player in the state right behind Roger Griffis. If you saw him play, you would never forget the cyclops look on his face 
His name is Andy Scott...
I've tried it for the hell of it. It destroys my game... And then it takes a little bit to get my vision back to normal after trying it out! I'm a chin stroker though... although i do mean women, most of the time, this time I am referring to pool
His name is Andy Scott...I've tried it for the hell of it. It destroys my game... And then it takes a little bit to get my vision back to normal after trying it out! I'm a chin stroker though... although i do mean women, most of the time, this time I am referring to pool
fan-tum said:
This may help to adjust your head and arm alignment better, which may help with making shots, it's probably not the better aim part. Sometimes I find myself feeling "odd" on a shot, and I move my head just a tad to the right (i'm right handed) and the shot goes true. Funny thing you mention this, my 8 yr old was playing with me on Sat., and he was closing one of his eyes to aim his shots at times
Not saying you shoot like an 8 yr old or anything hehe.. just the timing of your post.
I tried to gamble with a guy one time who complained he was blind in one eye,i had to wear a patch over my eye as part of us gambling,boy i hated it and it gave me a headache to boot!
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