Vision Center/Cuts

[jnwilliams]

I've had my vision "centered" and usually do a good job of lining up with head in same place over cue ball. I still have a little tilt /turn in my head (working on that with mirror) when down on a shot, but have noticed my aim points are different for Right cuts /vs left cuts.

ie- for right cuts ( last night) I was working on, center of cue ball was to outside edge of CB. For left cuts, it was a half tip outside edge of CB.....

Is this all head tilt/turn? hard to be consistent like this.

 

[straightline]

Try double vision. Let your focus relax until you see two sticks while looking level faced right down the bridge of your nose. Dead center is of course right in the middle of those sticks. Here's the part you may find useful. Tilting your head will tilt the stick image. That tilt is probably a significant part of your asymmetric aim.

 

[Patrick Johnson]

Try double vision. Let your focus relax until you see two sticks while looking level faced right down the bridge of your nose. Dead center is of course right in the middle of those sticks.

I think that's only true if your "vision center" is centered between your eyes - not always (or even mostly?) the case, because of dominant eye.

That tilt is probably a significant part of your asymmetric aim.

This sounds likely.

pj
chgo

 

[JPB2]

You might want to work with Geno. I just had a lesson yesterday so it is new and I haven’t had a chance to work through it. What I will say is this. I have struggled for years with head position, aim, alignment, finding center ball. The lesson provided new information and insight into what I was doing and seeing. Like I said, it is new for me and I am not ready to provide a full review. That said, I wish I had the lesson sooner and no amount of watching YouTube videos or getting comments here will show you what you are doing IMO. Might save you much frustration.

 

[straightline]

I think that's only true if your "vision center" is centered between your eyes - not always (or even mostly?) the case, because of dominant eye.
pj
chgo

I've gotten so comfortable with double vision I just tried the vision center test and I can get the final focus on either side. Also just noticed that with two objects in line as in a pool shot, focusing on one doubles the other and vice versa. That might be built into horizontal stereo vision.

 

[straightline]

Calling this Stereo Parallax Calibration.

Wait for it,

SPC

 

[7stud]

no amount of watching YouTube videos or getting comments here will show you what you are doing IMO. Might save you much frustration.

Yes, every other subject in the world can be explained with hundreds of youtube videos or master classes, etc., but lining up two pool balls is impossible to explain in a video. Yeah, right. See Dr. Dave's resource page, SightRight, etc. It's all similar stuff: you determine your vision center, then you try to get your vision center lined up over the cue. But it may not help! Lining up my vision center over the cue didn't help me at all: it hurt my neck, and I couldn't aim straight on a straight in shot.

 

[bbb]

@straightline @Patrick Johnson @jnwilliams
you might find this old thread of mine interesting and hopefully for @jnwilliams helpful
if you click on the title you can read thru the thread

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Thread 'instructors comments on this help for vision center impared students'

May 25, 2016

when you line up for the shot
put the cue stick up close to parallel ( not close to your face)to your face
you should now see 2 cue sticks and keep the image BETWEEN the two imaginary sticks
DO NOT MOVE YOUR HEAD AND COME STRAIGHT DOWN ON THAT LINE
that should keep you on your visual center
your comments agree or not are always appeciated

• bbb
• Replies: 45
• Forum: Ask The Instructor

 

[straightline]

@straightline @Patrick Johnson @jnwilliams
you might find this old thread of mine interesting and hopefully for @jnwilliams helpful
if you click on the title you can read thru the thread

B

Thread 'instructors comments on this help for vision center impared students'

May 25, 2016

when you line up for the shot
put the cue stick up close to parallel ( not close to your face)to your face
you should now see 2 cue sticks and keep the image BETWEEN the two imaginary sticks
DO NOT MOVE YOUR HEAD AND COME STRAIGHT DOWN ON THAT LINE
that should keep you on your visual center
your comments agree or not are always appeciated

• bbb
• Replies: 45
• Forum: Ask The Instructor

Very astute of you. What I do is after the other rigamarole of my method, is go chin on the stick and then go to double vision.

 

[bbb]

Very astute of you. What I do is after the other rigamarole of my method, is go chin on the stick and then go to double vision.

remember
i came up with spc first !!!!!!(i think)
maybe say bbbspc....
i know cpg is contact point geometry
what is CBL?

 

[Frosty]

remember
i came up with spc first !!!!!!(i think)
maybe say bbbspc....
i know cpg is contact point geometry
what is CBL?

It’s BS, that’s what it is

 

[straightline]

remember
i came up with spc first !!!!!!(i think)
maybe say bbbspc....
i know cpg is contact point geometry
what is CBL?

CBL cue ball last

SPC hey I just coined that. Me me me...

Can't recall when It first got in my head but 2016 is for sure before I could write,