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Hey guys, I am wondering if anyone out there uses thier eyes the way I do. I have been having really good luck lately by looking at cuts to the left more with my right eye, and cuts to the right more with my left eye. I just turn my head a bit either way, and try to focus more with the eye that is to the side of the object ball I am trying to hit.

I have read the ariticles here about dominant eye being bunk, and I think I am falling squarly in that camp.

Thoughts?
 
well, i think its a good thing...because before, when i was shooting with the cue below my right eye...i am missing shots needed to be cut on the left side of the ob. while im making extremely thin cuts on the right of the ob.
if you can do that and win a lot of games...dont ever change it. whichever works for you best is the one who stays. ;)
 
D0MINANT EYE

WE HAVE 2 EYES, WE ARE BINOCULAR. WE ARE ALWAYS USING BOTH EYES WHEN VIEWING ANYTHING. MOVING YOUR HEAD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WILL NOT CHANGE BINOCULAR VISION. YOU CANNOT LOOK AT ANY OBJECT WITH ONE EYE, UNLESS YOU CLOSE ONE EYE. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN AIMING, IS TO POSITION YOUR FACE SQUARELY TO THE SHOT, AND OVER YOUR CUE, AND NOT HAVE YOUR HEAD TURNED TO THE SIDE. WHEN YOUR HEAD IS TURNED TO THE SIDE, IT CAUSES WHAT THEY CALL A PARALAX VIEW. THIS FORCES YOU TO BE SEEING THE LINE OF THE SHOT COMING FROM A LINE OUTSIDE IN, RATHER THAN STRAIGHT AHEAD IN THE CENTER OF YOUR FACE AND CUE.
 
My opinion is to do whatever works best for you. There are some fundamental things that you should try to do right, e.g., stance, bridge, etc. If looking out of one eye at a time works for you, what the heck, do it.

Hal,
I'm sorry but what you're saying does not apply to everyone. I don't have binocular vision. You don't want to bet me because you'd lose. I have the opthalmological records to prove it. So all I'm saying is, qualify what you're saying by not saying "everybody". Everyone has a story and they're all different.
 
Rickw said:
My opinion is to do whatever works best for you. There are some fundamental things that you should try to do right, e.g., stance, bridge, etc. If looking out of one eye at a time works for you, what the heck, do it.

Hal,
I'm sorry but what you're saying does not apply to everyone. I don't have binocular vision. You don't want to bet me because you'd lose. I have the opthalmological records to prove it. So all I'm saying is, qualify what you're saying by not saying "everybody". Everyone has a story and they're all different.
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Neither do I.
I have monovision. My right eye is at 20-20. My left eye is my reading eye at 20-40. I had radial keratonomy years ago.
 
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halhoule said:
WE HAVE 2 EYES, WE ARE BINOCULAR. WE ARE ALWAYS USING BOTH EYES WHEN VIEWING ANYTHING. MOVING YOUR HEAD ONE WAY OR THE OTHER WILL NOT CHANGE BINOCULAR VISION. YOU CANNOT LOOK AT ANY OBJECT WITH ONE EYE, UNLESS YOU CLOSE ONE EYE. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN AIMING, IS TO POSITION YOUR FACE SQUARELY TO THE SHOT, AND OVER YOUR CUE, AND NOT HAVE YOUR HEAD TURNED TO THE SIDE. WHEN YOUR HEAD IS TURNED TO THE SIDE, IT CAUSES WHAT THEY CALL A PARALAX VIEW. THIS FORCES YOU TO BE SEEING THE LINE OF THE SHOT COMING FROM A LINE OUTSIDE IN, RATHER THAN STRAIGHT AHEAD IN THE CENTER OF YOUR FACE AND CUE.
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Hal, this I agree with you 100% on.
 
If I can only move my head to accomodate my dominant eye, I would. I tried it, and was on target, but I get headaches. So I have to go with Hal on this basing it on my personal handicaps. There are days when my eyes cooperate in harmony, enabling me to aim using paths as wide as the ball.

The downside of it is that sometimes, even if my chin rests on my cue dead center, the dominant eye takes liberty to input into my computer the angles it sees. So in key balls, I have to have the discipline to aim first away from the bridge to mark a precise point on the object ball.

I have undergone corrective lasix surgery, but unfortunately, it doesn't fix eye dominance.

Incidentally, to find out if you have a dominant eye, put your finger (pointing upward) on your nose bridge and stare at a small object. Slowly pull your finger away forward alternating left and right vision with one eye shut. If at any point, your finger will cover the object with one eye, but will show it with the other, then the obstructed eye is the dominant eye.
 
VISION

Rickw said:
My opinion is to do whatever works best for you. There are some fundamental things that you should try to do right, e.g., stance, bridge, etc. If looking out of one eye at a time works for you, what the heck, do it.

Hal,
I'm sorry but what you're saying does not apply to everyone. I don't have binocular vision. You don't want to bet me because you'd lose. I have the opthalmological records to prove it. So all I'm saying is, qualify what you're saying by not saying "everybody". Everyone has a story and they're all different.
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"EVERYBODY OF NORMAL VISION IS WHAT IT MEANT"
 
I know of a very good shooter that only has vision in one eye. Andy Scott who is also good, closes one eye while stroking and hitting.
 
I seem to have a problem at times with my vision as well. I usually see fine and play great when I’m winning. At times, when I get way out ahead in a match, I literally never miss a ball and I can see the spot I need to hit on the ball crystal clear. But if I get too far down in a match and the heat is on, somehow my eyes don’t seem to focus as well on the spot on the ball I need to hit and I start getting bad rolls. And that’s a phenomenon I can’t explain. Could someone please tell me: Why do the balls always know who’s winning?
 
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Guninger said:
This is something I have tried to have kept secret over the years, but starting in 93, I went legally blind in my right dominate eye. It began in 93 and by 97 my eye was toast. I have MAD. My left eye is in bad shape as well. The back of my retinas are fried, hardened, I see in a blur. That would have been a career ending thing for most, but I found a way to still sight and pot balls, It works up close, but long shots I almost just line up from experience and shoot and pray. This was why I quit playing 9 ball and went into Artistic, everything was close up in that sport. If you are having vision problems or alignment problems, remember me, if I can find a way, you can, just keep experimenting, never give up, the game is just too much fun. :D
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Geez, Mr Guninger, and I thought I had bad vision! How can one not be philosophical about pool!

I remember my eye doctor telling me that MAD can be lasered. This thing is no joke. If your insurance won't cover it there, why don't you look into it while you are here in Manila. They have the latest lasix machines here, and it would be relatively cheaper. To give you an idea, corrective lasix is a little less than a thousand USD. My doctor's wife specializes on MAD.
 
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Guninger said:
This was why I quit playing 9 ball and went into Artistic, everything was close up in that sport. If you are having vision problems or alignment problems, remember me, if I can find a way, you can, just keep experimenting, never give up, the game is just too much fun. :D
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I have my head at about 30 degrees to the stick. I agree with Hal. We have ocular fusion, what he calls binocular, both eyes working together unless there is something wrong with a person's eyes.

Laura
 
The left eye sees for and is "wired" to the right brain(anaylitical).The right eye sees for the left or (creative) brain.The two visions are always blended by that fast,powerful computer between your ears if you just let it happen!
 
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