What Do You Look At Last

[gregcantrall]

Mark Williams is playing Mark Allen right now and they are giving some good looks at the eye patterns at times.

 

[gregcantrall]

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[Maniac]

Generally, just before pulling the trigger, I look at the best set of cleavage in the pool hall.

It's no wonder I shoot so poorly!

 

[gregcantrall]

Rambler Alert:
My earliest training as a hitter in baseball, came as a Little League All Star. We hosted 2 players from Fortuna on the California coast. They spent the night for a noon game the next day. I showed them my home batting practice with the ground yellow jackets nest, that morning. They wanted to try. My instruction was; take this 4 foot long pencil rod and shove it in the hole. It restricts the exit enough to get them one at a time. As soon as you miss. We run to the basement door.
He missed the first one and it got him between the eyes. He wanted to try it. With a baseball bat I always got a few.

 

[gregcantrall]

Kind of why I like looking at the cueball when I hit it. It's the best precision strike for me .
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[ChrisinNC]

Most folks look at the object ball last. Some look at the cue ball. Does any else ever look at the shaft on some shots?

For those that look at the the CB last, looking at the shaft after contact to confirm the shaft is following straight through down the target line makes sense.

 

[Poolmanis]

If there is are not hot chicks around... I don´t really know where I am watching..

 

[straightline]

Still CBL.

 

[gregcantrall]

For those that look at the the CB last, looking at the shaft after contact to confirm the shaft is following straight through down the target line makes sense.

I find that watching the very tip as it vibrates after contact works best for me. In practice that is. My daily practice shooting over or along side blockers has shown me more because the path the tip needs to take is so close to a foul. Gives me insight into cue tip displacement along with deflection or are they one and the same?

 

[Ģüśţāṿ]

In a perfect world it doesn't matter what you look at.

The x-factor is the stroke or the swing that can throw off the line. Nobody has a perfect stroke.

1. stroke
2. path of cue ball to object

You play with deflection in mind and we're also using english on the ball. Staring at the cue ball too long then you are missing the path. The path to the object ball is very important. You're aiming the cue ball to the object ball.

The game is not about aiming at the cue ball.

Hope this makes sense.

I have tried to play the game in how you perceive it. Aiming at the cue ball.

Object balls are only there to assist the cue ball's movement. Playing this way is great but pocketing the ball will hurt in the long run.

Very true, in a perfect world it doesn't matter. Playing with deflection in mind is another great point as it really depends on how comfortable you are with your equipment, to know exactly where the cue is going.

I think this the difference for me, that I establish my aiming before my last look at the cue. I will typically go back and forth just a few times between object ball and cue ball to verify my alignment, then the last look is being as precise as I can be on the cue ball, and pull the trigger.

Years ago I did exactly as you say, look at the object ball last but since retraining my brain, I feel that my make percentage has actually gone up looking at the cue last. I align my shot, then since I'm putting all my focus on the cue, I only need to concern myself with tip placement and speed.

I guess you will naturally adjust your process to whichever has the best outcome long term. I've tried to change back and I always feel like my position gets sloppy as I focus on too many variables. This way just works for me.