Strange 'Handidness'

[mcambridge]

mcambridge ... in your light hearted vein and in the best of spirits, I think I am prepared to argue my case ...

I have not Googled or Wikipedia'd ... I am 51 years old ... but if I remember my schoolboy days correctly, and I may well be wrong cos it was a *long* time ago ... isn't 1 inch 2.54 cm in new money?

[edit] oops, might have got that the wrong way round - one inch could be 2.45 new money? [/edit]

so 1 cm is surely between 1/4 and 1/2 an inch as I said ... no wonder aeroplanes keep falling out the sky lol ...

You were right the first time: 1inch = 2.54cm. It strange how the mind percieves one thing, when another was meant. I read your original comment as 1cm was somewhere near 1/4inch and somewhere near 1/2inch, but only chose to argue the 1/2inch case. It was a long and boring shift yesterday...I think my mind had switched off with all the boredom (typical Rolls-Royce!)

Snooker thismorning, then straight on to work untill 9pm, will report back my findings on this case when i get home tonight.

Mark

[mcambridge]

Hi guys,

Well thismorning went well, spent nearly 4 hours going through routines.

With the cue under the left of my chin seemed to help a hell of a lot. The angle I saw was [most of the time] the angle that was hit etc.

I didnt entertain the idea of glasses, or an eye patch or anything like that. What I did try however, was closing one eye whilst going for the shot......its hard to explain, but it didnt do wonders.

I've read alot about cues, and the 'feel' of a cue, i.e, if it feels right then go for it............well the same can be said for a stroke. I had a quite a few shots today where my stance was better, head was lower, cue action was smoother, and then the ball went EXACTLY where I wanted it to - after those shots, I got a feeling.....I cant explain it, but it felt like I'd made a perfect stroke - something thats not happened before!

So, to summarise, having the cue under the left of my chin helped enormously - such a small correction for such a large difference. Also, I was trying to use my left eye more than my right, whilst keeping them both open and on target - that helped too.

Thanks for all the advice on this guys, really appreciated.

cheers

Mark

[KeithinFrance]

Great! Glad it feels better, maybe we've hit on the right answer! Now comes the hard part: practising until it's second nature!

P.S. That "feeling" = what we should feel all the time; it's like a drug! Once you"ve had it, then you want it all the time. You're hooked!

[RGCirencester]

I think this is one of the things many people new to the game overlook, and possibly one of the most fundemental to becoming a good player. You need both eyes for depth perception etc. however as you have descovered the positioning of the cue makes a massive difference to how you percieve the shot. You need to find what works for you and as keith says eventually it becomes second nature. Problem is i quite often hit the ball exactly where im aiming... but where im aiming doesnt make the ball go in the pocket

[DandyA]

... With the cue under the left of my chin seemed to help a hell of a lot. The angle I saw was [most of the time] the angle that was hit etc. ...

... I think this is one of the things many people new to the game overlook, and possibly one of the most fundemental to becoming a good player. You need both eyes for depth perception etc. however as you have descovered the positioning of [eyes over] the cue makes a massive difference to how you percieve the shot. You need to find what works for you and as keith says eventually it becomes second nature. ...

yep totally agree - I certainly feel a much better player and a lot more confident since I moved my right (dominant) eye a bit more over the cue ...

[tabbfan]

im ambidexterous and although i can never decide which hand to write with i honestly never give it a thought when i play pool. im told i rarely play consecutive shots with the same hand but it doesnt affect my game that i know of and i dont think about it but i can understand the pw predicament hes now got me wondering whether my game would benefit from me consistantly playing right or left handed lol i know my right eye is the dominant one but i think retraining myself to play right handed would be alien to me same as the pw but i cue in the centre of my chin both ways

[KeithinFrance]

im ambidexterous and although i can never decide which hand to write with i honestly never give it a thought when i play pool. im told i rarely play consecutive shots with the same hand but it doesnt affect my game that i know of and i dont think about it but i can understand the pw predicament hes now got me wondering whether my game would benefit from me consistantly playing right or left handed lol i know my right eye is the dominant one but i think retraining myself to play right handed would be alien to me same as the pw but i cue in the centre of my chin both ways

Well then, you're a lucky guy!! I wish I could do that. But seriously, try playing with the cue under your dominant eye and see if it makes a difference; sometimes you don't have to move the cue a lot to the right as you can be just slightly right-eye dominant. I don't think that re-training yourself to just play right-handed would be a good idea at all if you're naturally ambidextrous; I'd rather thank my lucky stars!

[tabbfan]

Well then, you're a lucky guy!! I wish I could do that. But seriously, try playing with the cue under your dominant eye and see if it makes a difference; sometimes you don't have to move the cue a lot to the right as you can be just slightly right-eye dominant. I don't think that re-training yourself to just play right-handed would be a good idea at all if you're naturally ambidextrous; I'd rather thank my lucky stars!

lol cheers and not that it really matters but im a woman not a guy but thanks for replying

[KeithinFrance]

My apologies! I didn't know.

[tabbfan]

My apologies! I didn't know.

lol its alright dont worry about it its a hazard of the site