Aiming, what should I be looking at

[Turner27]

The cue ball or object ball or does it not matter.

I seem to allways look at the cue ball but people have told me to look at the object ball.

So what do i have to look at?

Thanks
Liam

[CoachGavin]

object ball. The pause in your cue action allows your eyes to switch up from the white to the object ball. However there are players that look at the white on delivery especially on long pots but I would recommend you look at the spot on the object ball you are aiming the white at.

[Turner27]

object ball. The pause in your cue action allows your eyes to switch up from the white to the object ball. However there are players that look at the white on delivery especially on long pots but I would recommend you look at the spot on the object ball you are aiming the white at.

thanks for the advice

[Freddie Ng]

I aim for the object ball.. when feathering I would already set myself where to hit on the cue ball. during the long pause i would look at the object ball.

[damienlch]

Sometimes, when I get into a certain frame of mind or in "the zone", I don't really see the balls clearly, but they go in nonetheless and I just get on with figuring my way around the table and picking the balls off. Strange.

A neat "trick" I learnt while reading through this forum was to look at the cue tip on the final backswing to ensure that I'm pulling back straight before switching back to the object ball then push through. It puts distracting thoughts away and that helps in my concentration. Also, thinking of a long, "lazy" cue action helps in getting my stroke timing back especially when I tense up and all sorts of bad things start to happen; grip, snatch, movements, etc.

[Turner27]

Thanks for the advice lads went to the club this morning and it improved my long game dramaticly still needs getting used to, but once I can do that my game should improve

[Freddie Ng]

You have your own cue ?? try to get use to one cue ~~ also helps ~~ ^^

[thelongbomber]

Sometimes, when I get into a certain frame of mind or in "the zone", I don't really see the balls clearly, but they go in nonetheless and I just get on with figuring my way around the table and picking the balls off. Strange.

A neat "trick" I learnt while reading through this forum was to look at the cue tip on the final backswing to ensure that I'm pulling back straight before switching back to the object ball then push through. It puts distracting thoughts away and that helps in my concentration. Also, thinking of a long, "lazy" cue action helps in getting my stroke timing back especially when I tense up and all sorts of bad things start to happen; grip, snatch, movements, etc.

Ya, looking at the tip/cue on the backswing is an excellent method. I'm fairly sure Murphy does this to ensure a straight cue action.

[Terry Davidson]

Looking at the ferrule coming back during the backswing was a trick told to me by Steve Davis in order to help me develop a rear pause, something I want to do but have never been able to do.

It does help the player to backswing slower and straighter, which is a really good thing and it also helps with a rear pause as long as the player isn't tempted (like me) to rush the shot. I'm still working on it though

Terry

[Giggity1984]

when watching john Higgins or mark Williams during a break it would appear that they look at the Cueball and flick their eyes to the object ball after they've struck the white. I think that the object ball would make more sense. in darts for example you wouldn't look at double top if you were going for treble three! I've been re reading Steve Davis's blog posts recently and have come to the conclusion that as players we worry to much about these things. we're forgetting to play the game!