left, right sighted

[davisskeggsm]

can somebody please explain to me about people being left or right sighted. I am struggling to understand what people mean when they talk about being left or right sighted. I have always ran the cue along the centre of my chin, however i have noticed that Jamie Jones for example doesn't do the same, when cueing his line of sight is slightly more to the right hand side to the object ball? somebody help?

[Quackers]

Everyone (I think) has a dominant eye.
This is not a problem for most people. However, if you are right-handed and your dominant eye is your left eye (or vice versa) it can cause problems when sighting a shot.

[Quackers]

Dodgy double post.

[davisskeggsm]

thanks for the reply, but how can i tell whether my dominant eye is left or right?

Matt

[Quackers]

There is a test, but I can't remember it. Try googling. I'm sure it will turn up :-)

[davisskeggsm]

Ok Thank you ill google it now

Matt

[Quackers]

With which eye

[saddler79]

There is a very simple test to see whether you are left or right eye dominant. Make a gun shape with you index finger and aim at a small target (something the size of a light switch on a wall will do). Dont move you hand and then close one eye. Check to see if your finger is pointing at target. If you have closed your right eye and your hand is still on target you are left eye dominant. Repeat the process and check with your other eye. Depending how far you are standing from target you will see your aim flicking on and off target as you alternate the open eye.

I had eye surgery last week on my right eye which was awful but I am left eye dominant. My left eye is not being fixed until next week. I 'played' snooker yesterday and it was practically impossible. Eye dominance is a crucial factor in the set up for every player and taken for granted when anything goes wrong with the eyes!

EDIT: You can also try closing one eye when you are playing snooker and have lined a shot up. Alternate the eye and see what happens. You will be in for a shock!

[davisskeggsm]

left, right sighted

I shut my right eye and my finger moved away from the target, does this therefore mean that i am right eyed?

Matt

[saddler79]

Yes sounds that way. Also close your left eye to make sure you are still on target. (make sure your hand does not move)

[davisskeggsm]

left, right sighted

Yeah when i close my left eye the target stays the same and does not move, cheers

Matt

[nrage]

I don't believe these eye tests actually help with snooker. If I perform the standard tests (pointing at an object, closing either eye - or making a hole between both hands and lining up an object then closing either eye) they all say my dominant eye is my right.

But.. if I want to see the correct thing on a snooker table the cue needs to be roughly half way between my nose and left eye. This position has always been my natural position, developed through years of playing pool and not thinking too hard about it. I did try for 6-12 months to alter it, and cue in the center of my chin. It worked "ok" but recently I've changed back to my natural position and I saw an immediate improvement.

I think there are a couple of reasons why. You don't sight with just 1 eye, you use both. You require 2 eyes for depth perception. If you force the brain to select 1, it will select the dominant one, but if you've sighted on a distant object then you've probably just selected your dominant eye for distant objects, which is probably not the eye you will use to line the cue up with the center of the white - just as an example.

Here is something that someone mentioned on another thread (which I must find, and thank them) which seems to agree with my natural sighting position (between nose/left eye). Line up a straight long pot with the rest to the exact edge of the pocket leather (a very small target). Get a mate to stand by the pocket and confirm you have the pot lined up dead straight. If you have no-one to help, play the pot a few times to confirm you're striking white and object dead center and it's hitting the pocket leather. Line it up again and this time get your head right behind the cue at address so you can draw it back into your face/nose.. where does it line up with?

In my case it lines up half way between my nose and left eye, in exactly my natural position.

[davisskeggsm]

left, right sighted

Ok thanks for the help guys, you have certainly cleared up my misunderstanding cheers

Matt

[tofushop193]

If I am a right eye how do I adjust my stance? I am currently placing the cue in middle. Do I simply move my hand slightly to right?

[Terry Davidson]

Do not change your set-up to favour your dominant eye. There is no need to do that at all

Terry