Im seriously losing my sanity with this game !!!! HELP !!!!

[nrage]

What is bob? I take it its to do with the object ball?

(B)ack (O)f (B)all. The spot to hit on the object ball.

[itsnoteasy]

This lad knows a bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP4RvZJMPd8

That's very interesting for me I think I stand a bit narrow sometimes I am going to check this out. Cheers

[throtts]

Wow, what a coincidence. My aiming was offish today, I knew it was not my cueing. So, I adjusted my stance to the correct one, I was just getting too casual. Result, problem sorted....

[Belloz22]

Funny thing is, with the coaching I had I never ever was asked about my stance, and when I looked it was def off. With that being said, does it make more sense to line the shot up to the right eye so ik stood in the correct position behind the pot, or still line it up with my nose, where im off the line and adjist the way im placing my feet when I get down so I end up right?

[Sidd]

Funny thing is, with the coaching I had I never ever was asked about my stance, and when I looked it was def off. With that being said, does it make more sense to line the shot up to the right eye so ik stood in the correct position behind the pot, or still line it up with my nose, where im off the line and adjist the way im placing my feet when I get down so I end up right?

Aim with the nose dude. Never with a single eye but with both keeping nose as a reference point. you can favour your master eye while down if you NEED to.

If master eye could do the majic alone in terms of aiming and sighting... then people must have advocated playing with one eye closed nobody does that which means its not the right thing. Aim with nose always ... the brain is so powerful it can pick up the right line from whichever eye it wants but you need both to aim.

[Belloz22]

This is what I find unusal, when im stood behind the shot it is clear that im lining the shot up to my left eye, not my nose. Why would I be sighting the shot with my left eye on the line if im right im right eye dominate, sure means im lining up with my weaker eye??

[j6uk]

You mean like try and sniff the shot?

Aim with the nose dude. Never with a single eye but with both keeping nose as a reference point...

[SouthPaw]

This lad knows a bit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP4RvZJMPd8

I have that dvd tutorial, to say it's improving my game is an understatement, understanding modern snooker by the late jack karnehm.

That guy kevy is a karnehm clone though at least he's on the mark...

[Terry Davidson]

Belloz:

Come on! When you drive a car or even walk do you look with just your one eye, like with your head turned or something? I would bet not. When aiming you need the binocular image for depth perception and when sighting some people prefer to have the cue running under what they BELIEVE is their preferred eye. To get the depth perception accurate the eyes need to be centered on the target so they are the widest apart.

Have you done my test to see which is your preferred sighting eye? This pointing at a piece of chalk 12ft away is not really the greatest test to determine which is the eye your brain prefers to use when sighting. In a person with fairly good vision from both eyes it might not be even be the 'dominant' eye as the brain may prefer the eye that's close to the cue due to the player's set-up.

Terry

[nrage]

This is what I find unusal, when im stood behind the shot it is clear that im lining the shot up to my left eye, not my nose. Why would I be sighting the shot with my left eye on the line if im right im right eye dominate, sure means im lining up with my weaker eye??

How did you determine you were right eye dominant? If you looked at a distant object, perhaps your right eye is longer sighted than your left.. and when lining up a pot - using the white which is near, is better done with the left. This is why eye dominance tests are pointless at best (IMO).

Forget about eye dominance. Line up a long blue so the blue and white are dead straight. Lie the cue on the table tip to the white. Get your head down over the cue like you're on the shot. Slide your head left/right until the cue "looks" dead straight in line with white and blue and pocket. This is where you want your head when you're down. Alter your stance so that you can achieve this position comfortable. Practice walking in/down until you start doing it unconsciously.

For the walk in, place the line of aim directly in the middle of your body for aiming, for consistency and because it's easiest to do this. I don't think it matters in the slightest where you start the walk in from so long as you get down into the correct position, for you, without moving back and forth across the line like a drunk driver.

[j6uk]

Yes Iv watched that many times on youtube, shame its not on there anymore..
He knew a few things uncle Jack.

I have that dvd tutorial, to say it's improving my game is an understatement, understanding modern snooker by the late jack karnehm.

That guy kevy is a karnehm clone though at least he's on the mark...

[j6uk]

I believe In Jacks vid he's walking into and over his line on his right eye

[SouthPaw]

Yes Iv watched that many times on youtube, shame its not on there anymore..
He knew a few things uncle Jack.

His trick shots weren't too bad either, I've wowed a few pensioners at my social club doing them

[itsnoteasy]

Funny thing is, with the coaching I had I never ever was asked about my stance, and when I looked it was def off. With that being said, does it make more sense to line the shot up to the right eye so ik stood in the correct position behind the pot, or still line it up with my nose, where im off the line and adjist the way im placing my feet when I get down so I end up right?

It was one of the first things checked on me when i went for coaching,feet and angle you should be facing like on the video, in fact all the basics were checked, grip, cueing level, back arm in right place etc etc, i am quite surprised this wasnt checked as it affects all other parts of the game, unless you were standing ok, so they didnt mention it.

[Belloz22]

It was one of the first things checked on me when i went for coaching,feet and angle you should be facing like on the video, in fact all the basics were checked, grip, cueing level, back arm in right place etc etc, i am quite surprised this wasnt checked as it affects all other parts of the game, unless you were standing ok, so they didnt mention it.

This is what i mean, i assumed because no one ever questioned my stance etc, i assumed it was correct, and because no coach ever picked up on anything technical, you would assume it was right. So i always put my inconsistency down to other reasons - i.e. alignment etc

It was a surprise to me to see i wasnt standing with the line of aim aimed at the center or me, but more towards my left eye, and i only discovered this because i thought i need to check if im doing it right. The thing is, with the address position i had stood up, when i went to get down on the shot, i was actually bringing my left foot across the line of aim and leaving it to the right of line, not on it like it should be