Aiming at center of the white. Why is it so hard?

[hamedsullivan]

Hi

(sorry about my English)

I have same problem . i play snooker since 7 years ago .

i'm left handed and my dominat eye is left .

in this 7 years , i can't find the cueball center !

when the shot angel is to the right , object ball goes to more to the right !

and when the shot angel is to the left , object ball goes to less to the left !

when i stand for a straight shot , my left eye is directly on the shot but my right eye is is not ,

after the shot ( stright ) the OB goes to the right !

is this correct sighting or i should stand on the line by even sighted ?

when i want to move for a shot my head is not straight ! and i'm not relax to see .

i think i see the center of the cue ball but my friends say's i amed a bit right .

when i want to cueing i can't see the straight line !

Please help me .

it is too bad for me after 7 years .

thank's alot.

[C-J]

I think the main problem is the difference in the line you see when standing and the line your cue aims at when you're down.When you have a dominant eye you probably have a tendency to move your cue to that dominant side,at a certain moment when going down.You also may have a tendency to move the cue to that side during the prelimanary adresses or actual stroke.
The solution is easy;accept that the line you aimed your cue at is the right one and your line of sightning is parralel to this.Now just focus on cueing straight(should feel easier and more comfortable now) and hitting the cue bal where you aim.

[hamedsullivan]

I think the main problem is the difference in the line you see when standing and the line your cue aims at when you're down.When you have a dominant eye you probably have a tendency to move your cue to that dominant side,at a certain moment when going down.You also may have a tendency to move the cue to that side during the prelimanary adresses or actual stroke.
The solution is easy;accept that the line you aimed your cue at is the right one and your line of sightning is parralel to this.Now just focus on cueing straight(should feel easier and more comfortable now) and hitting the cue bal where you aim.

thank you .

but !

example : straight shot , i stand on the line but my left eye is on the line ! i can't stand directly straight !

i don't know , this is right or not ! i can't drop the cue under my left eye ,

if i drop the cue in natural line the OB go to the right ! and i can't find the right line !

[C-J]

Don't worry about your dominant eye.Do your normal routine,don't change the cue to your eye's(this is why a lot of straight pots are missed).
Just concentrate on cueing straight and accept that the line you see when standing can be parralel to the cueline you see when down.
If the object ball goes to the right you've probably hit the cueball slightly across to the left,causing it to drift a littleThis is probably caused because you think you aim slightly to the right of centre and then you adjust while striking.
Accept that where you point the cue first is right and cue straight.Good luck!

[hamedsullivan]

Don't worry about your dominant eye.Do your normal routine,don't change the cue to your eye's(this is why a lot of straight pots are missed).
Just concentrate on cueing straight and accept that the line you see when standing can be parralel to the cueline you see when down.
If the object ball goes to the right you've probably hit the cueball slightly across to the left,causing it to drift a littleThis is probably caused because you think you aim slightly to the right of centre and then you adjust while striking.
Accept that where you point the cue first is right and cue straight.Good luck!

thank you very much . I practice today.

[poolqjunkie]

I think just as you will naturally use your dominant eye to view the view finder of your camera, you will naturally use your dominant eye to sight a shot, if you really try to focus your eye sight on the point/line/area of contact on the object ball. Whether everything else follow your sighting is another question.
Is your cue going through the cue ball straight, or to be more precise, is your grip going through the line of aim, and are your eyes sighting the line of aim properly, are the questions.
I like to practise potting the object and cue ball into the pocket. Try to do a half table shot first. What I do is to pot 10 pink into the corner with the cue ball following in to one side of the table, and then 10 to the other side. When I am done, I will then do the same thing potting the pink into the middle pocket.
You can varie the distance of the cue ball.
I usually practise a few of these with the cue ball almost right on the lid of the pocket.
You need to cue and sight pretty precisely to do this with any consistency.
I recommend you stay down after the shot, expecially when you miss, and look at the cue especially at the butt end, to see if the whole cue is pointing at the pocket--if not, then you are not going through the cue ball straight.
Some players will miss the pot with the cue pointing at the pocket dead straight, which suggests a sighting probem rather than cueing--the player simply cannot sight where the center of the ball is consistently.
I think you need to find out if it is a sighting or cueing problem that you are having, before changing anything.
Hope this helps.

[missneworleans]

I think the cause of the problem also can be starting up the hand. I had those problems earlier. I tried to do backspin, but it went on stop or even on topspin. Else rightside and leftside spins were coming when I didn't wanted them! My instructor said I have very good aiming. So when I got my cueing right, I always knew where will cueball go!

[C-J]

I think just as you will naturally use your dominant eye to view the view finder of your camera, you will naturally use your dominant eye to sight a shot, if you really try to focus your eye sight on the point/line/area of contact on the object ball. Whether everything else follow your sighting is another question.
Is your cue going through the cue ball straight, or to be more precise, is your grip going through the line of aim, and are your eyes sighting the line of aim properly, are the questions.

That's what i tried to explain.

[hamedsullivan]

thank you Guy's

my break is improving!

last night : 1st frame (41) - 2nd frame (33,37) - 3rd frame ( 62 !!) .

thanks alot ...

the problem was in my cueing .

when i tried to shot the straight for poting the OB and white , i saw my cue aims right of the pocket ! and right spin !

[bongo]

Arghhhh! I had a long reply but my computer froze, sorry, i'll post that reply again when I have time!

[davyp26uk]

If you put just a touch of side it shouldn't be a problem.

Side will push the ball off-line so you need to compensate for this when potting.