Sight Right Snooker Aid..

[platt]

Have any of the members used this product..if so what there veiws ??

[poolqjunkie]

I was very curious as well. Someone here told me it is a card divided into two parts, with one part covered up, with a line drawn in the middle.
If you are lined up the same as your sight line before you get down, then you should cue along the line when you are down--but lots of players are not actually cueing along the line they think they are lined up at--when the half card is lifted to reveal the actual line up as compared to the intended line-up, it can be noted how far one is off. Thsi is how I understand it.
I am not sure if they have any material to teach you to improve so your sight line will be closer or equal to your actual body line-up.

[MikeWooldridge]

sounds like bollo*ks to me

[kevy62]

you can use any device you want........
cardboard templates with lines on !
cueballs with marks on them !
i have even seen some twit using a lazer sight attached to his cue !!!
but none of these can be used in a match so what's the point.....oh yeah?....doh!

remove these devices & you will notice that you won't pot or position any better,
this is because it only comes with practice.

please stop trying to find daft shortcuts, & learn that there is no quick fix.

[bonoman1970]

Just pot as many balls as you can!

[Watford]

It's rubbish!
I've got one somewhere apparantly I already sight alright waste of time.
You could knock one up yourself!

[stegorjus]

At least one person who commented has actually tried this before giving an opinion. I have a Sightright and I would say about 90% of players would benefit from using one. It's actually a coaching aid to help correct your sighting. There's no suggestion that it would be useful during play.

I've never seen anyone do the sighting test where half is covered with a towel then exposed be anything other than shocked by how off their sighting is. However I do think it is ridiculously over-priced; especially for something so easily copied.

These negative and apathetic comments seem to be a characteristic of everything snooker related at the moment. I guess the inventor must be quite pleased that he's made a golf related one too.

[poolqjunkie]

At least one person who commented has actually tried this before giving an opinion. I have a Sightright and I would say about 90% of players would benefit from using one. It's actually a coaching aid to help correct your sighting. There's no suggestion that it would be useful during play.

I've never seen anyone do the sighting test where half is covered with a towel then exposed be anything other than shocked by how off their sighting is. However I do think it is ridiculously over-priced; especially for something so easily copied.

These negative and apathetic comments seem to be a characteristic of everything snooker related at the moment. I guess the inventor must be quite pleased that he's made a golf related one too.

Is there any material which comes with this board that can help a player to improve his/her line up?

[stegorjus]

Is there any material which comes with this board that can help a player to improve his/her line up?

Mine came with a laminated A4 sheet with some instructions on its use. The basic principal is that the two lines should form a single unbroken line when sighting is correct. The blind test seems to be the best test of this.

[jasond28]

It's rubbish!
I've got one somewhere apparantly I already sight alright waste of time.
You could knock one up yourself!

Do you wanna sell it?

[kevy62]

At least one person who commented has actually tried this before giving an opinion. I have a Sightright and I would say about 90% of players would benefit from using one. It's actually a coaching aid to help correct your sighting. There's no suggestion that it would be useful during play.

I've never seen anyone do the sighting test where half is covered with a towel then exposed be anything other than shocked by how off their sighting is. However I do think it is ridiculously over-priced; especially for something so easily copied.

These negative and apathetic comments seem to be a characteristic of everything snooker related at the moment. I guess the inventor must be quite pleased that he's made a golf related one too.

Hi guy's, i'm sure we all know one of the keys to playing good snooker is the ability to deliver the cue straight, i'm sure this is somthing everyone would like to be able to check on from time to time.

SAVE YOUR MONEY!

Please excuse me if i appear blunt, but there has always been an aid to help you to both sight & cue straight, it's right under your nose!

"THE BAULK LINE" !

Let me explain , pretending that the white is on the brown spot & playing from the side cushion place your cue over the baulk line and practice bringing the cue back and forth over the line. (simple)

When you finally deliver the cue stay down, and you should find that the cue is still above the line. If it's not,you know for sure that your cueing is off line.

With no balls to worry about, you can concentrate solely on your cue action.

You can even bring the cue all the way back to your thumbs before the final pause and delivery of the cue.

I have used this method for checking cue delivery for years & it works.

no gadgets required!

[submarine]

Thanks for the tip Kevy, will try that one out when I get home.

[kevy62]

Cheers submarine, I hope you do try it , just 5 mins at a time is all it takes,
it has worked for every player that i have taken the time to shown it to.

[submarine]

Gave it a go last night, found out my action was slightly off! Definately worth a look now and again, at least I know something I need to correct now!

[Watford]

Do you wanna sell it?

I would but three issues.
I'm not sure where I've put it and I've moved since I used it.
Last time I was asked to sell it it seemed a bit of a faff to post it off, get payment etc.
What would you pay for it to make me get off my arse, find it and post it off.

Rolo you cheeky monkey!
So you've not got electric chalk and laser sighted sandpaper then?