Hi, I have a question!!!

[scoo24]

Hi all

I have joined this forum cuz I have a question & I noticed there are so many people with excellent knowledge about the game.
I have made a couple of centuries in the last few months and can make 60+ breaks almost everyday. I'm right handed and I have a dominant right eye. I have been told recently that I'm not striking the cueball where I think I am, in other words, when I think I'm aiming to strike the middle of the cueball, I am actually pointing my tip a little towards the left but as I've been playing the game for over 15 years, I seem to have adapted somehow.
Should I continue doing what I'm doing or do I have to change my head posture and if so, can anyone tell me which of the top players is right eye dominant so I can maybe try to imitate how they sight the shot?!!
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

[LWB]

I've seen a few players with faults with their technique try to fix it. One thing you must be prepared for if you make the change is for your game to suffer for a while. When it comes to changing technique you really do get worse before you get better. In my opinion you should strive to have perfect technique, especially if you have the time and patience to work on it. To me, consistancy comes from great technique and, for lack of a better phrase, mental strength. So if you can have both you'll hopefully get more centuries.

I'd suggest you post this under another section as well, maybe coaching, otherwise it might not be seen and you'll only have my crap advice to go by!

[scoo24]

Cheers, I'll post it now under coaching section

[Sidd]

Hey Scoo,
This is what I have to say. First of all, if you are not hitting the cue ball where you want to and are ultimately applying something called accidental side on the cue ball unintentionally, then it is very difficult for you to make 100+ breaks and for that matter even 60+. However, there is a very simply way of finding this out, try it. remove all the balls from the table and put your cue ball in the baulk area just on the brown ball spot. Now hit it dead centre, I repeat, DEAD CENTRE towards the top cushin with the intention to roll it over the blue, pink and black spot and make it come back to you towards the brown spot. That requires a perfect dead cenrte straight shot. If you are hitting the ball properly it should come back straight to you and hit your cue (if you havent removed it after the shot) and if you are applying accidental side, it should move from the path toeards right or left depending on which side you are applying. Repeat this 10 times at least and you shall know where you stand.

If it happens and you confirm the fact for sure that you are doing so, you have got to get rid of this and if thats so the main reasons for this are:

1. Your bridge hand is not firm enough and allows slight thumb movements during the shot thereby allowing for a mis-cue. Keep it firm enough during the delivery.

2. Cue action is ot be considered. Keep it in straight line the only thing moving during the delivery should be your elbow acting as a hinge and your wrist holding the shaft should be straight enough and should not be too loose too tight.

3. Remember the key is KEEP IT STILL.....!!!

ADIOS!

[wildJONESEYE]

If youre a 60+ a day player and have no intension to be a profesional id leave right alone youre technique ....

because what will happen you might fix youre problam then again you might not but instead of playing youre game natrually you will become conscious of what you do and thoes 60+ breaks a day will go down and down and you might strugle and get frustrated and wont enjoy the game as much...........

[Strickimicki]

Well said wildJONESEYE

Leave it alone!

Looking for the cause of bad cueing on just the 1 or 2 days has really cocked my game up.

Tried everything from stance change, head movement (which eye is better over the cue). more or less everything!

After 1 year of chasing my tail, I'm back to the basic's and it's starting to come off. Not exactly great but I'm getting more consistant.

If you are getting anywhere 100 breaks, you are a much better than average player. Do yourself a favour and concentrate on getting even better and don't look for faults!

all the best

Brian

[scoo24]

Hey Scoo,
This is what I have to say. First of all, if you are not hitting the cue ball where you want to and are ultimately applying something called accidental side on the cue ball unintentionally, then it is very difficult for you to make 100+ breaks and for that matter even 60+. However, there is a very simply way of finding this out, try it. remove all the balls from the table and put your cue ball in the baulk area just on the brown ball spot. Now hit it dead centre, I repeat, DEAD CENTRE towards the top cushin with the intention to roll it over the blue, pink and black spot and make it come back to you towards the brown spot. That requires a perfect dead cenrte straight shot. If you are hitting the ball properly it should come back straight to you and hit your cue (if you havent removed it after the shot) and if you are applying accidental side, it should move from the path toeards right or left depending on which side you are applying. Repeat this 10 times at least and you shall know where you stand.

If it happens and you confirm the fact for sure that you are doing so, you have got to get rid of this and if thats so the main reasons for this are:

1. Your bridge hand is not firm enough and allows slight thumb movements during the shot thereby allowing for a mis-cue. Keep it firm enough during the delivery.

2. Cue action is ot be considered. Keep it in straight line the only thing moving during the delivery should be your elbow acting as a hinge and your wrist holding the shaft should be straight enough and should not be too loose too tight.

3. Remember the key is KEEP IT STILL.....!!!

ADIOS!

Thank u all for the advice, I'm really grateful And Sidd, I've slightly adjusted my head position so that I'm cueing under my right eye. I've had my playing partner take a few shots with his mobile phone camera while I'm pausing at the address position and my head looks somewhat like Shaun Murphy when he's taking a shot. It feels better and I'm cueing a lot better. I managed to do the drill you mentioned over the spots and it worked out quite well. I also made a small bet with my friend to pot the blue into a corner pocket and follow through to go in off with the white, I potted 8 out of 10 and managed to go in off 4 times which means I'm cueing well I assume! I haven't done any drastic changes, just minor tilting of the head and I think I'm able to identify the center of the cueball well. I've had a 40 odd, a 58 clearance and a 72 last night so I'm well chuffed

[Sidd]

Way ta go Buddy. I havent been on the forum lately and just checked your response today. It is indeed exhilerating to know the advice helped. Hope you progress further.

Happy snookering...!