Why You Are Missing Straight In Shots | Easy Fix 

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As a firearms instructor, I have to teach students about aiming with their dominant eye. I really like your "triangle" method for determining the dominant eye.

An easy way to check alignment is to crouch down and look straight down the line where the cloth and rail meet. With your head vertical (not cocked left or right) move your head back and forth a small amount to the left and to the right until the line looks perfectly straight. Observe where your chin position is relative to the line. This is where the cue should be when you are shooting. I see too many beginners automatically put the cue under their dominant eye which may or may not be their true eye alignment. Love your channel!

I've been playing for quite a while and the level of frustration is real on straight-in shots only to miss. Thanks for FYI and we'll see what happens tomorrow night.

I think this is one of the most important things to check when you starting going through down slope in pool. Every time it's happened to me I'd work specifically on eye alignment, then stance to fit that alignment, then stroke.

The graphics you use do make the information you are explaining that much easier to understand.I’m glad you are climbing in subs,you deserve it,you really are the best I’ve seen on RU-vid.👍

Ive never thought this eye alignment as a factor. Thank you for sharing this video

Thank you for all the advice my game has improved 10 folds since I started following you. 👊🏻

Wow! this is such an "eye opener", literally! It's the first ever real deep tip I have ever gotten. Every other ones teaching like aiming system, angle references, markers, fundamentals and a whole lot of other stuff but have never even considered the player's eye condition which would render those everything almost useless. This eye alignment is what I actually have been struggling to find an answer for in my decades of playing this what I called "the greatest game of all"... until I saw this video. All along, I thought I just accepted the fact that my eyes are just a hopeless case of total wreck not being symmetric as my doctor said one side of my eye socket is prematurely formed rendering my other eye to be protruded and bulging out more. Terefore unequal vision on top of the fact that I already have double astigmatism. Altho I can't say this will make me a sudden pro bc I still have to deal with the fact that my eye grade kinda shifts differently so quickly from time to time. Either way, you've got yourself an instant subscriber with just this one vid! Thank you so much for helping me realize this.

You’ll be at 400k in no time, only gonna get bigger from there! 🤟

You are a gifted teacher. God bless

Good videos I like the explanations and wall thru I like when you play the whole table and show every shot

I'm right-handed, but my left eye is dominant... a bit tricky to adjust, but can be done. Great video.

Just found out I’m left I’m dominant as a right handed player. I’m gonna try using my left eye next time I’m on the table. This could be the reason why I’m missing so many straight in shots. Thank you !

Your passion and skill for this game is awesome! 🎱👍

That eye experiment is fascinating! It makes you wonder what else this impacts!

Good video. Thank you! Will try these advices.

I recently changed my bridge hand technique and I am really glad I did because pocketing balls is way easy

Dude your the best!!!! Very informative brother thanks for posting!!!

Thanks a lot Sharivari 🙏 I've been having difficulty finding my vision centre. But with this video I believe my problem is solved

Seriously, all your videos are just amazing. I thought I had already subscribed, but now I have.

My friend with this important tip , believe me , I will tell my friend about your channel. Thank you very much, my friend.

Tks brother. Great video. 👍

nice detailed markings along all sides of the table.

This is a very nice pool instructional video! 🎱

Nailed it. Thank you fixed my problem

Just watched this video last night and it flipped a switch in my brain. Changed my stance and alignment just a bit so my dominant eye looks down my cue and what a difference it has made. Thank you for this video!

Great video, thanks for the tip!

This is super helpful!

Great content. Thanks!

You are doing a fantastic job by sharing such valueable content, but I would be grateful if you could share the right way to grip the cue all the way from back swing to smooth delivery. In my case, mine deviates to ghe right while swinging it back. Gracious...

Thank you

Nice info I just thort it was a bad day when other days play really well

Wow! 400k subs for a pool channel. That just show how popular pool has become and just think of all those players who don't even use RU-vid! Well done, great channel!

thank you❤

Thanks for the tutorial ❤

I remember how long it took me to figure out how to get my cue under the left eye while being right handed. Took me lots of sore neck and shoulder muscles and about 3 months to twist my body and head in the right positions but it was worth it. Shot alignment has never been better =)

Nice eye test, never knew that before. I'm left handed and seems I'm left eyed as well. Thanks! :)

Tanks man

love!

Thank you so much for such an inSIGHTful video. As a rookie pool player, I find these very helpful.

thanks

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Great videos man, I'll be a shark in no time ;)

Thanks for the video. I've often wondered about this before and I'm curious as to how scientific these ideas might be. Difficult to test because how would you rule out placebo effects. Vision isn't a straightforward process, the eyes are a small part of it - most of it happens in the back of the brain. If you think about fine motor movements, say picking up a pin or a very small object, you're able to do this easily because your brain has learned through development (and evolution) how to locate objects in space. Obviously, if you wear glasses you might have different prescriptions for each eye but this is to do with visual acuity rather than spatial awareness. Despite endorsement from top sports people, I wonder if there have been any clinical trials on this. You could of course say who cares if it helps your game!

Thankyou. This is very interesting to me. Im left eye dominant and always thought im not striking properly? So once you get down it should look right? Im just thinking that if it looks good once youre down on the shot whats the point in trying these excercises? Unless your eyes decieve you.

I’m not sure if my form is off but since I’ve began competing in league.. my shoulder hurts am the time playing! Even making sure that I’m relaxed and not jolting it still is sore for days so it makes it difficult to practice. Any insight would be so amazing! Thank you so much and I’ve watched all of your vids atleast twice😂

I definitely had this problem when I was learning to play pool 40 years ago,

I've been playing for years now. Last year I got bit by a dog and lost the use of my right eye. I still play, and am currently captain of a team. It look a bit to get used to playing with just the left, but I'm left handed, so it works well.

I like you shoot lefty (right hand bridge) unfortunately I'm right eye dominant :( It takes a lot of concentration to make sure my right eye is over the cue without tilting my head. Even after 6 decades of playing. Great lesson Shari'

Can you teach us how to shape cue tip?

Let me add in an odd one. When I was younger I was right handed and right eye dominant. It made things easy for both pool and shooting sports. Now, many decades later, I'm still right handed but left eye dominant. Not only that but I'm pretty sure my vision center varies depending on lighting and my degree of fatigue. I seem to have a hard time trying to get aligned over the cue consistently some days ... unless I close one eye when I get down to shoot. In my case I close my right eye but now I think it could have been either, just get rid of the visual competition. I know this is supposed to be a "no no" but it's the only thing I've found that works for me. To be clear, aim while up and use both eyes to see the 3D table. But when down I reduce the game to the 2D world it is. If anyone has a better crutch I'm all ears, and one good eye ! PS -. I wear glasses for night driving mostly, far distance correction. 20-40 in one eye, 20-50 in the other. Like any over 50 (?30?) I can see, in focus, the cue tip and cue ball but not the aim point at the same time. In pistol shooting I have to focus in turn on back sight, front sight, target to get the proper sight picture and alignment. Pool isn't much different. Long shots on 9' tables are not my strong suit.

Great video . I left eye

What are you focusing most on as you shoot? Are you looking at the pocket where you want the object ball to go? Are you looking at the object ball? Are you looking at the cue ball where you want to strike the ball? I have noticed sometimes I have the habit of going up and down with my eyes from cue ball to object to pocket and back and fourth. Just wondered what you want to focus most of your actual aim and vision on.

I find center on the CB by starting my cue tip at the point it's resting on the cloth and moving the tip straight up. Of course then you've got to keep it there, from backstroke to delivery!

Picked up playing again at 78. Quit for last 15 years accept a few games once in awhile. Grew up with the game 7th grade on. Played 9 ball mostly, then 8 ball, straight pool seriously in my 20s and on. To much drinking and gambling. Not good for my marriage with children. Anyway now that I started playing again last few months I will go on runs and then once in awhile on a long straight in shot that I use to drill center pocket and win the game I would miss right. Really upset me cause I never back in day missed those. I thought it was my stroke but it wasn’t. Thought it might be my age. It wasn’t!!! I watched your video last night on dominant eye and realized I am left eye dominant. Went pool room this morning and gave your advice a shot. I moved my head so cue was more under left eye. Drilled shots center pocket. Long, short , cuts. Played a pretty good player this afternoon 8 ball on regulation table. Won 7 lost 1. I’m back! 6:52 Thankyou🤝👌

I think it's more complicated. For instance, I'm convinced I tuck my elbow when I hit hard. Are you hungry? angry? hangry? tired? dehydrated? in a hurry? just finish a tequila shot? Are you doing a draw? a follow? Stroking close to the rail or another ball? Leaning or reaching to get to it? Hitting hard or soft? Is the lighting on the table uniform? Are you being crowded? There are probably 100 things that can effect your ability to consistently hit where you want on the cue ball.

I'm blind in my right eye, so I'm guessing I'm left eye dominant 👍🤠

Tjanks

I think I'm right eye dominant but not entirely. When I close my right eye, the object shifts far to the left of the triangle. When I close my left eye, the object moves slightly to the right, so not as far as it moved left when I closed my right eye. My understanding is that if I'm totally right eye dominant, the object would not have moved at all when I closed my left eye, but it does move, only it moves far less than when I closed my right eye. How should I account for this non-fully-dominant right eye dominance? Or have I misunderstood something? Should I be aligning the cue somewhere between both eyes rather than directly under my right eye? I would appreciate your help @Sharivari 🙏

I use strap over non-dominant eye during shooting not only pool.

Howdy, very interesting. What does it mean when the object I'm looking at thru my triangle shifts when I close both left and right? mmm So many times I'm so sure I'm hitting the cue dead on and nope ball doesn't go in.

Very nice video, I am exactly having such problems. Will try for sure. But this clever trick with the light only works with perpendicular shoots. Which never happened in a game. Isn't it? :-)

what is more important, avoiding a side spin on the cue ball, or directing the cue line to the right point on the ball to be pocketed?

Side spin needs to be compensated with on aim. If you put lots of side spin on the cue ball it will transfer that side spin in the opposite direction to the object ball. This can be used to your advantage but on the shot shown to begin the video the reason the object ball went right is the cue ball was spinning left and that transferred to the object ball causing the miss. This isn't miscuing, it's called throw.

Hope this isn't a stupid question coming from a rank beginner (which I am). Why not just shut one eye and just use the other eye for alignment? When I fire a pistol I do this to align the sights and it works pretty well.

can you make a vids for cue stick

The triangle thing it just depends on location of putting the triangle move your hands slightly left or right and the image will come back in focus

I tried the triangle method and I just end up looking at the object with it equidistant to the edge of my hand in both eyes. This comes across as no dominant eye to me, or that I'm doing it wrong. Previously, I was already aware that I'm left dominant so this is strange to me. I can force objects to apear in my left or right eye as I'm thinking about it whilst doing it.

I've learned that using the edges of the ball to align straight really helps. I don't agree with the "shoot down table and back to the tip to see if it's straight." If you're not exactly square to the table, you'll get a "micr-bank" and think your stroke has a flaw. If your vision is off, you could be bringing the ball back perfectly but are off stroke. ALWAYS practice with a target and don't use rails when perfecting your stroke, in my opinion. It's physics.

Shari, if your left eye dominant and right hand stroke, do I need to compensate for anything?? Ty, keep up with the great work on the vids.

this explains why I miss all the time.

this is a major issue I have to overcome each week - I have to wear progressive lenses in order to work ...but I can't use these to shoot pool ...consequently I have to go through a test and adjust phase each time I go to shoot or I'll miss frustratingly easy shots ...it's a process

Boy did you find the right guy to talk about eye alignment 😂

As a left-hander with dominant right eye (according to your test), I would have to get my right eye at least over the cue. Being not very flexible, what about using an eye patch (like a pirat) on the right eye? By doing this, the left eye is being forced to do the job. But I would loose the 2D-View somehow, wouldn't I?

I’m left eye dominant and I always automatically close my right eye and aim with just my left eye. Should I keep my right eye open aswell or do you think it makes a difference? Great vid btw👍🏼👍🏼

Pirate patch of the non-dominant eye so you don't have to worry about that

For dominant eye test, what will happen when you have center vision (no left or right dominant)?

Hmm❤

Can i buy jb case and low price stick

I had my eye tests when i was getting my eye glasses and here is how they tested for my dominant eye. Form your fingers in one hand circular like a scope, stretch your arms as far as you can and select an object from afar and keep that object in the center of your scope hand while slowly moving your hand towards any of your eyes. Whichever your scope hand ended, that is your dominant eye. Just sharing it as i thought it was so cool. I knew the other method of closing one eye, but not this one.

Question what if I shoot left hand but right eye dominate?

Today at 40 year age I realized I am right eye dominant wow

I noticed i m left eye dominant but right side is my stronger in soccer and my right arm is stronger . i write with my right arm so ....what i m saying is its kinda wierd to me ,especially when youy say put the stick below my dominant eye but with my body stance is harder i guess?

I've had a botched surgery on My strong right eye,. Am trying to over come it. Am so discouraged,

I found out that I am left eye dominant. Is it feasible to wear a patch over my right eye or to just close my right eye when aiming before I shoot?

what if im mostly blind in 1 eye?

What if you're third eye dominant?

So what does it mean when the object stays in view with both eyes but just moves to one side or the other?

Why do you tap your bridge fingers?

I had no freaking idea I was left eye dominate

What does he mean he can only close his right eye?

He’s not wrong but this guy talking about bad eye alignment is killing me rn 😂

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Double vision

Haha, 😂, this is why I always shot with one eye closed on long shots

You cant close one of your eyes? Whats the name of that condition you have? I have never heard of this before.

Its freaking me out that my right eye is so much dominant to left lol

DrDaveBillards did a very similar video recently...

I'm right-handed, left eye dominant, and shoot lefthanded lol