At first you had me excited because I thought you discovered a new aiming method that I can maybe use for practice. However, you did point out a lot of useful techniques and psychology that's important to a billiard players game. So again, good work 👍
@@NickLeeWilliams Pool and snooker are both derivatives of billiards. And therefore are commonly both called billiards. Billiards is a sport with quite a few variations, a lot of them involve pockets.
The Da Vinci code is simple however 99.9 percentage get it wrong because they get confused due to the fact that it is a physical hologram. Most players pot their balls out of practice and memory. I pot my object balls because I cracked out the Da Vinci code. It doesn't always work because of the stroke, cue tips; chalked or not, and emotional stress that accompanies in every day life. There is a way and you'll discover it if you concentrate enough as to what it could be...it took me around 18 years ..maybe you are smarter...👍🌈😱
Wish I’d seen this and all of your videos 30 years ago….I had a game for the first time in 10 years recently and quite literally could hardly pot the simplest of shots…! Having watched this, I’ll have another go. 👍
Great advice! From South Africa, Mpumalanga. I got my provincial clothes last week, next up is Nationals. Thanks for all your help and good advice, you really helped me exponentially.
A trick I use to "train my brain" is I site straight shots like a gun with one eye then adjust both eyes to that line and focus on that picture from cue to pocket. Sometimes I stop and do this when I can tell I'm having an off day. It helps straighten my eyesight up. My astigmatism seems to adjust slightly so this helps quite a bit on some days. Then, when I shot other shots with both eyes my eyes are "sited in".
I dont play Snooker, my eyes have always been trained to around 6-7ft so i play pool unless a snooker table is that size. I've always watched your vids though as i have always been interested in snooker. THIS Video has made me stop , think & realize on quiet a few issues ive always had about aiming , THANKS for This Vid.. i DO think its going to improve my playing @ Pool & Maybe encourage me to get back to a snooker table, But Hay,, baby steps first,,, Mike From Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.
Still in second lockdown near London, Ontario, Canada. Waiting for my venue to open again. Saturday mornings inspire me to play again soon with the knowledge you share. Thank you.
I used my time during lock down.. Watching a lot of snooker and learning how to play. How the pros choose there shot selection, percentage shots, taking the right shot on, not just the easiest shot. Only been playing a couple of weeks here in England and I've noticed a big improvement, even tho I ain't been playing! Don't take silly shots on anymore, take a harder shot, if it's going get me better positioning and not leave a open table for my playing partner a chance of a descent break.... And play to my own strengths, stop thinking I'm Ronnie lmao 😉😂👍
Heyy love your videos very informative. I'm from Mumbai India. Here in snooker we have an extra ball on the table known as RD(orange ball) which makes the highest score 170. Keep making more videos appreciate it
Thanks for your always educational videos. I don't have stereoscopic vision. Because of strabismus, my brain never learned to make a single image with both eyes. So depth perception can be problematic. Naturally it places me at a disadvantage for judging angles. I have found it often takes me longer than others to aim a shot. However when make a shot, my left eye (the dominant one) is over the cue. I suppose that can be a bit of an advantage for sighting the cue. Where I do struggle with sighting is when I have to play with the butt end of my cue up high, especially if it's a long pot. Because I can no longer just look along the cue stick at the cue ball and the object ball in one image. I'm sad to say that I don't play pool much any more and I can't remember the last time I played snooker. Not a lot of clubs with snooker tables here in Montreal, Canada, I'm afraid. My eyesight is getting poor, between the myopia, astigmatism and farsightedness due to age (I'm sixty four). I wear glasses with progressive lenses which don't help at all on the baize. Short of getting specially made glasses for playing pool, which are a bit too expensive for me at this time, I have pretty much resigned myself to watching snooker on CZcams. Anyway, cheers and keep putting out great content.
Big fan buddy! Your concise analysis and storytelling open an entirely different perspective of the game! Cheers from New Delhi, India 🇮🇳 - Himanshu Shukla
I noticed that the first few shots I take show me how I'm gonna play on any given day. I started recently to warm up with simple dead straight blues into the middle, and just look where the ball goes. Some days it's left, others right, others it's right in the centre. If I'm shooting left or right, and I'm mostly consistently doing that - then it's a brain thing and I can adjust the way I think ab. If they are mixed slightly left and right of center, then I know it's probably my cue action.
This might be a bit strange, but I tend to close my left eye and cue beneath my right eye when trying to pot a ball because I find that it helps line up the potting angle up easier. If I play the shot with both eyes open, I don't pot as consistently as when I close one eye. Are there any negatives to lining up shots this way?
Going for my first game in over a year today ! It ain’t going to be pretty but I’m excited. I’ll use your tips from this video and see what happens . Thanks mate 👍
Just to make things clear, when aiming a firearm the only time you use only one eye is when you’re using range scope. When using iron sights, reflex or red dot sights you use both eyes. This is a very common misconception about firearms, but other than that great vid keep up the good work
Great video! I quite enjoyed the look of a sniper scope on a snooker cue. Imagine Ronnie with that! They are important tips for good cue action which I actually need to improve on. Jason from Ennis, Ireland
Started playing 2 weeks back on every weekend for fun and going even today because it's Sunday👊🏻😎thank you for your great info videos brother love from India andhra pradesh visakhapatnam city❤️😍😁✌🏻
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Omg battlefield and snooker gadget I give you the sniper cue lol. Also your voice reminds me of Siri or tik took voice over speech selection lol. It's fantastic
Sighting at snooker is a very simple concept once you understand how human binocular vision works. Two eyes see two images from about three to four inches apart, these images are sent to the brain and the brain makes one image from the two. This is great for depth perception and judging angles, but when aiming down a straight line two images don't work because there is only one straight line and only one cue to place along it. The brain deals with this by subconsciously shutting down one eye when the focus is on the line of aim, which is why every player has the cue closer to one eye than the other when down in the stance, sometimes right under one eye. Do not attempt to correct this as this is your natural vision centre where the brain uses only one image as you address the cue tip to the cue ball when looking down the line of aim after already judging the angle and length with both eyes while stood up behind the shot. This is where stance is very important. Stance is about getting the butt of the cue on the line of aim, once the butt of the cue is on the line of aim, tip to centre of cue ball puts the whole of the cue on the line of aim. Step into the shot by placing your back foot while looking at the contact point on the object ball and your front foot while looking at the centre of the cue ball. Don't just look at the object ball, look at the contact point on the object ball, don't just look at the cue ball, look at the centre of the cue ball, this is what concentration is all about. Forget to concentrate and you're looking in the wrong place at the wrong time and you'll be off line.
you say every player, but I naturally have my cue straight down the middle as I have no dominant eye, and it's hard to know exactly where I'm aiming. I aim better with the rest.
@@tcarrington533 You may have your cue centre chin but your head will be turned slightly one way or the other and the cue will be closer to one eye. It has to be so because there is only one line of aim. Don't think that you're different, you're not, get someone to take a picture of you in your stance addressing the cue ball from directly in front and you'll see it, even when using the rest.
@@vmax4steve524 yes. Anything your eyes are not converged on gives two images. And of course any 3D object you are converged on does so also. Put your phone side on (so it looks narrow) under the centre of your chin, and look at the wall. You see two phones in your peripheral vision. Angle the phone up and down if it helps you to see the two images, but keep focus on the wall. A dominant eye "promote" one of the images and demote the other, but you should still see the demoted one. I just have two identical but mirrored images, neither more solid than the other, both the same distance away from the centre. The test for dominant eye: choose a thing on the wall to focus on, a point. Next, without changing focus, point the edge of your phone at that point. When you are happy close one eye. If the phone remains pointed at the chosen spot, you kept your dominant eye open. If no longer pointed you closed your dominant eye. For me, neither are pointed at the spot on the wall. Both are pointing to the sides by an approximately equal amount. I can choose to pick either image, but that's not what I do subconsciously, and interestingly when I do pick one over the other, my brain fades the one I pick a little, so the wrong one becomes more solid...I guess in an attempt to "correct my mistake" of choosing one image. Let me know how you get on, am genuinely interested 👍
@@tcarrington533 When you point your finger at an object in the distance to do the dominant eye test, of course when looking at the object you see two fingers, but when focussing only on the finger you see only one. The closer you are to the object the closer together the fingers are. This is completely natural and the way that human hand/eye co-ordination works when sighting down a single line of aim. You can't consciously choose which finger to focus on with both eyes open, the brain will do that for you subconsciously and pick which eye gives you the best picture, the other eye will provide a ghost image alongside the one the brain has chosen. It's not neccessarily the dominant eye that is chosen by the brain when down in your stance, but the one that best puts the tip of the cue to the chosen spot on the cue ball. Selby is right eye dominant, you can see when he closes one eye to see if a ball will pass another one he closes his left eye, yet he sights the shot with the cue under his left eye. This position of the cue between the eyes is what's known as your vision centre, the best place where the brain sees a combination of the peripheral view and the focus on the cue tip. When looking at the cue tip to the cue ball one eye only is used, the look up to the object ball both eyes are used. In your case I would suggest that your head position is too straight on and that you need to turn your head to the side until that makes the two images closer together by adjusting your stance to a more side on position. Lots of people play snooker/pool this way as it's natural to them, what's not natural is believing that the cue should be centre chin and directly between the eyes thus overiding your own personal vision centre. Hope this helps and good luck.
At first you had me excited because I thought you discovered a new aiming method that I can maybe use for practice. However, you did point out a lot of useful techniques and psychology that's important to a billiard players game. So again, good work 👍
Snooker isn’t billiards. Billiards is a completely different game that doesn’t have any pockets on the table ✌️🤘
@@NickLeeWilliams Pool and snooker are both derivatives of billiards. And therefore are commonly both called billiards. Billiards is a sport with quite a few variations, a lot of them involve pockets.
Meaning you can't get that lenses?
The Da Vinci code is simple however 99.9 percentage get it wrong because they get confused due to the fact that it is a physical hologram. Most players pot their balls out of practice and memory. I pot my object balls because I cracked out the Da Vinci code. It doesn't always work because of the stroke, cue tips; chalked or not, and emotional stress that accompanies in every day life.
There is a way and you'll discover it if you concentrate enough as to what it could be...it took me around 18 years ..maybe you are smarter...👍🌈😱
Wow... like just from yesterday evening I began working on my aiming technique..and today I get this. Still amazed🤩
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Wish I’d seen this and all of your videos 30 years ago….I had a game for the first time in 10 years recently and quite literally could hardly pot the simplest of shots…! Having watched this, I’ll have another go. 👍
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Great advice! From South Africa, Mpumalanga. I got my provincial clothes last week, next up is Nationals. Thanks for all your help and good advice, you really helped me exponentially.
A trick I use to "train my brain" is I site straight shots like a gun with one eye then adjust both eyes to that line and focus on that picture from cue to pocket. Sometimes I stop and do this when I can tell I'm having an off day. It helps straighten my eyesight up. My astigmatism seems to adjust slightly so this helps quite a bit on some days. Then, when I shot other shots with both eyes my eyes are "sited in".
I dont play Snooker, my eyes have always been trained to around 6-7ft so i play pool unless a snooker table is that size. I've always watched your vids though as i have always been interested in snooker. THIS Video has made me stop , think & realize on quiet a few issues ive always had about aiming , THANKS for This Vid.. i DO think its going to improve my playing @ Pool & Maybe encourage me to get back to a snooker table, But Hay,, baby steps first,,, Mike From Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.
Still in second lockdown near London, Ontario, Canada. Waiting for my venue to open again. Saturday mornings inspire me to play again soon with the knowledge you share. Thank you.
Same here, haven't played a shot for about 15 months. Can't wait to get back on the table...
I used my time during lock down..
Watching a lot of snooker and learning how to play. How the pros choose there shot selection, percentage shots, taking the right shot on, not just the easiest shot. Only been playing a couple of weeks here in England and I've noticed a big improvement, even tho I ain't been playing!
Don't take silly shots on anymore, take a harder shot, if it's going get me better positioning and not leave a open table for my playing partner a chance of a descent break....
And play to my own strengths, stop thinking I'm Ronnie lmao 😉😂👍
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Heyy love your videos very informative. I'm from Mumbai India. Here in snooker we have an extra ball on the table known as RD(orange ball) which makes the highest score 170. Keep making more videos appreciate it
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Thanks for your always educational videos.
I don't have stereoscopic vision. Because of strabismus, my brain never learned to make a single image with both eyes. So depth perception can be problematic. Naturally it places me at a disadvantage for judging angles. I have found it often takes me longer than others to aim a shot. However when make a shot, my left eye (the dominant one) is over the cue. I suppose that can be a bit of an advantage for sighting the cue. Where I do struggle with sighting is when I have to play with the butt end of my cue up high, especially if it's a long pot. Because I can no longer just look along the cue stick at the cue ball and the object ball in one image.
I'm sad to say that I don't play pool much any more and I can't remember the last time I played snooker. Not a lot of clubs with snooker tables here in Montreal, Canada, I'm afraid. My eyesight is getting poor, between the myopia, astigmatism and farsightedness due to age (I'm sixty four). I wear glasses with progressive lenses which don't help at all on the baize. Short of getting specially made glasses for playing pool, which are a bit too expensive for me at this time, I have pretty much resigned myself to watching snooker on CZcams.
Anyway, cheers and keep putting out great content.
Big fan buddy! Your concise analysis and storytelling open an entirely different perspective of the game!
Cheers from New Delhi, India 🇮🇳
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I noticed that the first few shots I take show me how I'm gonna play on any given day. I started recently to warm up with simple dead straight blues into the middle, and just look where the ball goes. Some days it's left, others right, others it's right in the centre. If I'm shooting left or right, and I'm mostly consistently doing that - then it's a brain thing and I can adjust the way I think ab. If they are mixed slightly left and right of center, then I know it's probably my cue action.
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This might be a bit strange, but I tend to close my left eye and cue beneath my right eye when trying to pot a ball because I find that it helps line up the potting angle up easier. If I play the shot with both eyes open, I don't pot as consistently as when I close one eye. Are there any negatives to lining up shots this way?
I do the exact same thing and my friends would tell me it’s wrong, even though I make more shots
I do the same in 8 ball pool.
Upon closing one eye you will see things in 2D so it would be difficult to judge the angle of the ball
@@anthemmusic5 I agree, but my friends always tell me to keep both eyes open for some reason but I find it easier to close one
Depends on which is your dominant eye
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Just to make things clear, when aiming a firearm the only time you use only one eye is when you’re using range scope. When using iron sights, reflex or red dot sights you use both eyes. This is a very common misconception about firearms, but other than that great vid keep up the good work
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Great video! I quite enjoyed the look of a sniper scope on a snooker cue. Imagine Ronnie with that! They are important tips for good cue action which I actually need to improve on. Jason from Ennis, Ireland
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Omg battlefield and snooker gadget I give you the sniper cue lol. Also your voice reminds me of Siri or tik took voice over speech selection lol. It's fantastic
Sighting at snooker is a very simple concept once you understand how human binocular vision works. Two eyes see two images from about three to four inches apart, these images are sent to the brain and the brain makes one image from the two.
This is great for depth perception and judging angles, but when aiming down a straight line two images don't work because there is only one straight line and only one cue to place along it. The brain deals with this by subconsciously shutting down one eye when the focus is on the line of aim, which is why every player has the cue closer to one eye than the other when down in the stance, sometimes right under one eye.
Do not attempt to correct this as this is your natural vision centre where the brain uses only one image as you address the cue tip to the cue ball when looking down the line of aim after already judging the angle and length with both eyes while stood up behind the shot.
This is where stance is very important.
Stance is about getting the butt of the cue on the line of aim, once the butt of the cue is on the line of aim, tip to centre of cue ball puts the whole of the cue on the line of aim.
Step into the shot by placing your back foot while looking at the contact point on the object ball and your front foot while looking at the centre of the cue ball. Don't just look at the object ball, look at the contact point on the object ball, don't just look at the cue ball, look at the centre of the cue ball, this is what concentration is all about. Forget to concentrate and you're looking in the wrong place at the wrong time and you'll be off line.
you say every player, but I naturally have my cue straight down the middle as I have no dominant eye, and it's hard to know exactly where I'm aiming. I aim better with the rest.
@@tcarrington533 You may have your cue centre chin but your head will be turned slightly one way or the other and the cue will be closer to one eye. It has to be so because there is only one line of aim. Don't think that you're different, you're not, get someone to take a picture of you in your stance addressing the cue ball from directly in front and you'll see it, even when using the rest.
@@tcarrington533 Are you seriously suggesting that when you play snooker you see two cues?
@@vmax4steve524 yes. Anything your eyes are not converged on gives two images. And of course any 3D object you are converged on does so also. Put your phone side on (so it looks narrow) under the centre of your chin, and look at the wall. You see two phones in your peripheral vision. Angle the phone up and down if it helps you to see the two images, but keep focus on the wall. A dominant eye "promote" one of the images and demote the other, but you should still see the demoted one.
I just have two identical but mirrored images, neither more solid than the other, both the same distance away from the centre.
The test for dominant eye: choose a thing on the wall to focus on, a point. Next, without changing focus, point the edge of your phone at that point. When you are happy close one eye. If the phone remains pointed at the chosen spot, you kept your dominant eye open. If no longer pointed you closed your dominant eye.
For me, neither are pointed at the spot on the wall. Both are pointing to the sides by an approximately equal amount.
I can choose to pick either image, but that's not what I do subconsciously, and interestingly when I do pick one over the other, my brain fades the one I pick a little, so the wrong one becomes more solid...I guess in an attempt to "correct my mistake" of choosing one image.
Let me know how you get on, am genuinely interested 👍
@@tcarrington533 When you point your finger at an object in the distance to do the dominant eye test, of course when looking at the object you see two fingers, but when focussing only on the finger you see only one. The closer you are to the object the closer together the fingers are.
This is completely natural and the way that human hand/eye co-ordination works when sighting down a single line of aim. You can't consciously choose which finger to focus on with both eyes open, the brain will do that for you subconsciously and pick which eye gives you the best picture, the other eye will provide a ghost image alongside the one the brain has chosen.
It's not neccessarily the dominant eye that is chosen by the brain when down in your stance, but the one that best puts the tip of the cue to the chosen spot on the cue ball. Selby is right eye dominant, you can see when he closes one eye to see if a ball will pass another one he closes his left eye, yet he sights the shot with the cue under his left eye.
This position of the cue between the eyes is what's known as your vision centre, the best place where the brain sees a combination of the peripheral view and the focus on the cue tip.
When looking at the cue tip to the cue ball one eye only is used, the look up to the object ball both eyes are used.
In your case I would suggest that your head position is too straight on and that you need to turn your head to the side until that makes the two images closer together by adjusting your stance to a more side on position.
Lots of people play snooker/pool this way as it's natural to them, what's not natural is believing that the cue should be centre chin and directly between the eyes thus overiding your own personal vision centre.
Hope this helps and good luck.
Extremely helpful! Many thnx for this insight.