Does Anyone Have Problems With Aiming, Sighting, & Potting?

[Nic Barrow]

Do you want to see your problems answered in the new patented product I have coming out this month called the 'Aim Frame'
I still have time to answer the issues in eye alignment, aiming, sighting and potting that bug you guys the most, and include these solutions in the product (although I have been developing and testing it for four years so it is already packed with loads of simple solutions that I have seen working all over the world with players).
The 'best' problem posted will get a free copy of the Aim Frame along with the 30+ online bonus videos that come included with the product.
Nic

[wootton05]

Any tips to try and calm the nerves? Getting rid off the slight wobble in your arm in those pressure situation? Even the easiest pot that you make 10/10 in practice can become hard on a blackball in the match.

[alabadi]

My problem stems from having a strong left dominant eye which after having surgery replacing the lens in my eye with a distance lens and the right eye which was the weaker eye having a closeup or reading lens .

I find when sighting standing up and I will use my left eye the most but when I am in the address position the right eye will be used when I either flick my eyes to the cue ball or end of my cue.

My left eye will be predominantly used but this switching of my vision Is causing me some problems which I haven't found the solution to.

I find when potting to my left I am hitting the OB thick

[Nic Barrow]

My problem stems from having a strong left dominant eye which after having surgery replacing the lens in my eye with a distance lens and the right eye which was the weaker eye having a closeup or reading lens .

I find when sighting standing up and I will use my left eye the most but when I am in the address position the right eye will be used when I either flick my eyes to the cue ball or end of my cue.

My left eye will be predominantly used but this switching of my vision Is causing me some problems which I haven't found the solution to.

I find when potting to my left I am hitting the OB thick

Even if you don't realise it yet, or haven't found it yet, there will be an optimum head position for you.
Short or long sightedness is to do with eye focus, not strength.
So, it is the STRENGTH of the eyes which will determine where you head position should be.
The exercises in this product will help you establish the optimum head/eye position over the cue.
Everything else will stem from that.

[Hello, Mr Big Shot]

Do you want to see your problems answered in the new patented product I have coming out this month called the 'Aim Frame'
I still have time to answer the issues in eye alignment, aiming, sighting and potting that bug you guys the most, and include these solutions in the product (although I have been developing and testing it for four years so it is already packed with loads of simple solutions that I have seen working all over the world with players).
The 'best' problem posted will get a free copy of the Aim Frame along with the 30+ online bonus videos that come included with the product.
Nic

Are you aware of aiming systems - CTE, and the like? If so, what are your thoughts?

[Nic Barrow]

Aiming cannot be taught, only learned.
Like stabilisers on a bike, CTE etc may work to give a player a framework initially and may even help a player's mind have 'something to do' while on the shot.
However, this product is designed to help players to 'Learn Potting Angles In Seconds', and I have a testimonial or two to put up from players who have used it and got that result.

[Byrom]

Aiming cannot be taught, only learned.
Like stabilisers on a bike, CTE etc may work to give a player a framework initially and may even help a player's mind have 'something to do' while on the shot.
However, this product is designed to help players to 'Learn Potting Angles In Seconds', and I have a testimonial or two to put up from players who have used it and got that result.

Aiming cant be taught only learned - what are you on about?

Products are not sold only marketed

Just cut to the chase n tell us what your gadget is why it works why we should all buy it and how much its gunna cost us - honestly you are a tease Mr Barrow

Sorry for the small print - just testing yer sighting is correct:biggrin-new:

[alabadi]

Even if you don't realise it yet, or haven't found it yet, there will be an optimum head position for you.
Short or long sightedness is to do with eye focus, not strength.
So, it is the STRENGTH of the eyes which will determine where you head position should be.
The exercises in this product will help you establish the optimum head/eye position over the cue.
Everything else will stem from that.

I do have my head in a certain position, the cue left of center under my chin and my head slightly tilted to the right. in this position my vision is clearer.

i made a crude type of sight right device where the two lines on different levels can look broken depending where you stand. i found this slight tilt to the right of my head while lining the shot up slightly under my left eye when standing gave me a straight line. so i have stuck with this since i discovered it a few months ago

[Byrom]

we are supposed to be posting problems which he will no doubt sift though before sending this gadget to one of his mates.

But I will get this ball rolling down the right line for him - so to speak

I have one problem - I have kids that have insomnia it seems and they passed it onto me it seems - I also work late on the PC a lot and during the day and often it gives me tired - lazy eye and sometimes I cant focus or find the line and end up guessing rather than other days when you know its in before you hit it if you know what I mean? I am not sure if this is just tiredness or what and yeah I know it is but this is just life I cant cure it for now so muddle on - Anyhow I notice if I do too much work on PC then go to a match my aim can be off and I try too hard to correct it - never found a solution aside from sleeping properly which I cant and as I can usually B game a win I struggle on but it does bug me playing like this as other days I just click. Never usually right away though. I also notice it takes a bit of time to click in a match unlike some players who fly out of the blocks I am the type who needs to give it a bit of practice first usually. It would be good if there was something that helped you to start up like the Ferrari you know you can be on those purple patch days.

I notice I cue under my left eye but only on long shots or where accuracy is required a bit Robertson like but centre chin rest of time. This is not a conscious decision or anything its just what I do - a bit line a brick layer looking down a bit of string to line up a wall or a archer taking aim.

[Catch 22]

My problem / question .......

When I am in the address position and a place the tip of my cue at the very centre of the cue ball, it looks perfectly centre . Whenever a friend stands behind me to check ,they tell me that I'm actual left of centre by about a quarter of a tip . When they move the tip to centre for me it looks to me as though I'm hitting right of centre .
Changing the position of the cue under my chin either left or tight makes no difference as to how I view the centre of the white .

Also to add . I too have tried a sight right board and when the lower line is revealed , I don't see one line that is straight or broken . I see two lines splitting off in a V shape . Again this doesn't change with head positioning .

I've had my eyes tested and all seems to be fine with them

Any ideas ?

Just to add ..... I can send the white up and down the spots and other straight cuing routines ( sometimes haha)

[Leo]

Do you want to see your problems answered in the new patented product I have coming out this month called the 'Aim Frame'
I still have time to answer the issues in eye alignment, aiming, sighting and potting that bug you guys the most, and include these solutions in the product (although I have been developing and testing it for four years so it is already packed with loads of simple solutions that I have seen working all over the world with players).
The 'best' problem posted will get a free copy of the Aim Frame along with the 30+ online bonus videos that come included with the product.
Nic

I've also got a great solution to Aiming, Potting and Sighting and thats do what many of us have done and that's spend as many hours as you can on the practice table. We didn't all get on the table in the first couple of months of playing and potted everything in sight, it was about finding your natural rhythm that suited your style and worked best.
I really can't empathise how important putting the hours in will help people's game and I'm really not a great fan of any gadget that supposedly will help either.

[Shockerz]

Do you want to see your problems answered in the new patented product I have coming out this month called the 'Aim Frame'
I still have time to answer the issues in eye alignment, aiming, sighting and potting that bug you guys the most, and include these solutions in the product (although I have been developing and testing it for four years so it is already packed with loads of simple solutions that I have seen working all over the world with players).
The 'best' problem posted will get a free copy of the Aim Frame along with the 30+ online bonus videos that come included with the product.
Nic

Nic

I think the biggest problem with aiming in general is our obsession as human's to instinctively analyse and document every step in a process and try and teach it to people. Once the process is taught, we then train it in to make as natural as possible when it isn't instinctive.

I understand that great results can be achieved by this process as we prove by showing the successful robotic snooker players we have built and their ability to replicate learning's; I wonder how much natural ability is suppressed by this along the way (it generally cannot be regained).

In gold, Seve was a great example of a natural player who could see shots but was told he wouldn't beat Americans unless his game was stronger and more mechanical. He re-learnt golf with technique and lost his natural ability to see the shot and 'Just do it,' as the Nike slogan says.

A dog doesn't need to learn how to catch a ball, it does it instinctively. I remember a woman who cannot catch a ball being called on stage once to prove the point. She was thrown the ball and every time she dropped it.

She was then asked to catch a different ball with two colours on it and count how many times the ball rotated before she caught it, she counted each time and then realised she was catching the ball as she wasn't thinking of the process, the brain wasn't distracted by technique etc so natural instincts were allowed to prevail.

I still think to a degree we all get in the way of our natural ability to do things and some technique helps, too much technique paralyses natural thinking and reverses results; judging how much is too much I think is the coaches nightmare.

My new found love is back for snooker as I met a golf coach who managed to take me from a long term single figure handicapper to a guy who was so tied up with technique that results disappeared and so did my ability to compete; he had inventions and patents for every fault in the game.

Hopefully you have something that adds to the players armory without taking away any natural instincts as all good players need to retain this to compete.

[Byrom]

I agree with the two posts above and you must put the hours in.

I feel this is all about getting the pre shot routine right to deliver the cue consistently and you learn little bits that help, using bits of side etc., and you learn the angles instinctively as Leo says by putting the hours in on the table.

But on the other hand there is a geometry to it - snooker is a game of lines - certain things can help me get it back when tired and not feeling up for it - understanding the 90 degree rule, or the ghost ball and though you might not agree helping side and all sorts of bits of stuff that can help you imagine the line or focus on the correct potting angle. Though I seem to loose fluidity when falling back onto these things for guidance.
The instinctive stuff fails me when I am tired because I cant focus properly or my concentration is not the same maybe. I think it can help if there was something definitive to guide you. I saw a little plastic globe thing with a dial on it once that replaced the ghost ball when placed in front of the object ball useful for beginners/intermediate but many missed pots are down to bad or flawed technique in other departments rather than sighting for the beginner I think.

[Nic Barrow]

LOL
What I mean is that a baby for example cannot be taught how to walk - it only learns to do it itself by observation, copying, and trial & error.

[Nic Barrow]

Agreed that practice is always going to be most of it.
But what if the gadget can save dozens or hundreds of hours of practice in one area so that we can focus on something else.
Or solve an issue in minutes that the player would never solve in a lifetime.
Of course, I am not PROMISING that mine will do that BUT...