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For the past few years I've been using a cheap pair of snooker glasses bought off ebay for £40; they were kind of OK, but I had issues with focus when right down on the cue, object ball was out of focus. When stood up my vision was excellent but down on the cue it changed, I obviously wasn't looking through the focal point of the lens, tried changing the height of the lens by adjusting the nose pieces but it didn't help.
Kind of had to play with my chin about six inches off the cue, could then see OK but all too often I went straight to my normal position and then moved my head to sight the object ball, movement meant missing, remembering to cue six inches off the cue meant a thought in my head that was getting in the way of relaxing through concentration, getting into the zone of no thought.
So I decided to get a bespoke pair of snooker glasses made for me, only one option open to me was through the internet as no optician in my area did anything other than normal specs. I found the Snookerspex website and sent an email detailing all my problems, got a telephone call from opthalmic optician Chris Cheshire the proprieter, we talked about myself, he wanted to know my physical dimensions, my level at the game, what I felt was the problem, and after he said he could help me.
I couldn't visit in person as he was too far away, so I had to send him my prescription, three photos of myself, two of my snooker stance, one side on and one from the front, plus one of my face with a ruler held above my eyes to determine measurement. This I did and chose rimless specs and lightweight lenses, price was £258, then I waited, three weeks and they arrived yesterday and out I went for a game.
At first they were no different than my cheap ones, and I had to alter the height with the nose pieces until I found the precise position (and it was very precise) that gave me the same vision I had right down on the cue that I had standing up. Absolutely no refections from the lights in the lenses, good vision both close in and distance and I started to play, at first badly as I was thinking all the time, but after a while I stopped thinking and just played, and played quite well indeed, no big breaks but very consistant, chin down on the cue and didn't have to move my head, and I'm feeling very confident that my game will, well not improve as such, I'm too old for that, but maybe I can be as good as I was more often.
I would recomend them to anyone who has vision problems.
Kind of had to play with my chin about six inches off the cue, could then see OK but all too often I went straight to my normal position and then moved my head to sight the object ball, movement meant missing, remembering to cue six inches off the cue meant a thought in my head that was getting in the way of relaxing through concentration, getting into the zone of no thought.
So I decided to get a bespoke pair of snooker glasses made for me, only one option open to me was through the internet as no optician in my area did anything other than normal specs. I found the Snookerspex website and sent an email detailing all my problems, got a telephone call from opthalmic optician Chris Cheshire the proprieter, we talked about myself, he wanted to know my physical dimensions, my level at the game, what I felt was the problem, and after he said he could help me.
I couldn't visit in person as he was too far away, so I had to send him my prescription, three photos of myself, two of my snooker stance, one side on and one from the front, plus one of my face with a ruler held above my eyes to determine measurement. This I did and chose rimless specs and lightweight lenses, price was £258, then I waited, three weeks and they arrived yesterday and out I went for a game.
At first they were no different than my cheap ones, and I had to alter the height with the nose pieces until I found the precise position (and it was very precise) that gave me the same vision I had right down on the cue that I had standing up. Absolutely no refections from the lights in the lenses, good vision both close in and distance and I started to play, at first badly as I was thinking all the time, but after a while I stopped thinking and just played, and played quite well indeed, no big breaks but very consistant, chin down on the cue and didn't have to move my head, and I'm feeling very confident that my game will, well not improve as such, I'm too old for that, but maybe I can be as good as I was more often.
I would recomend them to anyone who has vision problems.
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