If you close your eyes when shooting, you will not be able to pocket the object ball, right?
In other words, it is important to make sure your eyes are in the right place when you shoot.
Where should you place your eyes on when shooting?
The first thing to do when shooting is to start addressing with looking at the object ball.
Do not take your eyes off the object ball until you have finished your stance.
This will greatly increase your chances of getting an accurate address.
As you make your preliminary strokes, look at the object ball, then at the cue ball, and repeat several times.
This seems to be the routine for many players.
The cue ball should be pointed at the designated shooting point, as well as the cue ball should be delivered to the desired thickness within the cue ball and the object ball.
Let us look at some of the differences between players.
1. First, most players shoot with their eyes on the object ball.
This is also taught in many billiard teaching books.
This seems like a reasonable method.
For example, when you throw a baseball, you throw the ball while looking at the person who will catch it.
Throwing a ball while visually observing the destination in this way may make sense in terms of human movement principles.
The same would be applied to billiards, where it seems reasonable to shoot the cue ball while keeping an eye on the destination (the object ball).
2.However, there are some advanced players, who believe that it is better to shoot while looking at the cue ball at the end.
The moment the tap hits the cue ball is the most important, so why look at the object ball instead of the cue ball?
There is another method that is a good way which mixes 1 and 2 above.
This is a method of shooting with keeping several important points in your sight.
The important points mean the target ball, the cue ball, the pocket, and the geometric line connecting the cue ball, target ball, and pocket.
You do not have to look at all these four elements, just vaguely but consciously keep them in your sight.
If you feel any discomfort in your vision at this point, you would almost miss the shot.
Your senses are silently telling you that there is something wrong with the position of the cue ball, target ball, and pocket.
If this is the case, you should take a new stance.
The most important event of the stroke is the moment when the cue tip hits the cue ball accompanying with the small amount of time before and after that event.
This is where you need to focus your attention the most because it is only at this point that all information you desired is transmitted to the cue ball.
This moment is the most essentially important.
This is like the second idea above. In this case, however, do not stare the cue ball at 100%. You also need to look at the object ball, though vaguely, as well as feel the position of the pockets.
If you only look at the cue ball, neither the object ball nor the pockets will enter your vision or consciousness, and this is not good.
