Do you keep your eye on the object ball or cue ball at impact?

Question

Hi Guys,

ive just started to play snooker again after 8 months, ive totally lost it, before i could rack up a 50 break with ease but now im stuggling to get 25. Do you guys keep your eye on the cue ball or object ball after you line up the shot. I use to look at the object ball but now i think im looking at the cue ball. maybe this is my problem.........please help

Answer 1

Object ball.,.. You feel the cue ball.

Answer 2

Set your bridge and choose your cue tip’s point of contact on the cue ball depending on required English if necessary. Raise your vision to include with the cue ball the point of contact on the object ball. When you are settled that all is aligned begin to stroke gently to stabilize the straightness of your stroke. Raise your vision slightly again to just above the object ball point of contact to include the destination pocket. This means your visual attention is now on the object ball and on the destination pocket, the cue ball is now only a peripheral sensory extension of you. When you feel your stroke is steady and straight pull back one last time and pause as though you have ****** the gun. Don’t blink, release a smooth stroke right through the cue ball.

Answer 3

At impact it is too late you may as well stare at the wall for all the  good it will do, when you play keep you eyes on the whole table and visualize the line and point of impact on the object ball, hit the cue ball where need to apply the correct English  or stuff  on the ball lower draws it back toward you varying from the center adds spin in that direction and the other is hit her high and hold her. follows the object ball

Answer 4

You should just shoot how you feel comfortable. I use to shoot in eight ball tournaments a few years ago. I stopped playing until a couple weeks ago. It's unbelievable how your game can slip by not practicing. I've gotten better, slightly, over the last couple weeks because I've been playing again. You will too, if you keep playing, you'll be able to "rack up a 50 break with ease" again in no time, no matter what ball you look at. It will come back to you naturally and you will forget which you are looking at.

Answer 5

You do not want to look at the cue ball when you are about to make contact.  Once you find your contact point on the object ball and get into your stance it is okay to look down at the cue ball to make sure you are lined up right, but usually you will naturally be correct.  Then you just stare down that contact point on the object ball all the way threw your shot and make sure you stay down on your shots.  Good luck and keep rackn em up!

Answer 6

that's weird now thinking about it...i always look at the cue-ball at impact...though i should look at the object ball....i'll take this as a hint for the next time :).

i suppose it can be a bit of a trap...you're looking at the cue ball when you should be looking at the object ball...

Answer 7

3 simple steps

1. see where you want the white to hit the object ball

2. Line up your cue with the white where you want to hit it (eg left side, right side, topspin, screwback)

3. Then focus back on the object ball where you had lined up the shot before

Also keep your head dead still until you have completed the shot

Answer 8

I benn playin pool everyday 4 a year now and i always look at the cue when i try to look at the objectball i tend to miss once in a while

Answer 9

Object ball mainly, but I tend to flick between the two.

Answer 10

Find the correct spot on the object ball that if hit will cause it to go in the pocket.

You must look at the cue ball to put any english on the ball if necessary.

Look back at the object ball to correct your aim.

At the same time make a few strokes with the cue

This back and forth between the cue ball and object ball will increase your chances of making the shot.

The BCA has instructors that you can take lessons from to improve your game.

But just like anything else:  practice, practice, practice!

Answer 11

This is a very touchy subject to me, as the word stance is. Jwpankhu by far came the closest to explain it out of the answers by far! if you are going to ask yourself that question=you have begun to destroy the chance of (seeing the shot correctlly) and have the speed control, that you are capable of. Reason i say that is, there is no right answer for each shot. You will constantlly be looking, back and forth, if you want to analize it=analysis paralysis. Every shot is different, even in minute ways, but you picture everything as a whole, and as studying the shot you dont think about where you feet will be, you don't think about holding your arm straight, you dont think, about staying down through every shot(because to get the most out of some shots, you must move a little) i said b4 that my teaching dvd's will be way different than the ways ever taught. One of the biggest misconseption, is stance. they teach stance as a setup to the shot, as the word stance to me is a result. I don't even like the word stance, in pool! I don't agree with the way fundamentals are taught i guess. Why does Efrens stroke move around so much? i know, and i understand why.  His stroke is not (fundemandlly sound!) either is his (so called stance)= but how does he have the best cueball speed control ever, and being one of the best pocketr's ever, with even just thoes two (so called major no no's) ? Im not going to give everything away, as my dvd's will as soon as i heal. Don't get caught up in analysis paralsys, of small things. Look at the game as a whole, and it truelly is a very simple, easy game! It's the thoughts that get in the way. Think about it for a sec. Some of the best pool you ever played, is when you feel good, and not even thinking about anything really. My way of teaching, i believe will truelly revolutionize, the way the game will be taught from here on out, worldwide. Im not bragging, i just know what i know, and my journey to get to this level, was slowed many many years by analysis! I read every book possible, watched every instructional, by the pro's. y mission is to teach the game, where many many more people understand, learning it very very fast, and to get them, when they drop down on any shot, it is common sence , and enjoyable, and easy, because to me pool is euphoric, and very relaxing to my mind and body, even know im a fast player. Instructors, please read more than once, and consider, before bashing me. Im not out to think im going to outsmart anyone, or want to upset anyone. My intentions are best for the cueing sport, and the only way i can fully express my teachings will be on dvd's. How many? i don't know yet? when? when i finish my botox tretaments in my neck for my cervical dystonia. I answer very few questions on here, but when there is one that comes across where, i can put in my thoughts i will, if i feel i can try to help someone along, especially when i think most of the answers are steering, the asker down an analysis path.

Answer 12

mainly object ball but don't completly ignore the cue ball either as it could result in a mis-cue.

Answer 13

I don't look at either once I'm ready to shoot. I determine where the point of contact is going to be on the object ball and then where the point of contact is going to be on the cue ball. After that I find a spot beyond where the object ball is and aim toward that. So point a. would be the cue ball and point b. would be off in the distance somewhere and since it takes two points to determine a straight line, the object ball would be somewhere between the two points.