On behalf of TVLesson.com, this is Roy Pastor. I’m a BCA accredited advanced level instructor with BilliardAcademy.com.
On this clip on intermediate billiards, I’d like to show you how to use eye patterns to develop and improve your stroke.
When we’re playing a regular game of pool in our normal stroke, we have to be cognizant on where should our eyes be looking. Always, we have to look at the cue ball as we’re playing. So if you look at my eyes carefully, you’ll see my eyes go down. They go up at my target, down on my cue ball. The key is that when you as a player—before you shoot the ball, the last thing you should be looking at is the target. So the last thing that I’m looking at is where the cue ball should end up. Think of it the same way that a pitcher on a pitcher’s mound in baseball. If you have a pitcher, he’s throwing a baseball, he’s not looking at the ball he’s throwing. He’s looking at that little sweet spot in the catcher’s mit. That’s where he wants the ball to end up. Pool is the same way. The last thing that you are looking at is the exact location. You want that cue ball to end up. That’s your target. So somehow before you shoot, you have to take your eyes off of the cue ball and up and look at your target. There are a few exceptions. There are few specialty strokes that you are able to look at. It’s generally considered permissible to look at the cue ball.
One is a break shot. On a break shot, you’re trying to hit with all your might. You can look at that cue ball. A jump shot or a Massey shot, but on a regular pool shot, you should always have your eyes looking at the target before you pull the trigger and let go on your stroke.
So let me show you an example on how you might use eye patterns on the game. So I’m down on my shot looking at the cue ball. As I’m taking my practice strokes, as I pull back each time, my eyes are going to go the target and back in the cue ball. As I pull back my final stroke to my pause, I’m looking at the target and fire and that’s how you use your eye patterns to improve your stroke.
On behalf of TVLesson.com, this is Roy Pastor. Thank you for watching.
Transcription by:
Scribe4you Transcription Services