Comments on: Quiet Eye & Deep Focus Improve Shot Making Accuracy http://www.poolstudent.com/2008/12/15/quiet-eye-improves-shot-making/ For Serious Students of all Pocket Billiards Games Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:44:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ken V. http://www.poolstudent.com/2008/12/15/quiet-eye-improves-shot-making/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Ken V. Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:26:06 +0000 http://www.poolstudent.com/blog/?p=683#comment-732 I stumbled on the quiet eye technique. I've only been playing pool a short time but concentrating on technique. I found the longer I waited to shoot the more confidence I had making the ball. These techniques just confirm the direction I was blindly headed towards. Great articles. I stumbled on the quiet eye technique. I’ve only been playing pool a short time but concentrating on technique. I found the longer I waited to shoot the more confidence I had making the ball. These techniques just confirm the direction I was blindly headed towards. Great articles.

]]> By: John Biddle http://www.poolstudent.com/2008/12/15/quiet-eye-improves-shot-making/comment-page-1/#comment-192 John Biddle Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:17:56 +0000 http://www.poolstudent.com/blog/?p=683#comment-192 Steve, I don't think it's complicated, it just requires you to do it all the time. Learn to focus on the object ball for a couple of continuous seconds before you pull the trigger. Longer is OK, and might be useful when you begin this in earnest, just don't get carried away. Best of luck with it, and come back and let us know if it helped you or not. Steve, I don’t think it’s complicated, it just requires you to do it all the time. Learn to focus on the object ball for a couple of continuous seconds before you pull the trigger. Longer is OK, and might be useful when you begin this in earnest, just don’t get carried away. Best of luck with it, and come back and let us know if it helped you or not.

]]> By: Steve Press http://www.poolstudent.com/2008/12/15/quiet-eye-improves-shot-making/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Steve Press Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:15:50 +0000 http://www.poolstudent.com/blog/?p=683#comment-191 great article. Any ideas on how to work on developing a "quiet eye" for billiards. thanks great article. Any ideas on how to work on developing a “quiet eye” for billiards. thanks

]]> By: John Biddle http://www.poolstudent.com/2008/12/15/quiet-eye-improves-shot-making/comment-page-1/#comment-57 John Biddle Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:00:34 +0000 http://www.poolstudent.com/blog/?p=683#comment-57 I'm happy to see you pop in for a visit. I'm especially happy to hear about the correlation between lower than expected performance and lack of quiet eye among the expert shooters. This is great stuff and points strongly to the value of your research. Keep up the great work, and if you have knowledge of other research you think we might be interested in, don't hesitate to point me to it, or submit a guest post. Thanks again for extending the conversation. I’m happy to see you pop in for a visit. I’m especially happy to hear about the correlation between lower than expected performance and lack of quiet eye among the expert shooters. This is great stuff and points strongly to the value of your research. Keep up the great work, and if you have knowledge of other research you think we might be interested in, don’t hesitate to point me to it, or submit a guest post.

Thanks again for extending the conversation.

]]> By: Shane http://www.poolstudent.com/2008/12/15/quiet-eye-improves-shot-making/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Shane Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:29:43 +0000 http://www.poolstudent.com/blog/?p=683#comment-56 Hi John, Thank you for citing my research! The study you mention in this article was part of my dissertation work at UF. Since then, other research has confirmed the importance of the "quiet eye" in manual aiming tasks such as billards. One thing I think it is important to mention about the study... when the highly-skilled players missed shots, it was because their quiet eye duration was significantly lower than when they successfully made their shots. Thus, the quiet eye duration not only differentiates the expert from the novice, but it also goes a long way in explaining why even the most expert of players miss their shots (especially shots they otherwise should have made). Cheers! Shane Frehlich Hi John,

Thank you for citing my research! The study you mention in this article was part of my dissertation work at UF. Since then, other research has confirmed the importance of the “quiet eye” in manual aiming tasks such as billards.

One thing I think it is important to mention about the study… when the highly-skilled players missed shots, it was because their quiet eye duration was significantly lower than when they successfully made their shots. Thus, the quiet eye duration not only differentiates the expert from the novice, but it also goes a long way in explaining why even the most expert of players miss their shots (especially shots they otherwise should have made).

Cheers!

Shane Frehlich

]]> By: killerq http://www.poolstudent.com/2008/12/15/quiet-eye-improves-shot-making/comment-page-1/#comment-27 killerq Fri, 19 Dec 2008 02:42:13 +0000 http://www.poolstudent.com/blog/?p=683#comment-27 Hi John, Just wanted to say what a Great blog you have going here. I hope you keep up the work and can reach alot of players who are as focused at getting better as we are. This is a game of calming frustration if that makes sense. Mabey this will help those get betteer!!!! Hi John, Just wanted to say what a Great blog you have going here. I hope you keep up the work and can reach alot of players who are as focused at getting better as we are.
This is a game of calming frustration if that makes sense. Mabey this will help those get betteer!!!!

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