Comments on: Two Views of Joe Tucker’s 3rd Eye Stroke Trainer http://www.poolstudent.com/2009/02/16/review-3rd-eye-stroke-trainer/ 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: John Biddle http://www.poolstudent.com/2009/02/16/review-3rd-eye-stroke-trainer/comment-page-1/#comment-302 John Biddle Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:18:33 +0000 http://www.poolstudent.com/blog/?p=1144#comment-302 Jack, the clearance between the side rails of the 3rd Eye and the cue ball are quite small. If you bring the cue ball toward the cue ball at an angle, a common problem I'll readily admit, the rail will hit the ball. If you come in on an angle without hitting the rails, it means that you're moving the cue along a line different than the aiming line. You can hit the center of the cue ball that way, but won't make the shot because you'll be hitting the ball away from the direction you want it to go. Joe Tucker recommends learning to use the 3rd Eye Stroke Trainer on straight in shots, and I think by doing that, you can groove the stroke to the spot on th cue ball (the center) that you want, every time. Once you can do that, adjusting to put english on the cue ball will be something over which you can much finer control, since you have such a solid reference point. Jack, the clearance between the side rails of the 3rd Eye and the cue ball are quite small. If you bring the cue ball toward the cue ball at an angle, a common problem I’ll readily admit, the rail will hit the ball. If you come in on an angle without hitting the rails, it means that you’re moving the cue along a line different than the aiming line. You can hit the center of the cue ball that way, but won’t make the shot because you’ll be hitting the ball away from the direction you want it to go.

Joe Tucker recommends learning to use the 3rd Eye Stroke Trainer on straight in shots, and I think by doing that, you can groove the stroke to the spot on th cue ball (the center) that you want, every time. Once you can do that, adjusting to put english on the cue ball will be something over which you can much finer control, since you have such a solid reference point.

]]> By: Jack Shepherd http://www.poolstudent.com/2009/02/16/review-3rd-eye-stroke-trainer/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Jack Shepherd Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:58:54 +0000 http://www.poolstudent.com/blog/?p=1144#comment-301 I like the 3rd eye, and it certainly helps to hit the cue ball in the center of the vertical axis, but I think it is a mistake to conclude that this is the final answer. Hitting the cue ball in the center does not necessarily mean the line of aim is precisely correct One could have a "straight stroke" but aimed either to the right or left of the correct line of aim. I like the 3rd eye, and it certainly helps to hit the cue ball in the center of the vertical axis, but I think it is a mistake to conclude that this is the final answer. Hitting the cue ball in the center does not necessarily mean the line of aim is precisely correct One could have a “straight stroke” but aimed either to the right or left of the correct line of aim.

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