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follow the ding

• cblue456 67 Posts

  Mon, Nov 4 2013 6:06 PM

  This may seem like a dumb q but here goes:
  
  How does one train one's eyes to follow the meter right to the zero point to hit optimally? Sometimes I have days I just can't get the ding. I'm off a cm or two and that makes a difference, most times. Sometimes I blink, or my eyes wander off and find myself going on timing/instinct...and actually connect because of memorizing the time the meter will click. Still...outside of instinct, is there a way a person can train the eyes to hit better?

• 2DAMFLASHY 1,141 Posts

  Mon, Nov 4 2013 6:19 PM

  wear darker shade's

   

  :)_~~

• BubbaCrusher007 1,567 Posts

  Mon, Nov 4 2013 6:28 PM

  It depends which ball you are useing.

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Mon, Nov 4 2013 9:54 PM

  We all go through non-dinging spells. The important thing is not to over-think it. It'll come back when it's ready.

• alanti 10,564 Posts

  Mon, Nov 4 2013 10:22 PM

  For what it is worth, I never actually follow the meter, but I focus only on the ding line and use the peripheral vision to work out when to click. Works for me, well most of the time. Some days I can't hit the ding line if it was a cm wide.

  Ironically moving your chair left or right can help too - I use a laptop and just move it slightly if I am early or late clicking.

• mantis0014 8,946 Posts

  Mon, Nov 4 2013 10:26 PM

  Nothing is a silly question...well almost nothing...lol

  Sounds like the meter can be too fast for you.

  Don't focus on the ding. Stare straight through it.

  Like looking at one of those pics (not sure what they're called) The ones you keep looking at and a picture comes out after awhile.

  You don't have to hit the ding for it to be a good shot....  clicking slightly either side with adjustments of aim can still be good.

  -Roger

• Lizard69 2,006 Posts

  Tue, Nov 5 2013 2:15 AM

  mantis0014:

  Nothing is a silly question...well almost nothing...lol

  Sounds like the meter can be too fast for you.

  Don't focus on the ding. Stare straight through it.

  Like looking at one of those pics (not sure what they're called) The ones you keep looking at and a picture comes out after awhile.

  You don't have to hit the ding for it to be a good shot....  clicking slightly either side with adjustments of aim can still be good.

  -Roger

  I'm not really a dinger but if I have to I have a weird way of doing it a bit like this.

  I allow my eyes to unfocus about an inch before the ding line and I seem to hit it alot of the time, some folks sit off to one side or the other depending which is your dominant eye.

  When u lose your feel with your normal ball, going back to the rock usually sorts it out after a ctth or 2 :-)

  I used to say ernieeee els (els being when I clicked) lol and it usually worked but seems the meter moves at diff speeds sometimes so that doesnt work anymore but gets me close enough to have a putt at birdie.

  Peace,

  Liz

• swdeva 238 Posts

  Tue, Nov 5 2013 2:25 AM

  In general that's it. It varies from person to person.

• SplashLewis 375 Posts

  Tue, Nov 5 2013 8:55 AM

  alanti:

  For what it is worth, I never actually follow the meter, but I focus only on the ding line and use the peripheral vision to work out when to click.

   

  Thats exactly what i do.  look at the target. Thats the method that you use in most, if not all sports, game of skill.  I also found it better to put your face closer to the screen to "remove" more things out of your periphery

  I find that hitting the ding using the mouse clicker is more dificult than using the touchpad clickers on my laptop.  Laptop is more sturdy, whereas mouse moves as your trying to click.

• alosso 21,094 Posts

  Sun, Nov 10 2013 2:08 AM

  For me it's important to stay relaxed. "I must hit it!" is a no-go.

  Finding a rhythm in the movement helps, too.