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  • Played Snooker for the First Time

    *Coaching Question at the Bottom*

    As the title says, I played snooker for the first time in my life. It was a 12' table. Not sure of the brand. The pockets were such that 2 balls would get stuck in the opening, so I'm guessing average?? Not sure how you would classify the speed. I did play the CB down the spots at a reasonable pace without too much effort. It went up and down 5.5 times. To me that's fast.

    My main thoughts:

    - Pockets were tight. Two balls wouldn't fit in the opening.
    - It's super fast.
    - As an American coming from a strictly 9 ball background, I was expecting to be overwhelmed. I wasn't. It's definitely much more difficult than regular pool, but not as impossible as I thought it was going to be.
    - Even though it wasn't as hard as I expected, I still missed more shots than I made.

    Although I did manage to make a few spectacular shots. The best was playing the pink off the spot to get to the black. CB was near the side pocket by the blue spot. I played the pink with low inside, the CB drew to the side rail. Then spin behind the black to get perfect position in the opposite corner to where the pink was played.


    *Coaching Question*

    This pool hall is too far for me to visit all the time, but I do plan on going at least once or twice a month to practice. I plan on mostly doing the line up, but if anyone has any other advice or drills, please let me know.

    On a side note, this really was my first time playing. I will for sure try the line up next time I go (in a few weeks). Any takers on what my high will be? My average after 10 attempts? Video may be coming.

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    Here are a ton of different routines. Even more if you hover over the coaching tab at the top.

    http://www.147academy.com/index.php?...ris&Itemid=385

    As for the pocket size, even at it's easiest a snooker table should never have pockets that allow two balls to pass through. One table I play on from time to is very forgiving but still much tighter than your average pool table.

    I do not know what your average would be in the line up. I expect if you play 9 ball well enough that it shouldn't take too long to make a 50+ break in line up. All depends on your current standard and your technique.

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    • #3
      Five and a half times up and down when shooting the spots means that was a fast cloth with good cushions. How far was the cueball away from the brown spot on the 4th leg? If it was within one ball's width then you should have a pretty straight delivery, which is a good thing.
      Terry Davidson
      IBSF Master Coach & Examiner

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      • #4
        My advice would be to adopt a pure snooker stance with your chin down on the cue for tunnel vision of the object ball rather than the usual more upright pool players stance which gives a more peripheral view.
        Head down, chin on the cue, or very near to it, and keep that head still when executing the stroke; this will improve your pool no end as well.

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        • #5
          Originally Posted by Terry Davidson View Post
          Five and a half times up and down when shooting the spots means that was a fast cloth with good cushions. How far was the cueball away from the brown spot on the 4th leg? If it was within one ball's width then you should have a pretty straight delivery, which is a good thing.
          It was pretty close. Honestly I wasn't even focused on getting the ball to go straight up and down. It was more about how many times will it go back and forth.

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          • #6
            Originally Posted by vmax4steve View Post
            My advice would be to adopt a pure snooker stance with your chin down on the cue for tunnel vision of the object ball rather than the usual more upright pool players stance which gives a more peripheral view.
            Head down, chin on the cue, or very near to it, and keep that head still when executing the stroke; this will improve your pool no end as well.
            I've been using a pure snooker stance for awhile now. Making a few tweaks here and there, but it's very consistent now.

            Probably the best change I ever made to my game.

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            • #7
              To see big improvement once or twice a month practice is useless to be more consistent try ur best to get to the table more

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              • #8
                Originally Posted by Tommykiid View Post
                To see big improvement once or twice a month practice is useless to be more consistent try ur best to get to the table more
                I agree you need good regular practice 3 times a week or more or maybe get one of them training thingy's at home to practice your cueing if you want to improve - saying that nothing wrong with being an occasional player - its all good.
                Last edited by Byrom; 2 April 2016, 03:43 PM.

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                • #9
                  Try to clear 6 colours from yellow to black off their spots starting with ball in hand. See how many clearences in a row you can make.

                  http://www.thesnookerforum.co.uk/boa...s/55282-colors
                  Last edited by ace man; 4 April 2016, 11:53 AM.

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                  • #10
                    Bit hard for the first time ace. I remember thinking how big is this - like playing on a football field . Better to spread the balls out just have fun and pot a few work technique basics and shape first - try and get solid and still on the shot cueing straight and work on routines other stuff later. Correct the basics first I would say - saves a lot of time down the line.
                    Last edited by Byrom; 4 April 2016, 12:32 PM.

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                    • #11
                      Originally Posted by Byrom View Post
                      Bit hard for the first time ace. I remember thinking how big is this - like playing on a football field . Better to spread the balls out just have fun and pot a few work technique basics and shape first - try and get solid and still on the shot cueing straight and work on routines other stuff later. Correct the basics first I would say - saves a lot of time down the line.
                      If the guy is any good at 9ball at all, he should be able to clear 6 colours on a 12ft snooker table starting with ball in hand. No matter what technical issues he may or may not have. Given a few attempts of course.
                      And who's to say that his technique is necessarily bad if he plays 9ball? As if 50 break club snooker players have good technique. Please. I know mine is rubbish.
                      I mean some of my snooker club mates look amazingly good at table, brilliant stance, beautiful slow backswing and delivery, crisp and clean sound of strike, staying down, pre shot routine and all that...end result? No all round game to speak of. No breaks over 50 for years, no safety, no tactics, nothing.

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                      • #12
                        yeah good point

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                        • #13
                          I first played at the youth club,I belonged to, in Aberdeen.
                          I was only ten and stood on a lemonade crate to play some shots!

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                          • #14
                            I haven't had a chance to go back to this club. Really wish it was closer than an hour away. However, I did find some practice routines on PJ Nolan's site that I've adapted to the pool table and made work.

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