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Originally Posted by Leo View PostOriginally Posted by Dave Walton View PostAnd the award for 'most ridiculous, bullsh*t comment' goes to.......
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pool and snooker balls are not the same you need to cue the shot a lot better on a snooker table
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Originally Posted by Smeeagain View PostThanks to everyone for their comments - it is really interesting and helpful. Perpetual can you elaborate a little more on this comment please "will have the opposite effect on positional play as the balls react completely differently and plain ball angles aren't the same"
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Then played snooker for the last 3-4 years and no pool - rejoined a side this year and the thing I notice more than anything is the wider angle after the contact the white takes on a pool table (probably because the white is smaller so you get a natural stun on every shot - thats why a powerful follow through is much more difficult a shot in pool than snooker).
When rolling a ball in I find myself thinking a shots in off and its a mile away, or I think its fine and it flys straight in - don't miss many pots though now, although never really did, thats not where the skill in pool is.
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3 foot from the pocket, yes, plus the distance between the cue ball and the black, if you're on the cush, 6 foot. Who was rubbishing pool? I like pool, just like everyone else on here, it was the first cue sport I ever played and I play it at every opportunity. But it's a simple fact that a pool table is as long as a snooker table is wide, therefore a short shot in snooker is a long shot in pool.
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Originally Posted by monkeytennis View PostI've come across this a lot over the years. In my experience the pool players had too short a follow-through to really get any action on a snooker table.
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Originally Posted by perpetualboredom View PostA great way to improve your potting, but will have the opposite effect on positional play as the balls react completely differently and plain ball angles aren't the same, although pro cup balls play a lot more snooker like.
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Originally Posted by Leo View PostIt's just my opinion and you've got your opinion. Pool is commonly known as a fun game where all ages and genders can play irrespective of their ability and can pot balls, where Snooker is in an entirely different league where potting balls is a completely different ball game where fun is took out of it because of the difficulty.
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Originally Posted by Leo View PostOriginally Posted by Dave Walton View PostAnd the award for 'most ridiculous, bullsh*t comment' goes to.......
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Originally Posted by Dave Walton View PostAnd the award for 'most ridiculous, bullsh*t comment' goes to.......
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Originally Posted by Leo View PostUK Pool is more of a laugh which is hard to take seriously on a tiny table that is harder to miss a shot. It's fine for a knees up with your pals on weekdays but that's about it.
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UK Pool is more of a laugh which is hard to take seriously on a tiny table that is harder to miss a shot. It's fine for a knees up with your pals on weekdays but that's about it.
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Originally Posted by jonny66 View PostIf you think about it, the longest possible shot on a UK pool table is basically a black off the spot in snooker, a routine shot. So you obviously need to be cueing a lot more consistently on a snooker table to play at a decent standard. Great way to improve your pool game though, but too much snooker can blind you to the possibilities available to you on a pool table.
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Originally Posted by jonny66 View PostIf you think about it, the longest possible shot on a UK pool table is basically a black off the spot in snooker, a routine shot. So you obviously need to be cueing a lot more consistently on a snooker table to play at a decent standard. Great way to improve your pool game though, but too much snooker can blind you to the possibilities available to you on a pool table.
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