How to rate yourself as a player?

R

rebound

AzB Silver Member
Silver Member
I have no idea how well I play now after not playing regularly for a long time (relatively poorly I'm sure) but when I did, I was considered a middle of the road C player able to string together perhaps 5-8 balls at a time on average (in whatever combination), decent long pot success, and a good safety game.

The way the game has disappeared in the maritimes, I don't know how this has affected the standard of play. I am willing to bet there are fewer new players coming along so that most have been playing for a long time now. Can I assume the level I describe above would put me pretty much at the bottom against average competition? I am thinking that there is also the fact that many many players get to a certain point and stall there forever so I could be off.

I may soon be moving back to an area (Halifax, Nova Scotia) where there are still tables to be found, I hope. Incidentally, if anyone reading this lives there, please reply. If I do move, I plan to begin playing on a regular basis immediately if I can find a nearby place to play.
 
Last edited:
Snooker is a little more difficult to judge than some other games. A poor break builder can be very competitive against other strong amateurs if he or she has a solid tactical game.

But a good start would be to ask what your high break is?

What do you generally end up with a high break for the day?
 
Cameron Smith said:
Snooker is a little more difficult to judge than some other games. A poor break builder can be very competitive against other strong amateurs if he or she has a solid tactical game.

But a good start would be to ask what your high break is?

What do you generally end up with a high break for the day?
Click to expand...

Mostly agree, and, in my experience, those who regularly post high breaks tend to be attacking players. At times, this same aggressiveness can create positional problems when getting into a safety battle, but for those who can pot their way out of trouble, not such an issue. At any rate, OP, welcome back to the snooker fold.
 
Cameron Smith said:
Snooker is a little more difficult to judge than some other games. A poor break builder can be very competitive against other strong amateurs if he or she has a solid tactical game.

But a good start would be to ask what your high break is?

What do you generally end up with a high break for the day?
Click to expand...

I need to distinguish between when I played all the time and now. At that time, I made perhaps a dozen 40-ish breaks, and only a handful higher with the max being 72. Now, it's been many years since I've played more than once in a great while. But I think once I do get back to playing a lot, I'll probably be lucky to make 3 blacks in a row and hope I don't need to run the colors to win.

DeHouser said:
Mostly agree, and, in my experience, those who regularly post high breaks tend to be attacking players. At times, this same aggressiveness can create positional problems when getting into a safety battle, but for those who can pot their way out of trouble, not such an issue. At any rate, OP, welcome back to the snooker fold.
Click to expand...

My play is such that I can frustrate many good players with my safety play, but inevitably, I'm on a ball that should be easy and miss far more often than your average player in relation to the rest of my ability. Oddly, I've always had a nice clean stroke so long potting was always above average, but then I get in the balls and miss the easy ones.

Thanks for the welcome. I really can't wait to get back to civilization where I can find a table.
 
Welcome, rebound.

There's an effort underway to put a list of snooker tables in Canada online at www.FindSnooker.com. Perhaps that will help you find places to play no matter where you may be. It may be several months before the list is online; in the meantime you can check out the list for U.S. tables.

One of the aspects of snooker I find fun is that there are few "gimme" shots. A slight misalignment of the head or a twitch of the arm and the shot that was going to start your fine run is now the first shot in your opponent's big break of the evening.

Even if your level of play has changed, I'm sure you'll have fun.
 
Rethunk said:
Welcome, rebound.

There's an effort underway to put a list of snooker tables in Canada online at www.FindSnooker.com. Perhaps that will help you find places to play no matter where you may be. It may be several months before the list is online; in the meantime you can check out the list for U.S. tables.

One of the aspects of snooker I find fun is that there are few "gimme" shots. A slight misalignment of the head or a twitch of the arm and the shot that was going to start your fine run is now the first shot in your opponent's big break of the evening.

Even if your level of play has changed, I'm sure you'll have fun.
Click to expand...

Yes, fair enough. Everyone misses. For that matter everyone misses shots they expect to make. But when everything is taken together, I miss far more than I should. It is perhaps possible I let misses bother me far more than they should and that it affects the rest of my game causing more misses.
 
Hi Rebound,

I'm from Halifax/Dartmouth... and yes there are still Snooker tables around. The main spot, as it has always been, is the Burnside Snooker Club ( http://www.csns.ca/Clubs/burnside.html )which has Six - 6x12 tables and lots of very good regulars. A few other halls have single 6x12 tables and one has a nice 5x10 Brunswick.

There are tournaments at Burnside about once a month. I played in one this past weekend which had a good turnout of 28 players (about half Open and half AAA players) .I came second in the AAA division (step down from the Open) division. My high break for the day was only 35 (red-black-all colors clearance). I think the Open division had a run of 61?

Anyways,there are lots of people that like playing snooker around.... Check out this site for all the tournament times in the area;

http://www.csns.ca/

I think the next Snooker tournament is on December 18th.

Later,
Chris

p.s. PM me if you want some more info.
 
eastcoast_chris said:
Hi Rebound,

I'm from Halifax/Dartmouth... and yes there are still Snooker tables around. The main spot, as it has always been, is the Burnside Snooker Club ( http://www.csns.ca/Clubs/burnside.html )which has Six - 6x12 tables and lots of very good regulars. A few other halls have single 6x12 tables and one has a nice 5x10 Brunswick.

There are tournaments at Burnside about once a month. I played in one this past weekend which had a good turnout of 28 players (about half Open and half AAA players) .I came second in the AAA division (step down from the Open) division. My high break for the day was only 35 (red-black-all colors clearance). I think the Open division had a run of 61?

Anyways,there are lots of people that like playing snooker around.... Check out this site for all the tournament times in the area;

http://www.csns.ca/

I think the next Snooker tournament is on December 18th.

Later,
Chris

p.s. PM me if you want some more info.
Click to expand...

Wonderful. Thank you for the info. I was wondering if that was still there. Great news. I dislike moving in winter so I'm probably waiting until the spring, but once I get there I'll definitely be going.
 
Snooker is a little more difficult to judge than some other games. A poor break builder can be very competitive against other strong amateurs if he or she has a solid tactical game.
Click to expand...

Exactly! I am playing snooker since last 2 years ( I know that people here are much more experienced than me) and still I feel that I am not at a level standing where I can say, "yes I know how to defeat you" because many times it happened that I got defeated by a starter. So, if you ask me I would give 5 to myself out of 10.
 
I had a look at some results from tournaments held at Burnside. I actually am beginning to think I might be able to be competitive once I get a few months of practice in.


OT
Would you happen to know of any other places in Halifax to play snooker besides Burnside? If I end up living on the Halifax side it might be a long trip.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top