Geosnookery
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I use the same snooker cue for both American Pool and Snooker.
if you aren’t getting into Snooker, then use your American Pool cue. Otherwise you will miscue a lot. Also, the purpose of the 9mm or so tip is is less for accuracy than controlled spin on the cueball. You won’t be able to do this until you’ve practiced with a Snooker cue.
re potting balls. Erase your brain. American Pool players aren’t as inept at potting balls on a Snooker table than they often experience. The issue is more they don’t approach the table the right way. They are like a novice at baseball who swings at wild pitches. Instead, always look for the best ‘strategy’ when you are at the table. Yes, balls are difficult to pot so you may only try to sink a ball 25% of the time. The best snooker players in the world might get to the table a half dozen times before trying to pot a ball.anyways, try out a snooker cue for fun but use your Pool cue.
re length. There’s 128 players on the exclusive Snooker pro circuit. All sizes of players. I don’t know any who use a 61” cue. More likely to go the other way to 56 or 57”. Nothing to do with reach but rather precision. We don’t get a longer handled brush to paint when we need to paint precise details. Also, an extra inch or two of cue use isn’t going to help much on a 12 foot Snooker table. In fact itmight hinder becoming proficient with the rest.
(in competition a player can only bring one cue to the table. Precision is needed on 90% of shots in Snooker. Extra ‘reach’ on maybe 1% so a player isn’t going to sacrifice accuracy for the odd time he needs an extra inch)
Strategy to win. 75% of shots, send the cue down table to bulk...end where you cue off. Repeat. Repeat. Patiently wait to shoot in a red...then cueball back to bulk. Repeat. Unless playing a very good player you will win 80% of games. Your opponent won’t be sinking 12 foot shots unless you leave him a hanger.
if you aren’t getting into Snooker, then use your American Pool cue. Otherwise you will miscue a lot. Also, the purpose of the 9mm or so tip is is less for accuracy than controlled spin on the cueball. You won’t be able to do this until you’ve practiced with a Snooker cue.
re potting balls. Erase your brain. American Pool players aren’t as inept at potting balls on a Snooker table than they often experience. The issue is more they don’t approach the table the right way. They are like a novice at baseball who swings at wild pitches. Instead, always look for the best ‘strategy’ when you are at the table. Yes, balls are difficult to pot so you may only try to sink a ball 25% of the time. The best snooker players in the world might get to the table a half dozen times before trying to pot a ball.anyways, try out a snooker cue for fun but use your Pool cue.
re length. There’s 128 players on the exclusive Snooker pro circuit. All sizes of players. I don’t know any who use a 61” cue. More likely to go the other way to 56 or 57”. Nothing to do with reach but rather precision. We don’t get a longer handled brush to paint when we need to paint precise details. Also, an extra inch or two of cue use isn’t going to help much on a 12 foot Snooker table. In fact itmight hinder becoming proficient with the rest.
(in competition a player can only bring one cue to the table. Precision is needed on 90% of shots in Snooker. Extra ‘reach’ on maybe 1% so a player isn’t going to sacrifice accuracy for the odd time he needs an extra inch)
Strategy to win. 75% of shots, send the cue down table to bulk...end where you cue off. Repeat. Repeat. Patiently wait to shoot in a red...then cueball back to bulk. Repeat. Unless playing a very good player you will win 80% of games. Your opponent won’t be sinking 12 foot shots unless you leave him a hanger.
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