I believe that if you practiced your life on a 12' er you could qualify... GuyI look at the money paid in snooker events. Then consider that never has a pool player been able to qualify to play. Then I look at the similarities in the snooker players. Then I stroke my chin whiskers and say, "Hmmmm".
Yes I did.
Well it takes proper training. An illusion that is common is that more hours is all that is needed. Ronnie O'Sullivan is starting to work with a snooker academy. The players already coming from snooker academies are scary good.
I broke my neck in 2010, did a face plant crashing a pit bike on grass. My head stopped but my body kept going hyperextending my neck WAY back on my shoulders. Fractured my C4. I can’t get down much more than about a foot, maybe 8”, above the cue.
wtf????????
Exactly
If you are an old or even middle player still playing pool there is a good chance that you can't physically put your chin on the cue and if you could then somebody might have to help you get it away from your chin... this approach would change the physical aspects of the game that you are playing and that would make the old and the new game different... thats the way I see it... Guy
The tables are now up higher which is probably part of it. Tables like the old gandys which were really low would destroy your back quickly if you always had your chin touching. Probably similar results with the brunswicks which were higher but still relatively low. The diamonds are significantly higher.
I used to do it up to about 32 years old and took a 5 year break and upon coming back deterimined: 1. it was no longer good for my back 2. I didnt play any better doing it.
The snooker tables are significantly higher than a Diamond so it cant really be compared.
At least for me, getting too low on the cue interferes with the ergonomics of my stroke and makes seeing cut angles very difficult. It does make it easier to see the alignment of cue and balls but I don't usually seem to give up much with my chin 6-8" above the cue. Also, if I am sloppy with my vision center alignment, being higher up seems to reduce the error. As I improve, my stroke is more accurate so maybe there is a little more tolerance. If my stroke is accurate to put the cue ball within 1/8" and the shot has 1/8" room for error, then I need to make sure my point of aim is perfect. If I can deliver the cue ball within 1/16", the there is a little room for error in aiming. My aiming is also becoming more accurate.
Agreed. A player can have their head as high as two feet above the stick and still play exceptionally well.
