POOL vs. SNOOKER - Equipment, Rules, and Fundamentals Differences

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FYI, I just posted a new video that I created with respected snooker coach Nic Barrow that looks at all differences and comparisons between the sports of pool and snooker. Check it out:


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As always, I look forward to your feedback, comments, questions, complaints, and requests.

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The few times I’ve played around on a snooker table with my CF pool cue, I found the deflection to be huge with the snooker balls. Any English to speak of and I had no chance to make the ball. This was to the point that I found it easier to make balls on the snooker table with pool balls than snooker balls.

I really need to try with a good snooker cue.
 
GideonF said:
The few times I’ve played around on a snooker table with my CF pool cue, I found the deflection to be huge with the snooker balls. Any English to speak of and I had no chance to make the ball. This was to the point that I found it easier to make balls on the snooker table with pool balls than snooker balls.

I really need to try with a good snooker cue.
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CB weight makes a big difference with CB deflection. More shaft endmass and less CB mass both give more CB deflection.
 
That was very informative dr dave…..👍….thanks
Nic demonstrated a nice pendulum stroke 👍
I am sure its not the stroke he practices much
 
Somewhere in the video it would be useful to mention the difference between international snooker (12' tables, 2 1/16" balls, cue ball only has to contact the object ball for a legal hit, ...) and American snooker (10' tables, 2 1/8" balls, something has to contact a rail after cue ball contacts the object ball for a legal hit, cloth often non-nap, foul values simplified to 4 points for most fouls, ...).

Would let the audience know the difference and that what you are talking about is the international snooker usually seen on TV -- not what they will often find in the USA pool halls. So, "snooker" may mean different things depending on where someone learned it and American snooker feels more like “snooker‑flavored pool” than true UK snooker.
 
WoodyJ said:
Somewhere in the video it would be useful to mention the difference between international snooker (12' tables, 2 1/16" balls, cue ball only has to contact the object ball for a legal hit, ...) and American snooker (10' tables, 2 1/8" balls, something has to contact a rail after cue ball contacts the object ball for a legal hit, cloth often non-nap, foul values simplified to 4 points for most fouls, ...).

Would let the audience know the difference and that what you are talking about is the international snooker usually seen on TV -- not what they will often find in the USA pool halls. So, "snooker" may mean different things depending on where someone learned it and American snooker feels more like “snooker‑flavored pool” than true UK snooker.
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Interesting! As a Canadian I knew that many American “snooker” tables were 10”, but I had never heard of these rules.
 
WoodyJ said:
Somewhere in the video it would be useful to mention the difference between international snooker (12' tables, 2 1/16" balls, cue ball only has to contact the object ball for a legal hit, ...) and American snooker (10' tables, 2 1/8" balls, something has to contact a rail after cue ball contacts the object ball for a legal hit, cloth often non-nap, foul values simplified to 4 points for most fouls, ...).

Would let the audience know the difference and that what you are talking about is the international snooker usually seen on TV -- not what they will often find in the USA pool halls. So, "snooker" may mean different things depending on where someone learned it and American snooker feels more like “snooker‑flavored pool” than true UK snooker.
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Good point. I should have at least briefly mentioned "American Snooker" in the video.
 
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CB weight makes a big difference with CB deflection. More shaft endmass and less CB mass both give more CB deflection.
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Mark Selby, who just won the big snooker event in China, talked afterwards about his new cue. He said is old cue had gone down to 8.5 mm after many years of repairs and his new cue was back up to 9.2 mm. He said it took him a while to adjust to the greater deflection (although I don’t think he used that word).
 
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