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Good point. Although a lot of the balls snooker players miss all the time would go in on a pool table.

Easy - as long as the person you are playing on the same table with the same pockets is worse than you are.

Yes there is a fair amount of money in pro snooker, but there are a lot of guys chasing it. When I looked at this many years ago, I concluded that if you could not get into the top 32, you would be earning less than average wage. And that is before expenses. The prize money has gone up since I...

I agree 100% with this. But there is an argument that snooker is more effective than pool in teaching someone to play. The reason is that if you hit a pool ball badly, you will often still slop in into the side of the pocket. Of course the poor hit will probably have a knock-on effect on your...

Yes, qualifies as over-thinking in my book. IMO, there is nothing wrong with getting into the habit of looking what direction the tangent line would take the ball, but that is as far as it goes. Do allow thoughts such as 'I want it further back so I will hit lower' to enter your mind. Switch...

Yes, although in the case I was thinking of, the guy was young and at least had the good grace to mumble an apology to his opponent after he had put the phone down. (Or was that after he had finished shaving? I can't remember now)

I look forward to reading this. I certainly think that players can be held back by being too analytical when they play - your attention needs to be focused outwards, to the shot outcome, and not inwards towards what your body is doing or what you want it to do. In another thread...

Where I play, I think that people would generally find that disrespectful. I do. But I am not 100% sure why. When I am at the table, I don't care what the other guy does as long as it is not distracting. But I would expect him to stop whatever it is promptly when it is his turn. When he is...

None of them bother me in the slightest. In fact there is only one miss that I can even remember - and that was from over 30 years ago. I had played a fair amount of 8 ball on a bar box, and thought that I was a fair player. Then I got to play on a 12' snooker table for the first time. It...

I think that this misses the point somewhat The exact foot configuration does not matter; as you say different players show that there are a number of different approaches that work. What matters is (1) doing the same thing each time and (2) paying some attention to where your feet are going in...

I think that this comment is a little harsh - and unnecessary. Playing this game to a high standard consistently is difficult. Understanding how to play the game to a high standard consistently is even more difficult. And explaining it to someone else is worse still. There are many expert...

In a pool context, when does the 'action' start?

Yes the cut of the side pockets on an English-pool table is easier. You can pocket balls in them from quite an acute angle.

Typically 8 or 9 mm tip, ash or maple shaft (conical taper). Ebony or rosewood butt. Joint & ferrule are usually brass. Weight varies quite a bit, from 16 to 19 oz usually.

Time for a little dusting I think... credit Denis Lincoln

I agree with what others have said - it seems an impossible task, and any list will be argued about. But if you are going to include cue sports other than pool (some of which are as old or significantly older than pool), and if you are going to take account of both skill and impact, then 3 that...

Some good advice in terms of drills already given. But focusing on the 'basics', by which I mean fundamentals, or stroke technique, is also very important. It is not how many balls you hit that matters, but how consistently you hit them. This depends on developing a consistent stroke. If you...

Quite. When all our chatter from the sidelines has evaporated, what remains is one hell of an achievement. I mean plenty of us have played in situations that were stressful in some way; but can you imagine getting to 6, 7 or 8 B&Rs, knowing that if you keep it going you get $1 million? And...

The odds certainly look wrong. As you have said, putting such a large prize on offer changes behavior. And as Sloppy Pockets pointed out, the relevant probability is the chance of a player doing it in a match divided by the number of matches. What's more, using the 0.2^10 formula would only...

:lmao: Very good!