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Do we mean beat the ghost once in a blue moon? 50% of the time or 75%+? I’ve seen this discussion here before and the estimation I agree with was that someone who wins occasionally is at least a 575 player, a person who wins at least half the time is around 625-650, and the player who rarely...

I like the winner break, I haven’t seen anyone get blitzed with no chance even though there have been some big packages. This isn’t 9 ball where you can miss and leave nothing, or dominate quite in the same way with safety play. Every match I saw both players got plenty of decent chances to...

I feel like the move to 9 foot tables was the beginning of the end for 14.1. I was looking at the stats for the old 14.1 world championships and after the transition, the high runs exploded. More frequent 50-70 hall runs means longer innings on average, which is harder for a fan to watch...

I’m not convinced that 4.25” pockets with brand new cloth is all that tight. If anything players are wilting under the pressure of the tv lights and having a top pro firing back at them. But once all the lower level players are out of the tournament, we end up with top players shooting at...

I’m not sure that pockets should be made easier to accommodate lower tier pros and amateurs. These guys are getting crushed by the top players anyways so it doesn’t really change anything.

I would agree generally, but alternating between reds and colours makes snooker easier for casual fans to follow. With 14.1, if you don’t know the game, it can look a bit haphazard and random. It doesn’t help when commentators struggle to predict the players patterns. And that is common...

I would agree with this sentiment. You can’t eliminate luck but straight pool is probably the game where it plays a slightly smaller role. Outside of the call pocket component, it’s harder to miss and leave your opponent nothing. There is usually a shot or a safety you can play, especially...

What is interesting to me about pool history is just how long pool has been struggling to find the right game for competition. There has been pockets of stability at times but compared to something like Carom and Snooker, Pool has been pretty chaotic. 3 cushion was firmly established by the...

Quick note, I don’t think precise set ups really matter for most drills. As long as the right balls pass into the right pockets it should be fine. You should be able to adjust your position play if the ball is half an inch from its intended spot.

Fiddlesticks Still an interesting idea.

I’m glad they are doing this. It’s a good cross promotional idea. Unfortunately I doubt we will get any top snooker players since it seems they are in partnership with the IBSF. It’s too bad because I would have have been very intrigued to see Mark Selby try to play 3 cushion, assuming this...

The majority of pro snooker players do some sort of drill. Whenever the broadcast goes into the practice room almost every player is doing some drill. And when I attended the U21 championship almost a decade ago, all of the juniors I saw were doing some manner of routine when practicing or...

I’d choose two drills and spend 15 minutes on each. Do one that is focused on fundamentals and one that is focused on position. Switch them up to keep them interesting and make sure you aren’t doing drill you can complete a high percentage of the time.

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Let’s keep in mind here that this players success has less to do with any potential advantages of their birth and much more to do with the state of the womens pro snooker tour. Womens snooker doesn’t have the depth and competitiveness of womens pool. While Reanne Evans and a few others are...

I’d say a quarter inch small than what you compete on. Or probably no smaller than 4.25”.

Gotta add Shaw to that list now. Some of those racks look like the balls were placed by hand.

I’m just making it clear that it’s not because my hardware isn’t supported anymore

That app seems to have been discontinued. I can’t access it on either my new tv or new Apple TV. Casting to the tv is finnicky and a pain.

They don’t own the rights to all of the events. The ones that they do own, they have tv contracts. Outside of SkySports, they would want the tournaments on DAZN because it’s not specially a pool streaming service. In an ideal world, someone who signed up to watch Soccer/Football will happen...