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An interesting exercise: Draw out useful shots that you might play in a game that include one from each category below. How many different shots can you think of? As an example, the break shot at one pocket is follow-inside-reverse, The spin is what the cue ball has when it gets to the object...

Work on your draw shot with progressive practice. Power draw will only work if you solve your stroke issues.

Allison Fisher and Karen Corr. A detail is why they chose to switch to pool while the male snooker players have (mostly) not.

Practice your banks. When you bank, if you miss, the ball has to remain within a diamond of your pocket -- preferably half a diamond. Sometimes you must shoot long banks harder to avoid leaving a bank for your opponent.

Yes, gambling is illegal in China, but it is estimated to be $11B per year. Many snooker tournaments have had bookies as the main sponsor, but the just-completed World Open in China was sponsored by a roasted eel company.

I was cast as a clueless league player who had no idea who Ronnie was. We played eight ball and part of the spot was I chose which hand he shot with. Ronnie expressed some interest in one pocket and there were one pocket players there, but they went with the eight ball hustle. I think he...

And one pocket as well, but with less data.

The question is ambiguous. If you want maximum spin relative to speed as the ball leaves the tip, hit the cue ball as far off-center as you can. If you want max side spin relative to speed after the cue ball has acquired normal roll, hit at 4:30 or 7:30 and as far from center as you can without...

Perhaps you could follow up and list the World Pool Championships that Steve Davis has won. Maybe they were at one pocket because I don't think he has finished higher than 17th at 9-ball. Edit: he finished tied for 5th in the 2000 WPC including an amazing win over Efren Reyes.

The money is coming from the company that makes the tables, Joy.

I think that's mostly true, but some players, including Luther Lassiter, line up too full, then too thin and then go to just right. Goldilocks aiming. Lassiter played fairly well. Maybe this just makes the player really focus on the shot, which I think helps, regardless of the "reasons" behind...

16-red clearances. I suppose it would be possible to have a 16-red 148 by missing the last black.

I think it was not in pro competition.

Ronnie is playing Wu Yize in 23 minutes for those of you who have a wst.tv subscription. A plain 147 would be nice.

Here is a previous thread about the pocket templates. The WPBSA is the governing body for pro snooker, the WST is the tour. The IBSF is the amateur body and is a member of the WCBS. I wonder what the template situation is now. https://forums.azbilliards.com/threads/snooker-pocket-templates.541158/

Wikipedia is your friend...

The foul points are not counted towards the break (run). The final score was 169-0 for that frame.

Maybe you could talk them into a barbecue style. 🪱😋 And because Ronnie started with 16 points of foul from Ryan Day, the final score of the frame was 169-0. Maybe the worst white-wash, but the largest winning margin was 178-6. Must have had a lot of fouling. .... Here is that match. The first...

I was lucky enough to see part of it live. He made it look so darn easy.

I think you need to ask your local Brunswick dealer what his replacement pockets look like.