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When Steve starts shouting "Come on!" I'm pretty sure he's impersonating Peter Ebdon. For those who do not follow snooker, Ebdon was the World Champion in 2002 and I think just about matches Earl in terms of crazy. Ebdon's insanity however takes the form of a quiet intensity that can, rarely but...

You've convinced me! It will be long straight-ins on the pool table for now, though. I've heard the Frank Callan book on snooker technique is very good so I might pick up a copy and work from there. You're welcome! Hendry's high run in the straight pool was 19. I think the format was the same...

Thanks for the reply, Cameron! Very interesting to hear your opinion on how the games compare and how you're going about improving. I think there's a lot there I can learn from and try out, and hopefully I'll able to play both games reasonably well someday! I plan on playing more often this...

I'd be interested in hearing in more detail how you break down your practice, particularly how snooker fits into the equation along with working on your fundamentals? Do you see many of the skills required for playing 14.1 as being transferable to snooker and vice versa? I look forward to...

Usually I wouldn't be too keen to shift the burden of proof in this way but since the CTE believers generally ignore theirs, this might be the way to go - as long as everyone is clear on the fact that CTE is not deemed valid until proved otherwise. Still, it almost goes without saying that if...

No problem, PhilosopherKing! Glad someone enjoyed it.

I am certainly not too cool to watch a 183 ball run! I will have to wait until tomorrow, though. It's 12.30am here and I'm up at 7. Thanks for posting!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/9359219.stm In 2011 there will be more events played outside the UK than in it, and Hearn said this fact, plus the way big name players were being beaten at the Masters at Wembley, showed the health of the game. "It is no surprise to me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgWLYxeua2A Steve Mizerak making a break of 56 in a mixed doubles match with Ewa Mataya, against Stephen Hendry and Allison Fisher. This Snooker/Pool Challenge took place in 1990, shortly after Hendry won his first World Championship title at the age of 21. In a...

Reading this thread and others like it, I'm wondering how much footage is actually out there of Mosconi in action? I'd love to see him putting some kind of run together for myself. Are there no videos available from nearer his prime? Not in his prime and not much footage, but I came across this...

This reminds me of the time I was at the track with Usain Bolt. I kept asking him to share his secret for running so fast and he kept just brushing off the question! Same thing happened when I was jammin' with Eric Clapton. I asked him what his secret was for playing guitar so well and he just...

Snooker definitely wouldn't be the most profitable game for him and he wouldn't be playing in the pro events, but it would be cool to see him play in some sort of challenge event like Mizerak did in the eighties. He's obviously played the game a bit, and maybe still does occasionally, so he'd be...

I realise it's an old thread but I was just watching a video of Alex on YouTube and snooker was mentioned, so I hit up Google to see what info was out there. Alex played in the 2003 Canadian Open Snooker Championships, and finished 3rd-4th behind Alain Robidoux and Cliff Thorburn...

Happy holidays everyone. And may you have many good rolls in 2011!

I wasn't very clear, but I was referring to the other guy - Dan Inosanto!

Congratulations on the run, Cameron! That is very impressive. That house cue probably never made more than a few balls in a row before you picked it up. Now it can brag to all its friends!

Without question faked, but still a cool video. If Bruce had taken up pool instead of martial arts he would have been a beast! With his intelligence and dedication I think he could have excelled at just about anything he wanted to. Here's a student of the man himself showing his skills with a...

At that time she was always likely to attract attention as she was so dominant in the women's game. She was the first of them that seemed to have any chance of going on to play professionally with the men, so it's no surprise that she was featured. I don't think the point of either feature was...

I remember my older brother and cousin playing on a 6ft foldaway table when I was a really young kid. I kept asking for a shot and they kept telling me I was too small, so I just sat there drawing pictures of Spiderman. Years go by and I was about 15 years old when a friend suggested going for...

I realise I'm resurrecting a very old (and controversial) thread, but this point was repeated a couple of times and at least one aspect of it is certainly untrue. I can't comment on what Hendry may have run in practice, but if by "drilled" you mean Hendry beat Mizerak at straight pool in this...