Adjusting From Snooker To 9-ball Pool

[THE SILENCER]

there is a lot to deal with when british females, throw up their hands to snooker, for a better life in american pool, but here are all the aspects they must deal with when switching over. table size: going from a 6x12 to a 4 in a halfx9 foot is a snap, almost a joke. table height, a snooker table may be 12 inches higher, thus chin on cue on an american table is more of a burdon. no nap on cloth. the cue ball slides on new pool cloth, whereas on a snooker table, going towards the bulk cush, you have to hit extra hard, because the hair of the cloth sticks up. the balls are not only larger, but more important heavier, making draw shots more difficult than on a snooker table. dead cushions, pool tables have mellow cushions, snooker tables have cushions like pin ball machine bumpers! the stroke: snooker has a strike to the stroke, that's almost a poke, pool has more of a follow through. speed: in snooker almost all shots are shot medium hard speed, in pool almost all shots are shot medium soft speed. the chalk, the british prefer the yellow label of triangle chalk in traditional green, the americans prefer master chalk in traditional blue in the bright red label, both are made in chicago, by the same company tweeten fibre co. the tip: most snooker players prefer elk master tips, where as most pool players prefer le proffesional, both made by tweeten fibre. terminology, screw the whte, draw the cue, an in-off a scratch, the rest, the mechanical bridge, etc. etc. straegy, snooker has a lot, 9-ball has none. and finally, the last 2 changes are the biggest, these last two will either make or break kelly fisher, first, the break shot. in snooker, this is unheard of! full force onto the head ball?! allison fisher has the worst break ever, although compared to when she first came here, it's much better, corr's break stinks, so kelly are you up to it? and finally, the concept of cheating the pocket, does not exist in snooker, but if you don't get the hang of it in pool, you'll lose! hope you found this intresting, and if you'll excuse me i have to go screw the white.

 

[pooljunkie73]

there is a lot to deal with when british females, throw up their hands to snooker, for a better life in american pool, but here are all the aspects they must deal with when switching over. table size: going from a 6x12 to a 4 in a halfx9 foot is a snap, almost a joke. table height, a snooker table may be 12 inches higher, thus chin on cue on an american table is more of a burdon. Actually they aren't that much higher, maybe 4 inches at the most. The reason most snooker players put their cue on their chins is for aiming and accuracy.
no nap on cloth. the cue ball slides on new pool cloth, whereas on a snooker table, going towards the bulk cush, you have to hit extra hard, because the hair of the cloth sticks up. Actually the nap of the cloth is smoothed down prior to the matches when the referee cleans the tables

The balls are not only larger, but more important heavier, making draw shots more difficult than on a snooker table.But their cueing accuracy is better.

dead cushions, pool tables have mellow cushions, snooker tables have cushions like pin ball machine bumpers! the stroke: snooker has a strike to the stroke, that's almost a poke, pool has more of a follow through. speed: in snooker almost all shots are shot medium hard speed, in pool almost all shots are shot medium soft speed. 99% of shots in snooker are slow to medium speed shots, very rarely do they have to hit the cue ball hard.

the chalk, the british prefer the yellow label of triangle chalk in traditional green, the americans prefer master chalk in traditional blue in the bright red label, both are made in chicago, by the same company tweeten fibre co. Thats just a matter of choice and its what they have always used.

the tip: most snooker players prefer elk master tips, where as most pool players prefer le proffesional, both made by tweeten fibre. Most pool players prefer Le Pro???

terminology, screw the whte, draw the cue, an in-off a scratch, the rest, the mechanical bridge, etc. etc. straegy, snooker has a lot, 9-ball has none. The better the players, the more strategy involved in nine ball.

and finally, the last 2 changes are the biggest, these last two will either make or break kelly fisher, first, the break shot. in snooker, this is unheard of! full force onto the head ball?! allison fisher has the worst break ever, although compared to when she first came here, it's much better, corr's break stinks, so kelly are you up to it? and finally, the concept of cheating the pocket, does not exist in snooker, but if you don't get the hang of it in pool, you'll lose!I agree with you there.

hope you found this intresting, and if you'll excuse me i have to go screw the white.

Give her some time to get used to the changes in games. She could be a threat to both Allison and Karen. Personnally, i think Sarah Rousey is going to make some waves in the WPBA in the next years to come.

Kent Mc.

 

[THE SILENCER]

thank you for the corrections, i found that highly obnoxious. as far as sarah, maybe maybe not, one women who will come on very strong is kim shaw, she is an animal! and whoever said, she is not girlfriends with kelly fisher, i doubt that highly. they live together, give me a break. throughout time the women have been lesbian lovers, do i give a shit???? NO. karen corr and julie kelly. gerda hoffstader and jean balukis, monica webb and helena thorndfelt, etc. etc. who cares as long as they play well?

 

[THE SILENCER]

now, my chance to answer, you on your "corrections" the height of the table may only be 4 inches taller, here's my point, it gets ridicioulous to keep putting your chin on the cue on a lower table! if a pool table was 4 inches lower than it is now, no one would put their chin on their cue unless they were 3 foot 5! the nap gets wiped down, true enough, but the memory of nap is in their brain! smaller balls vs larger balls and cueing accuracy is nonsense, little balls are just as accurate as larger ones. they roll at different speeds, a snooker ball will take off at high speed and slow down quite fast and almost stop like an invisable wall stopped it. a pool ball takes off slower when first struck, yet goes further, and comes to an eventual stop. i totally disagree with you on the next issue as well, the speed in which players play at, in snooker, most shots are "struck" medium hard. that does not mean they "slam the bloody ball" no, but they hit it firm, due to the nap, and stun shots including stunning out, and stun run through. in pool, medium soft will do. 95%of fine cue makers in the world use a le proffesional tips. lastly, snooker at it's best is played with 5 mins. a shot strategy, usually ending in shots to nothing, where in 9-ball, the MOST strategy is on the push out, and that ain't much strategy.

 

[pooljunkie73]

thank you for the corrections, i found that highly obnoxious.

What in hell was so obnoxious about it? Your facts were wrong and i simply corrected it. No big deal. So whats your problem, i wasn't ignorant about it. If you are going to start a thread you have no idea about be prepared to be corrected if you are wrong.

Kent Mc.

 

[pooljunkie73]

now, my chance to answer, you on your "corrections" the height of the table may only be 4 inches taller, here's my point, it gets ridicioulous to keep putting your chin on the cue on a lower table! if a pool table was 4 inches lower than it is now, no one would put their chin on their cue unless they were 3 foot 5! If a player has been playing a certain way all their life they are going to still do it. Thats why Allison and Karen still keep their chins on their cues.

the nap gets wiped down, true enough, but the memory of nap is in their brain! Nap doesn't have a brain, its cloth. Thats why the cloth is always wiped down as you call it in the same manner, to train the nap. It does stay down after awhile.

smaller balls vs larger balls and cueing accuracy is nonsense, little balls are just as accurate as larger ones. they roll at different speeds, a snooker ball will take off at high speed and slow down quite fast and almost stop like an invisable wall stopped it. a pool ball takes off slower when first struck, yet goes further, and comes to an eventual stop.8-10 mm tip, thats what i meant by cueing accuracy, no nonesanse there.

i totally disagree with you on the next issue as well, the speed in which players play at, in snooker, most shots are "struck" medium hard. that does not mean they "slam the bloody ball" no, but they hit it firm, due to the nap, and stun shots including stunning out, and stun run through. in pool, medium soft will do.I have refereed enough snooker matches to know how some of the best shoot. Go watch a couple of hundred more matches and you will see the speed at which they shoot.

95%of fine cue makers in the world use a le proffesional tips.How many players leave them on?

lastly, snooker at it's best is played with 5 mins. a shot strategy, usually ending in shots to nothing, where in 9-ball, the MOST strategy is on the push out, and that ain't much strategy.

There is more strategy then most people realize in nine ball.

Kent Mc.

 

[THE SILENCER]

you and i should meet and become the best of friends, with stuff to talk, and disbute about, or enemys? but at least we have opinions.

 

[Pin]

I think the chalk differences may be tied to the ball size.

The triangle chalk is much finer (less grainy) than US pool chalk (I've tried master and silver cup brands), which seems to work better with the lighter balls, as they don't need so much 'grip' from the cue.

Unfortunately it's getting hard to find the old pale green triangle stuff. It looks like they don't make it to the old formula any more, and the 2 new(er) colours don't play so well.

 

[Slasher]

just a couple points, 860 has nap and so does W.O.E snooker cloth, the only difference is the nap on the snooker cloth is directional, thus shooting up table with english will turn the ball in the opposite direction to down the table. As for the speed, it's not much different in either direction when the table is brushed and ironed.
After playing snooker for many years I still put my chin on my cue, it does change your overall alignment a bit but it's not that big a deal.
Snooker style is a lot of stun and draw, especially working around the black and you are not going to the cushion as much.
9 ball seems to use more angle and rails cause of the need to travel the cue ball.
Oh yah and I don't use LePro

Cheers
Slasher