Amazing young talent - video

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Luca Brecel, from Belgium, won the European U19's snooker championships at just 14 earlier this year. Here is a video of him making a 126 break, and as if that is not impressive enough, he is shooting the entire break LEFT HANDED. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jJ9NGOiSTg
To prove that he is playing opposite handed there are also numerous videos of him making 147's right handed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PRwOSsobOQ&feature=related
Sorry if this is off topic, but the snooker board has little to no discussion. :grin-square:
 
This kid is very talented. He looks like the next u.s. open 9 ball champ.:grin:
 
This young lad is simply a m a z i n g. He has a great stroke, very smooth but still looks more on the mechanical side - no / very little elbow drop and not much wrist action. I believe what makes his stroke so smooth and straight may be in the final back stroke? Many just focus on the forward motion.
 
truly amazing

JAW725 said:
This young lad is simply a m a z i n g. He has a great stroke, very smooth but still looks more on the mechanical side - no / very little elbow drop and not much wrist action. I believe what makes his stroke so smooth and straight may be in the final back stroke? Many just focus on the forward motion.
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Great eyes, great control of his body, and a good understanding of how to move balls around.

I think the key to the stroke is the gradual forward acceleration. The gentle backswing and slightest of pauses certainly lay the foundation for it but the biggest flaw for many people is the jerk into forward motion. When shooting softer the gradual acceleration is more visible in his stroke, harder to see when he is shooting harder but I would bet it is still there.

Super ability regardless and well worthy of main forum attention. I enjoy watching great cue work regardless of the exact type of play. To play either handed as well as he does at any age is impressive, at his age amazing. I think that is one advantage of the centered cue, aiming remains basically the same I would think.

Hu
 
Future champion?

ShootingArts said:
I think the key to the stroke is the gradual forward acceleration. The gentle backswing and slightest of pauses certainly lay the foundation for it but the biggest flaw for many people is the jerk into forward motion. When shooting softer the gradual acceleration is more visible in his stroke, harder to see when he is shooting harder but I would bet it is still there.
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I agree with you there Hu. This is a characteristic that is noticeable in a number of classy snooker strokes. Examples that come to mind include Shaun Murphy, Stephen Maguire, Neil Robertson & John Higgins.

Very impressive performance (thanks to crappoolguy for the post). On the face of it, this guy looks to be on a par with Ronnie O at the same age. It will be interesting to see how his game develops!
 
, he is shooting the entire break LEFT HANDED. :[/QUOTE] apart from the green great talent
 
saturday morning bump

This post is mostly to bring the thread back to page one today. The first video is weak handed, the second video strong handed and a perfect 147.

Very nice stroke, well worth watching I think.

Hu
 
Too bad he took that one right handed shot near the end, I think he realized it after the fact and then missed the second to last ball. And wow, nice stroke. I'll have to watch one of his right handed frames and see if the stroke is the same.
 
Darth said:
This kid is very talented. He looks like the next u.s. open 9 ball champ.:grin:
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It would be interesting to see this lad play pool but he may have no interest :( I like it when Snooker players also play pool, like Ronnie, Davis and Drago.
 
Endymion said:
Too bad he took that one right handed shot near the end, I think he realized it after the fact and then missed the second to last ball. And wow, nice stroke. I'll have to watch one of his right handed frames and see if the stroke is the same.
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No, it is not the same, it is better, more fluent.
 
Dynamite youngster... I played snooker for 20 years, it's a great game. I ran a hundred points many many times, but never a perfect game.
 
This is good

With all due respect to the aiming technicians.
I am curious on what your take is on this video.
Looks to me like he squares right up, (lefty or righty) Drops in soft and straight,,,places the cue to his alignment,,,,with one beautiful delivery stroke he completes,,,and of course he stays down.,,Nothing complicated,Very Nice
It doesn't get any easier,no marshmellow brain.

Just curious if anyone sees some sort of system that I may have missed.
I am also curious which eye is dominant,he may have a third eye we can't see.This kid should make an instructional video, I would love to read the pages on that evaluation. Freud and Einstein will have a war.
 
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