Ambidextrous Players

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Scaramouche just posted a video (http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=67493) of Ronnie making a 125 break using his left hand for three-fourths of his shots. It's been a while since we had a thread on the best ambidextrous players of all time, so here goes another one.

1. Ronnie O'Sullivan
2. Cisero Murphy
3. Frederic Caudron

The rest of my list (in no particular order): Efren Reyes, Keith McReady, Buddy Hall, Raymond Ceulemans.

Special mention: Mike Sigel, Cecil Tugwell.

But Ronnie is by far the most natural I have ever seen.

Mark
 
mbvl said:
Scaramouche just posted a video (http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=67493) of Ronnie making a 125 break using his left hand for three-fourths of his shots. It's been a while since we had a thread on the best ambidextrous players of all time, so here goes another one.

1. Ronnie O'Sullivan
2. Cisero Murphy
3. Frederic Caudron

The rest of my list (in no particular order): Efren Reyes, Keith McReady, Buddy Hall, Raymond Ceulemans.

Special mention: Mike Sigel, Cecil Tugwell.

But Ronnie is by far the most natural I have ever seen.

Mark
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Best I ever saw play with either hand...Wade Crane, bar none.
Best I ever heard played both handed...Dick Leonord {ran 100 left and right handed}

Voodoo~~~amphibious, can play with either hand:D
 
Yes Sir.

Voodoo Daddy said:
Best I ever saw play with either hand...Wade Crane, bar none.
Best I ever heard played both handed...Dick Leonord {ran 100 left and right handed}

Voodoo~~~amphibious, can play with either hand:D
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Billy Johnson himself. He would start off playing you left handed and jack the bet up to switch hands, which he played right handed anyway. Or was it the other way around. So close, I couldn't remember.
 
crawfish said:
He would start off playing you left handed and jack the bet up to switch hands, which he played right handed anyway. Or was it the other way around.
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I heard Sigel pulled the same move.
 
From Texas, James "Bastrop" Davis Sr. plays from both sides.
Natural lefty.
 
It's all about muscle memory. If you practice shooting opposite-handed, hitting hundreds of balls every single day, eventually your opposite hand will develop a stroke and a level of comfort.

For the record, though, I always cringe when I see Keith shooting left-handed, one-handed, or behind his back. However, I have overheard some discussions on the topic which all reinforce developing a daily routine shooting opposite-handed, and the only way to attain proficiency is to practice, practice, practice. There ain't no easy shortcut.

JAM
 
Wade Crane hands down !!!!!!

Billy"BoomBoom"Johnson as he was called back in the day;could run out with either hand..effortlessly,I might add..He is definetly "AMPHIBIOUS" LOL
 
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JAM said:
It's all about muscle memory. If you practice shooting opposite-handed, hitting hundreds of balls every single day, eventually your opposite hand will develop a stroke and a level of comfort.

For the record, though, I always cringe when I see Keith shooting left-handed, one-handed, or behind his back. However, I have overheard some discussions on the topic which all reinforce developing a daily routine shooting opposite-handed, and the only way to attain proficiency is to practice, practice, practice. There ain't no easy shortcut.

JAM
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Any story behind it Jennie?
 
Voodoo Daddy said:
Best I ever saw play with either hand...Wade Crane, bar none.
Best I ever heard played both handed...Dick Leonard {ran 100 left and right handed}

Voodoo~~~amphibious, can play with either hand:D
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I have to agree with Voodoo on his selection of Richard "Dick" Leonard. I have known him for over 40 years. Those that know him usually call him Butch..Go figure. Anyway, I have seen him run balls in the hundreds right handed on numerous occasions and over 150 left handed. He plays strickly left handed now due to an injury of some type. Believe me when I tell you that if you watched him play left handed you would have no idea that he was this ambidextrous a player...........mike
 
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I play as well right handed as I do left handed. Can't make a ball either way :)

seriously ... Efren is great opposite handed. Cant forget him
 
JAM said:
It's all about muscle memory. If you practice shooting opposite-handed, hitting hundreds of balls every single day, eventually your opposite hand will develop a stroke and a level of comfort.

For the record, though, I always cringe when I see Keith shooting left-handed, one-handed, or behind his back. However, I have overheard some discussions on the topic which all reinforce developing a daily routine shooting opposite-handed, and the only way to attain proficiency is to practice, practice, practice. There ain't no easy shortcut.

JAM
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I agree completely. I can play both ways, I just have to focus a bit more on my southpaw stroke versus my normal stroke. But then again I can also throw left handed and was a switch hitter when I played baseball too. The hardest part for me in shooting from the opposite side is geting a comfortable bridge hand, once I'm comfortable then it's cake.
 
mbvl said:
Scaramouche just posted a video (http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=67493) of Ronnie making a 125 break using his left hand for three-fourths of his shots. It's been a while since we had a thread on the best ambidextrous players of all time, so here goes another one.

1. Ronnie O'Sullivan
2. Cisero Murphy
3. Frederic Caudron

The rest of my list (in no particular order): Efren Reyes, Keith McReady, Buddy Hall, Raymond Ceulemans.

Special mention: Mike Sigel, Cecil Tugwell.

But Ronnie is by far the most natural I have ever seen.

Mark
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Tony Ellin told me I had the best opposite handed stroke he'd ever seen, after I spun in a 9-ball on him at over 90 degrees from a couple inches off the middle of the bottom rail. It may not be true, (though I hope to prove it to be sometime soon) but it is a valued compliment from a terrific player that had seen a few others play.

Ronnie's looks good. But he set up for one shot to shoot lefty, then switched to right handed when he realized that he needed to pound it a little with a lot of inside english. I would've played that left handed because it's a natural right english shot, easier imo left handed. He also opted for right handed on the power draw into the stack. That was a left to right cut with no inside so that makes sense. But then he cinched the critical red ball right handed unnecessarily, I think, to put the game out of reach. So apparently there was a limit to his showing off. Or maybe he just couldn't reach it as easily and wanted to be sure he got to the semis.

I wouldn't beat him at snooker that way, I don't imagine, anymore than he would beat me at 10-ball the same way when I'm in stroke.

unknownpro
 
More good choices here. Sigel, Buddy, Keith, Billy Johnson all were (and are) proficient when switching hands. Not to worry Jam, Keith used to match up with guys who could play "shortstop" speed and offer to play them lefty. He still beat 'em.

Cecil never played lefhanded, until after his "accident".
 
Interesting thread I'm surprised no one has mentioned Efren yet. I have witnessed him run consecutive racks of rotation left handed. He made it
look easy. Philw
 
Eddie Adams

Eddie Adams of Bowling Green Ky used to play a ball under pro level either handed. Don't know how much he plays anymore.

Jimmy
 
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