Can Snooker Learn From Pool?

Boro Nut

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Watching Ronnie O'Sullivan against Ken Doherty in the Premier League last night I couldn't help noticing he's picked up a few new habits from his time playing pool. Firstly he used a loop bridge more often than not to break off, and in open play he often used what the commentators amusingly termed a "live long and prosper" bridge, with his two middle fingers tucked under his hand. In fact, it's so unusual to see in snooker that they zoomed in every time he did it.

Ronnie was his sublime best in the match, and I don't think him messing around with his bridge was anything other than Ronnie being Ronnie, but I bet some players out there will have noticed and will blindly copy. But the thought occurs, what elements of pool do you think snooker could most learn from? To date it seems to me that the influence has been in the other direction.

Boro Nut
 
one thing i hope snooker doesn't pick up is all the 'air stroking' a lot of pool players do with their cues before a shot. :p plus i hope they don't start chalking their cues the 'pool way', horizontally. these little touches are what gives each game it's own identity.

on another side issue - can you imagine a player with a loose flowing cue action like Bustamante playing snooker like that? would love to see him play snooker lol.
 
worriedbeef said:
on another side issue - can you imagine a player with a loose flowing cue action like Bustamante playing snooker like that? would love to see him play snooker lol.
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Don't laugh, I saw Efren play Steve Knight some on the snooker table at Romine's a few years ago and it wasn't pretty for the snooker player. Steve was in awe and remarked about how he couldn't imagine how well Reyes would play with a proper snooker cue.
 
I recall that the snooker players got quite a surprise at the talent some Canadian players had with making plants and combinations. I assume these skills came from some pool knowledge including 14.1.

Since then the snooker players have improved in this regard, often finding combinations in the triangle of reds.

Colin
 
How about poor sportsmanship? Not calling fouls on yourself and such... And what about the second ball 8-ball break. Get those reds nice and spread out.
 
And what about the second ball 8-ball break. Get those reds nice and spread out.
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Quentin Hann was smashing the reds up for a time a couple of years back - he said he thought that if you hit them a certain way you can guarantee to make a ball. Naturally it caused quite a stir and he wasn't too popular for a while. When i watched him he was successful one in three times i think.
 
mosconiac said:
Don't laugh, I saw Efren play Steve Knight some on the snooker table at Romine's a few years ago and it wasn't pretty for the snooker player. Steve was in awe and remarked about how he couldn't imagine how well Reyes would play with a proper snooker cue.
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Was that when Efren and Hose played Steve and another European? That one I watched and the high run was 18 until Efren ran a 36 the last game.

unknownpro
 
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