Can't we all just get along?

[FranCrimi]

Have you played on a snooker table before? A lot of pool players have this idea that snooker is played on punishing equipment. That simply isn't true. The only punishing aspect is the size of the table amplifies errors more over the distance. The pockets on TV tables are tight as hell but if you walk into any snooker hall in Britain the standard of tables are much more forgiving. The pockets are much bigger and the cloth a lot slower. You can cheat the pockets just as easily as you can in pool but that stops once the OB gets close to a rail. Snooker opens up to be highly creative if you are that way out. In every snooker club up and down the country you get the creative types, the ones who play upright, the ones who hammer every ball in, the ones who have that jabby stroke. They will never make it to the top like that. The fundamental formula is tried and tested in snooker and there are just some things you need to have to stand any chance of making it.

Yes, I have played snooker. It is my opinion that pool equipment is more favorable for getting creative with fundamentals.

 

[Pidge]

Yes, I have played snooker. It is my opinion that pool equipment is more favorable for getting creative with fundamentals.

Like with pool tables, snooker tables come in a variety of forgivingness. You may have had experience on a tight snooker table. If you ever get chance try a standard snooker table and you will notice how much you can be off and still succeed.

 

[FranCrimi]

Like with pool tables, snooker tables come in a variety of forgivingness. You may have had experience on a tight snooker table. If you ever get chance try a standard snooker table and you will notice how much you can be off and still succeed.

What I meant about the pockets was that they are rounded. That's a better word than 'tight.' I was remembering how they react in a similar manner to a tight pocket when trying to pocket a ball along a rail.

One of the examples of where you can get more creative with pool fundamentals is in pocketing balls along a rail --- details of which I won't get into.

And, as I wrote before, I also think that the lighter, smaller balls, coupled with the rounded pockets, lend to a smaller margin for error as opposed to the average pool table, balls and cues.