For Your Viewing Pleasure - Juddernaut

I include a little Snooooooker in my UTube Watchings. Totally different discipline but I think anyone can appreciate the game. It definitely has a serious skill set to it.

Not like slamming in 9 Balls in a couple of minutes. A person can only take so much of that, regardless of how much you love pool.


We had 6 antique Snooker tables at our Hall in Regina before it closed. They had quite a following. I have a Snooooker cue and tried my best, which wasn't great, but fun just the same.


I like this one from the Announcer. "Attention All Pockets". They do come up with some good ones.


Still don't know what a Juddernaut is tho. I thought it was Juggernaut.
 
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amazing player, cue power, everything.
thx for the show.

Why do snooker players talk so much about centerball? I say bs to that.
I don't see it.
I think it needs to be hit every bit the same as on a pool table.
the balls are round and the pocket deep.
both game the same, snooker less forgiving.

How does a person make position without some side?
speed only gets a person so far.
thx for the video.
steven
 
driven said:
Why do snooker players talk so much about centerball? I say bs to that.
I don't see it.
steven
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Check out Willie Mosconi's little red book - Willie Mosconi on Pocket Billiards, starting on page 39:

Value of Center-ball Stroking
Again stressing the fact that the cue ball is round and has no flat surfaces, I cannot overemphasize the value of center-ball stroking. In pocket billiards, my experience has taught me that more than 85percent of the shots can be accomplished by strokiing the cue ball in the center of the vertical axis.

This stroking, as we have pointed out, is recommended for the vast majority of shots. The player will never appreciate just how important center-ball stroking is until he has learned that English influences:
(1) the path of the cue ball to the object ball,
and
(2) the path of the object ball from the cue ball to the pocket.

So, unless the player thoroughly understands the influence of English, he can miss a shot which he thinks is dead on the pocket.

A good rule to remember in pocket billiards is use center-ball stroking on every shot unless English is absolutely required for position or to make a shot that is not "on" without English.


On a snooker table the pockets are so tight that if you can't cue straight you will miss - It is called cueing across the ball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNLGgfrNavg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8UxZmAjUjY

The Drill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPd6zdmCpQ
 
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Blue Hog ridr said:
I include a little Snooooooker in my UTube Watchings. Totally different discipline but I think anyone can appreciate the game. It definitely has a serious skill set to it.

Not like slamming in 9 Balls in a couple of minutes. A person can only take so much of that, regardless of how much you love pool.


We had 6 antique Snooker tables at our Hall in Regina before it closed. They had quite a following. I have a Snooooker cue and tried my best, which wasn't great, but fun just the same.


I like this one from the Announcer. "Attention All Pockets". They do come up with some good ones.


Still don't know what a Juddernaut is tho. I thought it was Juggernaut.
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it is juggernaut. his name is Judd trump. its a play off his name.:thumbup:
 
Scaramouche said:
Check out Willie Mosconi's little red book - Willie Mosconi on Pocket Billiards, starting on page 39:

Value of Center-ball Stroking
Again stressing the fact that the cue ball is round and has no flat surfaces, I cannot overemphasize the value of center-ball stroking. In pocket billiards, my experience has taught me that more than 85percent of the shots can be accomplished by strokiing the cue ball in the center of the vertical axis.

This stroking, as we have pointed out, is recommended for the vast majority of shits. The player will never appreciate just how important center-ball stroking is until he has learned that English influences:
(1) the path of the cue ball to the object ball,
and
(2) the path of the object ball from the cue ball to the pocket.

So, unless the player thoroughly understands the influence of English, he can miss a shot which he thinks is dead on the pocket.

A good rule to remember in pocket billiards is use center-ball stroking on every shot unless English is absolutely required for position or to make a shot that is not "on" without English.


On a snooker table the pockets are so tight that if you can't cue straight you will miss - It is called cueing across the ball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNLGgfrNavg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8UxZmAjUjY

The Drill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPd6zdmCpQ
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Your last point regarding cueing across the ball...steve davis did an analysis of a shot played by bingham, where he potted the ball from distance but the cue didn't go through straight, and posed the question 'how can this be'. The answer was it doesn't matter where the cue finishes, it's how it hits the cb that's important. I was aghast - steve davis has been nobbled by dr dave! Stephen hendry rescued the situation nicely by asking if any of the viewers were still awake.
 
Scaramouche said:
Check out Willie Mosconi's little red book - Willie Mosconi on Pocket Billiards, starting on page 39:

Value of Center-ball Stroking
Again stressing the fact that the cue ball is round and has no flat surfaces, I cannot overemphasize the value of center-ball stroking. In pocket billiards, my experience has taught me that more than 85percent of the shots can be accomplished by strokiing the cue ball in the center of the vertical axis.

This stroking, as we have pointed out, is recommended for the vast majority of shots. The player will never appreciate just how important center-ball stroking is until he has learned that English influences:
(1) the path of the cue ball to the object ball,
and
(2) the path of the object ball from the cue ball to the pocket.

So, unless the player thoroughly understands the influence of English, he can miss a shot which he thinks is dead on the pocket.

A good rule to remember in pocket billiards is use center-ball stroking on every shot unless English is absolutely required for position or to make a shot that is not "on" without English.


On a snooker table the pockets are so tight that if you can't cue straight you will miss - It is called cueing across the ball.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNLGgfrNavg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8UxZmAjUjY

The Drill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUPd6zdmCpQ
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It seems most everything Mosconi says in his books is referring to Straight pool. I don't think 85% of the shots when running a rack of 9 ball can be accomplished with center ball. Having said that, you can do a lot with no more then a cuetip off center one way or another.
 
macguy said:
It seems most everything Mosconi says in his books is referring to Straight pool. I don't think 85% of the shots when running a rack of 9 ball can be accomplished with center ball. Having said that, you can do a lot with no more then a cuetip off center one way or another.
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I am far from a pro, but have recently been focusing on no english position play. I've been amazed at how stupid I was for using english FAR to often.

I hear what you are saying about straight pool versus 9 ball, but I think it's closer to 85% than most probably think...
 
I think it's pretty close to 85%. 15% is 1-2 shots per rack when you need to get a lot of action on the ball. There's a lot of over thinking in pool with the desire to get millimeter perfect position on every shot. I'm as guilty as anyone else of this but do know that the best player in the world's repertoire includes good old fashioned solid play.
 
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