If you could have a stroke....

Buddy was my choice before I ever read beyond the first 3 or 4 words of this thread.
 
av84fun said:
But back to the thread...any discussion of fantastic "thing of perfection" strokes must include Allison.

I just don't quite get this. No disrespect to Allison I like her a lot, but there must be at least a 100 male snooker players who have a far superior stroke.

O'Sullivan gets my vote. Just perfect, so deadly accurate and reliable.
 
predator said:
I just don't quite get this. No disrespect to Allison I like her a lot, but there must be at least a 100 male snooker players who have a far superior stroke.

O'Sullivan gets my vote. Just perfect, so deadly accurate and reliable.

I think the problem is that in america, we don't get very many opportunities to see good snooker players. (but i'd still take Eddie Taylor's stroke)
 
I have to go with Steve Mizerak, with Mosconi's slip-stroke just a little behind it.
 
Big C said:
How about trading in your old stroke for your new stroke? Make it the best it can be by training and practicing. Buddy Hall wasn't born with the stroke that won him all those tournaments. He had to work at it and make it his own. Some people run into a brick wall and see it as an obstacle that they cannot go through. Others see it as an opportunity, or a goal. If you want something bad enough you will find a way over, under or around it.

Yeah, see, the topic of this thread isn't ways to change your stroke or ways to practice to get a stroke similar to one of your idols. The point is basically which pro player's stroke do you like?
MULLY
always one
 
Since my stroke resembles a muscle spasm, trading it in for nearly anything else would be great!

My pick would be Jay Swanson's stroke. Lots of control and smooth as silk.
 
Efren Reyes would be my choice. I love his stroke and the things he can do with the power created by his stroke is magical. I have many Accu-stats videos of Efren and without a doubt he's my all time favorite player to watch.

James
 
1. Mizerak - I always enjoyed watching him play (effortless)
2. Sigel - My favorite player and a pretty good stroke
3. Buddy Hall - Since I am right handed, I like his stroke best for a righty
 
I'll take the following all combined into one:

1. Buddy Hall's control
2. Earl's power
3. Mccready's free-wheeling
4. Efren's vision

If I just had to pick one, I would take Buddy's without a doubt. Although I am still a huge Earl Strickland fan
 
As a student of the "stroke", my hands-down choice = George Breedlove. Classically perfect, simple, powerful, repeatable, effortless. It doesn't get any better.
 
mullyman said:
If you could trade your stroke in for any stroke you've ever seen who's stroke would you like to have? Personally, I'd go with Buddy Hall. I'm not very fond of his slow pace and the slight stop at the back end but my God that man gets a lot of action with so little effort. I've tried for years and years to emulate his stroke but it's definitely one of a kind.
MULLY

Nice pick for Buddy, I wold have to go with him, or maybe Cory. The spin that boy gets off the rails is nuts. The stop Buddy has before his final stroke is actually a method that is pretty common to teach and some others do the same. I think Nick Varner is another that does that.
 
Buddy Hall's stroke without a doubt. He strokes the ball as if he is barely hitting it and yet it always does just what he wants.
 
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